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iPhone or iPod Touch user? Then you have a device that is really powerful and can do a lot of things, so much things that you may have a hard time knowing about them all. There are a few books out there that explains every tiny detail about the iPhone and there are those who are aimed at the “just show how to do it” approach. The iPhone Book by Scott Kelby and Terry White is just one like that.

 

The book is written by best-selling tech author Scott Kelby together with the tech guru Terry White, president of the MacGroup-Detroit and host of the top-ranked Adobe Creative Suite Podcast. All in all from looking at this, the book should be a great read, but is it?

It is clearly divided into chapters of the major features. You can find mail to be a chapter on its own, as well as the iPod and Phone respectively and same with all major features (like Messages etc.). Since this is an upgrade to the previous edition (this is the third edition), it contains everything that was there before, updated with the new features and tweaks that was added in the iPhone OS 3.0 and the iPhone 3GS and now supports both the Touch, the iPhone 3G and 3Gs.

If you feel that you are not that technically inclined, do not worry! The book has instructions that can be used for both the complete beginner and advanced user (and everything in between).

Even if you consider yourself an advanced user, you will definitely get something out of this book, especially because of the “iTips” that are placed at the bottom of some pages, highlighting more hidden tips. These tips could be anything from further reading to shortcuts on the device or hidden features.

What makes the book ideal as a good how-to manual for the iPhone or iPod Touch is that is it easy to skip around. There is nothing forcing you to read it from cover to cover and keeping everything written in your head (although if you manage to keep everything in your head, it cannot hurt you). You could use the book as a manual and just look up features as you need to know how to delve into them, or just read a little now and then to explore something new. It is all up to you and it works both ways!

I would definitely recommend this book to any iPhone or iPod Touch owner (although more so for the iPhone owner because of the additional features there). I guarantee that you will learn something from the book, beginner or advanced. The book has something for everyone.