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Tip 1 The Fast Way To the Top!

R eading a web-page, e-mail or SMS

text message? In all of these ap-
plications, tap anywhere on the status
bar at the
top to
quickly
scroll to
the top of of
that page.
This is especially handy in the
Messaging application if you want to
call the person who has just sent you
a text. Where is the call button? All
the way at the top of the page.
Tip 2 iPod Control Everywhere

Y ou can control music on your

iPhone while surfing the web or
using other applications. If music is
playing through the iPod Application
you can double-press the Home
button to bring up playback controls
without leaving the current application
or unlocking the home screen.
Tip 3 I’m Not Speaking To You

T ap one of the volume buttons to

immediately silence your phone
but let it appear to continue ringing
for the caller. If you’d like to send a call
directly to voicemail, press the Sleep/
Wake button twice, on the top-right
of the phone. You can also use the
iPhone headset by quickly pressing
the microphone button twice. Now
you can ignore people you don’t want
to talk to without letting your phone
ring on and on...

ssshh!
Tip 4 Tap to Scroll Sideways

S ee that line of dots and the spy-glass

icon across the bottom of your
phone indicating multiple pages of
applications and spotlight? Most
people swipe to move left and right,
but you can also tap. This works
wherever you see the line of dots
indicating multiple pages, such as the
weather application and in Safari.

Tap anywhere
along this line
Tip 5 Back to Square One

O nce you’ve installed applications

on your phone, you can end
up with many, many pages of icons.
Pressing the home button from any
screen takes you quickly to the first
page of icons so why not rearrange
your icons so that all of your frequently
used apps are on the first page? You can
now get to any of your favorite apps
in one press of the home button and a
tap! Handy as those four icons in the
dock is never enough... Pressing home
again will swap between Spotlight
Search and your main home screen.
Tip 6 Quick Dial and Launch

F inding contacts who are not in your

favorites list or launching Apps
if you’ve got a lot of them is quicker
with Spotlight search. From the home
screen press home again and type a
few letters of a contact’s name. You
can also configure a double click of
home to take you straight to Spotlight
via Settings, General, Home.
Tip 7 Swipe to Delete

W hilst viewing most lists there is

a hidden way to delete items.
Simply swipe across the e-mail, note
(in OS3.0) or SMS conversation
and a handy Delete button appears.
Sadly, this doesn’t work for deleting
individual text or MMS messages...
Tip 8 Restarting Properly

A hard-reboot can be handy if you’ve

an application that just refuses to
start or your phone has frozen. Hold the
home button and the sleep/wake button
together for 10 seconds, ignoring the
slide to turn off ’ message
that appears, and
the phone shuts
down. Now
turn on again
normally.
Tip 9 Force Bad Apps to Quit

S ometimes applications appear to

freeze for no reason. Hold the home
button and the sleep/wake button
together for 10 seconds, until the
slide to turn off message appears
and then release both buttons. Now
hold the home button for around six
seconds. This tells your phone to
forcibly quit the current application
and returns you to the home screen.

I f you’ve an iPod touch or iPhone

that hasn’t been upgraded to OS3.0,
simply hold the home button for six
seconds to quit.
Tip 10 Start All Over Again...

D one something to seriously

mess-up your phone? You can
reset your phone to its last backup.
Connect your iPhone to your
computer with the USB cable and wait
for iTunes to start. Click the iPhone
icon and then the restore button to
begin.
Tip 11 Use the free alternatives

S afari is brilliant - a full web browser

in a small package. Sometimes
however there are free apps available
that provide an easier user-interface:
Website App Icon
Google Google Mobile

Wikipedia Wikipanion

Twitter Twitterific

Facebook Facebook
Tip 12 Plain Lazy Web-Surfing

I f you’re heading for a .com domain

when typing an address in Safari,
you don’t have to type the www or
the .com. For example, you can type
apple in the address box in order to
view www.apple.com.
Tip 13 Look Before You Leap!

T o see where a hyperlink will direct

you simply hold your finger on
it for a second. A new menu appears
which lists the actual address at the
top and some additional options. New
to OS3.0 are the options to copy the
address to the clipboard and to open
the link in a new page.
Tip 14 The Secret Behind .com

W hen typing an address in Safari,

that .com key hides some
additional features. If you hold your
finger on there for a second, a range
of alternatives appear. Simply slide
your finger to the one you want and
release.
Tip 15 Save Safari Images

I mages shown in the web-browser

can be saved to your phone’s camera
roll or copied to the clipboard. Hold
your finger on the image for 2-3
seconds. The remainder of the page
will fade , the image highlighted and
options will slide up. Tap Copy to place
the image in the clipboard. Tap Save
Image to save to your camera roll. Via
the camera application you can then
use the image as wallpaper, send it via
e-mail or make it a contact’s image.
Tip 16 Just the Right Size!

W hen browsing web pages in

Safari, you can double tap on
a column, word or picture to fit its
width to your iPhone’s screen. Double
tap again to zoom out.
Tip 17 Share Links with Friends

S tumbled across a web-page you

really want to share? Simply tap
the + (plus) button at the bottom of
the screen and select Mail Link to this
Page.
Tip 18 Create new App Icons

Y ou can add a new App icon for

any website to your home screen.
Whilst browsing in Safari, tap the +
button and then tap Add to Home
Screen. Some websites supply an icon,
if not then a screenshot of the current
view is used. Tapping this new icon
launches Safari and immediately
takes you to the website.
Tip 19 Start with a blank page

S afari loads the last page it was on

when you open it and on a slow
connection this can take precious
time. However, you can create an icon
on your phone to launch Safari with a
blank page. Here’s
how:
1. Start Safari
2. Tap the
address bar
and type
about:blank
and tap Go
 3. Tap the + (plus)
at the bottom
and choose Add
to home screen
4. Type in a
suitable name
for this shortcut
This simple, bright
white, page also makes a handy, free,
torch application.
Tip 20 Two-fingered scrolling

S ome web pages contain scrolling

areas such as text boxes within
the page. Safari hides the scroll bars
for these and of course scrolling with
one finger moves the entire page. The
secret is to use two fingers. By using
two fingers at once, you tell Safari to
scroll the element within the page
rather than then entire page.
Tip 21 Autofill to save time

Y our phone can remember your

usernames and passwords for
sites you visit and autofill your details
for sites you’ve never visited before:
1. Create a contact for yourself.
2. Via Settings,
Safari, Autofill,
enable both options
and set My Info
to be yourself as a
contact.
3. When you begin to enter
details into a new site, AutoFill
is available above the keyboard.
Tip 22 Hold Shift Whilst Typing

S ometimes you just need the next

few letters to be capitalized. Typing
My PC is BROKEN! or upper-case ab-
breviations such as LMAO. The phone
allows you use the shift key just like
you can on a computer; simply hold
down the shift key whilst you type!
Tip 23 Shake To Undo & Redo

W hen typing in any application,

or when using cut, copy & paste,
you can shake the phone to Undo your
typing. Shake again to Redo. Your
phone will pop-up a query to double-
check.
Tip 24 Double-Tap for Shift-lock
T he title here says it all, but this
feature is disabled by default. To
enable, tap the Settings icon, then tap
General and Keyboard. Turn Enable
Caps Lock On. Now you can double
tap the shift key to turn caps-lock on.
It will turn blue when locked.
Tip 25 Hold Keys for Extras!

I f you hold down a letter on the

keyboard, a pop-up appears
containing various accented versions
of the character. You can do the same
with certain punctuation characters
to reveal alternatives.
Tip 26 Punctuate Quickly

T o quickly enter punctuation

or numbers while using the
keyboard, press and hold the 123
button and, keeping your finger down,
slide to any number or punctuation
button. When you release your finger
that one character will be inserted
and the usual qwerty keyboard will
reappear. You can use the same
technique to quickly insert single-
digit numbers into text.
Tip 27 Alternative currencies

O ne of the keyboard’s many secrets

is that it hides multiple currency
symbols for insertion into e-mails,
notes or SMS messages. The default
currency symbol depends on your
phone’s settings and if you hold your
finger on this you’ll get the alterna-
tives. You can combine this with our
previous tip to insert any currency
symbol with one lift of the finger.
Tip 28 Get a Bigger Keyboard

T urning your phone sideways will

get you a bigger keyboard in all the
in-built applications including Notes,
Text Messaging, E-Mail and Safari. In
Safari however, once you are editing
the address the orientation is locked,
so turn your phone sideways before
tapping the address bar.
Tip 29 Get a Magnifying Glass

I n most apps displaying or editing

text provide a magnifying glass
which is handy for positioning the
cursor in the right place, or selecting
a particular
word for
copying. Hold
your finger
over the text
for a second
and a small
magnifying
glass appears
for precise
control.
Tip 30 Add to the Dictionary

I f you are writing something and the

iPhone flags a word as mis-spelled,
cancel the correction and the word
will be put into the dictionary. If
you use obscure words, acronyms or
colorful language a lot this feature can
be a time-saver. Sometimes you might
need to make the correction once for
each different application.
Tip 31 Quickly insert a period

I f you tap the space key twice, the

iPhone will instead insert a period
(full-stop for those in the UK) and a
single space. You can also achieve the
same effect if you use two fingers to
tap the space key at the same time.
What if you actually want two
spaces? Simply tap once then wait
for a couple seconds before tapping
again.
Tip 32 Turn Bluetooth Off

B luetooth adds significant drain to

the battery, and if you are not using
a hands-free kit then you may as well
turn it off. With Bluetooth enabled an
icon appears in the status bar. It’s quite
hard to see from the home screen but
a lot easier against the light status bar
used by most apps.
To turn Bluetooth off, tap Settings,
then General then Bluetooth and tap
the on/off switch.
Tip 33 Turn Push E-mail Off

K eeping push E-mail turned off can

save quite a lot of juice, particu-
larly in areas with a poor signal. Go
to Settings, Fetch New Data, and turn
Push to off and Fetch to Manually.
Tip 34 Turn Automatic Wifi Off

S top your phone from searching for

networks anytime you are using an
internet application. Go to Settings,
select Wi-Fi, and simply turn it off.
Tip 35 Turn off EQ

E qualization enhances key

frequencies to suit certain types
of music. It also requires a lot of
processing power, and you can extend
your battery life whilst listening to
music by turning it off:
On the iPhone, go into settings,
iPod and set EQ to off.
On the iPod touch, go into
settings, Music and set EQ to off.

If you’ve set EQ differently for

specific songs in iTunes, off won’t
work so set EQ to flat instead.
Tip 36 Close Applications

T o ensure that your phone is

using as little battery as possible,
you should press the Home button
before locking so that no app remains
running. This is especially true of any
applications that make heavy use of
GPS, such as Google Maps, or the 3G
or Wi-Fi connection, such as Safari.
Tip 37 Save Power For Calls

A way from charge? If you need a

working phone for making and
receiving calls, reduce your use of:
Applications; particularly those
that use the 3G, GPS or both,
such as Google Maps.
Games; these can use a lot of
power.
The iPod; video in particular
uses a lot of power.
Tip 38 Save Power For iPod

I f you want to conserve juice for use

as an iPod and you don’t need the
phone to be working, put it in airplane
mode. This will turn off all the power-
hungry features such as the 3G data
connection and phone. You can save
even more power by turning off WiFi.
This will extend the time it’ll work as
an iPod.
Tip 39 Keep Your Data Secure

I f your iPhone gets stolen a stranger

now has access to your contacts,
appointments, emails and photos.
Applications you’ve installed might
grant access to other personal data
such as your Facebook account.
Setting a passcode helps to protect
your privacy. Here’s how:
1. Tap Settings, then General,
then Passcode Lock.
2. Enter a passcode that no-one
else can guess.
Tip 40 Erase All Data?!

T here is additional security for

keeping your data away from
prying eyes should your phone get
stolen. Turn on Erase All Data. Now, if
someone steals
your phone
and tries to
guess your
passcode, the
iPhone erases
your personal
data after 10
unsuccessful
attempts.
Tip 41 Encrypt Your Backup

W ith iTunes 8.1 or higher, you

can now encrypt the back-up
file that contains all of your phone’s
data on your PC. In iTunes you’ll see
a new Encrypt iPhone backup check
box in the Summary pane.
Tip 42 Enable Find My iPhone

I f you subscribe to Mobile Me, you

can enable a feature called Find My
iPhone. To enable this, you need to
sign up for
a mobile
me account
at me.com
and then
enable the
feature.
Tip 43 ...Find Your iPhone

O nce you’ve signed up, you can

log in to me.com to locate your
phone on a map. The Find My iPhone
options are tucked away under the
account tab in Mobile Me.
Tip 44 Attract Attention

O nce logged in at me.com, you

can also send a message to your
phone and get it to play an insistent
sound for
two minutes.
The sound
plays even if
your phone
is set to silent
but does play
at the ‘ringer’
volume which
makes it hard
to hear if it’s
set low.
Tip 45 Remotely Wipe Your Data

M obile Me brings another level

of data security to your phone.
If you decide it’s been stolen, you
can issue a command to your phone
to delete all your data and reset it to
factory defaults. Once you’ve done
this, your phone will no longer be
able to respond to location requests
which is a pity as you’ll need to decide
between keeping your data secure or
giving the police good information on
its location. Should you be reunited
with your phone, you can use iTunes
to restore the data from your last
backup.
Tip 46 Reduce Roaming Charges
3 G use overseas can be an expensive
luxury. Here are a few suggestions
on being cost-effective with your
phone when abroad.
1. Reset the Usage statistics when you
arrive overseas and monitor your
data usage.
2. Turn off push e-mail to avoid using
3G and instead use WiFi when
available to or check e-mail or
browse the web.
3. Turn Data Roaming off. Go into
Settings, tap General then Network
and turn Data Roaming off.
Microphone

Look, no hands!
Intro About the Microphone!

T he iPhone earbuds have a built-in

microphone you can use for
hands-free calling. The microphone
is also a button - you simply squeeze
it and you’ll hear a click!
This button provides quick access
to a variety of features, depending
upon what is currently happening on
the phone.
Tip 47 Controlling Calls

Y ou can use the earbud button to

control the phone.
When your phone is ringing:
click once to answer the call.
press and hold for two seconds,
then release to reject the incoming
call. You’ll hear two soft beeps to
confirm you’ve declined the call.
Whilst on a call:
click once to end the current
call
 Controlling Calls Continued

I
f you are already on a call and
another call comes in:
click once to switch to the new
call
click again to switch between
two active calls
press and hold for two seconds
then let go to switch to the new
call and end the current call.
Tip 48 Controlling Music Playback

Y ou can also use the microphone

button to control playback when
music or videos are playing in the
iPod application.
click once to pause the current
song or video.
click again to resume.
quickly click twice to skip to the
next song.
quickly click three times to skip
to the previous song, or to restart
the current track if you are more
than 3 seconds in.
Tip 49 OS3.0 & 3GS Enhancements
I n OS3.0, the microphone
button also starts and
stops recording in the
Voice Memo application.

T he iPhone 3GS
microphone has some
additional features:.
volume +/- buttons control
volume of calls and audio
playback.
click and hold to activate voice
control.
Tip 50 Take a Screenshot

Y ou can take a screenshot from any

application in the iPhone simply
by pressing the home and sleep/wake
buttons together. The screen will flash
and the camera
sound will play.
Such snaps are
automatically
saved to your
camera roll and
you can view it
via the camera
application.
Tip 51 Find Airports

T yping in the three letter airport

code while in Google Maps will
bring the
airport
up on the
map. So for
example,
London
Heathrow
is LHR
and John F
Kennedy in
New York
is JFK.
Tip 52 Point the way in Google Maps
T ap the cross-hair icon once to find
your current location as usual,
and tap again to switch to directional
mode. The
map will
rotate in the
direction
you’re facing
and a cone
appears
i n d i c at i n g
your current
orientation.
Tip 53 Forward and Delete SMS
Y ou can now forward and delete
individual messages, both
standard SMS text messages and new
multimedia
messages.
Tap the Edit
button, then
tap the circles
to the left of
each message
to select
them. Then
tap Forward
or Delete.
Tip 54 Shake to Shuffle

W hilst playing music, shaking

your phone shuffles to another
track at random. Cleverly the phone
disables this when listening to podcasts
or audiobooks. Shuffling works whilst
the iPod app is running, but not if the
phone is locked or you’re running
another app. You can disable shuffle
altogether through Settings, iPod.
Tip 55 Speedier Synchronization
W hen you connect your phone
to your Mac or PC, try to
avoid plugging in via a USB hub or
any other device such as your Mac’s
keyboard. Going directly into your
computer can result in a speedier
sync with iTunes. Some brands of PC
make the matter more complicated
by having different ports on the PC
run at different speeds, so it might
be worth experimenting to see if this
applies to you.
Tip 56 Easier Listening

T hree new buttons appear when

listening to audiobooks, podcasts,
or watching videocasts.

E-mail. Send a link to the current

podcast via e-mail.
Skip back. Jump back 30
seconds.
Playback speed (not in videos).
Double or halve the playback
speed.
Tip 57 Synchronize Notes

Y ou can now synchronize the

your notes application data with
your Mac or PC. Configure this
from iTunes. Click the phone icon on
the left of iTunes, then click the Info
tab. Scroll down to Notes and enable
synchronization.
Tip 58 Surf Whilst Talking

I f you are connected to a WiFi

network you can surf the web
whilst on a call, which could be just
the thing for conference calls whilst
you’re using speakerphone. Just press
home before launching Safari and you
can surf whilst you talk. Your phone
is even smart enough to disable the
click sound as you type whilst you are
on the call.
Tip 59 Send Multiple Photographs
S ingle photographs can be sent via
MMS, E-mail and uploaded to
Mobile Me. You can also select up to 5
to share via e-mail, but beyond that the
share button becomes disabled. You
can work around
this however,
select as many
photographs
as you like and
tap Copy. You
can then paste
them into a new
e-mail.
Tip 60 Zoom Out of Maps

C urrently Google Maps is the only

application that supports this
gesture, but
if you use
two fingers
to tap the
map it
zooms out.
Tip 61 Record & Play.

W hilst using the voice memo

recorder You can continue to
use other applications such as e-mail
and safari. Simply begin recording
as usual and press home to exit the
Voice Memo
application.
The status bar
will glow red
and recording
continues. Tap
the status bar
to return to the
Voice Memo
App.
Tip 62 A Scientific Calculator

T he usual calculator provides

large, easy to use buttons for
basic arithmetic. If you tip the phone
sideways, you’ll see a scientific
calculator. You can now perform
more complex calculations. OS3.0
adds Copy & Paste.
Tip 63 Download wallpapers

Y ou can download wallpapers from

a number of sites, including:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ip-
honewallpapers/
The easiest way to get them onto
your phone is to use mobile Safari
to browse the site. Navigate through
flickr until a suitable wallpaper is
almost full-screen. Now Tap and hold
your finger on an image and select
Save Image. Find the image via the
camera application and set it as your
wallpaper by tapping the leftmost
icon and choosing Use As Wallpaper.
Tip 64 Battery Life Percentage

T he 3GS allows you to add a

percentage battery-life indicator
to the status bar. This is enabled via
Settings, Usage.
Tip 65 Improve Voice-Control

M ost phones contain contacts who

are stored by their first name only.
You’ll find ‘Call Joanna Smith’ works
a lot better than ‘Call Jo.’, so expand
abbreviations and add lastnames
to your contacts. This significantly
improves the ability of Voice Control
to understand. You can also create a
new contact for the same person as
an alias. Using
the earbud
microphone
also seems
to improve
recognition.
Tip 66 Pause downloads

L arge applications or updates can

sometimes take a long time to
download over a data connection and
you might want to pause them whilst
you check your e-mail or browse with
Safari.
To pause the download tap the icon.
The progress bar will stop midway and
beneath the word Paused appears. To
continue the download, simply tap
the icon again.
Tip 67 Favorites are not just for calls
F avorites and recents are great for
making quick calls and returning
calls to people who’ve phoned you. But
have you noticed the little blue arrow
on the right hand edge? Tap here for
options to call that person back on any
of their numbers,
send an e-mail or
SMS or add them
to your favorites
list. And in OS3.0
you can also send
contact details via
Email or MMS.
Tip 68 Rapid Calendar Scrolling
I n the calendar application tapping
the arrows to move through months
can be tedious. But did you know that
if you hold your finger on the arrows
your iPhone will rapidly move through
the months? Handy for setting ap-
pointments way ahead in the future.
Tip 69 Avoid SMS Embarrassment
U sually when a text message arrives
the iPhone displays it on the
screen, even if your phone is locked.
To disable this, set Text Preview to off
via Settings, Messaging.

Preview
enabled

Preview
disabled
Tip 70 Have You Noticed?

T he iPhone is full of neat little

touches you might not have
noticed. Here are a few of our
favorites:
The updating calendar icon: Far
from being a static image to launch
the calendar, the icon actually updates
to show the current day and date.

Automatic Airplane mode. When

you dock your phone into speakers
that don’t specifically support the
iPhone, the phone detects this and
 ...have you noticed?
asks whether you want to switch
to airplane mode to disable phone
features and prevent interference.
Then, when you remove the phone
again, it automatically re-enables call
features and turns airplane mode off.
Automatic pause. This has been an
iPod feature for a while, but it’s worth
mentioning. If you are listening to
music on headphones, and you pull
them out of the phone, playback is
automatically paused.
Sunglasses Support: When viewed
through polarized lenses, LCD screens
 ...have you noticed?
appear blank at a certain angle.
This means you need to take your
sunglasses off to view most phone and
camera screens when held in either
landscape or portrait mode.
Apple have carefully manufac-
tured the 3G iPhone screen so that it
appears blank at 60 degrees; you can
hold it in either portrait or landscape
orientation and see perfectly well. The
3GS is even better, and can be viewed
at any angle...

Genius.
W e hope you’ve picked up some
tips that will help you use your
phone more effectively.
If you’ve enjoyed this guide, please
consider adding a review to iTunes.
If you have any feature suggestions,
comments or just want to get in touch
via e-mail at:
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 What’s new
in OS3.0?

It’s like downloading a new phone

OS3.0 Introduction

A pple’s recent OS3.0 is a no-cost

update to iPhone owners and
available for a fee to iPod Touch
owners. It brings many new features
to the device - so many that sometimes
it feels more like you are in possession
of a whole new phone. This chapter
gives you the low-down on the major
new features.
OS3.0 Cut, Copy & Paste

Y ou can now cut, copy and paste

between applications, including
your camera photos, web-pages,
Notes, SMS and MMS messages.
OS3.0 Extended Landscape Mode
L andscape mode has been extended
from just Safari to the Messaging
application, e-mail and Notes.
OS3.0 Multimedia Messaging

M ultimedia Messaging, also

known as MMS, has finally
come to your iPhone. This allows you
to send and receive picture messages,
audio-clips and even videos, although
you cannot actually record videos
from your phone unless you’ve got
the iPhone 3GS. Your carrier needs
to support MMS and it’s not available
on AT&T in the USA until later this
summer. Costs vary by region. In the
UK, for example, each MMS message
sent uses four standard text messages
from your monthly bundle.
OS3.0 Spotlight Search

A handy new feature that allows

you to search across your phone
for contacts, apps, music, podcasts,
v i d e o ,
audiobooks,
n o t e s ,
e-mails, and
calendar
entries.
Just about
everything
except text-
messages!
OS3.0 Voice Memos

T here’s a new built-in application

for recording audio so that
you can capture memos to yourself,
meetings or lectures and send them
via e-mail or MMS.
OS3.0 Other improvements...

T here are a whole heap of other

improvements in OS3.0. Here’s a
short list of just some:
Improved Calendar. You can
now create Exchange meeting
requests and CalDAV support
means you can now subscribe to
Google calendars.
More things to buy. You can now
purchase movies, TV shows and
audiobooks from the iPhone.
Stereo Bluetooth. Connect your
phone to headphones and car
kits for wireless stereo playback.
Automatic Wi-Fi login.
Configure your username and
password for automatic login to
commercial Wi-Fi hotspots.
Parental Controls. All content in
the iTunes store is now age-rated
and you can control access to
music, videos and apps.
YouTube Login. Login to your
account to view and sync your
favourites.
Shake to shuffle. Shake your
phone to jump to a random track
when the iPod is playing.
Find My Phone. Find where you
left your phone from the web,
and remotely wipe your data.
OS3.0 Internet Tethering

Y ou can now use your phone’s data

connection to get your laptop
online from anywhere. Availability
and cost vary by region. It’s available
now in the UK and due later this
summer for the USA. You can connect
your laptop to your phone via either
bluetooth or the USB cable.
What’s New
in The 3gs?

The Latest & Greatest

3GS Introduction

O n Monday the 8th of June 2009,

Apple announced a new version
of the iPhone, the iPhone 3GS. The
phone was available in store on the
19th June, two days after the OS3.0
software update became available.
The Web & Press have been awash
with articles on both, but figuring
out which features are unique to the
3GS and which are part of OS3.0 has
been unclear. This chapter focuses on
features exclusive to the iPhone 3GS.
3GS Video Recording Camera

T he camera resolution in the 3GS

has been improved and provides
a ‘tap to autofocus’ capability but
more exciting is the Video Camera
mode. You
can perform
simple edits of
the Video on
the phone and
then send it via
e-mail, MMS or
upload straight
to YouTube.
3GS Twice as fast

T he new iPhone 3GS contains

improved components including
a faster processor. This makes it the
user-interface feel a little more snappy
to use, applications load more quickly
and browsing, particularly on WiFi,
seems really fast.
3GS Compass Directions

T
you
he 3GS contains a compass so you
can always tell which direction
are
facing.
Expect to
see third
party apps
taking
advantage
of this
for turn-
by-turn
driving
directions.
3GS Improved Battery Life

T he Battery in the 3GS has

improved in a number of areas.
Here are Apple’s figures:
Talk time. Same on 3G (5 hours)
up from 10 to 12 hours on 2G
Standby. Same (300 hours)
Internet use. Same on 3G (5
hours), up from 6 to 9 hours on
WiFi
Audio playback. Up from 24 to
30 hours
Video playback. Up from 7 to
10 hours
3GS Accessibility

T he iPhone 3GS adds a number of

Accessibility features, including:
A text-to-speech voice over
feature, which reads aloud the
text of anything you tap.
Zooming - you can zoom into
areas of the phone
screen.
White-on-black
mode. Colors are
reversed on the
phone, it looks a
little unusual!
3GS Voice Control

T his feature provides the abililty

to control your iPhone through
speaking commands to make calls
and play music.
3GS Other improvements...

T here are some other fairly minor

improvements hidden away with
the 3GS:
A smaller power adaptor which
has allowed Apple to reduce the
box-size slightly for reasons of
eco-friendliness.
A new feature for viewing
battery usage as a percentage in
addition to the battery icon.
A new fingerprint resistant
(oleophobic) coating to reduce
smears on the screen.