IPhone for dummies

419 Pages·2012·66.032 MB·English

by  LeVitus, Bob;Baig, Edward C

iPhone® 5

FOR
DUMmIES‰
6
TH EDITION

iPhone® 5

FOR
DUMmIES‰
6
TH EDITION
by Edward C. Baig
USA Today Personal Tech columnist
and
Bob LeVitus
Houston Chronicle “Dr. Mac” columnist
iPhone® 5 For Dummies®, 6th Edition
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About the Authors
Edward C. Baig writes the weekly Personal Technology column in USA
TODAY and makes regular video appearances on the web and TV. He appears
weekly on ABC News’s TechBytes, shown on local ABC TV affiliate stations
across the nation. Ed is also the author of Macs For Dummies, 10th Edition,
and cowriter (with Bob LeVitus) of iPad For Dummies. Before joining USA
TODAY as a columnist and reporter in 1999, Ed spent six years at Business
Week, where he wrote and edited stories about consumer tech, personal
finance, collectibles, travel, and wine tasting, among other topics. He
received the Medill School of Journalism 1999 Financial Writers and Editors
Award for contributions to the “Business Week Investor Guide to Online
Investing.” That followed a three-year stint at U.S. News & World Report,
where Ed was the lead tech writer for the News You Can Use section but also
dabbled in numerous other subjects.
Ed began his journalist career at Fortune magazine, gaining the best basic
training imaginable during his early years as a fact checker and contributor
to the Fortune 500. Through the dozen years he worked at the magazine, Ed
covered leisure-time industries, penned features on the lucrative “dating”
market and the effect of religion on corporate managers, and was heavily
involved in the Most Admired Companies project. Ed also started Fortune’s
Products to Watch column, a venue for low- and high-tech items.
Bob LeVitus, often referred to as “Dr. Mac,” has written or cowritten more
than 65 popular computer books, including iPad For Dummies, Incredible
iPhone Apps For Dummies, OS X Mountain Lion For Dummies, and Microsoft
Office 2011 for Mac For Dummies for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Stupid Mac
Tricks and Dr. Macintosh for Addison-Wesley; and The Little iTunes Book,
3rd Edition, and The Little iDVD Book, 2nd Edition, for Peachpit Press. His
books have sold millions of copies worldwide. Bob has also penned the
popular “Dr. Mac” column for the Houston Chronicle for the past 15 years and
has been published in pretty much every magazine that ever used the word
Mac in its title. His achievements have been documented in major media
around the world. (Yes, that was Bob juggling a keyboard in USA TODAY a
few years back!)
Bob is known for his expertise, trademark humorous style, and ability to
translate techie jargon into usable and fun advice for regular folks. Bob is
also a prolific public speaker, presenting more than 100 Macworld Expo
training sessions in the United States and abroad, keynote addresses in three
countries, and Macintosh training seminars in many U.S. cities.

Dedications
I dedicate this book to my beautiful and amazingly supportive wife, Janie,
for making me a better person every day I am with her. And to my incredible
kids: my adorable little girl, Sydney (if my iPhone is missing, chances are she
has it), my little boy, Sammy (who is all smiles from the moment he wakes
up in the morning), and my canine “daughter,” Sadie. It is also written in the
memory of my “doggie son,” Eddie, Jr. They all got their hands (or paws) on
the iPhone at one time or another — and gave me a valuable perspective of
the device through youthful eyes. I am madly in love with you all.
— Ed Baig
As always, this book is dedicated to my incredible wife, Lisa, who taught
me almost everything I know about almost everything I know (except
technology), and has put up with me for almost 30 years with no (major)
complaints. And, like every book I write, I dedicate this one to my two
children-who-aren’t-kids-anymore, Allison and Jacob, who love their iPhones
almost as much as I love them (my kids, not my iPhones).
— Bob LeVitus