Now’s the time to tackle your smartphone
At last, using your smartphone can be easy, simple and stress-free. Find out how...
Modern mobile phones smartphones as they’re called - can do so much more than just make phone calls. From browsing the web wherever you are, checking train times, acting as a sat nav... And best of all they can make it so easy to keep in touch with family and friends – in so many ways, from sharing photos to making video calls.
But using them isn’t always as easy as you’d want – and that’s putting it mildly!
Do the manufacturers do it on purpose?
Sometimes it can seem like the manufacturers deliberately make them complicated. It can drive you absolutely bonkers. Whether you have problems with the basics or you’re trying to do something slightly more advanced, it can be easy to use them... once you know how. But until you’ve been shown, it can be like talking a different language.
That’s why we’ve published these Smartphones One Step at a Time books – one version for iphones, one for Android phones and one for Doro smartphones. (Don’t worry if you’re not sure which you’ve got – give us a ring and we’ll help you.)
Plain English... and that’s not all
They explain how to use the phone, in plain simple language with pictures of the screen showing you exactly where to tap or slide your fingers. No jargon!
What’s covered?
We can’t list it all here. But amongst other things, you’ll discover:
• The basics of controlling it – swiping, tapping, opening apps & so on.
• How to use it as a sat-nav... in the
car or even on foot.
• Send emails from your phone. • Video phone calls – a great way to keep up with family who live a long way away
• Most phones have a good camera so you can take photos: here’s how to use it properly (and for videos)... & share the photos with friends.
• See updates, photos and video clips from friends & family, as soon as they “post” them.
• Browse the web at home or out and about.
• Choosing & downloading apps.
• And obviously, you can make phone calls and send and receive text messages. (“Voicemail” is covered, too)
What one reader had to say:
“Thanks for a fantastic smart phone book. Very pleasant staff as usual. I think this book should be sold with every smartphone. I have learnt so much from it, the info you get with the phone is non-existent. Smart phones are quite complex, and your books speak in plain English.”
Only half the story
Knowing how to use smartphones is part of the problem – and our
Smartphones One Step at a Time book can help with that.
But the other part of problem is that it’s not obvious what smartphones can do.
There are thousands of “apps” out there that let your phone do all sorts of things and if you don’t know about them, you might be missing something you’d find really useful. That’s why we’ve published this companion book: Get More from Your
Smartphone. It’s an 88-page book covering the apps that you might find useful. The main types of apps that are worth knowing about. It tells you what’s out there and how to get hold of it... then how to use it and (most importantly) why you’d want to!
That’s not all - there’s more
If you order the “One Step at a Time” book and the “Get More” book at the same time, we’ll throw in a free gift. It’s a copy of a booklet called Don’t let Your Smartphone Empty Your Wallet – a little booklet covering things like mobile phone contracts and travelling abroad with your phone. Order your books now, and you get this free as a thank you.
FREE TRIAL: send no money now!
You can have the books on trial so you can check them out. Pay nothing until you’re happy that they’re worth it. If for some reason you don’t think they’ll help you, send them back and owe nothing (but I don’t think you’ll want to for one minute).
Best order yours today...
Don’t put it off and risk losing this page in the magazine or forgetting. Just call us on 01229 777606 and talk to Jade, Shanice, Shannon or Emma (lines open weekdays 8am5.30pm and Saturdays 9am-1.30pm, closed Sundays & bank holidays). Or pop the coupon in the post today to: The Helpful Book Co, 13B Devonshire Road Estate, Millom, Cumbria LA18 4JS. Or email your name, address and which books you’d like to Gh0423@helpfulbooks.co.uk We’ll get your books in the post to you straight away for you to have a look at, along with your free booklet if you’ve ordered both books. We won’t share your details with anyone else.
Why not order the books on free trial now, while it’s fresh in your mind?