Apple’s iPhone is an amazing device that can be used for many different purposes, above and beyond just making and receiving calls, surfing the Web, and sending and receiving text messages.
In fact, the new iOS 5 operating system transforms your iPhone into one of the most feature-packed and intelligent smartphones on the market. This latest edition of Apple’s operating system includes more than 200 new features, plus 20+ pre-installed apps, including revamped or enhanced versions of apps you may already be familiar with, plus a few brand-new apps and features, such as Reminders, Newsstand, and Notification Center.
And, if you’ve acquired the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 includes a cutting-edge new feature, called Siri, that allows you to control many of the features and functions of your iPhone using your voice.
For most people, an iPhone that’s running iOS 5 offers everything they need to be more productive and organized, stay well connected, and even entertain themselves while on the go. However, from the App Store, more than 500,000 third-party apps are available that can greatly enhance the capabilities of the iPhone, giving it additional functionality that’s never before been seen in a cell phone or smart-phone.
Using iPhone iOS 5 Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to all the iPhone models capable of running iOS 5. This includes the iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S. Plus, much of the information within this book also applies to the latest iPod touch models.
Whether you’re a new iPhone user or someone who is upgrading an existing iPhone to the new iOS 5 operating system, this book offers the information you need to quickly become proficient using the iPhone as a communications, organizational, and productivity tool, as well as an entertainment device, in your personal and professional life.
How This Book Is Organized
This book begins with an overview of what’s new and improved with the iOS 5 operating system and explains how to upgrade your iPhone, if necessary. It then offers a comprehensive introduction to the iPhone itself, as well as to Apple’s iCloud online-based file-sharing service, which fully integrates with iOS 5.
You discover how to customize your iPhone’s settings and features, plus protect your iPhone by selecting the right insurance coverage, screen protector, and case. Then Using iPhone iOS 5 Edition delves into the apps that come pre-installed with iOS 5, so you quickly learn how to make and receive calls, surf the Web, access your email, use the iPhone as a digital music player, manage your contacts and appointments, use the iOS device as a navigational tool, take and view photos, and much more.
Here are just some of the key features of Using iPhone iOS 5 Edition:
• It offers a comprehensive introduction to the iOS 5 operating system.
• It explains how to make and receive calls, plus utilize the many powerful calling features built into the phone.
• It shows you how to use the majority of the apps that come pre-installed on the iPhone.
• It explains how to use the iPhone as a feature-packed communications tool for surfing the Web, sending and receiving emails, and using text messaging (including Apple’s new iMessage service).
• It demonstrates how to transfer and sync data, information, documents, and files between your iPhone, other iOS devices (such as the iPad), and your primary computer using iTunes Sync, Wireless iTunes Sync, and/or Apple’s iCloud service.
• It provides what you need to know to transform your iPhone into an entertainment system for playing music; experiencing challenging games; and/or watching TV shows, movies, and videos.
• It shows you how to transform your iPhone into a feature-packed eBook reader so that you can purchase, download, and read eBooks as well as digital editions of popular newspapers and magazines.
• It explains how to take amazing photos and videos using your iPhone’s built-in camera(s), plus how to edit, enhance, and share those images and video clips.
• It teaches you how to make the best use of Siri if you’re an iPhone 4S user so that you can control many of the features of your iPhone using your voice.
• It shows you how to use optional accessories with your iPhone, such as battery charging alternatives, a Bluetooth wireless headset, stereo headphones, and/or external speakers.
Using This Book
This book allows you to customize your own learning experience. The step-by-step instructions in the book give you a solid foundation in using the iPhone while content, including video tutorials and audio sidebars, provides the following:
• Demonstrations of step-by-step tasks covered in the book
• Additional tips or information on a topic
• Practical advice and suggestions
• Direction for more advanced tasks not covered in the book
Here’s a quick look at a few structural features designed to help you get the most out of this book.
• Chapter objective: At the beginning of each chapter is a brief summary of topics addressed in that chapter. This objective enables you to quickly see what is covered in the chapter.
Notes provide additional commentary or explanation that doesn’t fit neatly into the surrounding text. Notes give detailed explanations of how something works, alternative ways of performing a task, and other tidbits to get you on your way.
Every once in a while there is something that can have serious repercussions if done incorrectly (or rarely, if done at all). Cautions give you a heads-up.
Cross-references: When you begin using iOS 5 on your iPhone, you’ll discover that many apps are now seamlessly integrated. Thus, many topics are connected to other topics in various ways. Cross-references help you link related information together, no matter where that information appears in the book. When another section is related to one you are reading, a cross-reference directs you to a specific heading in the book where you can find the related information.
LET ME TRY IT tasks are presented in a step-by-step sequence so you can easily follow along.
SHOW ME video walks through tasks you’ve just got to see—including bonus advanced techniques.
TELL ME MORE audio delivers practical insights straight from the experts.
Special Features
More than just a book, your Using product integrates step-by-step video tutorials and valuable audio sidebars delivered through the Free Web Edition that comes with every Using book. For the price of the book, you get online access anywhere with a Web connection—no books to carry, content is updated as the technology changes, and the benefit of video and audio learning.