You'll find plenty of concise, clear explanations, plus pointers to a few important independent apps that add to the features offered in Apple's.
Jeff shows you how to use the iPhone apps for real-life tasks, including how to:
- Update your calendar on the bus, and view the changes on your office Mac
- Sync the sometimes elusive Birthdays calendar to your iPhone
- Explain to friends how your iPhone knows where it is
- Set an alarm that you'll hear, even if the volume is turned down
- Set up a conference call with three of your friends
- Skip ahead in a long voicemail message
- Get around on the Web without squinting more than necessary
- Read and reply to email
- Send text messages or quickly place a call to someone you're texting with
- Take quality photos with the iPhone 3GS
- Upload photos from your iPhone to your computer
- Trim the video you just took at a party and share it online right away
- Get directions from your doctor's office to the drugstore
- Settle arguments about which way north is
- Find a song quickly so you can play it for a friend
- Use Jeff's favorite free app, Remote, to run iTunes on a Mac or an Apple TV
