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iPhone Training Guide : Training your digits

Training your digits

Rice Krisples has Snap! Crackle! Pop! Apple’s response for the IPhone is Tap! Flick! and Pinch! Yikes. another ad comparison.
Fortunately, tapping, flicking, and pinching are not challenging gestures, so you’ll be mastering many of the IPhone’s features in no time:

Tap: Tapping serves multiple purposes, as will become evident through¬out this book. You can tap an Icon to open an application from the Home screen. Tap to start playing a song or to choose the photo album you want to look through. Sometimes you will double-tap (tapping twice in rapid succession), which has the effect of zooming in (or out) of Web pages, maps, and e-mails.

Flick: Just what it sounds like. A flick of the finger on the screen itself lets you quickly scroll through lists of songs, e-mails, and picture thumbnails. Tap on the screen to stop scrolling or merely wait for the scrolling list to stop.

Pinch: Place two fingers on the edges of a Web page or picture to enlarge the images or make them smaller. Pinching is a cool gesture that is easy to master and sure to wow an audience. Continue reading iPhone Training Guide : Training your digits…

Iphone : Using the “Multi-Touch” Interface

Mastering the Multi-Touch Interface

Virtually every cell phone known to mankind has a physical (typically plastic) dialing keypad, if not also a more complete QWERTY-style keyboard, to bang out e-mails and text messages. The iPhone dispenses with both. Apple is once again living up to an old company advertising slogan to ‘Think Different.”
Indeed, the iPhone removes the usual physical buttons in favor of a so-called mu/titouch display. It is the heart of many things you do on the iPhone. and the controls change depending on the task at hand.
Unlike other phones with touchscreens. don’t bother looking for a stylus. You are meant, instead — to lift another ancient ad slogan — to “let your fingers do the walking.”
The first thing to note is that there are actually three keyboard layouts: the alphabetical keyboard, the numeric and punctuation keyboard, and the more punctuation and symbols keyboard.

There are four keys that don’t actually type a character: the Shift. Toggle. Delete, and Return keys:

Toggle key: Switches between the different keyboard layouts.
Shift key: If you’re using the alphabetical keyboard, the Shift key switches between uppercase and lowercase letters. If you’re using either of the other two keyboards, pressing Shift switches to the other one.
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Activating the iPhone

Activating the iPhone

There are two prerequisites for enjoying the iPhone. First, you have to become or already be an AT&T (U.S.). T-Mobile (Germany). 02 (U.K.). or Orange (France) customer. Read the sidebar titled “The Great Escape: Bailing out of your wireless contract.” later in this chapter, if you are in the middle of a contract with a rival wireless phone company.

Second, make sure you download the latest version of iTunes software onto your PC or Mac. Apple doesn’t supply the software in the box. so head to Www.apple.com/ltunes if you need to fetch a copy or launch your current version of iTunes. and choose Check for Updates. You’ll find it under the Help menu on a Windows machine and the iTunes menu on a Mac.

For the uninitiated iTunes is the nifty Apple jukebox software that iPod owners and many other people use to manage music, videos, and more. iTunes is at the core of the iPhone as well, because an iPod is built into the iPhone. You’ll employ iTunes to synchronize a bunch of stuff on your com¬puter and iPhone: contacts, calendars, e-mail accounts, bookmarks, photos, videos, and of course music. And from the get-go. you’ll use iTunes to acti¬vate the phone.
Here’s how to proceed with setup:

1. Locate an available USB port on your PC or Mac to connect the dock. Slide the iPhone into its dock.
Hold your excitement as the first Welcome loYour New iPhone greeting is displayed inside iTunes.

2. Click Continue to get on with the show.

3. Select whether or not you are already an AT&T (or Cingular) wireless customer, and then click Continue.

4. Based on the decision in Step 3, select among the following options. Then click Continue.

If you’re in the AT&T stable, you can either add a new line to an existing account or replace your current phone with the iPhone. If you’re an AT&T newbie. you can activate either a single iPhone or — you’d be the envy of your neighborhood — two or more iPhones under a family plan.

5. (Optional) You have the option of transferring an existing cell phone number from another wireless provider to the iPhone, a process that Apple says may take up to six hours. If you want to do so. select the Transfer Existing Mobile Number box and fill in your existing phone number, account number, zip code, and account password (if applicable). There are plenty of good reasons for keeping your old number, not least of which is to brag to friends that they’re calling you on an iPhone. Although you’ll be able to make outgo¬ing calls at this juncture. You will be able to receive any until the trans¬fer is complete. Then proceed with Step 7.

6. Click Continue.

7. Choose your monthly wireless plans from AT&T, and then click Continue.
Click the arrow next to More Minutes to check out higher-priced plans. Click Less Minutes to return to the lower-priced options.
Pay heed to the fine print. You better learn to love AT&T because, for better or worse, they’re going to be your wireless carrier for at least the next two years. The iPhone is not compatible with Verizon Wireless. Sprint, or any other US carrier.

8. If you have an Apple ID, type your Apple ID and password. Then click Continue.

9. Enter your date of birth and select the appropriate boxes if you want to receive e-mail on new releases and additions to the iTunes Store or special offers and information about other Apple products. Then click Continue.

10. Well, you knew they would get around to it sooner or later. In the next screens, enter your billing address and acknowledge that you have read both Apple’s iPhone Terms & Conditions and AT&T’s Service Agreement (if you’re new to AT&T). Click Continue to move from screen to screen.
i don’t know anyone without a law degree who actually reads these things. But high up in the AT&T agreement you learn that you’re subject to a $ 175 early termination fee should you decide to bail out of your con¬tract. Ouch!

11. You get one more shot to review your information. If your address and the iPhone plan are accurate, click Submit to authorize AT&T to perform a credit check and initiate service (again, if vou’re new to AT&T).
Click Go Back to make changes. Processing the activation could take up to three minutes, assuming there are no snags.
If you don’t pass the credit check, all is not lost. As this book was being prepared. AT&T was offering a prepaid plan for the iPhone (though the rates are not as attractive). The plan is not available to customers whose credit is A-OK.

12. If all is peachy, your new mobile number, assuming you didn’t keep your old one, is displayed on the computer screen.
Meanwhile, the iPhone will notify you when activation is complete and send an e-mail to the address you designated.

13. Click Continue to begin syncing your iPhone with your contacts, cal¬endars, e-mail accounts, bookmarks, music, photos, and pictures.
Skip ahead to the next chapter for details on syncing.

Iphone - Basic Training

The last time you bought a cell phone, the process probably went some¬thing like this: You wandered into a wireless store unsure what you wanted. You checked out a tew models in your price range and chose one that met your budget, teature requirements, and sense ot style. You waited patiently while the friendly (we hope) salesperson recorded some vital infor mation and eventually activated the phone.

By now, ot course, you know that the iPhone is a very ditterent deal. Amidst extraordinary buzz, you plotted tor months about how to land one. Alter all. the iPhone is the ultimate tashion phone, and the chic device also hosts a bevy ot cool features. (Keep reading this book tor proof.) To snatch the very first version, you may have had to save your pennies — or at least said “the budget be damned.” Owning the hippest and most hyped hand¬set on the planet comes at a premium cost com¬pared with rival devices.

Something else is different about the iPhone purchas¬ing experience: the way it’s activated. No salesperson is going to guide you through the process, whether you picked up your newly prized possession in an Apple retail store, an AT&T retail store, or on the Web. Instead, you are supposed to handle activation solo, in the comfort ot your own home.

Fortunately, as with most products with an Apple pedigree, the process of getting up to speed with the iPhone is dirt simple and fun. Although hiccups are possible — just ask some of the folks who bought an iPhone in the days following its June 29. 2007 debut — activation should go smoothly If you do need assistance, let this chapter be your guide.

Turning the iPhone On and Off

Apple has taken the time to partially charge your iPhone. so you’ll get some measure of instant gratification. After taking it out of the box. press and hold the Sleep/Wake button on the top-right edge. (Refer to Chapter I for the loca¬tion of all buttons.) The famous Apple logo should show up on your screen, followed a few seconds later by a stunning image of Earth.

Not so subtle message: Apple has ambitious aspirations about capturing global market share.
The words Actuxite iPhone appear at the top of the screen above the home planet, accompanied by a message to Connect to iTunes.
You are permitted at this initial stage to make an emergency call by using your finger to slide the arrow at the bottom of the display to the right. It’s a bit startling to see the emergency option on this early screen. Here’s hoping that your first act as an iPhone owner will not land you or a loved one in the hospital.
To turn the device completely off. press and hold the Sleep^’ake button again until a red arrow appears at the top of the screen. Then drag the arrow to the right with your finger.

Locking the iPhone

A naked cell phone in your pocket is asking for trouble. Unless the phone has some locking mechanism, you may inadvertently dial a phone number. Try explaining to your boss why he or she got a call from you at 4 A.M. Fortunately. Apple makes it a cinch to lock the iPhone so that this scenario won’t happen to you.
In fact, you don’t need to do anything to lock the iPhone; it happens automat¬ically, as long as you don’t touch the screen for a minute.

The iPhone as an Internet communications device

But wait — there’s more! Not only is the iPhone a great phone and a stellar iPod. it’s also a tull-teatured Internet communications device with — we’re about to drop a bit of industry jargon on you — a rich HTML e-mail client that’s compatible with most POP and 1MAP mail services. Also on board is a world-class Web browser (Safari) that, unlike other phones, makes Web surfing fun and easy.

Another cool Internet teature is Maps, a killer mapping application based on Google Maps. You can view maps and satellite imagery and obtain driving directions and traffic information regardless of where in the United States you happen to be. You can also find businesses such as gas stations, restaurants, hospitals, and Apple stores with just a few taps.

You might also enjoy using Stocks, a built-in application that delivers near real-time stock quotes and charts anytime and anyplace.
In other words, the Internet experience on an iPhone is far superior to the Internet experience on any other handheld device.

The iPhone as an iPod

We agree with Steve Jobs on this one: The iPhone is a better iPod than any that Apple has ever made. (Okay, we can quibble about wanting more storage.) You can enjoy all of your existing iPod content — music, audiobooks, audio and video podcasts. music videos, television shows, and movies — on the iPhone’s gorgeous high-resolution color display, which is bigger, brighter, and richer than any iPod display that’s come before it.

Bottom line: If you can get the content — be it video, audio, or whatever — into iTunes on your Mac or PC. you can synchronize it and watch or listen to it on your iPhone.

The iPhone as a phone and a digital camera

On the phone side, the iPhone synchronizes with the contacts and calendars on your Mac or PC. It includes a full-featured QWERTY soft, or virtual, keyboard, which makes typing text easier than ever before — for some folks. Granted, the virtual keyboard takes a bit of time to get used to. But we think that many ot you will eventually be whizzing along at a much taster pace than you thought possible on a mobile keyboard ot this type.

The 2-megapixel digital camera is accompanied by a sophisticated photo management application, so taking and managing digital photos is a pleasure rather than the nightmare it can be on other phones. Plus, you can automatically synchronize iPhoto photos with the digital photo library on your Mac or PC.
Finally, one of our tavorite phone accoutrements is visual voicemail. (Try saying that three times fast.) This feature lets you see a list ot voicemail messages and choose which ones to listen to or delete without being forced to take in every message in your voice mailbox in sequential order. Now that’s handy!

Those are merely a tew of the iPhone’s excellent telephony features. Because we still have many more chapters to go. we’ll put the phone coverage on hold tor now (pun intended).

Make up your iPhone

Congratulations. You’ve selected one ot the most incredible handheld devices we’ve ever seen — and one that is much more than just a great wireless phone. Ot course, the iPhone is one heck ot a wireless telephone, complete with a capable 2-megapixel digital camera. But it’s actually three awesome handheld devices in one. In addition to being a killer cell phone, it’s a gorgeous widescreen video iPod and the smallest, most powerful Internet communications device yet.

In this article, i otter a gentle introduction to all three “products” that make up your iPhone. plus overviews ot its revolutionary hardware and software features.

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