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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)

Searching around you

If you're in an unfamiliar area, you may not know where you want to go, but you may know you want to go to a restaurant, coffeehouse, or a supermarket. Rather than search for a specific location, you can ask the Maps app to show you what's around you.

To find what's around you, follow these steps:

  1. Tap the Maps app on the Home Screen.
  2. Tap in the Search text field. A list of recent searches along with a list of nearby places appears, as shown in Figure 16.15:

    Figure 16.15 – A list of nearby places

  3. Tap the type of place you want to find, such as Groceries or Fast Food. The Maps app displays a list of options, as shown in Figure 16.16:

    Figure 16.16 – Displaying a list of options for the category you chose

  4. Tap on a specific place. The Maps app displays a Directions button.
  5. Tap this Directions button and choose a travel option, such as Driving or Transit, to see your route.

In many cases, you'll tend...