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Here are a few handy tips for all iPhone users. You may be familiar with all of them or only some, but give them a try and feel free to post your own in the comments section.
1. Enable Wi-Fi while in airplane mode
One of the lesser-known goodies included in iPhone 2.0 is the ability to use Wi-Fi while in Airplane Mode. To do this, simply enable Airplane Mode and then switch on Wi-Fi. The orange airplane icon will stay in the status bar and Wi-Fi will be enabled.
This comes in handy when you want to use your wi-fi apps or be able to surf the web or check email but don’t want to be interrupted with phone calls
2. Saving images
To save an image from a website, simply press and hold on the photo and you’ll be prompted with a menu asked if you’d like to “Save Image.” Once the photo is saved, you can view it offline, email it or set it as wallpaper. If you want to take a screenshot of a website or application, press down on the Home button and tap the Sleep button. You’ll hear the camera click, see a white flash and the screenshot will be saved.
3. Headphones
The iPhone’s headphones have a small button on the microphone and it performs multiple functions. For example, press once to start the iPod and begin playing a song. Press again to pause the track or double-tap to skip to the next song. If a call comes in, press the button once to answer or double-tap to send the call right to voicemail. During a call, press once to hang up.
4. Safari
To scroll to the top of a website in Safari, simply tap at the top of the phone screen, where the time, battery and signal bars are. Doing this works in most applications, but in Safari it also brings up the URL to type in a new website.If your preferred search engine is set to Google in Safari you don’t need type in the “www” and “.com” for many websites. If you need to type a domain suffix (e.g. “.net”), press and hold the “.com” button for “.net,” “.edu,” “.org” shortcut keys and use your finger to slide between them.
5. Home button
There are many uses for that circular Home button, located in the center and bottom of your iPhone. If you’ve got many pages of applications you can quickly go back to the first page by pressing the Home button once. You can also tap the bottom left or right corners of the screen to switch between pages instead of swiping your finger across.
Double-tapping the Home button brings up your phone’s Favorites screen. Edit the Home button’s function in Settings so when you double-tap the Home button it takes you right to your music playlists or your favourite contacts page.
6. Email
You can delete unwanted emails en masse rather than deleting one at a time. In your Inbox, simply click the Edit button and check off the emails you want to delete with your finger and then choose Delete. Otherwise, to delete a single email, simply swipe the email sideways and you’ll see the red “Delete” button option.
1. Enable Wi-Fi while in airplane mode
One of the lesser-known goodies included in iPhone 2.0 is the ability to use Wi-Fi while in Airplane Mode. To do this, simply enable Airplane Mode and then switch on Wi-Fi. The orange airplane icon will stay in the status bar and Wi-Fi will be enabled.
This comes in handy when you want to use your wi-fi apps or be able to surf the web or check email but don’t want to be interrupted with phone calls
2. Saving images
To save an image from a website, simply press and hold on the photo and you’ll be prompted with a menu asked if you’d like to “Save Image.” Once the photo is saved, you can view it offline, email it or set it as wallpaper. If you want to take a screenshot of a website or application, press down on the Home button and tap the Sleep button. You’ll hear the camera click, see a white flash and the screenshot will be saved.
3. Headphones
The iPhone’s headphones have a small button on the microphone and it performs multiple functions. For example, press once to start the iPod and begin playing a song. Press again to pause the track or double-tap to skip to the next song. If a call comes in, press the button once to answer or double-tap to send the call right to voicemail. During a call, press once to hang up.
4. Safari
To scroll to the top of a website in Safari, simply tap at the top of the phone screen, where the time, battery and signal bars are. Doing this works in most applications, but in Safari it also brings up the URL to type in a new website.If your preferred search engine is set to Google in Safari you don’t need type in the “www” and “.com” for many websites. If you need to type a domain suffix (e.g. “.net”), press and hold the “.com” button for “.net,” “.edu,” “.org” shortcut keys and use your finger to slide between them.
5. Home button
There are many uses for that circular Home button, located in the center and bottom of your iPhone. If you’ve got many pages of applications you can quickly go back to the first page by pressing the Home button once. You can also tap the bottom left or right corners of the screen to switch between pages instead of swiping your finger across.
Double-tapping the Home button brings up your phone’s Favorites screen. Edit the Home button’s function in Settings so when you double-tap the Home button it takes you right to your music playlists or your favourite contacts page.
6. Email
You can delete unwanted emails en masse rather than deleting one at a time. In your Inbox, simply click the Edit button and check off the emails you want to delete with your finger and then choose Delete. Otherwise, to delete a single email, simply swipe the email sideways and you’ll see the red “Delete” button option.