Sadun / Sande Taking Your iPhone 4 to the Max

2. ed
ISBN: 978-1-4302-3256-8
Verlag: Apress
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Unleash your iPhone and take it to the limit using powerful tips and techniques from tech consultant Steve Sande and gadget hacker Erica Sadun. Fast and fun to read, Taking Your iPhone 4 to the Max shows you how to get the most out of Apple's iPhone 4. You'll find all the best undocumented tricks as well as the most efficient and enjoyable introduction to the iPhone available. Starting with an introduction to iPhone basics, you'll quickly move on to discover the iPhone's hidden potential, like how to connect to a TV, use Voice Control, have video chats with FaceTime, and call friends overseas with low-cost VoIP. From the unified email inbox and surfing the Web with Mobile Safari, exploring the world of social networking, using the multitasking capabilities of iOS 4, taking and editing photos, shopping for apps, media, and books, or just managing phone callsPQZ-21723you'll find it all in this book. You'll even learn tips on where to get the best iPhone accessories. Get ready to take iPhone 4 to the max!

Erica Sadun holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology. She has written, co-written, and contributed to almost two dozen books about technology, particularly in the areas of programming, digital video, and digital photography. An unrepentant geek, Sadun has never met a gadget she didn't need. Her checkered past includes run-ins with NeXT, Newton, and a vast myriad of both successful and unsuccessful technologies. When not writing, she and her geek husband parent three adorable geeks-in-training, who regard their parents with restrained bemusement. Eight Ways to Get the Most out of Your Zune, the O'Reilly shortcut, and Modding Mac OS X, also from O'Reilly, are her latest books. She also wrote Taking Your iPhone to the Max.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sadun, Erica

Sande, Steve

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;1
2;Copyright Page;2
3;Contents at a Glance;4
4;Table of Contents;5
5;About the Authors;11
6;About the Technical Reviewer;12
7;Acknowledgments;13
8;Introduction;14
9;Chapter 1: Selecting, Buying, and Activating Your iPhone;16
9.1;Selecting Your iOS4 iPhone;16
9.2;Considering System Requirements;18
9.3;Buying Your iPhone;18
9.3.1;Returns and Exchange Policies;20
9.4;Bringing Home Your iPhone;21
9.4.1;iPhone 4 Feature Overview;22
9.5;Activation at the Store;23
9.6;Preparing for Activation;24
9.7;Connecting Your iPhone to Your Computer;27
9.8;Activating Your iPhone (Nonstore Version);28
9.8.1;Selecting a Plan;29
9.8.1.1;Voice Plans;29
9.8.1.2;Data Plans;30
9.8.1.3;Messaging Plans;30
9.8.2;The Activation Process;30
9.9;Insuring and Repairing Your iPhone;31
9.10;Accessorizing Your iPhone;31
9.10.1;iPhone Bumpers and Cases;32
9.10.2;iPhone Skins;33
9.10.3;Power Adapters;34
9.10.4;Docks;34
9.10.5;Cables;35
9.11;Summary;36
10;Chapter 2: Interacting with Your New iPhone;37
10.1;Interaction Basics;37
10.1.1;The iPhone Language;38
10.1.2;About the iPhone Home Screen;41
10.1.3;The iPhone Sensors;41
10.1.3.1;Proximity Sensor;41
10.1.3.2;Tilt Sensor;42
10.1.3.3;Ambient Light Sensor;42
10.1.3.4;Digital Compass;43
10.1.3.5;GPS Receiver;44
10.1.3.6;Three-Axis Gyroscope;44
10.1.3.7;Noise Cancellation Microphone;45
10.1.4;iPhone Power Tricks;45
10.1.4.1;Unlocking Your iPhone;45
10.1.4.2;Putting Your iPhone to Sleep;46
10.1.4.3;Securing Your iPhone with a Passcode Lock;46
10.1.4.4;Multitasking and Quitting Applications;49
10.1.4.5;Powering Your iPhone Off and On;50
10.1.4.6;Rebooting Your iPhone;51
10.1.4.7;Placing Your iPhone into Recovery Mode;51
10.2;Changing iPhone Wallpapers;52
10.3;Organizing Apps with Folders;53
10.3.1;Using the iPhone Keyboard;55
10.3.1.1;Getting Started;56
10.3.1.2;iPhone Typing Tricks;60
10.3.1.2.1;Contractions;60
10.3.1.2.2;Punctuation Dragging;61
10.3.1.2.3;Accents;61
10.3.1.2.4;Caps Lock;62
10.3.1.2.5;Deleting Multiple Words at a Time;62
10.3.1.2.6;Autocapitalization;62
10.3.1.3;iPhone Typing Test;62
10.4;Using a Bluetooth Keyboard with Your iPhone;62
10.4.1;Using the iPhone Stereo Headset;66
10.5;Summary;67
11;Chapter 3: Placing Calls with iPhone;68
11.1;Checking the Cell Network Indicator;68
11.2;iPhone Basics;69
11.2.1;Launching the Phone App;69
11.2.2;Placing Calls;70
11.2.3;Placing Calls with Voice Control;74
11.2.4;Answering Calls;74
11.2.5;Managing Calls;76
11.2.6;Managing Favorites;79
11.3;Using Visual Voicemail;80
11.3.1;Setting Up Your Voicemail Passcode;80
11.3.2;Choosing Your Greeting;81
11.3.3;Managing Voicemail Messages;81
11.3.4;Accessing Voicemail Files;83
11.3.5;Sending Voicemail Indirectly;83
11.4;Managing Ringtones and Other iPhone Alerts;83
11.4.1;Adding Custom Ringtones;84
11.5;Advanced Phone Preferences;85
11.6;iPhone Codes;86
11.6.1;Basic iPhone Information;86
11.6.2;Service Shortcuts;86
11.7;FaceTime: Tomorrow’s Videophone, Today;86
11.8;VoIP Calling;88
11.9;Summary;90
12;Chapter 4: iPhone Messaging and Social Networking;91
12.1;A Variety of Chats;91
12.2;SMS/MMS Costs;93
12.3;Checking Your Reception;93
12.4;Getting Started with the Messages Application;94
12.4.1;Creating a New Message;95
12.4.2;Conversations;97
12.4.3;Managing a Conversation;97
12.4.4;Adding a Contact;99
12.4.5;Using the Messages Screen;100
12.4.6;Enabling and Disabling SMS Alerts;100
12.5;Three Ways iPhone Messaging Is Better Than What’s Available on Other Phones;100
12.6;Instant Messaging on Your iPhone;101
12.6.1;IRC on iPhone;103
12.6.2;Facebook;104
12.6.3;Twitter;105
12.7;Summary;107
13;Chapter 5: iPhone E-mail;108
13.1;Compatibility;108
13.1.1;POP;108
13.1.2;SMTP;109
13.1.3;IMAP;109
13.1.4;Microsoft Exchange;110
13.2;Adding Mail Accounts to iPhone;110
13.2.1;Adding Accounts with iTunes;111
13.2.2;Adding Accounts from Your Phone;112
13.2.3;E-mail Provider Setup;113
13.2.4;Removing Accounts from iPhone;114
13.3;E-mail Checks and Other Basic Settings;115
13.3.1;Audible Mail Alerts;118
13.4;Getting Started with iPhone Mail;118
13.4.1;Inboxes;118
13.4.2;Accounts;119
13.5;Using Mailboxes;120
13.6;Reading and Navigating Through Mail;121
13.6.1;Bottom Icons;122
13.6.2;Top Icons;123
13.6.3;Embedded Links;123
13.6.4;Viewing Attachments;126
13.7;Sending Mail;128
13.7.1;Addressing E-mail;129
13.7.2;Entering a Subject;130
13.7.3;Editing the Message;130
13.7.4;Saving a Draft;130
13.7.5;Sending E-mail;131
13.8;Summary;131
14;Chapter 6: Syncing Your iPhone with iTunes;132
14.1;Managing Your iPhone in iTunes;132
14.1.1;The Summary Tab;133
14.1.1.1;Restoring Your iPhone;135
14.1.1.2;Choosing Options;135
14.2;Ping and the iPhone;137
14.2.1;Synchronization Choices;138
14.2.2;The iPhone Capacity Meter;138
14.2.3;The Apps Tab;139
14.2.4;The Ringtones Tab;141
14.2.5;The Music Tab;142
14.2.6;The Movies Tab;143
14.2.7;The TV Shows Tab;144
14.2.8;The Podcasts Tab;145
14.2.9;The iTunes U Tab;146
14.2.10;The Books Tab;147
14.3;Manually Synchronizing Your iPhone;149
14.4;Creating Smart Playlists;149
14.5;Creating iPhone-Friendly Content;150
14.6;Ejecting Your iPhone;151
14.7;Summary;151
15;Chapter 7: It’s Also an iPod;152
15.1;iPod as Application;152
15.2;Browsing Media on the iPhone;153
15.2.1;Editing Your Browse Buttons;155
15.2.2;Navigating the Category Screens;156
15.3;Playing Audio;157
15.3.1;Album View;162
15.3.2;Cover Flow;163
15.3.3;Add Playlists;164
15.4;Playing Video;166
15.4.1;Video Playback Controls;167
15.4.2;Deleting Videos on the Go;168
15.5;Going Beyond the iPod App;168
15.5.1;Conserving Battery Power;168
15.5.2;Adding a Sleep Timer;169
15.5.3;During Playback;170
15.5.4;Listening to Music;171
15.6;Shopping at the Mobile iTunes Store;172
15.7;Adjusting iPod Settings;173
15.7.1;Music;173
15.7.2;Video;175
15.7.3;TV Out;175
15.8;Summary;176
16;Chapter 8: iPhone Photos and Video;177
16.1;One App, Two Icons;177
16.2;Locating (and Removing) the Camera;178
16.3;Camera: Shooting Pictures;179
16.3.1;Getting Started;179
16.3.2;Picture-Taking Pointers;180
16.4;Photos: Viewing Pictures;181
16.4.1;Working with Photo Albums;183
16.4.2;Working with Slide Shows;184
16.4.3;Working with a Full-Screen Image;185
16.4.4;Using a Photo;186
16.4.5;Uploading Pictures by E-mail;188
16.4.6;Photo-Sharing Apps;188
16.5;Synchronizing Pictures from Your Computer;190
16.6;Your iPhone as a USB Camera;191
16.6.1;The iPhone and Windows XP;191
16.6.2;The iPhone and Windows Vista/Windows 7;192
16.6.3;The iPhone and Mac Image Capture;193
16.6.4;The iPhone and Mac Preview;194
16.6.5;A Selection of iPhone Photo Apps;194
16.7;Camera: Recording Video;195
16.7.1;Getting Started;195
16.7.2;Trimming Your Video;196
16.7.3;Sharing Your Video;199
16.7.4;Editing Your Video;201
16.8;A Dozen Oddball Uses for Your iPhone Camera;202
16.9;Summary;203
17;Chapter 9: Browsing with Safari;204
17.1;Getting Started with iPhone Safari;204
17.1.1;Safari’s Browser Window;205
17.1.2;Navigation Basics;206
17.1.2.1;Entering URLs;206
17.1.2.2;Performing Web Searches;207
17.1.2.3;Entering Text;208
17.1.2.4;Following Links;209
17.1.2.5;Changing Orientation;211
17.1.2.6;Scrolling, Zooming, and Other Viewing Skills;212
17.2;Page Management;213
17.3;Working with Bookmarks;214
17.3.1;Selecting Bookmarks;215
17.3.2;Editing Bookmarks;216
17.3.3;Saving Bookmarks;217
17.4;iPhone Settings;218
17.5;iPhone-Specific Web Sites;220
17.6;Summary;220
18;Chapter 10: The Shopping Mall in Your iPhone;222
18.1;The App Store;222
18.1.1;Featured Apps;224
18.1.2;Categories;227
18.1.3;Top 25;228
18.1.4;Search;229
18.1.5;Updates;230
18.2;The iTunes Store;232
18.2.1;Music;233
18.2.2;Videos;234
18.2.3;Ringtones;238
18.2.4;Search;239
18.2.5;More…;240
18.3;iBooks and the iBookstore;241
18.4;The Apple Store;244
18.5;Summary;247
19;Chapter 11: Google Maps and Other Apps;248
19.1;Google Maps;248
19.1.1;Maps Screen;249
19.1.2;Maps Tips;253
19.2;Weather;254
19.2.1;Weather Screen;255
19.2.2;Weather Tips;256
19.3;Stocks;256
19.3.1;Stocks Screen;256
19.3.2;Stock Tips;257
19.4;Notes;258
19.4.1;Notes Screen;258
19.4.2;Notes Tips;259
19.5;Calculator;260
19.6;Clock;262
19.6.1;World Clock;262
19.6.2;Alarm;263
19.6.3;Timer;264
19.6.4;Stopwatch;264
19.7;YouTube;265
19.7.1;Finding YouTube Videos;265
19.7.2;Watching YouTube Videos;266
19.7.3;YouTube Tips;272
19.8;Voice Memos;267
19.8.1;Voice Memo Tips;270
19.9;Calendar;271
19.9.1;Switching Calendar Views;271
19.9.1.1;List View;271
19.9.1.2;Day View;272
19.9.1.3;Month View;274
19.9.1.4;The Today Button;274
19.9.2;Adding Events;274
19.9.2.1;Updating an Event Name or Location;275
19.9.2.2;Setting the Event Start and End Times;276
19.9.2.3;Setting a Repeating Event;277
19.9.2.4;Adding Alerts;277
19.9.2.5;Adding Notes;278
19.9.3;Editing and Removing Events;278
19.9.4;Synchronizing Calendars with Your Computer;279
19.9.5;Syncing with MobileMe;279
19.10;Summary;280
20;Index;282