Wiley iPhone For Dummies, 4th Edition
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1. Unveiling the iPhone In This Chapter Looking at the big picture Touring the outside of the iPhone Checking out the iPhone s apps ongratulations You ve selected one of the most incredible handheld devices we ve ever seen Of course the iPhone is one heck of a wire less telephone but it s actually four handheld devices in one At least it s four devices right out of the box With iPhone apps your iPhone becomes a PDA an e book reader a handheld gaming device a memory jogger an exer cise assistant and ever so much more We discuss optional apps how to obtain install and delete them throughout the book and particularly in Chapter 14 For now we focus on the four awesome handheld devices your iPhone is the day you take it out of the box In addi tion to being a killer cell phone the iPhone is a gor geous widescreen video iPod a decent 2 megapixel digital camera original iPhone and iPhone 3G ora3 S4 or 5 megapixel camera camcorder iPhone 3GS and 4 respectively as well as the smallest most power ful Internet communications device yet In this chapter we offer a gentle introduction to all four devices that make up your iPhone plus overviews of its revolutionary hardware and software features The Gig Picture The iPhone has many best of class features but perhaps its most unusual feature is the lack of a physical keyboard or stylus Instead it has a 3 inch super high resolution touchs2. re a Windows person think Control Panel Phone Tap this app icon to use the iPhone as a phone What a concept 1 Mail This app lets you send and receive e mail with most POP3 and IMAP e mail systems and if you work for a company that grants permis sion Microsoft Exchange accounts too Safari Safari is your Web browser If you re a Mac user you know that already if you re a Windows user who hasn t already discovered the wonderful Safari for Windows think Internet Explorer on steroids iPod This icon unleashes all the power of a video iPod right on your phone Contacts Last but not least this app stores information about your contacts which can be synced with MobileMe Mac OS X Address Book Yahoo Address Book Google Contacts Windows Address Book Outlook Express Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange You won t find the Contacts app on your Home screen it s on the second screen of apps which you find out about in Chapter 2 and in the iPhone app as well If you just can t wait to see it swipe your finger across the screen from right to left and it will appear Okay then Now that you and your iPhone have been properly introduced it s time to turn it on activate it and actually use it Onward Part I Getting to Know Your iPhone
3. t see the Wi Fi icon in the status bar Internet access is not currently available Wireless that is cellular carriers may offer one of three data networks The fastest is a 3G data network which as you probably guessed is available only on the iPhone 3G iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 The device first looks for a 3G network and then if it can t find one looks fora slower EDGE or GPRS data network Wi Fi networks however are even faster than any cellular data network 3G EDGE or GPRS So all iPhones will connect to a Wi Fi network if one is available even if a 3G GPRS or EDGE network is also available Last but not least if you don t see one of these icons 3G GPRS EDGE or Wi Fi you don t currently have Internet access Network activity This icon tells you that some network activity is occurring such as over the air synchronization sending or receiving e mail or loading a Web page Some third party apps also use this icon to indicate network or other activity Call forwarding When you see this icon call forwarding is enabled on your iPhone 1 VPN This icon shows that your iPhone is currently connected to a vir tual private network VPN Lock This icon tells you when your iPhone is locked See Chapter 2 for information on locking and unlocking your iPhone Play This icon informs you that a song is currently playing You find out more about playing songs in Chapter 7 Portrait orientation W
4. App Store Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone 15 The Utilities button is the sole exception This button is a folder contain ing four app buttons Clock Calculator Compass and Voice Memos The Utilities button appears only on iPhones with iOS 4 preinstalled If you upgraded your iPhone to iOS 4 those four apps are where they were before the upgrade not contained in a Utilities folder You read more about apps and folders later in this chapter and through out the rest of the book On the back On the back of your iPhone is the camera lens It s the little circle in the top left corner The iPhone 4 also has a little LED next to the camera lens that s used as a flash for still photos and as a floodlight for videos For more on using the camera and shooting videos see Chapters 8 and 9 respectively Status bar The status bar which is at the top of every Home screen and displayed by many if not most apps displays tiny icons that provide a variety of informa tion about the current state of your iPhone 1 Cell signal The cell signal icon tells you whether you re within range of uil your wireless telephone carrier s cellular network and therefore can make and receive calls The more bars you see five is the highest the stronger the cellular signal If you re out of range the bars are replaced with the words No service And if your iPhone is looking for a cellular signal the bars are replaced with Searching I
5. camera A a otatieat on the front of the iPhone 4 is tuned for FaceTime so it has just the right field of view and focal length to focus on your face at arm s length to present you in the best possible light M Receiver The receiver is the speaker that the iPhone uses for telephone calls It naturally sits close to your ear whenever you hold your iPhone in the talking on the phone position You should be the only one who hears sound coming from the receiver If you have the volume set above about 50 percent and you re in a location with little or no background noise someone standing nearby may be able to hear the sound too So be careful If you require privacy during phone calls use the included Apple headset or an optional Bluetooth headset as discussed in Chapter 13 Home button Status bar The status bar displays important information as you ll dis SIM card tray two a eee aoe ene Figure 1 3 The front of the iPhone 4 is Touchscreen You find out how to use a study in elegant simplicity the iPhone s gorgeous high resolution color touchscreen in Chapter 2 All we have to say at this time is try not to drool all over it M Home button No matter what you re doing you can press the Home button at any time to display the Home screen which is the screen shown in Figure 1 3 App buttons Each button on the Home screen launches an included iPhone app or one you ve acquired from the
6. or Mac as long as it s iCal or Microsoft Entourage Outlook or Exchange you can synchronize events and alerts between your computer and your iPhone Create an event on one and it s automatically synchronized with the other the next time they re connected Neat stuff S Part Getting to Know Your iPhone Photos This app is the iPhone s terrific photo manager You can view pictures that you took with the iPhone s built in camera or transferred from your computer You can zoom in or out create slideshows e mail photos to friends and much more Other phones may let you take pictures the iPhone lets you enjoy them in many ways Camera Use this app when you want to shoot a picture with the iPhone s 2 megapixel iPhone and iPhone 3G 3 megapixel iPhone 3GS or 5 megapixel iPhone 4 camera Ditto if you want to shoot video on the 3GS or 4 models M YouTube This app lets you watch videos from the popular YouTube Web site You can search for a particular video or browse through thousands of offerings It s a great way to waste a lot of time Stocks This app lets you monitor your favorite stocks which are updated in near real time 1 Maps This app is among our favorites View street maps or satellite imagery of locations around the globe or ask for driving walking or public transportation directions traffic conditions or even the location of a nearby pizza joint Weather This app monitors the six day
7. Here s a list of everything you need before you can actually use your iPhone An original iPhone or iPhone 3G 3GS or 4 In the United States a wireless contract with AT amp T formerly Cingular M An iTunes Store account Internet access required broadband wireless Internet access recommended Plus you need one of the following A Mac with a USB 2 0 port Mac OS X version 10 5 8 or later and iTunes 9 2 or later M APC with a USB 2 0 port Windows 7 Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later and iTunes 9 2 or later Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone A Quick Tour Outside The iPhone is a harmonious combination of hardware and software In this section we take a brief look at what s on the outside In the next section we peek at the software On the top On the top of your iPhone you ll find the headset jack a microphone iPhone 4 only the SIM card tray GPhone 3 and 3GS only and the sleep wake button as shown in Figure 1 1 We describe these elements more fully in the following list 1 Headset jack The headset jack lets you plug in the included iPhone headset which looks a lot like white iPod earbuds Unlike the iPod ear buds however the iPhone headset has a microphone so that you can talk as well as listen The headset jack on the original iPhone is recessed so most third party earphones such as those made by Shure Etymotic and Future Sonics won t work with it
8. However from companies such as Belkin you can buy an adapter starting at around 11 that enables you to use just about any brand or style of earphones you like with your iPhone Fortunately Apple listened to customers The iPhone 3G 3GS and 4 don t have a recessed headset jack and don t require an adapter Microphone iPhone 4 only Used for FaceTime calls and noise sup pression during phone calls SIM card tray iPhone 3G 3GS only The SIM card tray is where you remove or replace the SIM card inside your iPhone The SIM card tray is on the side in the iPhone 4 A SIM Subscriber Identity Module card is a removable smart card used to identify mobile phones It allows users to change phones by moving the SIM card from one phone to another Sleep wake button This button is used to lock or unlock your iPhone and to turn your iPhone on or off When your iPhone is locked you can still receive calls and text messages but nothing happens if you touch its screen When your iPhone is turned off all incoming calls go directly to voicemail 11 2 Part I Getting to Know Your iPhone SIM card tray Headset jack Sleep wake button Headset jack Sleep wake button SIM card tray Top microphone Figure 1 1 The top side of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS left and the iPhone 4 right On the bottom On the bottom of your iPhone you ll find the speaker dock connector and microphone as shown in Figure 1 2 1 Spe
9. aker The speaker is used by the iPhone s built in speakerphone and plays audio music or video soundtracks if no headset is plugged in It also plays the ringtone you hear when you receive a call Dock connector The dock connector has two purposes One you can use it to recharge your iPhone s battery Simply connect one end of the included dock connector to USB cable to the dock connector and the other end to the USB power adapter Two you can use the dock connec tor to synchronize Connect one end of the same cable to the dock con nector and the other end to a USB port on your Mac or PC Microphone The microphone lets callers hear your voice when you re not using a headset The iPhone 4 has two microphones The top one is used for FaceTime calls and also works with the main mic located on the bottom to sup press unwanted and distracting background sounds on phone calls using dual mic noise suppression technology Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone 13 Microphone Speaker Microphone Speaker Dock connector Dock connector Figure 1 2 The bottom side of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS left and the iPhone 4 right On the sides and front On the front of your iPhone you ll find the following labeled in Figure 1 3 M Ring silent switch This switch which is on the left side of your iPhone lets you quickly switch between ring mode and silent mode When the switch is set to ring mode the up position with
10. and the iPhone 3GS and 4 have GPS that knows where in the world you are In this section we take a brief look at some of the iPhone s features broken down by product category Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone The iPhone as a phone and digital camera camcorder 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 key board 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 of you eventually will be whizzing along at a much faster pace than you thought possible on a mobile keyboard of this type The 2 megapixel iPhone and iPhone 3G 3 megapixel iPhone 3GS or D megapixel iPhone 4 digital camera is accompanied by a decent photo management app so taking and managing digital photos and videos on iPhone 3GS and 4 is a pleasure rather than the nightmare it can be on other phones Plus you can automatically synchronize iPhone photos and videos with the digital photo library on your Mac or PC Okay we still wish the iPhone camera took better photos and shot better video But models prior to iPhone 4 are still much better than most other phone cameras and the iPhone 4 camera is perhaps the best phone camera we ve seen to date Finally one of our favorite phone accoutrements is visual voicemail Try saying that three times fast This fe
11. ature lets you see a list of voicemail messages and choose which ones to listen to or delete without being forced to deal with every message in your voice mailbox in sequential order Now that s handy Those are merely a few of the iPhone s excellent telephony features Because we still have many more chapters to go we ll put the phone and camera coverage on hold for now pun intended The iPhone as an iPod We agree with Steve Jobs on this one The iPhone is a better iPod than almost any that Apple has ever made Okay we can quibble about the iPod Touch and the iPad as well as wanting more storage You can enjoy all your exist ing 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 came 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 an Internet communications device But wait there s more Not only is the iPhone a great phone and a stellar iPod but it s also a full featured Internet communications device with we re about to drop a bit of industry jargon on you a rich HTML e mail 9 10 Part Getting to Know Your iPhone client that s compatible with most POP and IMAP mail
12. creen 326 pixels per inch for iPhone 4 160 pixels per inch for other models that you operate using a pointing device you re already intimately familiar with your finger 8 Part Getting to Know Your iPhone What s in the box Somehow we think you ve already opened the elegant box that the iPhone came in But if you didn t here s what you can expect to find inside Stereo headset Use this headset for music videos and yes phone calls The headset contains a built in microphone for making yourself heard during phone calls Dock connector to USB cable Use this handy cable to sync or charge your iPhone You can plug the USB connector into your PC or Macintosh to sync or into the included USB power adapter By the way if you prefer to have your iPhone standing up on your desk while you charge or sync It as we do check out one of the optional charging syncing docks available from Apple and others USB power adapter Use this adapter to recharge your iPhone from a standard AC power outlet Some Apple logo decals Of course Cleaning cloth Expect to get smudges on the iPhone Use the cloth to wipe it clean We d steer clear of Lemon Pledge Note that the iPhone 4 doesn t come with a cleaning cloth you can always use a clean t shirt Finger Tips pamphlet You ll find handy tips from Apple on using the new object of your affection iPhone 4 Important Product Information Guide pamphlet Well it must be imp
13. e hearing or speech impaired You need an optional Apple iPhone TTY Adapter suggested retail price 19 to connect your iPhone to a TTY machine Home Sweet Home Screen The Home screen offers a bevy of icons each representing a different built in app or function Because the rest of the book covers each and every one of these babies in full and loving detail we merely provide brief descriptions here To get to your Home screen press the Home button If your iPhone is asleep when you press the unlock screen appears Once unlocked you ll see which ever page of icons was on the screen when it went to sleep If that happens to have been the Home screen you re golden If it wasn t merely press the Home button again to summon your iPhone s Home screen Three steps let you rearrange icons on your iPhone 1 Press and hold any icon until all of the icons begin to jiggle 2 Drag the icons around until you re happy with their positions 3 Press the Home button to save your arrangement and stop the jiggling If you haven t rearranged your icons you ll see the following apps on your Home screen starting at the top left 1 Messages The Messages app lets you exchange text SMS and multimedia MMS messages with almost any other cell phone user as described in Chapter 5 We ve used a lot of mobile phones in our day and this app is as good as it gets Calendar No matter what calendar program you prefer on your PC
14. f you have only one or two bars try moving around a little bit Even walking just a few feet can sometimes mean the difference between no service and three or four bars gt Airplane mode You re allowed to use your iPod on a plane after the captain gives the word But you can t use your cell phone except when the plane is in the gate area before takeoff or after landing Fortunately your iPhone offers an airplane mode which turns off all wireless fea tures of your iPhone the cellular 3G GPRS General Packet Radio Service and EDGE networks Wi Fi and Bluetooth and makes it pos sible to enjoy music or video during your flight 3G 3G This icon informs you that your high speed 3G data network from your wireless carrier that s AT amp T in the United States is available and your iPhone can connect to the Internet via 3G GPRS This icon says that your wireless carrier s GPRS data network is available and your iPhone can use it to connect to the Internet E 1 EDGE This icon tells you that your wireless carrier s EDGE network is available and you can use it to connect to the Internet 6 Part Getting to Know Your iPhone _ 1 Wi Fi If you see the Wi Fi icon your iPhone is connected to the Internet over a Wi Fi network The more semicircular lines you see up to three the stronger the Wi Fi signal If you have only one or two semicircles of Wi Fi strength try moving around a bit If you don
15. hen this icon is displayed the iPhone is in por trait orientation mode but not locked in that mode See next entry Portrait orientation lock iPhone 3GS and 4 only This icon means that the iPhone screen is locked in portrait orientation To lock your screen in portrait orientation double press the Home button flick the dock at the bottom of the screen from left to right and then tap the portrait orientation button Alarm This icon tells you that you ve set one or more alarms in the Clock app Location Services Tells you that some application is using Location Services a topic we describe in Chapter 12 Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone f Bluetooth This icon indicates the current state of your iPhone s Bluetooth connection If the icon is blue Bluetooth is on and a device such as a wireless headset or car kit is connected If the icon is gray Bluetooth is turned on but no device is connected If you don t see a Bluetooth icon at all Bluetooth is turned off Chapter 13 goes into more detail about Bluetooth E a Battery This icon reflects the level of your battery s charge The icon is completely filled with green when your battery is fully charged and then empties as your battery becomes depleted You ll see a lightning bolt inside the icon when your iPhone is recharging 1 TTY This icon informs you that your iPhone is set up to work with a TL teletype TTY machine which is used by those who ar
16. no orange dot your iPhone plays all sounds through the speaker on the bottom When the switch is set to silent mode the down position with an orange dot visible on the switch your iPhone doesn t make a sound when you receive a call or when an alert pops up on the screen The only exceptions to silent mode are alarms you set in the built in Clock app which do sound regardless of the ring silent switch setting iPod audio and selecting sounds such as ringtones and alert sounds in the Settings app If your phone is set to ring mode and you want to silence it quickly press the sleep wake button on the top of the iPhone or press one of the volume buttons 1 Volume buttons Two volume buttons are just below the ring silent switch The upper button increases the volume the lower one decreases it You use the volume buttons to raise or lower the loudness of the ringer alerts sound effects songs and movies And during phone calls the buttons adjust the voice loudness of the person you re speaking with regardless of whether you re listening through the receiver the speakerphone or a headset 1 4 Part I Getting to Know Your iPhone gt _ SIM card tray iPhone 4 only The Volume buttons SIM card tray is where you remove l or replace the SIM card inside your Ring silent switch Touchscreen iPhone On the iPhone 4 the SIM card ances App button tray is on the right side Camera iPhone 4 only The
17. ortant because it says so right on the cover You ll find basic safety warnings a bunch of legal ese warranty information and info on how to dispose of or recycle the iPhone What We re getting rid of it already A few other pieces of advice Don t drop the iPhone if you can help it keep the thing dry and as with all cell phones give full attention to the road while driving SIM eject tool Alas iPhone 4 users have no SIM eject tool they ll have to use a straight ened paper clip or something All previous iPhone models included this handy tool used to eject your SIM card when neces sary See Chapter 15 for more on the SIM eject tool and bent paper clips iPhone You were starting to worry Yes the iPhone itself is also in the box And what a display it is We venture that you ve never seen a more beautiful screen on a handheld device in your life Another feature that knocked our socks off was the iPhone s built in sen sors An accelerometer detects when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape mode and adjusts what s on the display accordingly A proximity sensor detects when the iPhone gets near your face so it can turn off the display to save power and prevent accidental touches by your cheek A light sensor adjusts the display s brightness in response to the current ambient lighting situation Let s see your Blackberry do that The iPhone 4 even has a gyroscope for advanced motion sensing
18. services with support for Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync For more on this topic see Chapter 11 Also on board is a world class Web browser Safari that unlike on most other phones makes Web surfing fun and easy Another cool Internet feature is Maps a killer mapping app based on Google Maps By using GPS 3G 3GS or 4 hardware only or triangulation on the original iPhone Maps can determine your location let you view maps and satellite imagery and obtain driving directions and traffic information regard less of where in the United States you happen to be You can also find busi nesses such as gas stations pizza restaurants hospitals and Apple stores with just a few taps And the Compass app 3GS and 4 only not only displays your current GPS coordinates but also orients Maps to show the direction you re facing Let s see your Nokia do that You might also enjoy using Stocks a built in app that delivers near real time stock quotes and charts any time and any place or Weather another built in app that obtains and displays the weather forecast for as many cities as you like The Internet experience on an iPhone is far superior to the Internet experi ence on any other handheld device we ve seen except the iPad Technically we d call the iPad a two hand held device because it s difficult to hold in one hand for more than a few minutes But we digress Technical specifications One last thing before we proceed
19. weather forecast for as many cities as you like Notes This program lets you type notes while you re out and about You can send the notes to yourself or anyone else through e mail or just save them on your iPhone until you need them M Utilities The Utilities icon is a folder that contains four utility apps e Clock This program lets you see the current time in as many cities as you like set one or more alarms for yourself and use your iPhone as a stopwatch or a countdown timer e Calculator The Calculator app lets you perform addition subtrac tion multiplication and division Period e Compass iPhone 3GS and 4 only The Compass app is kind of like having a magnetic needle compass inside your iPhone but better e Voice Memos This handy little app turns your iPhone into a con venient handheld recording device Again note that the Utilities folder appears only on iPhones with iOS 4 pre installed iPhones that were upgraded to iOS 4 won t have a Utilities folder iTunes Tap here to access the iTunes Store where you can browse preview and purchase songs albums movies and more Chapter 1 Unveiling the iPhone 9 App Store This icon enables you to connect to and search the iTunes App Store for iPhone apps you can purchase or download for free over a Wi Fi or cellular data network connection Settings Use this app to adjust your iPhone s settings If you re a Mac user think System Preferences if you
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