Skip to navigation | Skip to content

Share your knowledge. Make a difference.

Getting to Know Your Apple iPhone Cell Phone

1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic (by 4 people)   Your rating: 1 - I can do better 2 - Jury's out 3 - Pretty darn good 4 - Splendiferous 5 - Awesometastic

Ranked #2869 in Tech & Geek, #62022 overall

Rated G. (Control what you see)

Apple iPhone Cell Phone - Every Bit It's Hyped Up to Be!

 

Apple has come out with its newest piece of cell phone technology - and it's flying off store shelves! This is a phone that can connect you to almost anywhere in the world, but it does much more than the ordinary cell phone.

 

The Apple iPhone cell phone delivers quality phone service, but it also connects you to the Internet, so you can check your email and surf the 'net, never losing touch with anyone.

 

This phone hasn't been out for very long, but has been in high demand because people can simplify their lives by keeping up with the latest news, conducting a quick web search on the phone, or text messaging to find out what their cyber friends are up to - all in one place. 

 

The iphone features don't end there, though. You can check the local weather report, get directions to a destination and even get the latest sports scores. Apple developed this piece of cell phone technology to be more of a miniature laptop computer that happens to be a cell phone.

 

Can you imagine putting the whole world in your pocket? The iPhone basically allows you to do that with the Internet connectivity it has. It's small enough to fit into your pocket or even your purse. 

 

It helps make packing for a trip a little easier. You don't have to worry about taking along your laptop and all of its bulky accessories. Just slip in your iphone. An easy to use touch screen lets you select what you need quickly and efficiently so that you can get on with what you need to do. 

 

Plus, you can find thousands of movie and music files to download to your iPhone so you'll never be bored again!

Do You Want an iPhone? 

Loading poll. Please Wait...

 


Apple Store

A Look at iPhone Features 

One look at the iPhone and your head may turn wondering what all those buttons on the screen are for. Don't let all the features scare you. It's easy to figure out once you've used it for a little while.

Each button that you press on your menu screen has a different function.
  • There's the phone feature that enables you to quickly dial anywhere you want. You can find out who your recent callers were and check your voice messages.

  • There's the mail feature that enables you to send and receive email through your phone using your existing email address. It's compatible with most email programs including most of the web-based ones.

  • There's the Safari feature, which is the iPhone's web browser. Search the 'net easily and efficiently using your phone. Turn the phone to the side to get a widescreen to view the sites with.

  • The iPod allows you to listen to your favorite podcasting programs. You can also watch TV and movies by using this feature.

  • The SMS text feature allows you to converse with anyone through the text messaging technology. It holds each conversation you have and saves it so you can refer back to them if you need to.

  • The iCal is the Microsoft Outlook Calendar that you save on your phone to alert you to any important appointments coming up. You can easily check the calendar to make sure you don't miss anything important.

  • Your iPhone is also a camera. Take pictures of anything you want and you can view them easily on your phone. The phone stores several pictures at a time, so you don't have to be too careful at how many you take.

  • Your phone has the ability to connect to YouTube and view any videos through the phone screen. Be sure to turn the screen to its side so you can get a better view and the full effect.

  • Your phone is also your window to the stock market world. One touch of this button and you'll have access to the latest stock trading information.

  • You'll also see a maps feature, which allows you to view local maps as well as statewide maps to plan your route to travel on your next trip.

  • Get the current weather conditions to your local area and be ahead of the game when bad weather hits.

  • Your phone has a clock feature that you can check the time on. It also allows you to view the time for anywhere in the world.

  • Your calculator feature allows you to add, subtract, multiply or divide all with the use of your phone. No more lugging around a regular calculator to add some quick figures.

  • You can even benefit from the notes feature. You can quickly jot some notes down to remind yourself of tasks and other things that need to be done. Use it for your grocery list and shopping list too.

  • The settings feature allows you to set anything you want on your phone. You can select wallpaper for the screen, ringtones, music and screen brightness with a couple of touches of the screen.

Get Out of Your Cell Phone Contract and Get an iPhone! 

Cellswapper.com

iPhone Cell Phone on CBS News 

A Closer Look At The iPhone

Apple Inc's Phil Schiller shows John Blackstone the many features of the iPhone. Apple's latest product will go on sale this June.

powered by YouTube

Tips and Tricks to Making the Most of Your iPhone Usage 

Your iPhone is a great asset to your daily use of technology.

It has many helpful features to get you organized and save you time, but there are some more hidden tricks you can use with your iPhone that the manual doesn't mention.

For instance, you may get irritated when you realize there's no copy and paste feature to paste a link in an email. Apple developed the iPhone so that you wouldn't need it. A tap of the address bar and the share button comes up.

This button will copy the link and insert it in the email for you. You can amazingly pop back to the top of a browser screen after having scrolled down to the bottom. One quick tap at the top of your iPhone's screen and you're immediately zipped to the top of the screen where the address bar is located.

Sometimes, as with any piece of equipment, you may come across some minor technical problems. If your iPhone screen is frozen, simply hold the home button for 6-10 seconds and your iPhone's screen will reset itself so that you're back in business.

You can reset the iPhone itself by pressing the sleep/wake button feature and the home button at the same time for around 10 seconds or when the Apple logo dissipates from the screen. Now the iPhone resets itself and you're ready to go.

The iPhone has many wonderful features for saving you time, so take a few minutes (okay, a few hours!) of fun and play around with your Apple gadget to see what tricks you can find for your own use.

Iphone Wallpapers 

Pimp your iPhone With These Great Free iPhone Wallpaper Designs.

Apple bling iPhone wallpaper by The Pug Father

iPhone Wallpaper-0048.jpg by inabeanpod

iPhone Wallpaper-0052.jpg by inabeanpod

Ballooney iphone by moistproduction

iPhone Wallpaper by Joe and Craig

 

Have You Grabbed Your iPhone Yet? 

gamejunkie

Love the lens. Lots of great info. Visit me at Guitar Hero 3 Review

Posted December 04, 2007

liluluna

Hi
Cool lense about IPhone. You're voted - 5 stars.
See mine lense about Iphone
Regards Lilu.

Posted August 13, 2007

iPhone's Making Headlines All Over! 

Loading Fetching RSS feed... please stand by
X
TiffanyAndLewis

About TiffanyAndLewis

Hello everybody! This is a lens made by Tiffany Dow and Lewis Smile.

This lens is made for a customer of BuildMyLens.com.


To buy your own lens, or to see all the ones we have built so far, visit www.buildmylens.com

If you think this is a good lens, why not give it an honest rating?

Thank you for visiting!


Tiffany and Lewis

TiffanyAndLewis's Pages

See all of TiffanyAndLewis's pages

X

Gold Star

This is a certified gold star lens, which means it's the best of its kind on Squidoo (or shows some serious potential for getting there!)

Read more about gold stars »

X

TiffanyAndLewis is a Giant Squid!

Giants are distinguished by their exceptional skill for making top-notch lenses, and lots of them. Whenever you land on a Giant Squid's lens, you know the person behind it is passionate about the topic and is hard at work making the lens worthy of your time and attention.

Learn more about what it takes to be a Giant »