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Friday, May 28, 2010

iPhone How To: Joining a Wi-Fi Network

Joining a Wi-Fi Network

The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.

Turn on Wi-Fi: 

Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.

Join a Wi-Fi network: 

Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPhone detects networks in range, then select a network (fees may apply to join some Wi-Fi networks). If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that require a password appear with a lock Lock icon icon).
Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPhone automatically connects to it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in range, iPhone joins the one last used.
When iPhone is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi Wi-Fi icon icon in the status bar at the top of the screen shows the connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.
For information about configuring Wi-Fi settings, see Wi-Fi.

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Friday, May 21, 2010

iPhone How To: Opening Webpages

Opening Webpages

Open a webpage: 

Tap the address field (on the left side of the title bar), then type the web address and tap Go. If the address field isn’t visible, tap the status bar at the top of the screen to quickly scroll to the address field at the top of the webpage.

Erase the text in the address field: 

Tap the address field, then tap Gray dot with "x".
As you type, web addresses that start with those letters appear. These are bookmarked pages or recent pages you’ve opened. Tap an address to go to that page. Keep typing if you want to enter a web address that’s not in the list.

Friday, May 14, 2010

iPhone How To: Email Organization

A portion of the Inbox screen listing messages, with a red Delete button to the right of a message.

Organizing Email

You can delete messages one at a time, or select a group to delete all at once. You can also move messages from one mailbox or folder to another.

Delete a message: 

Open the message and tap Trash icon.
You can also delete a message directly from the mailbox message list by swiping left or right over the message title, then tapping Delete.



 

Delete multiple messages: 

When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the messages you want to delete, then tap Delete.





Move a message to another mailbox or folder: 

When viewing a message, tap Move icon, then choose a mailbox or folder.




Move multiple messages: 

When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the messages you want to move, then tap Move and select a mailbox or folder.

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Managing Contacts on iPhone

Contact info screen showing a phone number, ringtone, email address, web address, and street address. Near the bottom are buttons for sending a text message, sharing the contact, and adding the phone number to Favorites.

Managing Contacts on iPhone

Add a contact on iPhone: 

Tap Contacts and tap Plus sign.

Delete a contact: 

In Contacts, choose a contact, than tap Edit. Scroll down and tap Delete Contact.

 

Add a contact from the keypad: 

Tap Keypad, enter a number, then tap Add contact icon. Tap Create New Contact and enter the caller’s information, or tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.

 

Edit contact information: 

In Contacts, choose a contact, then tap Edit. To add an item, tap Green dot with plus sign. To delete an item, tap Red dot with minus sign.

 

Enter a pause in a number: 

Tap Symbols icon, then tap Pause. One or more pauses may be required by a phone system before dialing an extension, for example. Pauses appear as commas when the number is saved.

 

Add a recent caller’s phone number to your contacts: 

Tap Recents and tap Blue dot with right arrow next to the number. Then tap Create New Contact, or tap “Add to Existing Contact” and choose a contact.

 

Assign a photo to a contact:

  1. Tap Contacts and choose a contact.
  2. Tap Edit and tap Add Photo, or tap the existing photo.
  3. Tap Take Photo to use the camera. Or tap Choose Existing Photo and choose a photo.
  4. Drag and scale the photo as desired.
  5. Tap Set Photo.

 

Use a contact’s info screen: 

Tap Contacts and choose a contact. Then tap an item.
NOTE: The Contacts screen shown here includes the buttons across the bottom that are available when you view Contacts from within the Phone application. These buttons don’t appear if you open Contacts directly from the Home screen.
A star next to a phone number means the number is in your favorites list.

 

See your own phone number: 

Tap Contacts and scroll to the top of the list. (Not available in all regions.)

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