iPhone 4S All-in-One For Dummies

611 Pages·2012·72.971 MB·English

by  Joe Hutsko

iPhone® 4S
ALL-IN-ONE
FOR

DUMmIES‰
by Joe Hutsko and Barbara Boyd
iPhone® 4S All-in-One For Dummies®
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About the Authors
Joe Hutsko is the author of Green Gadgets For Dummies, Flip Video For
Dummies (with Drew Davidson), and Mac All-in-One For Dummies (with Barbara
Boyd). For more than two decades, he has written about computers, gadgets,
video games, trends, and high-tech movers and shakers for numerous
publications and websites, including the New York Times, Macworld, PC World,
Fortune, Newsweek, Popular Science, TV Guide, the Washington Post, Wired,
Gamespot, MSNBC, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Salon. You can find links to
Joe’s stories on his blog, JOEyGADGET.com.
As a kid, Joe built a shortwave radio, played with electronic project kits, and
learned the basics of the BASIC programming language on his first computer,
the Commodore Vic 20. In his teens, he picked strawberries to buy his first
Apple II computer. Four years after that purchase (in 1984), he wound up
working for Apple, where he became the personal technology guru for the
company’s chairman and CEO. Joe left Apple in 1988 to become a writer and
worked on and off for other high-tech companies, including Steve Jobs’
one-time NeXT. He authored a number of video game strategy guides,
including the bestsellers Donkey Kong Country Game Secrets: The
Unauthorized Edition, and Rebel Assault: The Official Insiders Guide.
Joe’s first novel, The Deal, was published in 1999, and he recently rereleased
a trade paperback edition of it with a new foreword by the author (tinyurl.
com/hutskodeal).
Barbara Boyd writes about food, gardens, travel, and technology. She’s
written for ChilePepper Magazine, Islands, and BeeCulture. iPhone 4S All-in-One
For Dummies is her first For Dummies book. With Joe, she’s currently working
on the third edition of Macs All-in-One For Dummies.
Barbara worked at Apple from 1985 to 1990, beginning as Joe’s assistant
and the first network administrator for the executive staff. She then took
a position as an administrator in the Technical Product Support group.
Barbara recalls working with people who went on to become top names in
technology — it was an exciting time to be in Silicon Valley and at Apple in
particular. That experience instilled a lifelong fascination with technology
and Apple products. Her interest and experience led to subsequent jobs in
marketing and publishing at IDG (International Data Group) and later for a
small San Francisco design firm. In 1998, she left the corporate world to study
Italian, write, and teach.
Presently, Barbara stays busy writing, keeping up with technology, growing
olives, and beekeeping. (She’s a certified honey taster.) Her next writing
project — barring any unforeseen For Dummies books — will be a memoir of
building a farm and house in Italy. Barbara divides her time between city life
in Rome and country life on an olive farm in Calabria, which she blogs about
at honeybeesandolivetrees.blogspot.com/.
Dedication
Joe Hutsko: I dedicate this book to my fabulously thoughtful, kind, caring,
smart, creative, beautiful, and amazing co-author — and lifelong friend (and
karmic life preserver) — Barbara Boyd.
Barbara Boyd: I dedicate this book to: My sweet, patient husband, Ugo
de Paula. He appreciates my inner geek and gave me my first iPhone for
Christmas in 2008. He keeps me on my toes by asking complicated and
challenging technical questions. Most of all, he never complains when I have
to work while he’s on vacation and is always ready to share shopping and
cooking duties. Ti amo tesoronemio.
Authors’ Acknowledgments
You see the author’s names on the cover, but these books (like any book)
are really a collaboration, an effort of a many-membered team. Thanks go
to Bob Woerner at Wiley for trusting Joe’s judgment and taking a chance
on an unknown author. We couldn’t have completed this book without our
fabulous project editor, Linda Morris, who pulled everything together and
gently nudged us to stay on schedule. A big hats-off to Dennis R. Cohen for
his insightful and accurate technical editing and witty comments that often
made us laugh out loud during author review. Thanks, too, to the anonymous
people at Wiley who contributed to this book — not just editorial, but tech
support, legal, accounting, and even the person who delivers the mail. We
don’t know you but we appreciate the job you do; it takes a lot of worker
bees to keep the hive healthy, and each task is important to the whole.
We want to thank our agent, Carole Jelen, for her astute representation and
moral support.
Thanks to the folks at Apple who developed such a cool product, and
specifically to Keri Walker for her ongoing editorial product support. A big,
couldn’t-have-done-it-without-you thank you to Maxim Laskavy at the Apple
Store Philadelphia for coming through with sales support at the eleventh
hour.
Also, a special thanks to the app developers who shared their products and
their time — their names are too many to list here, but please take our word
for it when we say this book wouldn’t have been complete without your
support.
Joe adds: Major thanks to my dear, long-time friend Barbara Boyd, who
stepped up to the plate as co-author on both this book and Macs All-in-One
For Dummies when my life and work focuses shifted to other time-sensitive
projects and matters; writing and making deadlines on both books would
have been impossible without Barbara’s contribution. I mean it quite
literally when I say both books are more Barbara’s than mine, from total
word count, attention to detail, and commitment perspectives. Lastly, I am
pleased to see Barbara managed to slip in a reference to her beloved bees in
the Acknowledgments.
Barbara adds: Not a day goes by that I’m not grateful to my dear, long-time
friend, and co-author, Joe. I love my job and working with him is a joy, but
the real reason is that by asking me to write this book, I’ve gotten back in the
habit of writing every day and there aren’t enough thanks for that. Through
the years, I’ve gotten several jobs by following in Joe’s footsteps, but this
one is by far the best. A heartfelt “thank you” to my sister, Bonnie, whose
enthusiasm was perhaps more than my own about writing this book. She’s
my biggest fan and personal cheerleader.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction ................................................................ 1
Book I: Meet iPhone ..................................................... 7
Chapter 1: Exploring the Many Faces of iPhone ............................................................9
Chapter 2: Operating Your iPhone: The Basics and Beyond .....................................21
Chapter 3: Controlling the Multitouch and Voice Recognition Interfaces ...............51
Chapter 4: Touring iPhone’s Built-in Apps and Settings .............................................81
Chapter 5: Anticipating and Tackling iPhone Troubles ............................................115
Book II: Stocking iPhone with
iTunes Apps and Add-ons ......................................... 123
Chapter 1: Syncing, Backing Up, and Updating Your iPhone ...................................125
Chapter 2: Apps 411: Browsing, Installing, and Managing Apps ..............................163
Chapter 3: Enhancing and Protecting iPhone with Add-ons ....................................183
Book III: Communications Central:
Calls, Messages, and the Web ................................... 197
Chapter 1: Managing Phone and FaceTime Video Calls ............................................199
Chapter 2: Sending and Receiving Text and Multimedia Messages ........................247
Chapter 3: Surfing the Web with Safari .......................................................................273
Chapter 4: E-mailing Every Which Way You Can .......................................................313
Book IV: Making iPhone Your Personal Assistant........ 357
Chapter 1: Perfecting Your People Skills with Contacts ...........................................359
Chapter 2: Managing Your Time with Calendar, Clock, and Reminders .................385
Chapter 3: Tapping into Maps, Compass, Weather, Calculator, and Stocks ..........423
Chapter 4: Creating and Sharing Notes and Voice Memos .......................................449
Book V: Letting iPhone Entertain You:
Photos, Video, Music, and More ................................ 471
Chapter 1: Capturing and Sharing Photos and Videos with Camera.......................473
Chapter 2: Acquiring and Browsing Music, Videos, Movies, and More ..................493
Chapter 3: Listening to Music and Audio....................................................................519
Chapter 4: Watching Videos and YouTube ................................................................539
Bonus Online Content: Apps for Every Type of Task ...Online
Bonus Chapter 1: Getting Things Done for Everyone ..........................................Online
Bonus Chapter 2: The (More) Serious Business Partner .....................................Online
Bonus Chapter 3: Improving Communication and Social Networking ...............Online
Bonus Chapter 4: Getting Creative .........................................................................Online
Bonus Chapter 5: The Well-Informed Reader and Listener .................................Online
Bonus Chapter 6: Maximizing Leisure, Health, Home, and Travel .....................Online
Index ...................................................................... 559