How To Use The Best 40 Features of iPhone 3.0 : iSmashPhone
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The new iPhone operating system, iPhone OS 3.0, which is coming out Wednesday June 17th, gives the iPhone tons of new features. While some of them are brand new, others are just small little additions which change the way you iPhone. The following list details every cool new feature and describes exactly how to use each one.
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Email up to 5 photos at a time
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Shake to undo and redo typing
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Shake to shuffle
This feature is pretty self-explanatory, but is really great - especially for working out. Imagine you're running or working out in the gym, and you're iPhone's iPod is in shuffle mode. Some mellow, non-workout-appropriate Coldplay song comes on. You have to get your iPhone out of your pocket and press next with your sweaty finger.
With this update, you can keep your iPhone in your pocket (or strapped to your arm if you have an iPhone arm band) and just give it a quick jiggle.
If you are in a specific album or playlist, it shuffles within that album or playlist. If not, it just picks a random song out of your whole library.
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Shake to shuffle
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you can copy text from an app or a Safari web page, and paste it into Notes or Email
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8. Double click home button
In the previous iPhone operating systems, we had the option to double click the home button to access "Favorites", and to access iPod controls if music was already playing. Now you can access the Spotlight Search or the Camera by double clicking the home button.
How it works:
- Go to Settings
- Go to General
- Go to Home
- Select the option you desire
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Auto Fill Usernames/Passwords
By creating a contact for yourself, the iPhone can automatically fill out any registration form with the credentials you enter. It can also auto-fill username and passwords based on what you previously entered into that site.
How it works:
- Since there are some security issues that may concern you, this feature must be turned on manually.
- Go to Settings
- Go to Safari
- Go to Autofill
- Choose the contact you created for yourself
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Type new message while previous is still sending
If you already have 3.0, you probably noticed that when you send a text message, the progress bar is now at the top. The reason for this relocation is so that you can start typing a message while the previous one is still sending. Notice the "Sending..." bar at the top.
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17. Moving app across pages
Apple has finally realized the small but irritating mistake they made about relocating applications. If you've ever tried to move an app across a few pages, you probably noticed that it messes up the order of apps on the pages you pass, leaving blank spaces and shifting things around.
With iPhone OS 3.0, simply drag the application to the right or left corner of the page, and hold it there. The pages will keep flipping. When you've arrived to the page you want to add the app to, just move the app away from the corner. Everything remains in tact, and no blank spaces are added. Way to go Apple!
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Select the things you would like to restrict from your children (or husband)
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22. Encrypt iPhone Back Up
Keep the data backed-up in iTunes from your iPhone safe and secure by encrypting it and password protecting it.
How it works:
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32. Force Quit An Application
This process forces a frozen application (or just a frozen iPhone) to go back to the home screen. Most times the iPhone returns to the home screen automatically. If it doesn't, here what you can do:
- Hold down the power and home button until "Slide to Turn Off" appears
- Let go of both buttons
- Press and hold ONLY the home button for 5-6 seconds
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The iPhone's iTunes store can now access movies, TV shows, podcasts, and music videos.
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you can now increase the speed at which an audiobook is played
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will be shown in "Recents" and in "Voicemail"
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38. Album Art Displayed While Charging (instead of battery logo)
Part of the iPhone's appeal is it's attractive design, and when you're having a party, you want things to look good. If you have an iPod Dock that plays iPhone music and charges it at the same time, you might have noticed that the stylish album artwork disappears, and the green/red battery logo appears.
Now, with 3.0, even if the phone is charging, the display will continue to show the album artwork.
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39. App Counter
If you've ever gotten into a competition with your friends about who has more apps (I'll challenge anybody), or if you're just curious, the iPhone now counts your applications.
How it works:
- Go to Settings
- Go to General
- Go to About
- The 5th item down "Applications" tells you how many you've got
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