iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 3GS - Softcover

Baig, Edward C.; LeVitus, Bob

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9780470536988: iPhone For Dummies: Includes iPhone 3GS

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ISBN 10: 0470536985 ISBN 13: 9780470536988

Publisher: For Dummies, 2009

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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, 3rd 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
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
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, 3rd Edition helps you get every bit of functionality your iPhone offers.

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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

About the Author:

Edward C. Baig is the Personal Technology columnist for USA TODAY and the author of Macs For Dummies, 10th Edition. Bob "Dr. Mac" LeVitus pens the popular Dr. Mac column for the Houston Chronicle and is the author of Mac OS X� Snow Leopard For Dummies.

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