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A TechNow SAI Book · November 2026

Your Phone, Made Simple

iPhone and Android in ONE big-print guide. Other publishers make you buy two books and hope you guessed right — this one puts both side by side in every step, in print big enough to actually read, one small skill a day. Written for smart people who are new to this. Never talking down.

Both phones in one book Big print throughout One skill a day for 7 days Scam safety built in

Why this one works

You don't learn a phone in an afternoon. You learn it in a week.

Every chapter is one sitting — 15 to 20 minutes, phone in hand — and every step says right in the sentence whether it's for iPhone, for Android, or for both. Tick-boxes at the end of each chapter prove, in ink, that you can do this. Because you can.

Both phones, side by side

The big publishers split this into separate $30+ books — an iPhone edition, an Android edition, even a 2027–2028 edition already. Families run both kinds. One book, both sets of steps, no wrong purchase.

Safety the others skip

A full chapter on scams — voice cloning, fake bank texts, rush tactics — ending with a family safe word system you set up together in one phone call. A cloned voice doesn't know the safe word. A real grandchild does.

Done-with-you, not download-and-goodbye

The Complete edition includes a personal phone setup check by text — we look at your settings with you, at your pace. And if any step in the book ever stops matching your screen, text us: we'll walk you to it on your exact phone.

What's inside

Seven core chapters. Four more in Complete.

1. Make It Easy to See, Hear & Hold

Bigger, bolder text; louder rings for your people; settings that are kinder to real hands. The chapter that fixes the most frustration.

2. Calls, Contacts & Help in an Emergency

One-tap favorites, Emergency SOS set up before you need it, and the medical card that speaks for you when you can't.

3. Texting Without Tears

Talk instead of type, send photos calmly, and mute a noisy group text without leaving it.

4. Photos & the Camera

Tap-to-focus, finding pictures again with search, and sharing with family in one move.

5. Apps, Wi-Fi & Updates Without Fear

The one rule that blocks most trouble, public Wi-Fi safety, and updates on your terms — including how to spot a fake 'your phone is infected' page.

6. Scams, Spam & Your Family Safe Word

The three rules that stop almost everything, plus the safe word and callback rules your whole family agrees to once.

7. Your 7-Day Plan & Quick Fixes

One skill a day for a week — and calm fixes for frozen screens, lost apps, and fast-dying batteries.

Complete

8–11. The rest of your phone life

Video calls & group chats · Email, maps & getting around · Health, medicines & your phone · AI help, safely — asking your phone anything, with the rules for what never gets typed in.

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The Family Safe Word page, on us.

Text SAFEWORD to (530) 487-0107 and we'll send you the safe-word setup from Chapter 6 free — the one protection every family with a phone should set up this week, book or no book.

Editions

Pick your guide.

One-time price. A big-print PDF you keep forever — read it on any screen, or print it and keep it by the charger. Order by text and we send your secure Square payment link right back. Available anywhere in the United States — after purchase, it is delivered by email as a downloadable PDF.

Essential Guide

$12.99

20 pages: all 7 core chapters — readable setup, calls & SOS, texting, photos, apps & updates, scams & safe word, and the 7-Day Plan · Notes pages for your questions · big print throughout.

Best value

Complete Edition

$24.99

28 pages — everything in Essential, plus 4 chapters: video calls, email & maps, health & medicines, safe AI help · BONUS: printable Fridge Cheat Sheets — 6 big-print cheat sheets (readable setup, SOS, talk-to-text, spot-the-scam, safe word card, home Wi-Fi card) · BONUS: done-with-you phone setup check by text, personally.

Buying for a senior center, library, church group, or caregiver team? Text us — group and professional pricing is set per group, on the same honest terms.

Honest answers

Before you ask.

Which phone does it cover — mine?

Both. Every step covers iPhone and Android side by side, so the book fits your phone and your family's other phones too. Menu names can vary a little by model — if a step ever stops matching your screen, text us and we'll walk you to it on your exact phone.

I'm not good with technology. Is this for me?

It's written for exactly you: smart, new to this, and tired of being talked down to. One small skill a day, big print, no jargon without a plain explanation right beside it.

How do I get it?

Text to order; we send your secure Square payment link right back, and your PDF arrives for download. Read it on screen or print it — it's yours to keep.

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