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Does The IPhone Really Live Up To The Hype?

By Bryan Santos


So you've gotten a new iPhone. You may not think you want to know everything the phone does, but once you find out some of the great things that this phone can do, you will not know how you got along without it! Keep reading for some wonderful tricks for the iPhone.

The iPhone uses diction. This helps because you don't have to type. You can enable this by tapping the microphone button on your phone and talking into it. When you are done, hit the stop button and it automatically types what you say. You can also use this feature to update your status on social networking sites.

Just because you're browsing the web on your iPhone, you don't have to be any less of a discriminating browser than you are on your home computer. You can check out Safari links before you open them by pressing and holding on them. This will bring up a menu that lets you copy the link or open it in a new page. More importantly, it'll show you the URL the link leads to.

Unfreeze your phone by trying this trick. If you find that the screen has frozen, push Sleep/Wake. If that does not work, press it again at the same time as you push the Home button. You will receive an option to slide to power off. That will allow you to do a hard reset, so you can turn off your phone, and then power it up again.

A great tip if you're new to using an iphone is to take avantage of its GPS features. Say your car broke down in the middle of nowhere and you need a tow truck to come give you a lift. You can use your iphone to pinpoint where you are.

The ability to buy Kindle books right from your iPhone's Kindle app was a casualty in a recent Apple-Amazon battle. Don't worry, you can still use your iPhone to purchase books without resorting to a computer. Just use Safari to navigate to Amazon and purchase your next read the same way you would on your home computer. Remember to select your iPhone in the "send to" menu!

Would you like a quick and efficient way to delete emails on your iPhone? It is simple with this quick technique. Just swipe across an email with your finger, and you can delete it. If it is a Gmail account, you can adjust the settings so this swipe archives the message instead of deleting it.

For those who interact often on social networking sites, the iPhone makes it easy to stay up to speed with them. It is easy to comment, download photos and connect with your friends. Many college students find having an iPhone is a convenient way to stay connected to the internet away from home.

It is easy to save an image from Safari on your iPhone. When you are on the image you want, tap and hold down on the image. A message will come up, asking you if you want to "Cancel" or "Save Image". Obviously, you will want to pick the "Save Image" option.

Aviation enthusiasts will love this iPhone trick. First, you must make sure that Location Services are enabled in the phone's Settings app. Next, instruct Siri to ask Wolfram which flights are overhead. Siri will then use data from the Wolfram Alpha search engine to provide you with detailed information about any nearby flight.

You can use an application on the iphone that shows you your pace during your run workouts. You can keep track of your pace with this application and determine if you are making any real progress or not. Try this application out and let it push you to get the most out of your workouts.

Don't forget to check for updates to your applications. You may think that once you download an app, that's the end of it. Make sure you check the update section of your App Store or you risk missing bug fixes or even extra features that app developers add after the app has been released.

There may be times when you try to send an email on your iPhone and then something goes wrong with your network connection. You may think that the message is gone, but it isn't. There is a temporary outgoing folder that is created, and it will contain the message. You can find it on the main screen of your sending account. This folder and message will disappear once your network is back on, and you send the message.

It should be a bit easier for you to use your new iphone device now. Just keep in mind that it does take a little time to get used to the feel of the phone. But in time you can master the different applications, and ways to use the phone. Then you can just worry about enjoying yourself with this highly advance piece of technology.




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