I recently joined the O’Reilly Blogger Review program and this is the first book I chose to review.  The entire “Missing Manual” series is dedicated to providing a solid users manual for a given product.  This one is dedicated for the iPad and it does a very good job at providing a broad overview of the device, it’s software, and basic functionality.

If you are an experienced iPhone or iPod Touch user you will not find a lot of value with this book.  If you are new to iOS devices or are buying one for some then this book is a great starting point.

The chapters are organized to progress you through the usage of the device.  The earlier chapters walk you through the iPad itself while the later chapters cover how to work with it.

The only criticism that I have is that I wished the author would have include a chapter regarding things you can’t do or can’t do very easily with an iPad.  Topics like printing, website downloads, and other are thing real people will run into and need to know where they can go or what are the limitations.