Getting to Know Your Apple iPhone Cell Phone

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• 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.

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.