Design Bookshelf for designers, desktop publishing, graphics and digital photography back to the Palmtop & PDA Computing index Palm Organizers Visual QuickStart Guide by Jeff Carlson ___ Peachpit's Visual Quickstart series is our most recommended set of titles for the new and experienced computer user. This one is a "must have" for any mobile warrior ___ Handheld organizers rapidly are becoming more important than the PC as a computing device, in large part due to the popularity of the PalmPilot. True, the beauty of these devices--aside from their portability--is that they're easy to use. Nonetheless, you still could use a guide to show you how to get the most out of them--and this is a good one. The book keeps its focus on organizers that run on the Palm OS. ___ Although this obviously includes the various PalmPilot models, it also covers the Handspring Visor, the IBM WorkPad, and the TRGPro. It does all this with pictures that instantly communicate what's going on. Don't look for long pondering text here. You'll get the idea quickly and easily. ___ Paperback - 321 pages 2nd edition (May 15, 2000) Peachpit Press Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 9.00 x 7.05 vqs-palm.jpg $16.99 Our Price: $15.29 You Save: $1.70 Palm III & PalmPilot Visual QuickStart Guide by Jeff Carlson Another super Quickstart Guide this one specifically for Palm III and PalmPilot. This book takes a highly graphical approach to teaching readers how to use the PalmPilot Personal, the PalmPilot Professional, the Palm III, and the IBM WorkPad. The book's style--heavy on stepped procedures and screen shots--fits its subject well. Carlson-- clearly an avid Palmist with considerable accumulated wisdom goes beyond merely rehashing the Palm's own documentation. In one passage, he offers a workaround for Date Book's inability to distinguish tentative events from more certain happenings. He also comments upon popular hardware add-ons and gets into some of the Palm's more advanced capabilities, including Web surfing with ProxiWeb. Paperback - 288 pages (November 6, 1998) Peachpit Press Dimensions (in inches): 0.53 x 8.86 x 6.92 $15.99 Our Price: $14.39 You Save: $1.60