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Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone images that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPhone problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone.   Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include how to: Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, and other iPhones, iPods, and iPads Use Siri to get information, write texts and emails, set reminders/appointments, and more just by speaking to your iPhone 4S Customize your iPhone with folders, wallpaper, ringtones, and much more Configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts, reminders, and calendars Communicate via FaceTime videoconferences, conference calls, text, email, and more Make the most of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all of your email from one inbox Listen to music, subscribe to podcasts, and watch video—including movies and TV shows Capture and edit photos and video Use your photos in slideshows, for wallpaper, and your contacts or share them via email, iCloud, and texts Find, download, install, and use awesome iPhone apps Take advantage of iCloud to keep your content and information in sync on all your devices       BONUS MATERIAL: Find additional tasks and  other helpful information on this book’s website  at quepublishing.com/title/9780789748928   CATEGORY:  Apple Digital Media COVERS:  Apple iPhone USER LEVEL:  Beginning-Intermediate    

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Author:   Brad Miser
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Que Corporation,U.S.
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.030kg
ISBN:  

9780789748928

ISBN 10:   0789748924
Pages:   656
Publication Date:   01 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780789748515
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Your iPhone . .3     Touring Your iPhone . .3         Getting to Know the iPhone’s External Features . .4         Knowing Why It’s Called a Multi-Touch Interface . .5     Using Siri (iPhone 4S Only) . .24     Preparing iTunes . .26         Downloading and Installing iTunes on a Windows PC . . .27         Updating iTunes . .28         Obtaining and Signing In to an iTunes Store Account . .28     Preparing iCloud . .30         Obtaining a iCloud Account . .31         Configuring iCloud on a Windows PC . .31         Configuring iCloud on a Mac . .33 Chapter 2 Connecting to the Internet, Bluetooth Devices, and iPhones/iPods/iPads. . .35     Connecting an iPhone to the Internet . .36         Connecting to an Open Wi-Fi Network . .36         Connecting to a Commercial Wi-Fi Network . .41         Connecting to a Closed Wi-Fi Network  .42         Changing Wi-Fi Networks . .44         Forgetting Wi-Fi Networks . .45     Connecting to the Internet via a Cellular Data Network . .47     Connecting to Other Devices Using Bluetooth . .52     Connecting to Other iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads . .55 Chapter 3 Moving Audio,Video, Books, and Photos onto Your iPhone . 57     Using iTunes to Add Audio,Video, and Books onto an iPhone . .59         Importing Audio CDs to the iTunes Library . .59         Purchasing Content from the iTunes Store . .63         Renting Movies from the iTunes Store . .68         Subscribing to Podcasts in the iTunes Store . .70         Building Music Playlists . .72         Building Smart Playlists . .75         Moving Audio and Video from the iTunes Library onto an iPhone . .78     Using iTunes to Add Books to Your iPhone . .93         Adding Books to Your iTunes Library . .93         Moving Books onto an iPhone . .95     Using iTunes to Add Photos to Your iPhone . .96         Moving Photos from a Windows PC onto an iPhone . .96         Moving Photos from a Mac to an iPhone . .97     Using the iTunes App to Add Audio and Video to an iPhone . .99     Using the iBooks App to Add Books to an iPhone . .103     Using iCloud to Add Content to Your iPhone . .109         Setting Store Preferences on Your iPhone . .109         Downloading Content You Purchased Previously . .111         Using iTunes Match to Add Content to Your iPhone . .112         Configuring iTunes Match on Your Computer . .113         Configuring iTunes Match on Your iPhone . .114 Chapter 4 Configuring and Synchronizing Information on an iPhone . 117     Syncing Information with iTunes . .118         Using iTunes to Sync Information on Macs . .119         Using iTunes to Sync Information on Windows PCs . .124     Syncing Information with iCloud . .127     Syncing Information with Exchange . .135 Chapter 5 Managing Contacts . 141     Configuring How Contacts Display on an iPhone . .142     Creating New Contacts While Using an iPhone . .144         Creating a Contact from an Email . .145         Creating a Contact from a Map . .147         Creating Contacts on an iPhone Manually . .148     Using Contacts on an iPhone . .156         Using the Contacts App . .157         Using Contact Information in Other Applications . .160     Changing or Deleting Contacts . .161         Changing, Adding, or Removing Information for an Existing Contact Manually . .161         Deleting Contacts Manually . .163 Chapter 6 Making, Receiving, and Managing Calls. 165     Configuring Phone Settings . .166         Customizing Your Ringtones . .166         Buying Ringtones Using the iTunes App . .167         Syncing Ringtones . .170         Setting Phone Sounds . .170         Configuring Phone Settings . .173         Other Phone Settings . .175         Configuring FaceTime Settings . .176     Making Calls . .178         Dialing with the Keypad . .178         Dialing with Contacts . .179         Dialing with Favorites . .180         Dialing with Recents . .181     Managing In-Process Calls . .183         Entering Numbers During a Call . .184         Making Conference Calls . .185     Receiving Calls . .188         Answering Calls . .188         Answering Calls When You’re Already on a Call . .190     Managing Calls . .191         Clearing Recent Calls . .191         Adding Caller Information to Favorites . .193         Using the iPhone’s Headset for Calls . .194         Using Voice Control (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 Only) . .194     Making Calls with Siri (iPhone 4S Only) . .196     Using Visual Voicemail . .197         Recording a Greeting . .198         Listening to and Managing Voicemails . .200         Finding and Listening to Voicemails . .202         Deleting Voicemails . .204         Listening to and Managing Deleted Voicemails . .204         Returning Calls . .205         Changing Your Voicemail Password . .206     Getting Some FaceTime (iPhone 4 and Later) . .207         Making a FaceTime Call . .207         Accepting a FaceTime Call . .211 Chapter 7 Emailing . 213     Configuring Email Accounts on an iPhone . .214         Configuring Gmail,Yahoo! Mail, AOL, or Hotmail Email Accounts on an iPhone Manually . .215         Configuring Other Email Accounts on an iPhone Manually . .217         Performing Advanced Configuration of Email Accounts on an iPhone . .219     Configuring General Email Settings . .224         Configuring How Email Is Retrieved . .224         Configuring Global Email Settings . .227     Managing Email Accounts . .232         Changing Email Account Configurations . .233         Deleting Email Accounts . .234     Working with Email . .235         Receiving and Reading Email . .236         Sending Email . .242         Replying to Email . .246         Forwarding Email . .248         Managing Email . .251     Emailing with Siri (iPhone 4S Only) . .259         Composing New Email Messages with Siri . .259         Replying to Emails with Siri . .262         Dictating into Messages You Are Writing . .263         Doing More in Email with Siri . .264 Chapter 8 Texting . 267         Configuring the Text Tone . .268         Configuring iMessaging and Text Settings . .269         Sending Text Messages . .272         Receiving and Replying to Text Messages . .276         Working with Text Messages . .280     Conversing in Text . .280         Including Images and Video in Text Conversations . .283         Using Photos or Videos You Receive . .285         Deleting Messages . .285         Deleting a Conversation . .287     Texting with Siri (iPhone 4S Only) . .288         Having Text Messages Read to You . .288         Replying to Text Messages with Siri . .290         Sending New Text Messages with Siri . .290         Doing More Texting with Siri . .292 Chapter 9 Managing Calendars and Time . 295     Configuring an iPhone’s Calendar,Date, and Time Settings . .295     Working with Calendars . .306         Viewing Calendars . .307         Adding Events to a Calendar Manually . .311         Adding Events to the Calendar by Accepting Invitations . .321         Working with Event Alarms . .323     Working with Reminders . .324         Creating Reminders . .325         Managing Reminders . .330     Using an iPhone as a Clock . .334     Using Siri to Manage Time (iPhone 4S Only) . .339         Using Siri to Create Events . .340         Using Siri to Create Reminders . .342 Chapter 10 Surfing the Web . 347         Configuring Safari Settings . .348     Browsing the Web on an iPhone . .354         Moving to Websites via Bookmarks . .354         Moving to Websites by Typing a URL . .356         Viewing Websites . .358         Searching the Web . .360         Returning to Previous Websites . .361         Saving and Organizing Bookmarks . .363         Creating a Bookmark on the Home Screen . .370         Emailing a Link to a Web Page . .371         Tweeting a Web Page . .372     Completing Web Forms . .373         Signing In Automatically . .375         Opening and Managing Multiple Web Pages at the Same Time . .376         Using Safari’s Reading List . .379 Chapter 11 Listening to Music, Podcasts, and Other Audio . 383     Finding and Listening to Music . .383         Using the Cover Flow Browser to Find and Play Music . .384         Using Playlists to Find Music . .386         Using Artists to Find Music . .389         Using the More Menu to Find Music . .393         Searching for Music . .394         Using Shared Sources to Find Music . .395         Using the Genius to Find Music . .397         Finding Music by Shuffling . .401         Finding Music by Speaking (iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4) . .403     Finding Music with Siri (iPhone 4S) . .404         Playing Music . .405     Controlling Audio Content Quickly . .409         Controlling Audio When the iPhone Is Locked . .409         Controlling Audio When You Do Something Else . .410     Finding and Listening to Podcasts . .411     Customizing Your iPhone for Audio . .414         Configuring the Music Toolbar . .414         Configuring iPhone’s Music Settings . .415     Listening to Music with iTunes Match . .419 Chapter 12 Watching Movies,TV Shows, and Other Video . 423     Finding and Watching Video . .423         Finding Video . .424         Watching Video . .426         Watching Rented Video . .428         Watching Video Podcasts . .430         Shared Video . .431         Deleting Video . .432     Configuring iPhone’s Video Settings . .433 Chapter 13 Working with Photos and Video. 437     Taking Photos with Your iPhone . .438         Taking Photos with the Camera App . .438         Taking Photos Quickly . .443         Taking Video with an iPhone . .444     Viewing, Editing, and Working with Photos on an iPhone . .446         Configuring Photo Settings . .446         Viewing Photos Individually . .448         Viewing Photos as a Slideshow . .453         Editing Photos . .457         Deleting Photos or Video from an iPhone . .461     Working with Photos . .462         Emailing Multiple Photos . .462         Assigning a Photo to a Contact . .464         Using Photos as Wallpaper . .466     Viewing, Editing, and Working with Video . .467         Watching Video . .467         Editing Video . .469         Sharing Video . .470     Moving Photos from Your iPhone to a Computer . .472         Moving Photos from an iPhone to a Windows PC . .472         Moving Photos from an iPhone to a Mac . .474     Working with Photo Stream . .474         Configuring Your iPhone to Access the Photo Stream . .475         Accessing Your Photo Stream on Your iPhone . .476 Chapter 14 Using Cool iPhone Apps . 479     Reading Books with iBooks . .479         Finding Books to Read . .480         Reading Books . .482     Tweeting . .491         Setting Up Twitter . .491         Twittering . .493     Finding Your Way with Maps . .496         Finding a Location by Searching . .497         Finding a Location with Bookmarks . .499         Deleting or Changing Bookmarks . .500         Finding Your Current Location . .502         Working with Maps . .503         Getting Directions . .505     Touring Other Cool iPhone Apps . .509 Chapter 15 Installing and Maintaining iPhone Apps . 511     Using iTunes to Find and Install iPhone Apps . .512         Downloading Apps from the iTunes Store . .512         Moving Applications from an iTunes Library onto Your iPhone . .515         Using the App Store App to Find and Install iPhone Apps . .516     Maintaining iPhone Applications . .522 Chapter 16 Customizing Your iPhone. 527     Customizing Your Home Screens . .528         Using the iPhone to Customize Your Home Screens . .528         Using iTunes to Customize Your Home Screens . .533     Accessing iPhone Settings . .538     Using Airplane Mode . .539     Configuring and Working with Notifications . .540         Configuring Notifications . .542         Working with Notifications . .544         Working with the Notification Center . .545         Configuring General Sound Settings . .546         Setting Screen Brightness . .547         Setting Wallpaper . .548     Configuring Other General Settings . .550         Getting Information about an iPhone . .550     Configuring Location Services . .554         Securing Your iPhone . .557         Configuring Search Options . .572         Configuring the Keyboard . .573     Configuring and Using Siri (iPhone 4S Only) . .575         Configuring Siri . .576         Understanding How to Use Siri . .579         Dictating to Siri . .582 Chapter 17 Maintaining an iPhone and Solving Problems . 587     Maintaining an iPhone . .587         Maintaining iTunes . .588         Maintaining an iPhone’s Software with the Settings App . .590         Maintaining an iPhone’s Software with iTunes . .592         Maintaining an iPhone’s Power . .593     Solving iPhone Problems . .594         Restarting Your iPhone . .594         Restarting the Computer and iTunes . .595         Resetting Your iPhone . .595         Restoring an iPhone . .598         Reinstalling iTunes . .601         Getting Help with iPhone Problems . .601 TOC, 9780789748928, 10/28/2011  

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Brad Miser has written extensively about technology, with his favorite topics being the amazing “i” gadgets, iPhone and iPod touch, that make it possible to take our lives with us while we are on the move. In addition to My iPhone, 5th Edition, Brad has written many other books, including My iPod touch, 3rd Edition; Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion; Sams Teach Yourself iTunes 10 in 10 Minutes; Sams Teach Yourself iCloud in 10 Minutes; iPhoto ’11 Portable Genius; and MacBook Pro Portable Genius, 3rd Edition.He has also been an author, development editor, or technical editor for more than 50 other titles. Brad is or has been a sales support specialist, the director of product and customer services, and the manager of education and support services for several software development companies. Previously, he was the lead proposal specialist for an aircraft engine manufacturer, a development editor for a computer book publisher, and a civilian aviation test officer/engineer for the U.S. Army. Brad holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo and has received advanced education in maintainability engineering, business, and other topics.   In addition to his passion for silicon-based technology, Brad likes to ride his steel-based technology, aka, a motorcycle, whenever and wherever possible. He is also active building and flying radio-controlled aircraft. Originally from California, Brad now lives in Brownsburg, Indiana, with his wife Amy; their three daughters, Jill, Emily, and Grace; a rabbit; and a sometimes inside cat.   Brad would love to hear about your experiences with this book (the good, the bad, and the ugly).You can write to him at bradmiser@me.com.  

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