Tips & Tricks

Miscellaneous

56. Speedier Synchronization

When you connect your phone to your Mac or Pc, try to avoid plugging in via usb hub or any other device such as your Macs keyboard. Going directly into your computer can result in a speedier sync with itunes. Some brands of Pc make the matter more complicated by having different ports on the pc run at different speeds, so it might be worth experimenting to see if this applies to you.

57. Easier Listening

• Three new buttons appear when listening to audio books, podcasts, or watching video casts.
• Email: send a link to the current podcast via email.
• Skip back: jump back 30 seconds.
• Play back speed: (not in videos) double or half the play back speed.

58. Synchronise Notes

You can now synchronise notes application data with your mac or pc. Configure this from iTunes. Click the iPhone icon on the left of iTunes, then click the info tab. Scroll down to notes and enable synchronisation.

59. Surf Whilst Talking

If you are connected to a wifi network you can surf the web whilst on a call, which could be just the thing for conference calls whilst you are using speaker phone. Just press 'home' before launching safari and you can surf whilst you talk. Your phone is even smart enough to disable the click sound as you type whilst you are on the call.

60. Send Multiple Photographs

Single photographs can be sent by mms, email, and uploaded to mobile me. You can also select up to 5 to share via email, but beyond that the share button becomes disabled. You can work around this however, select as many photographs as you like and tap 'copy'. You can then paste them into a new email.