16 Tips to Become an INSTANT iPhone OS 3.0 Power-User

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16 Tips to Become an INSTANT iPhone OS 3.0 Power-User

Posted 06/16/2009 at 11:01:57pm | by Roberto Baldwin

Shout it from the mountain top, copy and paste has arrived on the iPhone. After you've gotten your fill of pasting links into your favorite Twitter app and Facebook, follow these tips to make using iPhone OS 3.0 just that more exciting.

Before you start

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Before you install the new OS, it's a good idea to back up your iPhone one last time before you take the OS 3.0 plunge. You can right-click on your iPhone in iTunes to initiate a manual backup of your iPhone. This is your safety net in case something horrible happens. And if something does goes awry, use Restore from Backup and choose the latest backup to get back to square one.

Select and Delete

Select the text then delete it.

Tired of the spastic deleting of the delete button? What happens is you hold the delete button, and it starts removing offending characters -- and then it goes on to removing whole words. Next thing you know, you've deleted too many words, and you have to start over. To avoid this, use tap and hold to show the Select|Select All pop-up. Select what you need deleted, hit the delete button and -- poof! -- you've gotten rid of the offending text without trying to judge the speed of the delete button.

Quick Spotlight

Search is just an extra tap away.

When you tap the Home button on the iPhone while on a secondary Home screen, it'll return you to your main iPhone Home screen. If you tap the Home button a second time, you'll be taken to the spotlight search page. You can also reach this page by swiping to the left of your main Home Screen.

Adjust Spotlight Search

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We care more about Email search results, and don't care at all about Podcast and Video search results.

If you don't need your music collection showing up in your Spotlight searches, you can turn music search off. In fact you can fine-tune your Spotlight searches to include and/or ignore most of your iPhone items. Just navigate to Settings > General > Home > Search Results. There you'll see the options available for search. You can even drag the search results fields so that you see Mail items first.

Use Copy to Email Photos Instead of Share

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One feature that has the Mac|Life staff excited is the ability to email multiple photos in one message.

Using the Share option you can email up to five images. Sure, five is more than one, but what if you have 10 really dope images you want to send at once?

In that case, use the Copy option. Select the photos you want, then press Copy. Navigate to the Email client and paste all the images in.

Warning: The more images you copy, the slower the Mail app runs while it's pulling the images from the clipboard and placing them in your message. Also, the Mail app will refuse to send large messages; we got up to 10MB (25 - 30 individual pics) of images in a message before the app reigned in our fun and crashed. Chances are, you'll probably send fewer than that.

Emoji is Still There

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Make your iPhone 80% cuter with Emoji iconography.

If you're an Emoji icon addict, don't fret. If you had Emjoi enabled before you update, it'll still be there when you're done. If you don't have Emoji and you've already updated, no worries. You can choose one of a couple 99¢ Emoji enabler apps from the App Store. Remember, Emoji only works from iPhone to iPhone. Your Pre- and Android-loving friends won't get your message if you slap Emoji characters into it.

Who Called From Where

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The information is available in Voicemail and Recents

Now when someone calls and leaves a Voicemail, or just shows up in Recents, under their name it shows what phone they called from. This is great for contacts who have multiple numbers, and, say, you know that their mobile is a better way to get a hold of them than their work number. Now you don't have to guess if the number your calling is the correct one.

Find My iPhone - Stalker Fun

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It's off by default. Turn it on before you need it.

To turn on Find My iPhone, navigate to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Your MobileMe account.

There you'll see the Find My iPhone option. Turn that puppy on for ~~stalking~~ iPhone finding fun. You can have multiple iPhones utilizing the service. ~~Stalk~~ Find your whole family. Don't forget to enable Push is haven't enabled it before.

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Find the Find My iPhone page on MobileMe under your Summary tab.

If you have a family member who tends to get lost, Find My iPhone can be used to locate that person and give them directions to their destination, or at least help them get out of the Mugging District.

If you have kids, and you want to make sure they are keeping to the library and not the local heroin den, you can track and send them messages. Nothing says "get back to your studies!" like a strongly worded message and a two-minute sonar chime.

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COMMENTS: 21

TAGS: iPhone Launch, iPhone OS 3.0

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So, where is it??
Submitted by dezinewiz@mac.com on Tue, 2009-06-16 23:09

As of 12:09 A.M., NO 3.0 SOFTWARE??!!I thought Apple said the 17th..??But what time?

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Submitted by gavinthain on Wed, 2009-06-17 03:27

12:30 - nadda! zzzzzzzzz

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iPhone 3.0
Submitted by martinmikep on Wed, 2009-06-17 03:55

I didn't stay up until midnight, but it's almost 8:00 A.M. (Eastern) and still no 3.0. Will it be delayed? or just come out at 8:00 A.M. West Coast time?

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iphone 3.0
Submitted by donmega1833 on Wed, 2009-06-17 04:43

I couldn't wait, I found a GM on the internet and have been using 3.0 for a few hours. it's looking like 1pm est from the rumor sites. Great release but it feels sorta anticlimatic without MMS to be honest. I hope Apple doesnt punish me for being Anxious (LOL).

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Sad that AT&T is trying to ruin this release
Submitted by dkreitz on Wed, 2009-06-17 06:09

Two big items in this release for me where MMS and Tethering. AT&T is behind on MMS and has not even committed to doing Tethering. I still do not have Visual Voice Mail because AT&Ts network in my area is so far behind.

It is really sad that an excellent product made by Apple is hard linked to a poor service provider.

That said, I am very excited about cut and paste. I will be on at 1PM looking for the update.

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Shake to Shuffle
Submitted by DTrigger05 on Wed, 2009-06-17 10:44

"You can't Shake to Shuffle once you leave the iPod app, and it won't work while the iPhone is locked."

This isn't entirely correct. If you double-tap the home button on the lock screen to bring up the iPod controls, you can shake to shuffle there. Similarly, if you have it enabled to bring up the iPod controls on any home screen or app should a song be playing, you can shake to shuffle there as well.

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Good catch!
Submitted by Roberto Baldwin on Wed, 2009-06-17 11:01

I'm adding that to the article. Thanks for catching that!
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Can someone help me with this question
Submitted by tapinc5 on Wed, 2009-06-17 11:58

"Before you start launching apps and complaining that the keyboard isn't landscape, keep in mind that not all apps are 3.0 ready. Give it a week or so for all the apps to make it through the App Store review process."
I am wondering, since I am switching phones and am getting an iPhone I want to get some apps ready. And I am the kinda guys who does everything possible to prepare beforehand. Do you think EVERY single app will eventually be 3.0 compatible? (I just don't want to buy a 30 dollar app only to find out it wont work on my iPhone.)

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IPhone 3.0 O/sTotall
Submitted by JoJitty on Wed, 2009-06-17 17:18

Totally ROCKS and LONG overdue!

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spell check
Submitted by nboehm on Wed, 2009-06-17 17:52

What has happened? I was loving the new experience, cruizing all day with my new features on my iPhone until I got to texting. Dang, the spell check has turned to crap. What did they do to it? It is suggesting words that are not even words and changes food into good. Some of it maybe because it may take some getting use to typing in landscape with two thumbs, but I did not enjoy my first ride with texting.

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Is this what we are expecting for MMS and tethering?
Submitted by delrayboy on Wed, 2009-06-17 19:24

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/the-iphone-killer-isn-t-a-rival-handset-it-s-o2-606764

If this is what we are expecting for MMS and tethering?

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A few more minor things
Submitted by Halotron on Thu, 2009-06-18 06:42

Here are some things I'm not sure are new or not, maybe I just noticed them? - You can sign in to your YouTube account and view "My Videos" - You can do search from within the email & calendar apps (not just spotlight) - Safari Settings: Developer - Debug Console

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I Touch 3.0
Submitted by Leonard Miller on Sun, 2009-06-21 23:27

My Mac Air recognizes the I Touch Bluetooth but the I Touch doesn't see my Air? Apple says the only thing the bluetooth does on the I Touch is find Bluetooth Headphones. Why??
The Mail on I Touch will not leave messages on my server like all other e-mail programs.
Is this the way it is supposed to be?

Leonard

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bluetooth
Submitted by monchoart on Wed, 2009-06-24 03:07

The activation of bluetooth has great possibilities but just for using headphones seems preety poor, hope that new updates help to take real use for BT

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Use Copy to Email Photos Instead of Share
Submitted by hawaiiinsomniac on Fri, 2009-06-26 11:17

I guess this is only available to those with the new 3GS.

I have downloaded 3.0 and I don't have these capabilities on my iPhone 3G.

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I am wondering, since I am
Submitted by trentonwilmore on Thu, 2009-11-05 03:28

I am wondering, since I am switching phones and am getting an iPhone I want to get some apps ready. And I am the kinda guys who does everything possible to prepare beforehand. Do you think EVERY single app will eventually be 3.0 compatible? (I just don't want to buy a 30 dollar app only to find out it wont work on my iPhone.)

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If you double-tap the home
Submitted by trentonwilmore on Thu, 2009-11-05 03:30

If you double-tap the home button on the lock screen to bring up the iPod controls, you can shake to shuffle there. Similarly, if you have it enabled to bring up the iPod controls on any home screen or app should a song be playing, you can shake to shuffle there as well.

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Those emoticons look great!
Submitted by JJFlemming on Sun, 2009-11-08 09:13

Those emoticons look great! I never knew you could get those on the iPhone, I will have to check them out later, just to add to the already great tips, when browsing using safari, if you see and image you would liek to set as your wallpaper, press and hold on the image and it will prompt your to set as your wallpaper.

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