Palm Pre: The Missing Manual

The Missing Credits

About the Author

Edward C. Baig (author) is is the weekly Personal Tech columnist for USA Today and a contributor of tech trend pieces in the newspaper and at usatoday.com. He is co-host of USA Today’s Talking Tech podcast and a weekly contributor to ABC News’ Tech Bytes, which appears on ABC TV affiliates around the country and at www.abcnews.go.com/technology. He is the author of recent editions of Macs For Dummies and co-author of iPhone For Dummies.

Before joining USA Today in 1999, Ed was on staff at Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, and Fortune magazines. He is passionate about music, politics, and all sports, especially his beloved New York Giants. Contact him at [e-mail].

About the Creative Team

Peter McKie (editor) is an editor at Missing Manuals. He was graduated from Boston University’s School of Journalism and lives in New York City, where he researches the history of old houses and, every once in a while, sneaks into abandoned buildings. Email: [e-mail].

Dawn Frausto (editor) is assistant editor for the Missing Manual series. When not working, she plays soccer, beads, and causes trouble. Email: [e-mail].

Nellie McKesson (production editor) is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She lives in Brighton, Mass., and spends her spare time making t-shirts for friends (mattsaundersbynellie.etsy.com). Email: [e-mail].

Jan Jue (copy editor) enjoys freelance copyediting, a good mystery, and the search for the perfect pot sticker.

Fred Leise (indexer) provides consulting services in taxonomy design, and indexes books and journals in a variety of fields. Slightly Auspergian, he loves small, repetitive motions, which is probably why he is an avid knitter. Email: [e-mail].

Will Honey (technical reviewer) is a Palm Pre fanatic and an administrator of and avid poster to the Palm Pre Forum (www.palmpreforum.org). He has written several reviews for Pre-based products and publishes them on the forum. You can contact him there as Tibfib.

Jesus Novoa (technical reviewer) is a computer technology student at NJIT. He’s a fan of new music, so he often listens to Pandora when out with his Palm Pre. Jesus travels to Japan every few years, and associates with many indie Japanese bands. You can usually find him in New York City’s indie music venues, checking out (or hanging out with) bands.

Acknowledgments

This book would not have been possible without the creative people at O’Reilly Media whose names appear on the previous page, as well as those at O’Reilly who toil under the radar. You have my full appreciation.

Special thanks are in order to my especially talented editors Peter McKie and Dawn Frausto for their dogged pursuit of excellence and for guiding this Missing Manual newbie through the entire process. I also wish to thank Peter Meyers for trusting me with this project. Technical reviewers Will Honey and Jesus Novoa made sure I didn’t miss anything and were responsible for uncovering several of the tips you’ll read in this book.

I’m especially grateful to Palm Inc.’s Paul Cousineau, Matt Crowley, and Tina Hampton for diligently and thoroughly answering my queries at all hours of the day and night and on weekends. You were all quite simply a pleasure to deal with. Several other people at Palm deserve thanks: Lynn Fox, Jon Zilber, Leslie Letts, Wendy Collier, Michael Leslie, Margarita Roehricht, Kristin Schwarz, Caroline Bressler, Paul Araquistain, and Lally Narwal.

At Sprint, I’d like to thank David Owens, Mark J. Elliott, and Stephanie Vinge-Walsh.

Thanks also to my USA Today colleagues Jim Henderson, Geri Tucker, and Nancy Blair for supporting this project. I also appreciate the guidance provided by my agent, Matt Wagner.

Mostly I want to thank my amazing family—Janie, Sydney, Sammy, and my “canine son” Eddie Jr. You gave me love and kept me (somewhat) sane through the long hours. Thanks for understanding why I was all-too-frequently at the keyboard working and not spending more time with you. I love you always.

—Edward C. Baig

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