Things You Might Not Know Your iPhone Could Do
Business Technology | January 1, 2012
We all know what an iPhone is capable of doing. We are able to use this handy device to connect to the Web and watch the latest movies and television shows. We can use it to update our Facebook pages and send out tweets. We can play music, make phone calls, and find directions to the nearest Italian restaurant by using the iPhone. However, you might be surprised at what else your iPhone lets you do. Fortunately, there are plenty of smartphone experts out there willing to share their top iPhone tricks with you.
Saving Time
It can be frustrating to use the small on-screen keyboard for typing emails or Web addresses. If this is true for you, try turning your phone horizontally before clicking in the area you need to type in. This will give you a larger on-screen keyboard making it easier to type a “t” and not a “y.”
Here is a tip to make phone calls: If you’re browsing the Web for a phone number you have to call, simply tap the telephone number on the screen and your phone will dial it.
More Efficient Typing
This tip from Apple makes for speedier typing. When using the on-screen keyboard tap the space bar twice at the end of a sentence. This will automatically add a period and capitalize the next word you’re going to type. If you use a great deal of special characters, you can access them by touching and holding a letter. After that you can select the character you need and insert it into the message.
Quick Printing, Personalized Entertainment
If you own an AirPrint-enabled printer, you are able to print documents, emails, as well as Web pages right from your iPhone. To print an email message, tap the Reply icon and then select “Print” and your phone will send the message to your printer. For a Web page, touch the “Action” icon and select “Print.”
For you music lovers out there, you can create a music playlist on the run. Access the iPod app, tap the “Playlists” icon chose the “Add Playlist” icon. Rename your playlist and add any video or song on your phone by merely touching it.
We all know what an iPhone is capable of doing. We are able to use this handy device to connect to the Web and watch the latest movies and television shows. We can use it to update our Facebook pages and send out tweets. We can play music, make phone calls, and find directions to the nearest Italian restaurant by using the iPhone. However, you might be surprised at what else your iPhone lets you do. Fortunately, there are plenty of smartphone experts out there willing to share their top iPhone tricks with you.
Saving Time
It can be frustrating to use the small on-screen keyboard for typing emails or Web addresses. If this is true for you, try turning your phone horizontally before clicking in the area you need to type in. This will give you a larger on-screen keyboard making it easier to type a “t” and not a “y.”
Here is a tip to make phone calls: If you’re browsing the Web for a phone number you have to call, simply tap the telephone number on the screen and your phone will dial it.
More Efficient Typing
This tip from Apple makes for speedier typing. When using the on-screen keyboard tap the space bar twice at the end of a sentence. This will automatically add a period and capitalize the next word you’re going to type. If you use a great deal of special characters, you can access them by touching and holding a letter. After that you can select the character you need and insert it into the message.
Quick Printing, Personalized Entertainment
If you own an AirPrint-enabled printer, you are able to print documents, emails, as well as Web pages right from your iPhone. To print an email message, tap the Reply icon and then select “Print” and your phone will send the message to your printer. For a Web page, touch the “Action” icon and select “Print.”
For you music lovers out there, you can create a music playlist on the run. Access the iPod app, tap the “Playlists” icon chose the “Add Playlist” icon. Rename your playlist and add any video or song on your phone by merely touching it.