Just getting started with an iPhone, or still thinking about buying one? Former Apple writer Karen G. Anderson helps you decide which iPhone to purchase, discusses common accessories, and explains how to successfully complete basic startup tasks. You’ll learn about power management, connecting to the Internet, making phone calls, setting up a Bluetooth headset, transferring songs and other media from a computer, creating a security passcode, and how to get around the interface. You’ll also receive help with synchronizing calendar events and contacts (whether via iTunes or over-the-air), buying apps, and finding your stuff on your iPhone.
With the setup completed, it’s time to use your phone! Karen takes you on a tour of the important default apps that come from Apple, so whether you want to check for voicemail from your boss, run a FaceTime call with your cousin, take a photo and send it to your Mom, play Game Center games with your friends, or map a route to your next appointment, you’ll find help and advice.
This ebook covers the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4.
Find answers to these basic questions:
- What is the purpose of the slots and buttons on my iPhone?
- How do I connect my iPhone to a computer, and why would I want to?
- How do I turn my iPhone on, and what if it doesn’t?
- How do I control the touchscreen with my fingers?
- How do I answer and “hang up” the phone?
Get help with basic setup tasks including:
- Connect to networks.
- Customize your voicemail greeting.
- Set up your email accounts.
- Configure the Safari Web browser for convenience and security.
- Move Web bookmarks from your computer to Safari.
- Transfer songs and podcasts from your computer to your iPhone.
- Set up a Game Center account and invite friends to play with you.
- Sync calendar and address book info between your computer and your iPhone.
- Customize the default image on your iPhone’s screen.
Here’s a sample of things you’ll learn how to do:
- Organize app icons into folders.
- Quickly switch to a recently opened app.
- Place a call using your voice to “dial” instead of your finger.
- Make a FaceTime video call.
- Turn your iPhone into an alarm clock.
- Looking up a date on your calendar.
- Take a photo and email it to a friend.
- Get directions and figure out which way you’re headed.
- Find your apps and other information on the iPhone.
- Shop for third-party apps, share them with family members, and keep them updated.
Book Details
- Paperback: 138 pages
- Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc.; 1 edition (October, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1-615420878
- ISBN-13: 978-1615420872
- File Size: 6.2 MiB
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