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iPhone 101: A user guide to take with you
If you're going to be a new iPhone 3G owner this week, you might want to make a note of this site to help you get acquainted with your new mobile device.
Apple has a guide to the iPhone available at http://help.apple.com/iphone/guide that you can view directly in MobileSafari, so you'll always have it when you need it.
The guide has help for Phone, Mail, Safari, iPod, Applications, Settings, the Wi-Fi Music Store, and some Troubleshooting tips.
I even learned something new: you can scroll to the top of web pages by double-tapping the title bar. Nice!
Thanks, Rubinnz!
Update: Major poopie! Apple has taken down the site for some inexplicable reason. I'll try and find out where it's moved to (or a mirror) and get back to you.
Update 2: It's back, and its contents are updated for the new iPhone software. The new guide includes tips for enterprise users, and for using the App Store. It seems to be oddly not fitting in MobileSafari's display window very well, but hopefully that will get sorted out soon.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
JdH said 8:16AM on 7-09-2008
hey. Single tapping the title bar will do!
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mSiqueira said 8:58AM on 7-09-2008
Yes, I would say that...
But, really, the most embarassing thing is that I found it out by the hands of my 5'year old son, at his first time with my i...
"Look dad, it's cool, it returns fast..."
Getting older is hard, sometimes. :P
mSiqueira said 9:03AM on 7-09-2008
embarrassing, I mean... :)
Robert Palmer said 9:58AM on 7-09-2008
Thanks for that! I've updated the article with the catch.
Eckofish said 8:15AM on 7-09-2008
I wonder if there are users that would having trouble getting to the help guide using MobileSafari?
http://www.youtube.com/eckofish
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Eckofish said 8:16AM on 7-09-2008
Woops, I'm obviously 'having' trouble with my grammar.
nz said 8:17AM on 7-09-2008
Grrr...I submitted that hint to Pogue for his iPhone book, but it didn't get added. Too bad -- that's the handiest feature imaginable for long web pages. Seems like all lists will get that with iPhone 2.0, which is very nice.
I think, given all the upgrades to the OS, that I am going to hold off on iPhone 3G, actually...I just wonder if the single upgrade -- 3G -- is really worth it (without a better turn-by-turn navigation system, the GPS isn't really worth much to me). Plus, the $20/month is pretty tasty...
We'll see. I've rarely been able to resist the pull of new hardware. I should probably just buckle.
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Alex P said 8:18AM on 7-09-2008
As well as tapping on the status bar to scroll back up in webpages, in 2.0 you can tap at the top of any table view (eg mail list or contact list) to scroll to the top (unless the developer explicitly disables it).
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Heckie said 8:38AM on 7-09-2008
I've downloaded 2.0 from "the bay" and the bookmark is automatically added for you!
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Oseary said 8:55AM on 7-09-2008
It's a single tap of the title bar, not a double.
At least on my phone/version, that is.
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Stanium said 9:07AM on 7-09-2008
Confirming a single tap on my phone, too.
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Duc said 9:50AM on 7-09-2008
What I want is a way to jump to the bottom of a page. I read a lot of forums.
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Tracy said 10:11AM on 7-09-2008
Nice... the guide doesn't work in Firefox 3 (at least not for me).
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xAirbusDriver said 11:42AM on 7-09-2008
Actually, if they simply watched the 'iPhone Demo' video at Apple's site, they'd already know about the feature and that it works in other apps. But, who reads the @(&#%&$ manual! 8-) LOL!
"Out of the mouths of babes...!" :-0
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alex said 10:40AM on 7-09-2008
and if you want to have some $$ to spend on new apps, there is a contest underway at http://lifesuxdaily.com/contest_july/ with up to 300USD of iTunes gift cards !
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Unregistered said 10:49AM on 7-09-2008
Wasn't this in some release video? Cos I remember seeing something like that and then trying it on my iPod touch.
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Ron said 1:37PM on 7-09-2008
The link seems to be broken now...
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Ash Matadeen said 1:38PM on 7-09-2008
Looks like Apple has removed the page, getting a 404: The requested URL /iphone/guide/ was not found on this server.
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Greenscreen said 1:40PM on 7-09-2008
The link used to work, but now it's dead. Or is it just me? Tried it with safari and firefox.
http://help.apple.com/iphone/guide
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mikeymizrahi said 4:06PM on 7-09-2008
down for some random reason? i think not. 3g launch...
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