Thursday 14 February 2013

Making Technology Work For You: A Guide To The IPhone

By Joseph Yew


There are many things that the iPhone can do. It's a phone, a calendar, a camera and is capable of a vast array of possible uses. However, it is up to you how you want to use your iPhone. Only you know how to best use it for your lifestyle. This article discusses some useful tips for getting the most out of using your iPhone.

If you want to save an email or a text without sending it, tap on cancel. A box inquiring whether you wish to save, cancel or not save the message draft will appear. The message will be moved tot he Drafts folder when it is saved. If you have no Drafts folder, your phone will make one when you make that choice.

Did your iPhone freeze or is unresponsive? If the Home and Sleep buttons are not responding, hold down the Home button and wait six seconds before releasing it. Doing this should automatically close any locked apps. If this method still doesn't want to work for you, then your next option should be to press the "Sleep" button along with the "Home" button, and make sure you hold it for around 10 seconds. This will reset the iPhone.

If the iPhone freezes up, stay calm. The first thing to try is, of course, the sleep/wake button. The second solution is to press the home button and the sleep/wake button at the same time. This button combination will provide a hard reset prompt that should revive your phone.

Purchasing an iPhone case could potentially save your phone. You can actually shatter the glass on the iPhone's front if you drop it without proper protection. Although the case is not a guarantee that nothing will happen to the device, it certainly helps.

Personalize your iPhone with the ringtone of your choice. There is nothing more dull than a phone that has the same ringtone as every other phone. Use a snippet from a favorite song or an amusing sound byte. This is an attention getter.

Have you lost a photo opportunity because the camera app was too slow to bring up? There's a faster way to take pictures. Clicking on the home button two times will get you to this area. Look for the camera icon at the screen bottom. Press the button to enable the camera.

You can use the settings to make the iPhone visually indicate when you have an incoming call or message. If you want silent notifications, you can configure your iPhone's camera to flash and blink when a call or message comes in. Begin by going towards the settings menu, then select "General", then navigate to "Accessibility". Then choose "LED Flash Alerts".

Now you can see that iPhones offer many features right out of the box. However, there are still tons of things your iPhone is capable of that you may not know about. Use the advice above to make you iPhone all that it can be.




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