Who Else Wants Great iPhone Trick Tips?
I can proudly state that I’m the luckiest ever owner of an iPhone. I’ve had it for quite a time already but I cannot still play to my heart’s content with this amazing gadget. Nevertheless with experience come cool tips and tricks that you learn. I’ve learned mine and now I want to share them with you.
So, Here is the list of the useful functions of iPhone:
- Tap once at the top of the display in the Internet mode and you will be immediately redirected to the top of the page you are browsing (instead of having to scroll your way to the top). This helps my save much time and finger effort.
- Set the font to the smaller size and get access to more data in the Internet window. This method has one great advantage: in case you want to click a link it will come up huge thus making it extremely easier to click.
- If you want to add a new bookmark you don’t have to enter the full address of the web-page. All you need to do is post the equivalent RSS address in the Apple’s RSS reader. Using RSS feeds you can quickly see if the site has been updated since your last visit (it is much faster than downloading the whole page and helps save traffic).
- If you write a lot using the iPhone (as I do) you can enjoy one peculiar trick I’ve found. If you write a word and it is underlined as misspelled but in fact is not, you cancel the correction 3 times and the word will be automatically added to the dictionary.
- I found a great use of the magnifying glass. When writing something you tap once and hold and the glass will pop up. With the glass on you can place the cursor wherever you want and continue editing the text.
- The icons can be dragged around (it cannot be made only on the home screen). In order to use the function go to iPod => More => Edit. Do whatever you like to the icon arrangement.
- There is an ultimate way to reset the device. In order to do that, hold the right button and the home front button for 6 seconds. To bring it back to life press the top button
- There is a feature that helps me avoid tons of email spam. I added a link to Yahoo mail in my Safari and now I can use “delete all” function to remove all the spam messages.
These are the tricks that I found out using iPhone. Did you learn any other tricks? Would you share them with me and with the audience?
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iPhone Software Downloads: How to Choose Best?
Do you want to make the utmost of your iPhone? I’m sure you do. In fact, the iPhone is much more than just a mobile phone – it is a multi-purpose device. And this multi-purpose use is enabled by its versatile software. So, in order to make your iPhone an extremely useful and cool gadget you have to learn how to find the best software for it.
Which software solutions are better than others?
I suppose than the most important thing about the matter under discussion is which software to choose. We all differ, so does the choice of software differ from person to person. You need to give a careful thinking to form a general idea about what software is really necessary for you and what solutions you would like to posses. You need to realize the fact that there is so much software out there and you cannot have it all (even if you could, do you think that you would?), so you should concentrate on the items that you really need and that can help you.
You should consider one click iPhone software as one of the best choices available on the market at the moment. This software enables your phone to be an iPod, WiFi network and a phone simultaneously.
Apple worked thoroughly to supply you with the latest version of the software. You can install the update using a simple and user-friendly installation process. Moreover, installing apple software protects you from experiencing various bugs and errors during the installation.
Where Can I buy It?
When you have finally made up your mind on the software you need you naturally need to know where to buy one. In fact, your local iPhone retailer might have the items you want, but there are also specialty stores that have a wide range of software items available for you to choose from.
The options provided below are not the only ones. Remember that if you search carefully you might even be able to find freeware. Using Internet for this search is a great solution. But I don’t advice you to download items from random sources and you can end up with errors, viruses and spyware right in the hub of your favorite device. Before installing an application make sure that it doesn’t damage your iPhone.
So, do you see now that the right choice of software for the iPhone is a crucial choice? The last fact I would like to draw your attention to is the fact that price/quality ratio is the thing I recommend you to go by.
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5 Tips To Save Your Phone After Dropping Into Water
Accidents happen.
If you’re ever in a situation where your phone is giving you problems because you got caught in the rain, or dropped it in the sink or toilet, here are 5 steps you can try:
1. Turn the device off and do not charge it - You want to keep the phone non-operational while it dries out.
2. Drip dry and shake off as much water as possible
3. Dismantle whatever you can - If you are able to remove the battery and cover, do so. The more you expose the better it will dry.
4. Cover your phone in a bowl of rice - Rice will help absorb moisture (at least it did for this Washington Post writer) like how it does in salt shakers.
5. Draw it away with a vacuum cleaner held over the affected areas for up to 20 minutes in each accessible area, having already removed the majority of liquids and moisture manually and dried all visible moisture by hand, so that none enters the vacuum cleaner.
This method is preferable to leaving it to dry naturally as it halts any oxidation from occurring deep inside, such as can result in functional issues later on. This is the fastest way (less than thirty minutes after your phone drowns, it can be completely dry and working, especially if you are able to also partly or fully disassemble it) to quickly get all the internal moisture out of the phone effectively and stop the internals from ‘rotting’ away.
Remember that the goal is to suck all the moisture and humidity out of the phone not to blow it even further in and create even more evil humidity deep inside.
All in all, the idea here is to get it as dry as as possible - in as quick a time as possible. You’d be surprised how many phones spring back to life once they are dried out. Personally i gave birth to 3 phones after they had taken a ‘bath’. I just dried them out, and they were just as good as new.
Note: Fans and hair dryers are not a good ideas as they tend to force moisture further into the small components deep inside the phone eventually causing corrosion.
Top 5 Low-Cost Solar Chargers for Your Gadgets
#1 Multi Purpose Solar Charger
Build-in 1350 mAh high capacity rechargeable polymer battery. Charge your mobile phone, digital camera, PDA, MP3/MP4 Player whenever and wherever. Style design and convenient to take it with you.
Charge your emergency charger
- by solar energy
- by computer USB port
- by AC adapter
Charge you mobile phone or other devices
- by the included mobile phone adapters
- by USB port
Additional function
- LED torch
Product Characteristic
# High solar energy convert efficiency: more than 15%
# Solar energy board: 5.5V/110mA
# High capacity build-in polymer battery: 1350 mAh
# Output voltage:5.5V
# Output current: 600mA
# Charging time: about 60 minutes
# Charging build-in battery by solar energy: 10-15 hours
# Charging build-in battery by computer / AC adapter: about 5 hours
Package Content
# One Multi purpose solar charger
# One USB cable
# One A/C Adapter (110V~250V)
# One extended cable
# Five Portable Devices Connectors (Sony Ericsson Fast Port, Samsung, Mini USB (for Motorola/HTC/Dopod/BlackBerry/MP3/MP4) , Nokia (2mm), Nokia (3.5mm))
Price: $25 find here
#2 Solar Charger for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS
The Solar game console charger has a built-in 1800mAh Li-ion battery. In bright sun light a Sony PSP is fully charged in 4 hours.
The solar charger measures 84 x 82 x 22 mm (folded).
Brando sells the Solar Charger for $35.00.
#3 Multi-purpose Solar Charger
Specifications
- Solar Panel N/A
- Ni-MH Battery Capacity 1.2V1600mAH x 2pcs
- Output Voltage N/A
- Output Current N/A
- Colar white/gray
- Size (LxWxH) 110.0×65.0×23.0mm
- Weight 220.0g
Price: $10.90
Two 1600mAH NiMH batteries, FM radio, flashligh, easy operation, pocket-size, light-weighted, portable, suitable for 5 brands of cell phone.
Features
* High efficient solar silicon panel and high capacity built-in Ni-MH batteries.
* You can directly use sunlight to charge various brands of cell phone without having to stop speaking.
* With built-in highly sensitive FM radio and white LED flashlight, it is a good assistant during traveling, mountaineering, fishing, campping and road trip.
* Tying the device on top of the backpack on your back, you can charge the built-in rechargeable NiMH batteries with sunlight while walking.
* For emergency, you can charge your mobile phone by inserting two pieces of AAA batteries.
* Good design, easy operation, pocket-size, light-weighted, portable.
#4 Universal Solar Charger
Specifications
- Solar Panel 5.5V/280mA/1.54W
- Li-poly Battery capacity 2800mAh
- Output Voltage 4.5 - 9V (adjustable)
- Output Current 1A (max)
- Color
- Size (LxWxH) 137.0×79.0×24.0mm
- Weight 245.0g
Price: $33.90
High photovoltaic and secondary converting efficency, protecting your device from damange, adjustable output voltage, CE,FCC and ROHS certificate
Compatible for charging handsets or USB interface digital devices with rated voltage 4.5V - 9V under sunshine directly, such as mobile phone, MP3/MP4 player, PDA, DC, DV and other entertainment device. It can also charge the devices mentioned above without sunshine through releasing electric energy stored in it. It is convenient for you to take with when outside on business, on travel, on a long-distance bus or ship, in the fieldwork, etc. It is a portable, environmental-friendly, light-weighted, flexible, durable and versatile solar charger.
#5 Multifunctional Solar Charger
Specifications
- Solar Panel 5.5V/130mA/715mW
- Li-poly Battery Capacity 1900mAh/1600mAh/1100mAh
- Output Voltage 5.5V
- Output Current 500mA
- Operating Temperature -20°C ~ +45°C
- Color white/black
- Size (LxWxH) 93.0×62.0×14.0mm
- Weight 90.0g
Price: $16.90
Charger for digital camera, mobile phone, mp3/mp4 player and DV, with built-in flashlight, ultraviolet light money checker and FM radio.
The multifunctional solar charger, powered by solar panel to store electricity generated from sunlight into internal Li-poly battery, is applicable to digital products such as digital cameras, mobile phone, mp3/mp4 play and DV, etc. Smooth upgrade and capacity expansion is considered in designing this solar charge
Most Weird Gadget - iCarta for iPod & iPhone
A company called Atech Flash Technology has recently released a product known as the iCarta, which is a stereo dock for the iPod that is designed to let users listen to music while in the bathroom and that features a bath tissue (toilet paper) holder. The company claims that the four integrated moisture-free speakers deliver high quality and high performance sound. The device fits all iPod sizes, and the integrated bath tissue holder can be folded in as a stereo dock for users who do not wish to use the devise as a toilet paper dispenser.
Features:
- 4 Integrated high performance moisture-free speakers deliver exceptional clarity and high quality sound
- Charges your iPod while playing music
- Audio selector allows you to play iPod shuffle or other Audio device
- Integrated Bath tissue holder that can be easily folded as a stereo dock
- Requires AC Power (AC Adapter included)
- Easy to remove from Wall Mount
This product is compatible with: iPhone, iPod 3G, iPod 4G, iPod Classic, iPod Color, iPod Mini, iPod Nano, iPod Nano 2G, iPod Nano 3G, iPod Photo, iPod Touch, iPod Video.