How To: Use Speed Dial on Your iPhone
One of the first features of cell phones was the ability to speed dial certain contacts. It saved us all lots of time. Can it be done on the iPhone? Yes!
The First 10 Free Apps to Download on Your New iPhone
So you just got your first iPhone. Now what? Well, one thing that makes the iPhone great is the great ecosystem of apps available to download instantly. One of the first things you should do with your new iPhone is download some of the best free apps that are out on the App Store right now.
How To: Use Photo Stream
Wouldn’t it be great if all the pictures you took on your iPhone could be viewed on your other devices without having to mess around with cables and copying and pasting? Just imagine, you could take a photo on your iPhone and then view and edit the photo on a bigger screen–like an iPad–without having to sync to iTunes or having to constantly email pictures from one device to the next. With Photo Stream, you can do this and so much more!
A few months ago we explained how to create and manage photo albums using only your iPhone. You can find that article by clicking here. Now we are going to move on to how you can use Photo Stream (1) to back up your photos, (2) to view your photos on your other Apple devices, and (3) to share your photos with friends and family.
Photo Stream is an amazing feature that allows you to do several things. First, Photo Stream operates as a way to do a limited backup of your photos. I say “limited” because Photo Stream won’t permanently backup every photo you take forever. Rather, as stated by Apple: “[i]f you have Photo Stream enabled on your iOS device, every single photo you take appears in a special Photo Stream album that holds your last 1000 photos.”1 However, the length of time your photos are stored on iCloud is limited because “iCloud [only] stores new photos for 30 days.”2 Second, Photo Stream makes it easy to share photos between your iPhone, iPad, supported iPod, and Mac computer with iPhoto installed. Finally, Photo Stream makes it easy to share photos or photo stream albums privately with friends and family or publicly with everyone. All of these features make your life easier and cost nothing to use! Now let’s get into the “how-to”.
How To: Get Some Peace and Quiet with ‘Do Not Disturb’ Mode
We all have those times when we just need to get away from the world and to not be so easily pulled away from a task we’re trying to accomplish. With iOS 6 we have an option on our iPhones to go into “Do Not Disturb” mode which will temporarily stop incoming calls and notifications. You can turn this on manually or schedule a reoccurring time.
How To: Save Any Picture to Your iPhone
Viewing photos on your iPhone is one of the best ways to utilize that stunning retina display. If you are viewing an image on your iPhone, there’s a way to save it. Read More →
How To: Take Panoramic Pictures
The new iOS operating system (iOS 6) brought with it a slew of new features. One feature that really stands out is the ability to take panoramic pictures with the Camera app. This feature makes it easy to quickly capture a whole scene in one seamless picture. There is an important limitation to note from the outset: only certain iPhones will be able to take advantage of this feature. Only the following iPhones will be able to use the panorama feature: iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, and whatever newer iPhone Apple comes out with after this article is published. This tutorial will teach you how to use the panoramic feature on your iPhone to take amazing wide, panoramic photos! Let’s get started.
How To: Track Hurricanes with Your iPhone
The largest storm of our generation is barreling towards the East Coast. Learn how to track every move of Hurricane Sandy right on your iPhone no matter where you are!
How To: Get Directions to Anywhere from Anywhere
It’s a dark windy morning and you have no idea where you are. Read More →
How To: Open Apps With Siri
Apps can sometimes be hard to find. You have to go paging through your pages and checking folders just to find that one app you need. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could open apps just by saying the name of the app? Well, you can! Read More →
How To: Set an Alarm on Your iPhone
For many people, cellphones have replaced the alarm clock. Just about every mobile phone offers some sort of alarm clock feature, and the iPhone is no exception.
Here’s how you can set an alarm (or several alarms) on your iPhone.