Cnet Do-It-Yourself Camera and Music Phone Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didn't Know You Could Do!

by Ari Hakkarainen, Hakkarainen Ari

Overview

The Ultimate Source of New Ideas for High-Tech Enthusiasts!

Produced in conjunction with CNET, the Web's most popular technology portal, the CNET Do-It-Yourself series offers computer, gadget, and software users exciting and innovative projects to help get more enjoyment and productivity out of the latest high-tech products. This book features: 24 self-contained projects; easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions; and hundreds of clear photos and screen shots.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071485647
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	11/20/2006
Series:	Cnet Do-It-Yourself
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ari Hakkarainen has been working for over 20 years in the high-tech industry and the last two years he’s been running an online publication called Avec Mobile (http://www.avecmobile.com/). It provides practical advice about mobile devices to consumers who want to learn how to use and choose camera phones, smartphones, digital cameras, MP3 players, portable media players, GPS navigators and related software. Ari has written most of the material published on Avec Mobile. The visitor/reader statistics have given him valuable insight on what kind of information people are looking for and what they like to read – much of which will be provided in this book.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Easy
Project 1: Take Better Pictures with Your Camera Phone
Project 2: Copy Photos and Other Information from Your Phone to a PC Using a Memory Card
Project 3: Copy Photos and Other Information from Your Phone to a PC Using a Wireless Bluetooth Connection
Project 4: Record Home Movies with Your Camera Phone
Project 5: Listen to MP3 Music on Your Phone
Project 6: Copy Ringtones, Wallpapers, MP3 Music, and Other Fun Stuff to Your Phone Using a Memory Card
Project 7: Copy Photos, Ringtones, and Other Information from Your PC to Your Phone Using a Wireless Bluetooth Connection
Project 8: Download New Applications to Your Phone
Part II: Challenging
Project 9: Load Up Your Phone with Music from Your CDs
Project 10: Send Photos, Videos, and Other Information from Your Phone by E-mail
Project 11: Load Up Your Phone with Polyphonic MIDI Ringtones
Project 12: Share Your Pictures on an Internet Photo Album
Project 13: Upload Your Camera Phone Movies to a Video-Sharing Site
Project 14: Record Your Own Ringtones
Project 15: Display a Photo Slide Show on a Large Screen
Project 16: Print Photos from Your Camera Phone
Project 17: Listen to Podcasts on Your Phone
Part III: Advanced
Project 18: Watch TV on Your Phone
Project 19: Improve Your Photos in an Imaging Application
Project 20: Direct Your Own Home Movies
Project 21: Post Your Photos and Thoughts on a Blog
Project 22: Create Real Music Ringtones and Video Ringtones
Project 23: Download Music to Your Phone fromthe Internet
Project 24: Watch Movies and Videos on Your Phone
Index