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How To: Use Caps Lock on Your iPhone

April 20, 2013 · by Sam

Have you ever needed to type something on your iPhone in all capital letters, but every time you tapped the shift button you type one letter that’s capitalized but all the letters you type after that are lowercase letters? That can get pretty frustrating. However, there is a solution. Your iPhone has a Caps Lock feature, which works just like the Caps Lock on your computer. You can simply turn Caps Lock on and have all the letters you type be capitalized.

This quick tutorial will teach you how to enable the Caps Lock feature on your iPhone and then how to turn Caps Lock on and off when typing on your iPhone keyboard.

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How To: Reset Autocorrect’s Dictionary

February 13, 2013 · by Tom

We’ve all been there. That moment when you’re typing a text and your iPhone replaces a perfectly normal word with a totally bizarre one just because you’ve used it before. This is no good! How can you get rid of this so-called ‘history’ your iPhone keeps referring to while correcting your typing?

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How To: Create Custom Alert Vibration Patterns for Your iPhone

January 28, 2013 · by Tom

::buzz buzz buzzzzzz:: “Was that me or you?” Hard to tell if you both are using the default vibration alert pattern. Why not create your own customized vibration pattern so you’ll know right away if it’s your iPhone and not somebody else’s?

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How To: Use Shared Photo Streams

January 9, 2013 · by Sam

You probably have some photos from the holidays on your iPhone. Some of your family and friends may also have some holiday photos on their iPhones. Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to share your photos with your friends and family? Well, with shared photo streams, there is a way to share those photos. But that isn’t all. In addition to sharing the photos, you and your family and friends can also comment on the photos and “like” the photos–almost like it’s your own private social network.

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How To: Pay for Starbucks with Your iPhone Using Passbook

December 29, 2012 · by Tom

Imagine the next time you get Starbucks: you pull out your iPhone, the cashier scans it, and you're done! Now how tech savvy would you look then? Pretty cool. We want all our Simple iPhone readers to learn this so they can impress their friends. We'll run through the steps to do this right here.

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How To: Use Speed Dial on Your iPhone

December 28, 2012 · by Tom

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!

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How To: Get Some Peace and Quiet with ‘Do Not Disturb’ Mode

November 26, 2012 · by Tom

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.

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How To: Save Any Picture to Your iPhone

November 5, 2012 · by Tom

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

November 2, 2012 · by Sam

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.

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How To: Track Hurricanes with Your iPhone

October 29, 2012 · by Tom

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!

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