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Information Technology News Ten hot tips to get the most from your Apple iPhone 3G
Information Technology News Ten hot tips to get the most from your Apple iPhone 3G | Ten hot tips to get the most from your Apple iPhone 3G |
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| Technology feature - iPhone | |
| by Davey Winder | |
| Thursday, 31 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 3 Tip three: sliding caps. Another keyboard related
productivity tip is to tap and hold the shift key and then 'slide' your
finger to the letter you want capitalised which saves a click. Again,
doesn't sound much when you read it on-screen, but when you start using
it in anger you wonder how you ever managed before.Featured Whitepaper
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Why bother doing this? Because the iPhone 3G only uses the ambient light sensor once per session, and by pretending you are in a dark environment it will power up with a less bright screen and conserve some energy for you. Tip five: save some more battery life. OK, I admit that this one is more than a little radical, considering you probably bought that iPhone because it had '3G' in the name. But how often do you actually, really, honestly need that 3G connection speed? Chances are the truthful answer is sometimes. The rest of the time you can save a fair amount of power by turning it off and reverting to EDGE (2G) or GPRS connectivity. Switch 3G back on for big downloads, video streaming and the like. Oh, and many users have reported that turning the location services functionality off until your really need it also works wonders for battery life. Tip six: force it to quit. Sticking with turning things off, how do you get a buggy application that has frozen to quit? Simple, just press and hold the Home button for around six seconds and the job's a good one. How can you get a bigger keyboard, or a Caps lock key? Read page 3 for these and two other great tips... CONTINUES |
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