Sunday 16 December 2012

What Exactly Is So Special About The IPhone?

By Matt Pasion


The iPhone is one of the best smartphones available right now. The phone can perform standard functions that many of us have become used to, such as making phone calls and taking pictures. The phone can also do so much more if you let it. To get more from your iPhone, read the following article.

Use your iPhone as a workout tool. With an armband and one of the many great fitness apps available, you can use your iPhone's GPS to track your runs, bike routes, walking paths and more. Many of these applications automatically sync your workout information with a website, allowing you to easily track your progress. They can also sync with your favorite social networks.

Just because you're browsing the web on your iPhone, you don't have to be any less of a discriminating browser than you are on your home computer. You can check out Safari links before you open them by pressing and holding on them. This will bring up a menu that lets you copy the link or open it in a new page. More importantly, it'll show you the URL the link leads to.

While bluetooth is a useful addition for smartphones, it can be a power waster. If the phone's bluetooth settings are left active, the phone will constantly search for signals that are within range and use power in the process. To prevent this, disable the bluetooth option in the settings menu.

If you're sending messages to friends who don't use iPhones themselves, remember that longer messages will get broken into 160-character texts. You can keep an eye on your messages' length by adding a character counter to iMessage. Just open the Settings menu and go to "character count" under "messages." With the counter enabled, you'll never have to worry about a message getting broken at an unfortunate point again!

Try talking your data entry instead of typing it. iPhones with the newest operating system give you the ability to do this. When you see the virtual keyboard, look for the small microphone button to the left of the space bar. When you click that, you can speak what you want to type. You'll be surprised at how well, and how quickly, it works!

Enable restrictions. If someone young is using the iphone, you can set mature content restriction. Alternatively, you may have some content you don't want anyone else happening upon. You can set a restriction on particular pieces of content to make sure no one other than yourself has access to them.

By dragging your finger to the right on your iPhone, you will be taken to a screen where you will be able to search your whole phone. Depending on what you type in, this will bring up anything from messages, to saved notes that you have on your iPhone for the ability to search your entire device.

In conclusion, there aren't too many smartphones that can match the power of the iPhone. It can do all of the basic things you need, such as making calls, and so much more. The full power of your iPhone can be reached when you use the tips from this article wisely.




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