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Author : Aimee Baldridge
Number of Pages : 160
Release Date : 2007-05-15
Publisher : National Geographic
List Price : $10.95
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Product Description Marketing experts predict that by 2009, nearly 90% of all cell phones will contain a camera, as manufacturers race to create cheaper, easier-to-use models with more sophisticated cameras, more pixels, flash units and even multiple lenses. Already revolutionizing audiovisual communication, it's a trend that will only grow more explosively—and who better than National Geographic to create a how-to book aimed directly at the millions who carry a camera phone everywhere and want to make the most of it? Created by two top professionals, this generously illustrated nuts-and-bolts guide is the first of its kind to treat these units as genuine cameras instead of novelties, and the only one to include a full-color photo-essay demonstrating the full capabilities of the latest camera phones. In five easy-to-read chapters, the book explains how to choose good equipment; take better pictures; and store, print and send the best images. Readers will find practical tips on preventing or repairing water damage, protecting easily-scratched lenses inside pockets and purses, and retrieving accidentally-erased images. They'll also learn to access the events, advice, and opportunities of the burgeoning camera phone community, from film festivals to news organizations, moblogs, and more. Featuring the technical savvy of CNet.com's Aimee Baldridge and the creative skill of National Geographic photographer Robert Clark, a camera phone pioneer, this compact yet comprehensive reference combines up-to-the-minute expertise with superb examples, at an inexpensive price that makes it a perfect gift book—or an ideal impulse buy. Customer reviews Perfect for anyone exploring cameraphone photography  by .. Ron Cal (Northern California)
I believe this book is perfect for anyone exploring the emerging trend of cameraphone photography. If you are skeptical of this trend, I believe this book will be even more relevant for you. Imagine any photography 101 book you've purchased in the past and now imagine it was written for users of camera phones. The authors do a great job of covering many aspects of the topic from "equipment" specs to shooting tips, and provide online references that will further validate that "mobile photography / cameraphone photography" is emerging and hear to stay.
Take advantage of your camera phone by .. Gregg Eldred (Avon Lake, OH USA)
I would imagine that there are more camera phones than any other. Based on the photos posted on Flickr (and other photo sharing sites), there are a few of us that could use some advice on how to take better pictures using our camera phones, especially me.
The Camera Phone Book: How to Shoot Like a Pro, Print, Store, Display, Send Images, Make a Short Film by Aimee Baldridge, with photographs by Robert Clark, is a small book loaded with information on nearly every aspect of your camera phone. All of the photos in the book were taken by Robert Clark, using his camera phone, which helps to show you that you can take good pictures. Maybe not of the caliber of Clark's, but you will have the tools.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Choosing a Camera Phone
Chapter 2: Taking Pictures
Chapter 3: After the Snap
Chapter 4: The Camera Phone Community
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
Baldridge packs a lot of information in 158 pages. As this is thin book, it is a perfect addition to your computer bag as a reference. I never thought about my camera phone, but Chapter 1 will show you that it is not a minor feature, especially if you are going to use it as your primary camera. How to frame and think about your photos is a major part of Chapter 2. Don't just point and shoot; lighting, background, and framing play a large role in a good picture. Chapter 3 will provide you with the tools for printing and storing your photos as well as improving them. Online communities, blogs, and mobile photo sites are the leading topics of Chapter 4. Some of the sites are well known, but others are specifically geared to users of camera phones. Finally, if you have issues with your camera phone, Baldridge provides plenty of tips and hints to resolving your issues in Chapter 5. Each chapter is loaded with web links; you will probably spend a lot of time surfing the listed sites. Including the photos of Robert Clark, all taken with a camera phone, shows the reader the possibilities and reinforces the text.
I get lucky with my camera phone (and my digital camera). Using this book, I should take away some of the luck and replace it with a little skill. At least I will have a better understanding of how to take a good picture. That, for me, makes this a worthwhile book. But it also opens the door to photo editing tools and online sources for additional information as well as sites dedicated to camera phone art. Small as it is, this book covers a lot of ground and does so quite well; from choosing your camera phone to participating in online communities, this book has nearly all aspects of your camera phone covered. But if you want to take away one thing away from this book, Baldridge's "Ten Rules of Thumb" for taking better pictures is worth the price. This is an excellent guide to your camera phone and one that will help you get more out of it.
Not really worth it.  by .. M. Guio ()
Very short book with little actual advice on how to shoot good cell phone pictures. Most of the information is available for free online. Not worth the money.
Power packed with information. by .. Fong Foong Ching (Singapore)
Dont be deceived by the size of this book. It is information packed and written in a concise brief manner that makes it an easy afternoon read. Almost everything you ever need to know about how to fully exploit your camera phone is in this book. It contains lots of URLs to websites that will enhance your photo taking. This is by far the best book I have read. Reading the book is fast. But researching the websites and trying out the new things will take a life time.
Book Delivers by .. Rick Mendez (Eagle Pass, Texas United States)
Originally saw this book in Wired . It showed me how to get the most out of my camera phone, and got me to look into a higher res camera phone. If I could, I'd give it 4.5 stars, It fails to get 5 stars because it's a bit on the short side.
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Number of Pages : 10
Publisher : Barron''s Educational Series
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Product Description Will knows how to work wonderful magic tricks, but first he must phone his friends to come and see the show. Fun Phones are board books for toddlers—and they’re shaped exactly like cell phones! A make-believe key pad decorates each front cover, so kids can pretend to dial and phone a friend. Or they can press the plastic button located just beneath the key pad, and listen to the phone ring. It sounds exactly like a real cell phone. When they open the book’s front cover, they’ll find an amusing little story with bright, full-color illustrations on every board page. Related Search : wizard fun , phones  |
Number of Pages : 12
Publisher : Publications International
List Price : $19.98
Amazon Price : $19.47
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Customer reviews Great Educational Book & Fun Cell Phone!!  by .. A. Julius (Australia)
My 4 year old daughter loves it!! She can make a call to dial a three-digit number from the book, which has supporting story pages. The phone shows digital (bl/wh) moving actions. She can listen to voicemail, select a ringtone and receive a call from Dora, too. When she takes pictures, it flashes, makes camera action noise and cute images appear. The volume level is OK. The best thing is that it has Dora's voice. Even pressing numbers, the number with actions appear. Just in case, if the phone doesn't work when out of box, check batteries first.
Volume Too Low!  by .. Jaime D. Lowe ()
Cute item but the volume is way too low to keep a child's interest. We bought this item for our niece and she likes it but loses interest quickly in it because she can barely hear what is being said. This defeats the educational value of the item which is supposed to teach kids the numbers in Spanish.
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Author : A. E. Parker
Publisher : Apple
List Price : $3.99
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Product Description Six guests--Mr. Green, Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, and Mrs. Peacock--gather at Mr. Boddy's mansion, and each plots to steal a delivery of precious jewels. Customer reviews Another great Clue!!! by .. ()
"Midnight Phone Calls," features those wacky guests Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. Peacock, Mr. Green, Colonel Mustard, and Mrs. White. Some of their antics include a plane crash, a private phone call, valuable cufflinks, blackmail, and Mr. Boddy's funeral. What else can I say?
Keeps you Sitten! by .. ()
I love this book and the whole series! This book as well as the others don't let you leave your seat until you are over the mystery! Because you can hardley guess what the answer is to each mystery before the answer comes!
Miss Scarlet is on the phone while other guestes listen . by .. ()
This is the one where Miss Scarlet is on the phone while the other guestes are listening to the conversation, 2 guestes here where the delivery man is hideing the treasure. The 2 guestes find out it was just some of Miss Scarlets favorite chocolates.
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Author : M.L. Shannon
Number of Pages : 280
Publisher : Paladin Press
List Price : $45.00
Amazon Price : $29.70
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Product Description Learn all about the invasive new surveillance technology and gadgets and what you can do to defeat them. Plus, find out just how far the government has gone to compromise your privacy and what you should be doing to fight back. Get the scoop on cellular and mobile phones, faxes, e-mail and much more. Customer reviews A competent treatment by .. Allezsandro ()
A decent treatment with a good balance between technical and layman's perspective; all I could wish for is that he would put out updates to track newer technology ... an admittedly endless chore!
The Phone Book: by .. (MI, United States)
I recommend this book totally. Everyone should read it. We can send video back from Pluto, yet Americans imagine that telephony can't be used against them. We have a culture of denial that assumes technology is benign and that no one wants to use it against us. We are somewhat willing to distrust computer security because computers are recent additions to our life. We aren't at all willing to distrust our phones. They keep us connected. Our lives revolve around them. They are the guardians of our secrets. And, after all, the fear of wiretapping laws deters the crime... Americans need to face the reality of the techology arrayed in this book, and stop believing this kind is harassment is rare. We need books like this to tell us this equipment is not sci-fi. It's cheap, easily available, and easy to use. It's use is not limited to three-letter agencies. It's in the basements of neighbors and co-workers. Radio technology is easier to learn than hacking, which we take seriously, and cheaper to implement. It's even more innocuous. Any people who are worried about internet safety should think about it first. We think electronic voyeurism is rare. We just don't know we're victims. It's a crime commited in secret without obvious clues...but that doesn't make it harmless. The same technophiles who sit alone in a room violating your privacy with a computer are very likely to hook a scanner to it... I enjoyed Mr. Shannon's heart-felt discussion of escalating Federal wiretapping/eavesdropping laws. I believe he would agree that only personal awareness and consumer-driven demands for increased privacy will supply safer technology. Agencies at any level aren't often willing to protect average individuals from invasion. Increased Federal "protection" will take our chance to protect ourselves away.
Everything you need to know... by .. (Norway)
This is one of the few books I really can say answered all my expections... Great technical details, yet in plain english... ENJOY!
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Author : Judith E Fisher
Edition : 1
Number of Pages : 128
Publisher : Career Education
Amazon Price : $19.72
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Product Description The Phone Book takes a hands-on, interactive approach to helping students refine and practice their telephone skills. All phone skills are covered in detail, including listening, question-ing, speaking, handling incoming and outgoing calls, customer orders, customer problems, and complaints. Examples of proper techniques are also included. Customer reviews Telephone skills for those who have none by .. L SLACK (Central Texas)
To be honest, I'm not sure who their target audience is. The book seems to be written for people who have very little, if any phone service experience, but at the same time seems to be directed at professionals. They went to the trouble of explaining what a collect call is, but their examples include setting up major meetings and handling complicated situations. At one point it sounds like they are explaining to a top level executive that it's common for calls to be transferred, and don't be afraid to do so. I've been doing reception work for a long time and was recently promoted to Executive Assistant because of my excellent phone and office skills. Not to brag, just to illustrate that I know something about customer service on the phone. Some of the examples seem like a downright rude way to respond. A lot of the book did not apply to my business and that made it really hard to apply whatever it was they were trying to teach. I went through the whole book in one day, and I just didn't find anything in it that made me glad I bought it.
HOWEVER, if you are new to reception work and nervous about what you're going to be doing, I would not count this book out. It has some good role-playing activities and such that would probably make a newbie a bit more comfortable and give you more confidence in answering the phone and dealing with the whole gamut of situations that you will run into. It will make you think about what to say and how to handle tough situations and customers.
For people with a lot of years of this kind of experience, don't bother with this book. For those new to the profession, particularly if you will be doing sales calls, buy a used edition and give it a shot.
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Author : Troy M. Litten
Number of Pages : 144
Publisher : Chronicle Books
List Price : $13.95
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Product Description Featuring images and icons of foreign travel, these journals and postcards are ideal for recording personal tales of wanderlust, adventure, and discovery. The new address book helps you keep track of who you meet along the way. Customer reviews Super Cute Address Book! by .. ReignWaterBurns (Madison, WI)
I just bought this address book yesterday and I absolutely adore it! I love traveling and the "phone booths from around the world" motif suits me perfectly. Each entry has a place for name, date of birth, location, land line, mobile, email, and even a line to jot down where you met the person! It also has a place to write down emergency contact information, a section for notes, and a list of international dialing codes. I'd say it's a bit too big to put in a back pocket but it's definitely the right size for a purse or backpack. With it's vinyl cover and sturdy binding I expect to get a lot of use out of this little guy.
Good phone book by .. Favorite Books (Chicago, IL)
The phone book's dimensions are a bit small, but for the most part I have been able to fit all of my information into it. There is only one letter of the alphabet whose pages were full immediately. A decent paper phone book.
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Author : Charles Reasoner
Number of Pages : 12
Publisher : Mcclanahan Book Co
List Price : $9.95
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Author : Gary Owens
Number of Pages : 119
Publisher : J. P. Tarcher; distributed by Hawthorn Books, New York
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