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iPhone 5 For Dummies

iPhone 5 For Dummies


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Discover all the incredible things your iPhone can do! The iPhone continues to get better, and this handy guide helps you figure out all the essentials. Surf the web, send and receive e-mail and text messages, watch movies and TV shows, sync your data, video chat with FaceTime®, capture and share photos and video, download apps — and even make a phone call! Keep it together — manage media, contacts, calendars, e-mail accounts, and more, and sync it all with iCloud™ Do you multitask? — while on a call, check your appointments, surf the web, and switch effortlessly between applications Not just talk — wave to your kids, confer with a client, or see what's happening with FaceTime video calling Shake, rattle, and roll — create playlists, scroll through your music library, and customize your listening experience A moving experience — watch movies and TV shows, shoot photos and HD movies, and share it all with friends Be a social animal — connect with family, friends, and colleagues on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks Satisfy your app-etite— find and download the best apps for every interest and keep your apps up to date Open the book and find: Steps for getting started with your iPhone Pointers for using the multitouch interface Easy ways to organize your to-do lists with Reminders Advice for syncing and backing up data with iCloud Instructions for setting up e-mail How to communicate with Siri, your voice-activated virtual assistant

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 Icons Used in This Book 9 Where to Go from Here 10 Chapter 1: iPhone Basic Training 3 Technical Specifications 3 A Quick Tour Outside 4 On the top and side 4 On the bottom 5 On the front 7 On the back 8 Status bar 9 Home Sweet Home Screen 10 Mastering the Multitouch Interface 13 The virtual iPhone keyboard 14 Training your digits 15 Finger-typing 16 Editing mistakes 18 Using Cut, Copy, Paste, and Replace 19 Organizing with Folders 20 Searching with Spotlight 21 Chapter 2: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone 23 Setting Up a New iPhone 24 A Brief iCloud Primer 27 The Kitchen Sync 29 Sync prep 101 29 Syncing Your Data 34 Syncing contacts 34 Syncing calendars 36 Syncing e-mail accounts 37 Syncing bookmarks and notes 38 Advanced syncing 38 Synchronizing Your Media 39 Ringtones, music, movies, and TV shows 40 Podcasts, iTunes U, and books 43 Photos 45 Chapter 3: Making Calls and Sending Messages 47 Making a Call 47 Contacts 48 Favorites 49 Recents 51 Keypad 52 Dialing with your voice 52 Visual voicemail 53 Recording a greeting 54 Receiving a Call 55 Accepting the call 55 Rejecting the call 56 While on a Call 56 FaceTime: Seeing Is Believing 59 Messaging 62 Sending an SMS message 64 Receiving an SMS message 65 MMS: Like SMS with media 67 iMessage: iOS 5/iOS 6 messaging 68 Chapter 4: Taking the iPhone Siri-ously 69 Summoning Siri 70 Figuring out what to ask 71 Using dictation 73 Correcting mistakes 73 Settings to make Siri smarter 74 Voice dialing 74 Chapter 5: Playing Music and Videos 77 Using the iPod in Your iPhone 77 Playlists 78 Artistic license 78 Song selection 80 Album selection 80 (Home) Share and share alike 80 Taking Control of Your Tunes 81 Go with the (Cover) Flow 81 Flow’s not here right now 82 Customizing Your Audio Experience 86 Setting preferences 86 Making a playlist 88 Use your voice to control your iPod 90 Shopping with the iTunes app 90 Finding Stuff to Watch 91 Playing Video 92 Table of Contents v Chapter 6: You Oughta Be in Pictures 95 Taking Your Best Shot 96 From the front to the rear — and back 97 Firing up the flash 97 Shooting a panorama 98 Using the digital zoom 99 Importing Pictures 99 Where Did My Pictures Go? 99 Swimming in the Photo Stream 103 Admiring Pictures 105 Launching Slideshows 105 Special slideshow effects 106 Touching up photos 107 Deleting Pictures 108 More (Not So) Stupid Picture Tricks 109 Shooting Video 111 Editing what you shot 113 Sharing video 114 Chapter 7: Surfing, Setting Reminders, Working with Passbook, and Using E-Mail 115 Surfin’ Safari 116 Exploring the browser 116 Blasting into cyberspace 116 Seeing pages more clearly 118 Using the Reading List 120 Putting Reminders to Work 120 Using Your Passbook 121 Setting Up E-Mail 123 Set up your account the easy way 123 Set up your account the less easy way 124 Sending E-Mail 126 Sending an all-text message 127 Replying to or forwarding a message 129 Working with Messages 130 Reading messages 131 Managing messages 131 Chapter 8: Tracking with Maps, Compass, Stocks, and Weather 133 Maps Are Where It’s At 133 Finding your current location with Maps 134 Finding a person, place, or thing 134 Views, zooms, and pans 136 3D and Flyover 137 Maps and contacts 138 Timesaving map tools: Bookmarks, Recents, and Contacts 139 Smart map tricks 142 Contemplating the Compass 147 Taking Stock with Stocks 148 Adding and deleting stocks, funds, and indexes 148 Details, details, details 149 Weather Watching 150 Chapter 9: Getting to Know iPhone Apps 153 Finding Apps with Your iPhone 154 Browsing the iPhone App Store 155 Checking out the detail screen 155 Reading reviews from your iPhone 156 Downloading an App 156 Deleting an App 157 Chapter 10: When Good iPhones Go Bad 159 iPhone Issues 160 Recharge 160 Restart 161 Reset your iPhone 161 Remove content 162 Reset settings and content 163 Restore 164 Problems with Calling or Networks 164 Sync, Computer, or iTunes Issues 167 More Help on Apple.com 169 Chapter 11: Ten (Or So) iPhone Tips 171 Do the Slide 171 Use Auto Apostrophes 172 Make Rejection Work for You 172 View the iPhone’s Capacity 173 URL and Phone Number Tricks 173 Share the Love 174 Choose a Safari Home Page 174 Storing Files 175 Getting Apps out of the Multitasking Tray 176 Take a Snapshot of the Screen 177 The Way-Cool, Semi-Hidden, Audio Scrub Speed Tip 178 Index 179

About the Author :
Edward C. Baig is the Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular "Dr. Mac" column for the Houston Chronicle. Edward C. Baig is the Personal Tech columnist for USA TODAY. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular "Dr. Mac" column for the Houston Chronicle.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118552766
  • Publisher: For Dummies
  • Publisher Imprint: For Dummies
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118552768
  • Publisher Date: 05 Nov 2012
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 192


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