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Free iPhone Guide for Download: 10 Great Tips for iPhone

by Simon Ng on August 12, 2009

Yes, this post is about iPhone tips. But this time, the tips are delivered to you in PDF format (sort of eBook).
From time to time, I receive requests from readers to compile my blog posts into an eBook for better reading. That’s a brilliant idea. I have never thought of publishing a book. Frankly, I [...]

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iPhone Tip: Transfer App Purchases from iPhone to iTunes

by Simon Ng on August 8, 2009

Say, you have purchased an application on iPhone. When you’re back home, you put the iPhone into the dock or plug it via USB cable and sync it with iTunes. You expect iTunes take care everything and sync all data including the application you have just purchased from iPhone to your computer. However, in some [...]

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iPhone Tip: How to Use Conditional Call Forwarding

by Simon Ng on August 3, 2009

iPhone is considered as a revolutionary mobile phone. May be it’s too revolutionary that it lacks some very basic features. Some iPhone users (including my wife) complain about the absence of conditional call forwarding feature (which can be found in most mobile phones):

Call forward if busy – Forward incoming call to another number if you’re [...]

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Get to Know the iPhone Headset Shortcuts

by Simon Ng on July 29, 2009

Everyday, you may be using iPhone’s headset to make call, answer call or listen to music. With the single button design, it’s so intuitive that you know how to answer call or play back music.
But I guess not everyone know all the shortcuts provided by this single button.
Let me ask you. By using [...]

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iPhone Tip: Understand Connection Icons in Status Bar

by Simon Ng on July 22, 2009

Last night, I got an email from one of my readers. He asked,
“When I am at home, I get used to surf the web using Wifi. But how do I know if my iPhone is connected to the Internet via Wifi network instead of 3G?”
It’s a simple but a very good question. He reminded me [...]

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iPhone 3.0 Tip: Just Shake and Undo Typing

by Simon Ng on July 18, 2009

As claimed, Apple brings us over 100 features in iPhone 3.0 OS. But not all features are as prominent as Copy & Paste or Voice Memo. Some features are not explicitly mentioned by Apple and you’ll have to discover by yourself. Here is one:
Simply shake your iPhone and Undo the typing
It’s a very simple feature [...]

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10 Tips to Improve Your iPhone Battery Life

by Simon Ng on July 13, 2009

I’m not sure if all of you experience the same issue.
Some of the readers have sent me email telling me that the battery life degrades after upgrading to iPhone 3.0 and asked how they can improve the battery life.
Though we can’t replace iPhone’s battery, we can always optimize the iPhone configuration or settings [...]

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How to Force Quit an Application for iPhone 3.0

by Simon Ng on July 11, 2009

Normally, you can force quit an iPhone application by pressing and holding down the HOME button for around 6-8 seconds in firmware 2.2 or lower. But as Apple released the iPhone 3.0 OS, this method does no longer work. The HOME button shortcut is now preserved for invoking Voice Control, which is a new feature [...]

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iPhone Tips: How to Check iPhone Firmware and Baseband Version

by Simon Ng on May 3, 2009

This is a iPhone tip for newbie. In some situations (e.g. jailbreak), you’ll need to know the firmware version or baseband version. Where can you retrieve this information from iPhone?
That’s very simple. All the iPhone configuration information are resided inside the “Settings” screen. For both firmware and baseband version, they can also be found [...]

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