iPhone Fully Loaded (Iphone Fully Loaded: If You've Got It, You Can Iphone It)

291 Pages·2009·18.75 MB·English

by  Andy Ihnatko

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®
iPhone
Fully Loaded
THIRD EDITION
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®
iPhone
Fully Loaded
THIRD EDITION
Andy Ihnatko
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iPhone® Fully Loaded, Third Edition
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Acknowledgments
F
irst, last, and always, I dedicate this book to my Dad and my sadly sainted Mom.
But how can I properly thank the usual team that works with and behind me on
the Fully Loaded books? Shout-outs go to the many folks who helped me finish this
book as I steadily contemplated and re-contemplated how the App Store had changed the
landscape: Courtney Allen at Wiley, Carol Person and the book’s designer, galen gruman.
Props as usual go to my agent, Carole McClendon, for once again doing that which agents
do best … allow the writer to get on with the writing.
But last as first, and for always, my true thanks go to Mom and Dad. to my eye, these
books are a thick stew of victories and defeats, joys and sorrows, bits that surpassed my
highest and hardest expectations and (infrequently, thank Thor) bits that are marked for
Serious Reconsideration when the next edition comes around.
for Mom and Dad, a new book was cause for pleasure and pride and joy. Which is
another reason for me to thank the aforementioned group of folks who have helped me get
four editions of this book out the door.
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Credits
Acquisitions Editor Editor
Courtney Allen Carol Person, the zango group
Editorial Director Layout and Production Editor
Robyn B. Siesky galen gruman, the zango group
Vice President & Book Designer
Executive Group Publisher
galen gruman, the zango group
Richard Swadley
Cover Image
Vice President &
Michael e. trent
Executive Publisher
Copy Editing, Proofreading,
Barry Pruett
and Indexing
Business Manager
the zango group
Amy knies
Marketing Manager
Sandy Smith
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About the Author
T
he Wikipedia entry for Andy Ihnatko cat-
egorizes him as “Living Person — Ameri-
can Journalist.” That’s just about right.
He’s been writing regular columns about
technology since 1989, contributing to main-
stream publications as well as every magazine
that ever carried the prefix “Mac-.” He’s cur-
rently a regular columnist for Macworld and
a co-host of the popular MacBreakWeekly pod-
cast. When he can afford to get his good jacket
out of the cleaners, he makes appearances on
the CBS Early Show, too.
His weekly tech column in The Chicago
Sun-Times might very well be worthy of
a Pulitzer. But just try convincing the Pulitzer
committee. Seriously. Andy’s tried and failed.
And he wants that Pulitzer so damned badly.
If you wear that Pulitzer medallion around your neck, you can park wherever the hell you
want. If you’re ever in Chicago and you see a Mercedes parked across two handicapped
spaces and part of the sidewalk, you know Roger ebert must be nearby.
Andy is kind to animals, donates blood regularly, and returns his library books on time.
He lives in Boston with his two goldfish, Click and Drag.
you can visit Andy on the Web at Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth: http://
ihnatko.com.
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