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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)

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Learning Basic Touch Gestures, explains the common touch gestures needed to control the iPhone.

Chapter 2, Using the New iOS 14 Apps, describes how to use the latest features in iOS 14.

Chapter 3, Customizing Sound, Look, and Privacy Settings, shows how to customize your iPhone so it works exactly the way you want.

Chapter 4, Making Phone Calls, explains all the different ways to make and receive phone calls.

Chapter 5, Sending Text Messages, explains how to send and receive text messages.

Chapter 6, Using Siri, shows how to use Siri in different ways to perform common tasks.

Chapter 7, Taking and Sharing Pictures, explains how to capture video and still images.

Chapter 8, Listening to Music, shows how to store and play audio files.

Chapter 9, Browsing the Internet with Safari, shows how to navigate around web pages using the built-in Safari browser.

Chapter 10, Sending and Receiving Email, shows how to connect to an email account to send and receive messages.

Chapter 11, Using FaceTime, shows how to make video phone calls using FaceTime.

Chapter 12, Reading eBooks, shows how to get eBooks and audiobooks and read different types of eBooks.

Chapter 13, Storing Contact Information, shows how to store, retrieve, and edit the names of important people.

Chapter 14, Storing Appointments and Reminders, explains how to keep track of your appointments and use reminders to help you remember them.

Chapter 15, Writing Notes and Recording Voice Memos, explains how to store ideas as text or audio recordings.

Chapter 16, Getting Directions with Maps, shows how to use the Maps app to find nearby areas along with directions for how to get there.

Chapter 17, Getting Time, Weather, and Stock Information, shows how to use the Clock app to set timers or get time and weather information from different parts of the world. It also explains how to track stocks.

Chapter 18, Using Apple Pay, explains how to set up Apple Pay and send cash electronically to others with an iPhone.