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The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By : Wallace Wang
Book Image

The iPhone Manual - Tips and Hacks

By: Wallace Wang

Overview of this book

The iPhone is the most popular smartphone available on the market, renowned for its sophisticated design, immersive UI, and user safety. And even if you’ve bought an iPhone for its impressive specifications, you may still be unaware of many of its features, which you’ll discover with the help of this book! The iPhone Manual is your practical guide to uncovering the hidden potential of iPhones, and will leave you amazed at how productive you can be by learning tips and hacks for customizing your device as a communication, entertainment, and work tool. You’ll unearth the complete range of iPhone features and customize it to streamline your day-to-day interaction with your device. This iPhone manual will help you explore your iPhone’s impressive capabilities and fully understand all the features, functions, and settings that every iPhone owner should know. With this book, you’ll get to grips with not only the basics of communication but also best practices for accessing photos, videos, and music to set up your entertainment using your iPhone. In addition to this, you’ll learn about serious work tools that will make you productive in your everyday tasks. By the end of this iPhone book, you’ll have learned how to use your iPhone to perform tasks and customize your experience in ways you probably didn’t realize were possible.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Chapter 16: Getting Directions with Maps

When you're in an unfamiliar neighborhood, you may not know where you are or how to get to where you want to go. Even if you're in a familiar part of town, you may not know how to get to certain places, such as stores, parks, or buildings. To help you get around, you need a map.

Of course, paper maps quickly go out of date, so a far better solution is to use the Maps app on your iPhone. Not only can the Maps app accurately map your location as long as you have a cellular phone or Wi-Fi connection, but it can provide directions in major cities around the world.

With your iPhone and the Maps app, you'll never risk getting lost again, whether you're looking for a new place near your home or trying to navigate an unfamiliar part of the world.

The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

  • Customizing the Maps app
  • Getting directions
  • Searching around you
  • Creating favorite locations
  • Placing markers...