All About Iphone

To use iPhone, you need:
* A wireless service plan with a carrier that provides iPhone service in your area
* A Mac or a PC with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems:
oMac OS X version 10.4.10 or later
oWindows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
oWindows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate edition
*Display resolution on your computer set to 1024 x 768 or higher
*iTunes 8.0.2 or later, available at www.itunes.com/download
*An iTunes Store account (for purchases from the iTunes Music Store or App Store)
*An Internet connection for your computer (broadband recommended)

Activating iPhone

Before you can use any of iPhone’s features, you must activate iPhone by signing up for a service plan with an iPhone service carrier in your area and registering iPhone with the network.

Your iPhone may have been activated at the time of purchase. If it isn’t activated, contact your iPhone retailer or cellular service provider.

For more information about iPhone, go to www.apple.com/iphone.

Upgrading from an Original iPhone

Contact your cellular service provider for information about upgrading an original iPhone to “iPhone 3G”. Additional fees may apply.


Installing the SIM Card

If your SIM card was not preinstalled, you must install the SIM card before you can use iPhone.
Install the SIM card:
1.Insert the end of the SIM eject tool into the hole on the SIM tray.Press firmly and push it straight in until the tray pops out. If you don’t have a SIM eject tool, you can use the end of a paper clip.
2.Pull out the SIM tray and place the SIM card in the tray.The angled corner of the SIM ensures that the card fits only the correct way in the tray.
3.With the tray aligned, carefully replace the SIM tray containing the SIM card in iPhone.


Registering iPhone

Registering iPhone with iTunes enables iTunes to identify your iPhone when it’s connected to your computer and help you manage its contents. You can then sync information with your computer and media from iTunes, and create backups of iPhone’s contents and settings. You can create an iTunes Store account, or specify an existing account, to enable purchases with iPhone. iTunes also records iPhone’s serial number in the event you need it for service or in case of loss.

Register iPhone:
1.Download and install the latest version of iTunes from www.itunes.com/download.
2.Connect iPhone to a USB 2.0 port on your Mac or PC using the cable that came with iPhone.
3.Follow the onscreen instructions in iTunes to register iPhone and sync iPhone with your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on your computer, and with music, video, and other content from your iTunes library.

In the Set Up Your iPhone screen, select “Automatically sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks” to configure those items to sync automatically when you connect iPhone to your computer. Or, you can customize your sync settings in iTunes.

Setting Up Syncing

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

*Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and more
*Calendars—appointments and events
*Email account settings
*Webpage bookmarks
*Ringtones
*Music and audiobooks
*Photos
*Podcasts
*Movies and TV shows
*Applications purchased or downloaded from the iTunes Store

You can adjust sync settings whenever iPhone is connected to your computer.

Ringtones, music, audiobooks, podcasts, video content, and purchased applications are synced from your iTunes library. If you don’t already have content in iTunes, the iTunes Store (available in some countries) makes it easy to purchase or subscribe to content and download it to iTunes. You can also add music to your iTunes library from your CDs. To learn about iTunes and the iTunes Store, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.



iPhone Settings Panes in iTunes

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone settings panes. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.
Summary Pane

Select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” to have iTunes sync iPhone automatically whenever you connect it to your computer. Deselect this option if you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes.

Select “Sync only checked songs and videos” if you want to sync only items that are individually checked in your iTunes library.

Select “Manually manage music and videos” to turn off automatic syncing in the Music and Video settings panes.
Info Pane

The Info pane lets you configure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email accounts, and web browser.

*Contacts

You can sync contacts with applications such as Mac OS X Address Book, Microsoft Entourage, Yahoo! Address Book, and Google Address Book on a Mac, or with Yahoo! Address Book, Google Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Vista Contacts, or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync contacts with multiple applications. On a PC, you can sync contacts with only one application at a time.)

If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Configure to enter your new login information when you change your Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve set up syncing.

*Calendars

You can sync calendars from applications such as iCal and Microsoft Entourage on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you can sync calendars with multiple applications. On a PC, you can sync calendars with only one application at a time.)

*Mail Accounts

You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, and from Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 or Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are only transferred from your computer to iPhone. Changes you make to an email account on iPhone don't affect the account on your computer.

NOTE: The password for your Yahoo! email account isn’t saved on your computer, so it can’t be synced and must be entered on iPhone. In Settings, choose “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” tap your Yahoo! account, and enter the password.

*Web Browser

You can sync bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC.

*Advanced

These options let you replace the information on iPhone with the information on your computer during the next sync.

Ringtones Pane

Use the Ringtones pane to select the ringtones you want to sync to iPhone.
Music, Podcasts, and Video Panes

Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music, podcasts, and videos, or select the playlists and specific podcasts and videos you want on iPhone.

If you want to watch rented movies on iPhone, transfer them to iPhone using the Video pane in iTunes.

If there’s not enough room on iPhone for all the media you’ve specified, iTunes asks if you want to create a special playlist. iTunes creates the playlist for you, and sets it to sync with iPhone.
Photos Pane

You can sync photos with iPhoto 4.0.3 or later, or Aperture on a Mac; or with Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or later, or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. You can also sync photos in any folder on your computer that contains images.
Applications Pane

Use the Applications pane to specify which App Store applications you want installed on iPhone. Any applications downloaded directly to iPhone are automatically backed up to your iTunes library when you sync. If you manually delete an application on iPhone, you can reinstall it from this pane as long as it was previously synced.


Preventing Automatic Syncing

You may want to prevent iPhone from syncing automatically when you connect iPhone to a computer other than the one you usually sync with.

Turn off automatic syncing for iPhone:
Connect iPhone to your computer. In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar, then click the Summary tab. Deselect “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected.” You can always sync by clicking the Sync button.

Prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods:
In iTunes choose iTunes > Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC), click Devices, and select “Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones and iPods.”

If this checkbox is selected, iPhone won’t sync automatically, even if “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” is selected in the Summary pane.

Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing settings:
Open iTunes. Then, as you connect iPhone to your computer, press and hold Command-Option (on a Mac) or Shift-Control (on a PC) until you see iPhone appear in the sidebar.

Sync manually:
In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar, then click Sync in the lower-right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click Apply.


Setting Up Accounts

MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange provide not only email, but contact and calendar information that can be synced to iPhone automatically, over the air. MobileMe can also sync your bookmarks on iPhone with Safari on a Mac, or with Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on a PC. You set up MobileMe, Exchange, and other email accounts directly on iPhone.

iPhone uses the Exchange ActiveSync protocol to sync email, calendars, and contacts with the following versions of Microsoft Exchange:

*Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2
*Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1

For many of the popular email accounts, iPhone automatically enters most of the settings for you.

If you don’t already have an email account, you can get a free account online at www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, or www.aol.com. You can also try MobileMe, free for 60 days. Go to www.me.com.
Add an account on iPhone:

1.From iPhone’s Home screen, tap Settings.
2.Tap “Mail, Contacts, Calendars,” then tap Add Account.
3.Tap an account type:
* Microsoft Exchange
*MobileMe
*Google email
*Yahoo! Mail
*AOL
*Other
4.Enter your account information and tap Save.

Your service provider or system administrator can provide the account settings you need.

Exchange accounts: Enter your complete email address, domain (optional), user name, password, and a description. The description can be whatever you like.

iPhone supports Microsoft’s Autodiscovery service, which uses your user name and password to determine the address of the Exchange server. If the server’s address can’t be determined, you’re asked to enter it. (Enter the complete address in the Server field.) Once you connect to the Exchange server, you may be prompted to change your passcode to match the policies set on the server.
5.If you’re setting up an Exchange or MobileMe account, tap the items you want to sync—mail, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only). For Exchange accounts, you can also set how many days of email you want to sync to iPhone. Then tap Save.

IMPORTANT: If you sync contacts or calendars using your Exchange or MobileMe account, syncing for contacts or calendars in iTunes is turned off. Any contact or calendar information on iPhone is replaced by the contacts and calendars from your Exchange or MobileMe account.


Push Accounts

MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and Yahoo! Mail are known as “push” accounts. When new information is available, such as the arrival of an email message, the information is automatically delivered (pushed) to iPhone. (In contrast, “fetch” services require your email software to periodically check with your service provider to see if new messages have arrived, and then request them to be delivered.) MobileMe and Exchange also use push to sync your contacts, calendars, and bookmarks (MobileMe only) if you have those items selected in the account settings.

Synced information is transferred automatically over your wireless connection; you don’t need to connect iPhone to your computer to sync. If you don’t have a cellular connection, iPhone can receive pushed data over a Wi-Fi connection when iPhone is awake (the screen is on, or iPhone is connected to your computer or a power adapter).


Installing Configuration Profiles

If you’re in an enterprise environment, you may be able to set up accounts and other items on iPhone by installing a configuration profile. Configuration profiles provide a way for system administrators to quickly set up your iPhone to work with the information systems at your company, school, or organization. For example, a configuration profile might set up your iPhone to access the Microsoft Exchange servers at work, enabling iPhone to access your Exchange email, calendars, and contacts.

Configuration profiles can configure multiple settings on iPhone all at once. For example, a configuration profile can set up your Microsoft Exchange account, VPN account, and certificates for secure access to your company’s network and information. A configuration profile may turn on the Passcode Lock, requiring you to create and enter a passcode for using iPhone.

Your system administrator may distribute configuration profiles by email or by putting them on a secure webpage.
Install a configuration profile:

1.Using iPhone, open the email message or download the configuration profile from the website provided by your system administrator.
2.When the configuration profile opens, tap Install.
3.Enter passwords and other information as requested.

IMPORTANT: You may be asked to verify that the configuration profile is trusted. If in doubt, consult your system administrator before installing a configuration profile.

Settings provided by a configuration profile cannot be altered. If you want to change these settings, you must first remove the configuration profile or install an updated configuration profile.

Remove a profile:
In Settings, choose General > Profile, then select the configuration profile and tap Remove.

Removing a configuration profile deletes the settings and all other information installed by the configuration profile from iPhone.


Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer

Unless iPhone is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect it from your computer at any time.

When iPhone is syncing with your computer, iPhone shows “Sync in progress.” If you disconnect iPhone before it finishes syncing, some data may not get transferred. When iPhone finishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPhone sync is complete.”

Cancel a sync:
Drag the slider on iPhone.

If you get a call during a sync, the sync is canceled automatically and you can unplug iPhone to answer the call. Connect iPhone after the call to finish syncing.

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Press the Home button at any time to go to the Home screen, which contains your iPhone applications. Tap any application icon to get started.

The following applications are included with iPhone:

Phone:

Make calls, with quick access to recent callers, favorites, and all your contacts. Or dial manually using the numeric keypad. Visual voicemail presents a list of your voicemail messages. Just tap to listen to any message you want, in any order you want.

Mail:

iPhone works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as most industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems. View PDFs and other attachments within Mail. Save attached photos and graphics to your Camera Roll album.

Safari:

Browse websites over a cellular data network or over Wi-Fi. Rotate iPhone sideways for widescreen viewing. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits the webpage column to the iPhone screen for easy reading. Sync bookmarks with Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer on your computer. Add Safari web clips to the Home screen for fast access to favorite websites. Save images from websites to your Photo Library.

iPod:

Listen to your songs, audiobooks, and podcasts. Create on-the-go playlists or use the Genius feature to automatically create a playlist with songs from your library that go great together. Watch movies and video podcasts in widescreen.

Text:

Send and receive SMS text messages with anyone who has an SMS-capable phone. Conversations are saved in an iChat-like presentation, so you can see a history of messages you’ve sent and received.

Calendar:

View your MobileMe, iCal, Microsoft Entourage, Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange calendars. Enter events on iPhone and they get synced back to the calendar on your computer. Set alerts to remind you of events, appointments, and deadlines.

Photos:

View photos and images transferred from your computer or saved on iPhone. View them in portrait or landscape mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Email photos, add them to a MobileMe gallery, assign them to contacts, and use them as wallpaper.

Camera:

Take two-megapixel photos and view them on iPhone, email them, or upload them to your computer. Take a friend’s picture and set iPhone to display it when that person calls you.

YouTube:

Play videos from YouTube’s online collection. Search for any video, or browse featured, most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos.

Stocks:

Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet.

Maps:

See a street map, satellite view, or hybrid view of locations around the world. Zoom in for a closer look, or check out the Google Street View. Find and track your current (approximate) location. Get detailed driving, public transit, or walking directions and see current highway traffic conditions. Find businesses in the area and call with a single tap.

Weather:

Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Add your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime.

Clock:

View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

Calculator:

Add, subtract, multiply, and divide. Rotate iPhone sideways to use expanded scientific functions.

Notes:

Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.

Settings:

Set up accounts and adjust all iPhone settings in one convenient place. Set your own volume limit for listening comfort. Set your ringtone, wallpaper, screen brightness, and settings for network, phone, mail, web, music, video, photos, and more. Set auto-lock and a passcode for security. Restrict access to explicit iTunes content and certain applications. Reset iPhone.

iTunes:

Search the iTunes Music Store music catalog, or browse, preview, and purchase new releases, top-ten songs and albums, and more. Stream and download podcasts. In select U.S. Starbucks locations, find out what song is playing in the café, then buy it instantly. Browse, preview, and purchase other songs from featured Starbucks Collections.

App Store:

Search the App Store for iPhone applications you can purchase or download using your Wi-Fi or cellular data network connection. Read or write your own reviews for your favorite apps. Download and install the application on your Home screen.

Contacts:

Get contact information synced from MobileMe, Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address Book, Google Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), Microsoft Outlook, or Microsoft Exchange. Search, add, change, or delete contacts, which get synced back to your computer.

NOTE: Application functionality may vary depending on the country or region where you purchase and use iPhone. Contact your carrier for more information.

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If you are looking for some cool iPhone 3G tips n tricks your search ends here. Smartphones have the distinct advantage of featuring many customisable options and the iPhone 3G is no different, rather only better. We provide you the best, coolest and hottest iPhone tips, tweaks, secrets that you couldn't imagine existed. The best part is that our iPhone tips and tweaks list is constantly updated so you discover new and fun stuff in your iPhone, always.

iPhone Keyboard Tips:

1. Shift Key: Apple with its vast iMac experience has featured the shift key press option on the iPhone multi-touch screen. This is especially relevant if you want to capitalize few letters without pressing the CAPSLOCK option.

2. Double Tap: In the iPhone the double tap primarily serves three functions. The double tap zooms in on anything you tap in Google Maps, Safari browser and in Photos. You can also zoom out by double tapping again. While watching videos just double tap to remove or restore the letterbox bars at the side. Quickly double tapping the space bar also adds a period and space.

3. Type non-visible characters: If you want to type letters or symbols that are not visible on the keyboard just hold down the related letter or symbol and slide to pick the variation.


iPhone Battery Tips and Secrets:

1. Avoiding the Extremes: If you want to enhance your iPhone battery lifespan remember to avoid temperature extremes. Avoid using your iPhone at temperatures higher than 95° F (or 35° C) and in very cold environments. Using the iPhone in very hot conditions can inflict permanent battery damage whereas cold temp usage causes temporary battery performance degradation.

2. Regular Updates: Keep your iPhone software constantly updated to ensure your phone has the latest battery performance maximisation technology.

3. Optimise the Settings: Some apps are battery draining like viewing videos, gaming, email and so on. Just remember the following battery tips to maximise its life.

* Minimize use of Location Services by using it only when needed or disabling the location services option.
* Set your Fetch New Data options to hourly or fetch data manually. Frequent use of mail client only drains the battery faster.
* Disable your Push Mail client when not needed to avoid receiving mail as they arrive.
4. Limit Third-party Application Usage: 3 rd party apps like games prevent auto power saving options like screen dimming or switching off hence the battery is constantly at peak performance.

5. Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G: When not in use switch off these apps to conserve battery. Also note using Wi-Fi to access the net instead of the cellular network service requires less power.

6. Use your iPhone regularly: It may sound weird but its true that not using the iPhone for long time at a stretch decreases the battery life. Use it regularly and charge the battery at least once every six months even if you don't use your iPhone regularly.

iPhone Sensor Tips and Tweaks:

If you want to increase the screen brightness without navigating to the controls, simply cover the light sensor located behind the black glass when you unlock your iPhone. The sensor will brighten the screen automatically thinking it to be in a dark environment.

Custom iPhone Buttons Tips n Tricks:

Need more media options like Playlists, Artists, Songs, and Videos on your iPod module or want to add your own custom iPhone button list? Well just tap the more button and then edit and in the Configure option drag and drop any of the four icons downwards into the icon already existing to replace it.

Resetting and Quickly Quitting Programs:

If your stable and robust iPhone locks inadvertently, don't panic, just press and hold the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously for 8 seconds and your iPhone automatically resets.

If you want to quit any unresponsive program just press and hold the Home button for 6 seconds and voila!

iPhone Image Tips and Tricks:

1. Screenshots: If you want to take a quick screenshot of the present screen simultaneously press the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons and you will hear a clicking sound. The photo is saved in the Saved Photos library.

2. Browser Images: Just press the image for two seconds in the Safari browser that you want to save and an action sheet will appear with save image option.

Other Cool iPhone Tips, Tricks and Tweaks:

Swipe Delete: In apps that use lists like the Mail just swipe your fingers across an entry you wish to delete and the delete confirmation appears.

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