101 Killer Apps for Your Pocket PC,9780072254327

101 Killer Apps for Your Pocket PC

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780072254327
ISBN10: 0072254327
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-05-06
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Summary

Think your Pocket PC is just an electronic address book, calendar, and word processor? Think again. Learn how to use 101 killer applications for your Pocket PC--and get the software included on the CD with the book.Material included and discussed is applicable to all Pocket PC handheld models and brands, including those from Compaq, HP, Toshiba, and other vendors.

Author Biography

Dave Johnson (Colorado Springs, CO) is editor of Mobility magazine and writes about handheld and wireless technology. He is the author or co-author of more than two-dozen books.

Rick Broida (Commerce Township, MI) is a freelance writer/editor specializing in mobile technology. He is the founder and editor of Handheld Computing Magazine, and a regular contributor to Computer Shopper and CNET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
On the Job
1(26)
Write a Report with Complex Formatting
2(2)
Biz Presentations: From PDA to Projector
4(1)
Take PowerPoint with You
5(2)
Take Control of Your Meeting
7(2)
Print a Document
9(1)
Ready for Your Screenshot, Mr. DeMille?
10(2)
One Glance to See It All
12(2)
Outline Your Thoughts and Ideas
14(2)
Perform Complex Calculations
16(2)
Databases to Go
18(2)
Put a PDF in Your Pocket
20(2)
For Your Eyes Only
22(2)
Abracadabra---Was That Your Card?
24(3)
Bon Voyage!
27(14)
Concierge in Your Pocket
28(2)
This Is One Map You Never Have to Fold
30(1)
Zagat's the Way We Like It (Uh-Huh, Uh-Huh)
31(2)
Parlez-Vous Pocket PC? Let Your PDA Do the Talking
33(2)
Foreign Languages Made Easy
35(1)
Don't Let Your Travel Unravel
36(1)
Door-to-Door Driving Directions Done Adroitly
37(4)
Gone Fishin'
41(40)
Take a Picture
42(1)
Make an Animation
43(2)
Paint a Pretty Picture
45(1)
A Photo Album in Your Pocket
46(3)
Bang the Drums All Day Long
49(1)
Name That Chord!
50(2)
Read an E-Book
52(2)
Create an E-Book
54(3)
Control Your TV
57(1)
A Tiny Little Movie Theater in Your Pocket
58(3)
Rockin' in Your Pocket
61(3)
Radio Waves
64(2)
Manage Your MP3 Collection
66(2)
Pick the Perfect Wine
68(2)
Mix the Perfect Drink
70(2)
Choose the Perfect Movie
72(1)
Follow the Stars
73(3)
Manage Your Motorcoach
76(2)
Lose Weight and Get in Shape
78(3)
Fun and Games
81(24)
To the Links, Caddie!
82(2)
Manage Your Own City
84(2)
Big Book of Crosswords---In Your Little PDA
86(2)
Can't We All Just Get Mahjong?
88(1)
Honey, I Shrunk Trivial Pursuit!
89(1)
Scrabble, Yahtzee, Battleship---It's Like the '70s All Over Again
90(2)
Get Ready for Vegas, Baby
92(2)
Hone Your Chess Skills
94(1)
Ever Wonder Why There's No Frontgammon?
95(1)
Shoot Some Stick
96(1)
A Game That Boggles the Mind
97(1)
What's Life Without a Little Risk?
98(1)
Indulge Your Inner Jan-Michael Vincent
99(2)
Outer Space Adventures
101(1)
Keep the Kids Entertained
102(3)
A Handier Pocket PC
105(24)
Where Does the Time Go?
106(2)
Supercharge the Calendar
108(2)
Turbocharge the To Do List
110(2)
Hypercharge Your Notes
112(2)
Better Handwriting Recognition
114(1)
Faster Data Entry
115(2)
Control Your PPC by Voice
117(2)
Notes at Home
119(2)
Everyday Loan Calculations
121(2)
How Many Furlongs in a Liter?
123(1)
Remembering Important Dates
124(2)
Stop! Who Goes There?
126(3)
Learn Something
129(16)
Festoon Your Vocabulary
130(2)
A PDA Is to a Duck as a Spoon Is To
132(1)
Keep Track of School Assignments
133(3)
A Drug Database for Doctors and Patients
136(1)
A Knack for Almanacs
137(1)
Holy Education, Batman! It's the Flash Card!
138(2)
Teach the Tots
140(5)
Connected Tricks
145(18)
The Web---Without a Connection
146(2)
Have a Chat
148(2)
Dial Your Phone by Voice
150(2)
Surf the Web, Better
152(2)
You've Got Mail! All of It!
154(2)
Send Handwritten E-Mail
156(1)
Bluetooth---Not As Ugly As It Sounds
157(3)
Wireless Icebreakers
160(3)
A Penny Saved
163(10)
Stock Your PDA with Your Stock Portfolio
164(1)
Manage Your Money on Your Pocket PC
165(3)
Keep Tabs on Those Rebates
168(1)
Pocket-Friendly Financial Planning
169(2)
Dude, Can I Afford That Car?
171(2)
And Finally, Our Favorites
173(28)
Pack Your Today Screen with News and Notables
174(2)
Experience Windows XP with experience
176(1)
An Intrepid ``Explorer''
177(2)
Look, Up in the Sky...It's SuperCalendar!
179(1)
Read It or Weep!
180(2)
Put Your Program Icons Where They Belong
182(1)
Give Your Today Screen the Royal Treatment
183(1)
Pocket Your Music
184(3)
How Fast Is This PDA, Anyway?
187(2)
Put the Earth in Your Pocket
189(2)
In Australia, It's Already Yesterday
191(2)
Remote Possibilities
193(1)
Get Your Daily Dose of Dilbert (or Golf)
194(2)
Multiple Personality Disorder
196(2)
Hey, Is That a DVD on Your Pocket PC?
198(3)
APPENDIX About the CD
201(10)
How to Use the CD-ROM
202(1)
Applications on the CD
202(5)
Getting Started
207(2)
Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/2003/XP/Server 2003
208(1)
Windows 3.1
208(1)
Macintosh
208(1)
Unix
209(1)
Problems with the CD
209(2)
Index 211

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