Jay Goldman

Been doing a little research for forthcoming Mr. Mobile episodes and thought I’d share some of the iPhone Power User Tips I came across. Here are my top ten quick ones, all of which will work with iPhone Software 2.2 (and some of which will work with earlier versions):

1. Tapping in the bottom left and right corner of the pages of your home screen will page left/right without needing to drag across.
2. Tapping the ’status’ bar at the top of the screen, which usually has the clock in it, will scroll back to the top of really long pages. Try it in Safari next time you’re browsing a really long page and want to get back to the top.
3. Holding down the Home button and pressing the Power/Lock button on the top of the phone will take a screenshot of whatever is on the screen right now, saving it into your Photos app.
4. Everyone knows you can zoom in on Maps by double-tapping, but few people know you can zoom back out by tapping with two fingers.
5. You can hold your finger on a link in Safari to see where it goes before you decide you want to follow it. Great for saving bandwidth!
6. Hold your finger on keyboard buttons for 2 seconds to get a pop-up with accented versions of that character. Try it on the . key in Mail to get a pop-up with .net/.edu/.org/.com.
7. Send callers straight to voicemail by clicking the Power/Lock button twice.
8. Sometimes you have music playing in the iPod app and need to pause it or skip a track but you’re off in Safari browsing pages. Instead of going back to the Home screen to change it, double-click the Home button to get an overlay of iPod controls.
9. Speaking of the Home screen, double-clicking the button while you’re on another page in the Home app will take you back to the first screen.
10. You can customize the apps in the tab bar at the bottom of the iPod app by tapping More, then Edit, and then dragging new icons to the bar.

Have any great tips I’ve missed? Leave them below…

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