iPhone 4 Portable Genius

I delayed purchasing a replacement for my then simple mobile, until I was satisfied that a product was available which suited my present personal needs. I decided that the iPhone 4S was just such a device, particularly as I was of the opinion that this model was at an appropriate level of development to meet my personal requirements. Furthermore, I also took into account the fact that I intend to purchase an iPad, as it is quite clear that paper versions of technical and other journals are for example, being discontinued and tranferred to e-versions, so as to enable them to be read on an iPad. In addition the availability and convenience of iCloud to "link up" my lap top, iPhone and iPad, was another factor which I took into account.Having purchased my iPhone, I searched for a suitable instruction manual and found the publication "iPhone 4S". Notwithstanding the fact that I have found the iPhone 4S to be a relatively straight forward system, Paul McFedries instruction manual has proved to be an extremely helpful and vital source of detailed operating information.I am now about to purchase an iPad to complete my systems.

The Portable Genius series of books is consistently excellent, well illustrated and well indexed. The iPhone4 book is no exception. Many years ago Apple offered excellent documentation with its products but today it is a pamphlet, an inscrutable website and 3rd party publishers. Portable Genius and David Pogue and others have done an excellent job of filling the gap. Unfortunately ever secretive Apple does not share its' new product information with the outside publishers during development so user-orientied books lag product introduction by several months if not longer.The current example of Apple's disregard for its early adopters is iLife 11 released October 20, 2010. The portable Genius book will not be available until February 8, 2011 and David Pogue not until March 15, 2011. As a committed Apple customer I wish that Apple would become collaborate with the writing community during development and not subject its customers to a six month wait from time of release until something coherent was available. Until then Portable Genius, David Pogue, Jeff Carlson and others fill the void but not until the product is half-way towards the next release.

not as relevent as I thought, but useful non the less.

This book covers it all! I have the portable genius book for IMovie and Macbook, so I knew this one would have everything I need as well. Step by step instructions and info on how everything works on the IPhone. You will not regret having this handy when trying to use your IPhone.

Worked for me.