Tag Archives: Tutorials
TiPs & Tricks: Use graphic Emoji symbols to name app folders

TiPs & Tricks: Use graphic Emoji symbols to name app folders

Want to use symbols, fractions or Emoji emoticons to name groups of apps? Click here to find out how to take your app folders from drab to fab.

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TiPs & Tricks: Add bookmarklets to mobile Safari

TiPs & Tricks: Add bookmarklets to mobile Safari

We’ve got a super useful tip today that iOS users will be able to sink their teeth into: adding bookmarklets to mobile Safari. It only requires a few minutes, but makes sharing or saving online content from your device soooo much easier.

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iPhone 101 for iOS 4: Helpful hints for the new OS

iPhone 101 for iOS 4: Helpful hints for the new OS

So we finally got our long-awaited, much anticipated iPhone software upgrade. And now, there are a whole new group of people receiving their iPhone 4s early. To help all these new iOS 4 users, here’s a tipsheet of stuff to help orient yourself in the new software.

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iPhone’s iOS4 software tour [VID]

iPhone’s iOS4 software tour [VID]

Anxious to see what iOS4 will look like when it drops tomorrow via iTunes? If you’re a future iPhone 4 owner or soon-to-be iOS4 user, here’s your sneak preview at the new software, courtesy of longtime friend and TiP reader Joey.

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iPhone 101: Turn off that device. (Really. Right now.)

iPhone 101: Turn off that device. (Really. Right now.)

The most basic step in iPhone tutorial land is the one that is the least done — and yet, is the most crucial. If you never shut down your device, click here to find out why you should.

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual Accessibility

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual Accessibility

Do inverted colors make the iPhone screen easier to read? What about seriously huge zooming? Whether you need these features or just enjoy doing whacky things to your interface, check out Daniel’s latest on accessibility features.

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Map tips

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Map tips

What’s faster than pinch/zoom in Maps? Or what about an easy way to enable street view? Take a look as Daniel shows off some cool finger-tapping map dexterity. Related Posts:VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual AccessibilityVID: TiPs & Tricks — Emailing PhotosVID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard Tips Part 2VID: TiPs & Tricks — Home [...]

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Emailing Photos

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Emailing Photos

Sure, most iPhone users know how to email pictures from the device, right? But did you know there are two ways to send images, depending on the size you want to transmit? Daniel shows the difference between “fast sending” small versions of photos and emailing the full size images from the handset. Related Posts:VID: TiPs [...]

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard Tips Part 2

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard Tips Part 2

Check out Daniel’s latest, which covers shortcuts for inputting numbers or punctuation marks, and how to add new words in the onboard dictionary. Related Posts:VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual AccessibilityVID: TiPs & Tricks — Home Screen TipsVID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard tipsVID: TiPs & Tricks — Scrolling shortcutsVID: TiPs & Tricks — Force quitting [...]

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Home Screen Tips

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Home Screen Tips

Tired of flicking screens to navigate several pages of apps? What about arranging icons on the handset? Check out Daniel’s latest tricks for Home Screen management. Got a hot TiP or trick? Need to know if there’s an easier way to do something with your beloved handset? Drop us a line at the TiP Us [...]

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard tips

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard tips

Not a fan of the onscreen keyboard? You might warm up to it a little more after Daniel’s vid, which shows off a few keyboard tricks and shortcuts. Related Posts:VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual AccessibilityVID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard Tips Part 2VID: TiPs & Tricks — Home Screen TipsVID: TiPs & Tricks — [...]

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VID: TiPs & Tricks — Scrolling shortcuts

VID: TiPs & Tricks — Scrolling shortcuts

Daniel shows off two tricks: One for scrolling through long webpages via mobile Safari and the other to make easy work of the dreaded “inside scroll” (when a webpage has a scrolling section inside the page). Related Posts:VID: TiPs & Tricks — Visual AccessibilityVID: TiPs & Tricks — Keyboard Tips Part 2VID: TiPs & Tricks [...]

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