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This second edition contains new information since the release of iOS5 in October 2011, including the remarkable voice assistant Siri. Getting Started with the iPhone walks you through exploring and learning to use your iPhone in detail. You will learn how to set up your phone, load and back up music, contacts, etc., use the built-in apps and buy more! It includes an extensive reference sheet and the appendices include all the gestures used to operate the phone, as well as troubleshooting tips and a list of resources to help you learn more.
Most of the book is also relevant for iPod Touch users. iPad screen layouts, on the other hand, are different enough that many of the details described will not apply, but information about configuring the iPhone and using the gestures will still be helpful. Look for our new book on the iPad this summer.
Listen to Anna Dresner chat with Tech Doctor about this book: www.dr-carter.com
Note: Anna Dresner kept a journal as she learned to use the iPhone, and you can download it for free at http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/publications/iphone-journal.html
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Buying, Configuring, and Loading Up Your iPhone
Purchasing an iPhone
Cases and Batteries
Enabling Accessibility and Setting up Your iPhone
Setting up Your iPhone from the Phone
Setting up Your iPhone Via Your Computer
Configuring and Syncing Your iPhone
Syncing Email, Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and Bookmarks
Syncing Apps
Syncing Other Types of Content
Disconnecting the iPhone
Managing Content Manually
iPhone Appearing as a Drive
Part 2: Getting Started with Your iPhone
Physical Description
A Word of Encouragement
Getting Started
A First Look at the Home Screen
Using the Phone
The Split-Tap
The Rotor and Typing Mode
Making Calls and the Call Experience
Voice Dialing
Answering, Ignoring, and Disconnecting Calls
Voicemail
Changing Home Screens
The Notification Center
Settings and Several New Gestures
Turning VoiceOver Off and On
Practicing VoiceOver Gestures
Moving to the Top or Bottom of the Screen
The Scrub: Back Up a Screen
Changing Verbosity and Voice rate
Double-Tap and Hold
Additional VoiceOver Options
The Accessibility Screen and Triple-click Home
Highlights of the General Settings Screen
The Settings Screen
iCloud
Typing on the iPhone Keyboard
Understanding and Locking Orientation
The Onscreen Keyboard
Punctuation, Numbers and Symbols
How the Insertion Point Moves
Moving to the Beginning and End of the Document
Delete, Undo, and Redo
Using Auto-Correct
Selecting Text and Working with Selected Text
Selecting All Text or a Single Word
Viewing Spelling Suggestions for the Selected Word
Looking Up a Word in the Dictionary
Selecting Multiple Words, Lines, or characters
Pasting Text
Using a Bluetooth Keyboard
Connecting a Bluetooth Keyboard
Typing and Editing with a Bluetooth Keyboard
Typing Special Characters on the Keyboard
Navigating the iPhone from the Keyboard
Using a Braille Display
Pairing Your Braille Display
The Braille Options
Using Your Display
Braille Display Commands
Selecting Text
Using Siri
Turning on and Setting up Siri
Using Siri to Run Apps and Find Information
Dictating Text with Siri
When Siri Doesn't Work
Closing and Switching Apps: The App Switcher and More
Part 3: Using the Rest of the Built-in Apps
Contacts
Creating a Contact on the iPhone
Choosing a Contact
Deleting a Contact
Mail
Setting up Email
Account Setup
Reading Mail
Three Important Reading Gestures
Acting on Links
Writing Email
Deleting Messages
Attachments
Creating New Mailboxes
Messages
Reading Messages
Composing Messages
Deleting Conversations and Individual Messages
Calendar
Adding an Event
Reminders
Viewing Reminders and Choosing a Reminder Date
Creating a Reminder
Deleting a Reminder
Safari
The Safari Screen
Searching a Web Page: The Item Chooser
Navigating Web Pages
Opening a Web Page and Practicing
Guided Practice: Using the National Braille Press Site
The Utilities Screen
Bookmarks and Web History
Using the Reading List
Adding the User Guide, or Another Page, to the Home Screen
Working with Multiple Pages
Music, Videos, and Audio Content from Other Apps
Start and Stop Playback with Two-Finger Double-Tap
Accessing Playback Controls Outside Media App Screens
Controlling Playback from the Headphones
Controlling the Music App via Voice Commands
Controlling Music Playback via a Bluetooth Keyboard
Playing Content at Double or Half Speed
Moving to a Playback Position
Obtaining Podcasts
Deleting Podcasts
Deleting Other Content
Managing Playlists
Additional Music Options
iTunes Match
Playing Videos
Closing Media-Playing Apps
App Store
Featured
How to Buy or Download an App
Categories
Top 25
Searching the App Store
Updating Apps
Labeling App Controls
iTunes
iBooks
The iBooks Store
The Library
Reading
Newsstand
Voice Memos
Camera
Weather
Clock
The World Clock
The Alarm Clock
The Stopwatch
The Timer/Sleep Timer
Calculator
Compass
Maps
YouTube
Stocks
Customizing the Home Screen
Deleting Apps
Understanding Screen Edit Mode
Moving Icons to Different Screens
Touch and Tap Gestures
Flick Gestures
Miscellaneous gestures
Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
My phone isn't working correctly. What should I do?
I can hear VoiceOver through the headphones, but not through the speaker. What should I do?
I can hear VoiceOver, but not the VoiceOver sounds. What should I do?
What's the difference between muting speech and turning off VoiceOver?
How do I play files downloaded from the Web on the iPhone?
What's a UDID, and how do I find it?
Appendix C: Additional Resources |
