iPhone Tips – 10 things you may not know

Here are 10 things you may not know how to do on the iPhone.

1. Web Clips:You can create a short cut to a web page as an icon on your iPhone.  To do this, tap the “+”  when on a web page, then tap “Add to Home Screen.”  This will create an icon on your iPhone that you an treat (move or delete) as any other application.  Web Clips are not bookmarks per se, so they are NOT synced by MobileMe or iTunes.
2. Scroll to Top of Page:
   
   In any application you can scroll to the top of the page by tapping on the status bar at the top of the iPhone screen.
   
   
3. Domain Suffix:

   When typing a URL in safari, you can use the .COM key to choose other domain suffixes.  Tap and hold the .COM key to bring up a list of the other choices (.net, .edu, .org, .com).  Slide your finger over the one you want to select.

4. Alternate Characters:

   If you need to type non standard letters (letters with non-english annotations like a tilde) you can tap and hold the letter to bring up a list of available alternatives.

5. Screenshot:

   You can take a screenshot by holding the home key then the sleep button on the top of the phone.  The image will be stored in your camera roll.

6. Save an Image from Safari:

   You can save just about any image from a web page to your camera roll.  Just tap and hold on the image to bring up a menu that will give you the option to save it.

7. Double tap to zoom:

   This is really helpful.  In Safari, or in an email, double tap the text you want to zoom in on and the iPhone will resize the text to fill the screen.  Double tap again to go back to the original size.

8. iPod Playback Controls:

   You can bring up the iPod controls when you are in any application or when the phone is locked by double clicking the  Home button.

9. Setting a Sleep timer:

   You can set the iPhone to stop playing music or videos after a period of time by using the sleep timer function.  From the clock application, choose the timer function.  Set the number of hours/minutes you want, then tap “When Timer Ends” choose “Sleep iPod”.  Finally, tap Start to start the timer.  When the timer ends, the iPhone will stop playing, close open apps and lock.

10. Soft Reset:

    To reset yout iPhone if it freezes, click the home button and the sleep button at the same time and hold them both down until you see the Apple logo.

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