iPhone For Dummies - Softcover

This is a full-color guide to the iPhone, including the new iPhone 3G S. With its new 3G S model, the iPhone is definitely the must-have mobile device. This fully updated guide covers all the cool features of the fastest iPhone ever, including the Spotlight search feature, voice control, and video camera capability. "iPhone For Dummies, Third Edition" also covers the basics of using the multitouch interface, setting up iTunes, browsing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail, and more. The iPhone 3G S is the fastest and most powerful iPhone yet, with a host of new features. This work helps you: learn to use landscape mode for e-mail, texting, and shooting widescreen video; see how to copy or cut and paste text, video, photos, and Web content from one app to another; find out how to make calls, play music, or create new playlists using voice control; locate anything on your iPhone with Spotlight, whether in your calendar, contacts, e-mail, iPod, apps, or even saved Web clips; and, discover how to create and send messages that include text, video, voice memos, map locations, and more. Covering all the features of the much-anticipated iPhone 3G S, "iPhone For Dummies, Third Edition" helps you get every bit of functionality your iPhone offers.

Fill your iPhone with cool stuff, ask it to play a song or call a friend, and find anything with Spotlight!

The iPhone keeps getting better, and this book keeps you in tune with the newest features. The basics are here too: how to use the multitouch interface, set up iTunes and buy music, surf the Web, check and send e-mail and text messages, watch movies and TV shows (and YouTube), admire pictures, download apps ? and even make phone calls.

• Stay organized ? synchronize contacts, calendars, e-mail accounts, and bookmarks between your computer and your iPhone

• Do you copy? ? copy, cut, and paste text, photos, and videos from one application to another

• Record it ? capture a thought, a memo, or a meeting with Voice Memos then trim your recording and send it via e-mail or MMS

• Shake and shuffle your music ? create playlists, scroll through your music library, and customize your listening experience

• Find yourself ? identify your location via GPS, get turn-by-turn directions, find true north with the compass, and search for a location

Open the book and find:

• Steps for getting started with your iPhone

• How to make a phone call with Voice Control

• Details about connecting to a Wi-Fi network

• Easy ways to check the weather and get stock quotes

• How to connect wirelessly to Bluetooth devices

• Tips for taking advantage of push notifications

• How MobileMe can help find your iPhone if it has been lost

• Advice on troubleshooting your iPhone