iPhone: The Missing Manual

Acknowledgments

The Missing Manual series is a joint venture between the dream team introduced on these pages and O'Reilly Media. I'm grateful to all of them, and also to a few people who did massive favors for this book.

Teresa Noelle Roberts gave the manuscript a delightful copy-editing makeover. I was thrilled to be reunited with my original Missing Manuals editor Nan Barber, who copy-edited some chapters and proofread the whole thing. And working with designer Phil Simpson on this book was a blast, as it has been now for 30 books in a row.

My gratitude also goes to photographer Tim Geaney, graphics goddess Lesa Snider King, and my cheerful intern Zach Brass; they helped me hammer away at the problem of capturing what's on the iPhone screen. Brian Jepson bailed me out of technical underbrush more than once. Apple's Greg Joswiak, Bob Borchers, Natalie Kerris, Jennifer Bowcock, and Mark Brunst donated valuable time to my cause—right in the middle of the iPhone launch.

Thanks, too, to the readers and fans who submitted delicious tips, inspired only by a desire to help their fellow iPhoners (and get a free book).

A few people undertook days-long special efforts to make this book the best it could be. They included Rich Koster, who, as the book's beta reader, helped to improve it in a hundred different ways (sorry, Rich, there's no room to mention your Web site, http://disneyecho.emuck.com). Bill Oakey spent a whole weekend helping me solve the "The "Two-Mailbox Problem"" and other technical email issues. And Chris Vincent, with determination and talent, went the extra several miles to solve a rather key production problem. Their involvement was a highlight of the book-creation process.

Thanks to David Rogelberg for believing in the idea, and above all, to Jennifer, Kelly, Tia, and Jeffrey, who make these books—and everything else—possible.

—David Pogue

The Missing Manual Series

Missing Manual books are superbly written guides to computer products that don't come with printed manuals (which is just about all of them). Each book features a handcrafted index; cross-references to specific page numbers (not just "See Chapter 14"); and RepKover, a detached-spine binding that lets the book lie perfectly flat without the assistance of weights or cinder blocks. Recent and upcoming titles include:

• Windows Vista: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition by David Pogue

• Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual, by David Pogue

• Windows XP Pro: The Missing Manual, by David Pogue, Craig Zacker, and L.J. Zacker

• Photoshop CS3: The Missing Manual by Colin Smith

• Access 2007: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

• CSS: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland

• Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

• Digital Photography: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover, Barbara Brundage

• Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland

• Flash CS3: The Missing Manual by E. A. Vander Veer and Chris Grover

• eBay: The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner

• Excel 2007: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

• FileMaker Pro 8: The Missing Manual by Geoff Coffey and Susan Prosser

• FrontPage 2003: The Missing Manual by Jessica Mantaro

• Google: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition by Sarah Milstein and Rael Dornfest

• Home Networking: The Missing Manual by Scott Lowe

• The Internet: The Missing Manual by David Pogue and J.D. Biersdorfer

• iPod: The Missing Manual, 5th Edition by J.D. Biersdorfer

• PCs: The Missing Manual by Andy Rathbone

• Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage

• PowerPoint 2007: The Missing Manual by Emily A. Vander Veer

• QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore

• Word 2007: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover

• Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition by David Pogue

• AppleScript: The Missing Manual by Adam Goldstein

• AppleWorks 6: The Missing Manual by Jim Elferdink and David Reynolds

• GarageBand 2: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• iLife '05: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• iMovie 6 & iDVD: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual by David Pogue and Derrick Story

• iWork '05: The Missing Manual by Jim Elferdink

• Office 2004 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual by Mark H. Walker, Franklin Tessler, and Paul Berkowitz

• iPhone: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

For Starters

The "For Starters" books contain just the most essential information from their larger counterparts—in larger type, with a more spacious layout, and none of those advanced sidebars. Recent titles include:

• Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• Windows XP for Starters: The Missing Manual by David Pogue

• Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

• Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald

• Quicken 2006 for Starters: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore

• Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover

• PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual by Emily A. Vander Veer