Table of Contents

About This Book

Conventions Used in This Book

How This Book Is Organized

Part I: Getting to Know Your iPhone

Part II: The PDA iPhone

Part III: The Multimedia iPhone

Part IV: The Internet iPhone

Part V: The Undiscovered iPhone

Part VI: The Part of Tens

Icons Used in This Book

Where to Go from Here

Chapter 1: Unveiling the iPhone

The Big Picture

The iPhone as a phone and digital camera/camcorder

The iPhone as an iPod

The iPhone as an Internet communications device

Technical specifications

A Quick Tour Outside

On the top and side

On the bottom

On the front

On the back

Status bar

Home Sweet Home Screen

Chapter 2: iPhone Basic Training

Activating the iPhone

Turning the iPhone On and Off

Locking the iPhone

Mastering the Multitouch Interface

Discovering the special-use keys

The incredible, intelligent, and virtual iPhone keyboard

Navigating beyond the Home screen

Finger-typing on the virtual keyboards

Editing mistakes

Cutting, copying, pasting, and suggesting

Multitasking

Organizing Icons into Folders

Searching

Notifications

Chapter 3: Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone

Setting Up a New iPhone

A Brief iCloud Primer

The Kitchen Sync

First things first: About iPhone backups

Sync prep 101

Syncing Your Data

Syncing address book contacts

Syncing calendars

Syncing e-mail accounts

Syncing bookmarks and notes

Advanced syncing

Synchronizing Your Media

Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows

Podcasts, iTunes U, and books

Photos

Chapter 4: Understanding the Phone-damentals

Making a Call

Contacts

Favorites

Recents

Keypad

Visual voicemail

Recording a greeting

Voice dialing

Receiving a Call

Accepting the call

Rejecting the call

Replying with a text message

Avoiding disturbances

Choosing ringtones

While on a Call

Juggling calls

Making conference calls

Seeing Is Believing with FaceTime

Chapter 5: Texting 1, 2, 3: Messages and Notes

Getting the iMessage

You send me: Sending text messages

Alert: You’ve got messages

Being a golden receiver: Reading and replying to text messages

MMS: Like SMS with media

Smart messaging tricks

Taking Note of Notes

Chapter 6: Six Indispensible Utilities

Working with the Calendar

List view

Day view

Month view

Adding Calendar Entries

Letting your calendar push you around

Responding to meeting invitations

Subscribing to calendars

Searching calendars

Calculate This

Punching the Clock

World clock

Alarm clock

Stopwatch

Timer

Voice Memos

Making a recording

Listening to recordings

Trimming recordings

Adding a label to a recording

Remind me

Passbook

Chapter 7: Taking the iPhone Siri-ously

Summoning Siri

Figuring out what to ask

Using dictation

Correcting mistakes

Settings to make Siri smarter

Voice Dialing

Chapter 8: Get in Tune(s): Audio on Your iPhone

Introducing the iPod inside Your iPhone

Playlists

Artistic license

Song selection

Share and share alike

Taking Control of Your Tunes

Go with the (Cover) Flow

Flow’s not here right now

Customizing Your Audio Experience

Finding even more choices

Setting preferences

Make a playlist on your iPhone

Set a sleep timer

Use your voice to control your music

Shopping with the iTunes app

Chapter 9: “Smile”: Taking Pictures with Your iPhone

Taking Your Best Shot

Keeping Things in Focus

From the front to the rear — and back

Firing up the flash

Using the digital zoom

Capturing pleasing panoramas

Importing Pictures

Tracking Down Your Pictures

Swimming in the Photo Stream

Sharing Photo Streams

Admiring Your Pictures

Launching Slideshows

Special slideshow effects

Touching up photos

Deleting pictures

More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks

Organizing Your Places, Faces, and Events

Chapter 10: You Oughta Be in Pictures: Video on Your iPhone

Finding Stuff to Watch

Playing Video

Shooting Video

Editing what you shot

Sharing video

Watching video on TV

Restricting video (and other) usage

Chapter 11: Going On a Mobile Safari

Surfin’ Dude

Exploring the browser

Blasting off into cyberspace

I Can See Clearly Now

Opening multiple web pages at a time

Looking at lovable links

Book(mark) ’em, Dano

Altering bookmarks

Viewing open pages on other devices

Letting history repeat itself

Launching a mobile search mission

Saving web pictures

Reading clutter-free web pages

Smart Safari Settings

Chapter 12: The E-Mail Must Get Through

Prep Work: Setting Up Your Accounts

Set up your account the easy way

Set up your account the less easy way

Set up corporate e-mail

See Me, Read Me, File Me, Delete Me: Working with Messages

Reading messages

Managing messages

Threading messages

Searching e-mails

Darling, You Send Me (E-Mail)

Makin’ messages

Settings for sending e-mail

Setting your message and account settings

Chapter 13: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, and Weather

Maps Are Where It’s At

Finding your current location with Maps

Finding a person, place, or thing

Views, zooms, and pans

Maps and contacts

Timesaving map tools: Bookmarks, Recents, and Contacts

Smart map tricks

Contemplating the Compass

Taking Stock with Stocks

Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes

Details, details, details

Charting a course

Weather Watching

Chapter 14: Setting You Straight on Settings

Sky-High Settings

Airplane mode

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

Settings for What iPhone Looks Like, Sounds Like, and Reports

Notifications

Privacy

Sounds

Brightening up your day

Wallpaper

In General

About About

Software update

Usage

Siri

Cellular

VPN

iTunes Wi-Fi sync

Spotlight search

Auto-lock

Passcode lock

Restrictions

Date and time

Keyboard

International

Accessibility

Profiles

Reset

Phoning In More Settings

iCloud

Twitter

Facebook

Sorting and displaying contacts

Nothing phone-y about these settings

Nike + iPod

Find My iPhone

Chapter 15: Apps-O-Lutely!

Using Your Computer to Find Apps

Looking for apps from your computer

Getting more information about an app

Downloading an app

Updating an app

Using Your iPhone to Find Apps

Looking for apps from your iPhone

Finding more information about an app

Downloading an app

Updating an app

Deleting and Organizing Your Apps

Deleting an app

Organizing your apps

Books, Newspapers, and Magazines

iBooks for your iPhone

Newspapers and magazines

Chapter 16: When Good iPhones Go Bad

iPhone Issues

But first . . .

Recharge your iPhone

Restart your iPhone

Reset your iPhone

Remove your content

Reset your settings and content

Restore your iPhone

Renew your iPhone with Recovery mode

Problems with Calling or Networks

Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues

More Help on the Apple Website

If Nothing We Suggest Helps

Dude, Where’s My Stuff?

Chapter 17: Ten Appetizing Apps

Shazam

Wolfgang’s Concert Vault

Comics

Bill Atkinson PhotoCard

IMDb

Pandora Radio

Apple iBooks

WebMD

WhitePages Mobile

RedLaser

Chapter 18: Ten Apps Worth Paying For

Instapaper ($3.99)

OldBooth ($1.99)

GottaGo ($1.99)

WordsWorth ($1.99)

iTeleport ($24.99)

Baseball Statistics 2012 Edition ($2.99 for Latest Stats)

Glee (Free but $1.99 to $2.99 for Songs)

Air Video ($2.99)

My Secret Folder (99¢)

TurboScan ($1.99)

Chapter 19: Ten Helpful Hints, Tips, and Shortcuts

Do the Slide for Accuracy and Punctuation

Autocorrect Is Your Friend

Auto apostrophes are good for you

Make rejection work for you

The Way-Cool Semi-Hidden Audio Scrub Speed Tip

Tricks with Links and Phone Numbers

Share the Love . . . and the Links

Choosing a Home Page for Safari

Storing Files

Create Ringtones for Free in GarageBand

Getting Apps Out of the Multitasking Tray

Taking a Snapshot of the Screen