"iPod: The Missing Manual" is Out

from O'Reilly. The iPod is the world's best-selling music player, but if you think that it's just a music player, then you probably think Clark Kent is just a newspaperman. In "iPod: The Missing Manual," "New York Times" tech columnist J. D. Biersdorfer opens the secret doors of this gleaming beauty. She lays bare an astonishing collection of useful tips, tricks, and shortcuts like these:

• iPod as PDA. The iPod can suck in your calendar, address book, to-do list, and notes from a Mac or PC, and then display them at the touch of a button. It also doubles as an alarm clock and stopwatch.
  
• iPod as hard drive. Hook up your iPod to your Mac or Windows machine where it shows up as a disk. Use it to copy, back up, or transfer gigantic files from place to place--at immense rates of transfer speed.
  
• iPod as e-book. The iPod makes an excellent book reader, capable of displaying and scrolling through recipes, driving directions, book pages, and even web pages.
  
• iPod as GameBoy. Well, not a Gameboy exactly. But the three built-in video-style games are perfect time-killers for waiting rooms, bus rides, and the Department of Motor Vehicles.
  

"iPod: The Missing Manual" is much more than it seems, too. It not only covers all iPod models for both Mac and Windows, including the super-slim 2003 series, it's also the ultimate guide to iTunes, MusicMatch Jukebox Plus, and even the new iTunes Music Store. No matter what kind of music moves you, "iPod: The Missing Manual" will help you get much more out of your iPod--and much more into it.