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DaffyDuck
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Quote: from Skip on 9:12 am on Dec. 7, 2008
Just how this company remains viable, it's beyond me, really.
Agreed - I mean, they are on the brink of insolvency... any day now...
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 10:05 pm on Dec. 6, 2008
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DaffyDuck
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http://www.taptaptap.com/blog/10-useful-iphone-tips-and-tricks/
Useful iPhone tips & tricks
The iPhone, like the Mac, is extremely simple and intuitive to use. Odds are that you’ve never even cracked open the user manual since the way just about everything works is pretty obvious.
But its simplicity can be a double-edged sword… there are many small “convenience features” that are often hidden away. If Apple exposed them in a more obvious way, it’d take away from the elegance of the device. And its elegance is one of its strongest points.
I’m sure that many of you are “power users” and probably know most of these tips and tricks. But I suspect that a lot of you are more casual iPhone users and will find this list useful. Even our team members that I showed the draft of this post to (people I consider iPhone experts), all picked up at least a tip or two that they weren’t already aware of. So I’ll bet there’s something for everyone here…
1. Scroll to top
Tapping the status bar (the bar at the top with the clock) will make scrollable content scroll to the top. It comes in handy in situations like when you’ve scrolled down a long web page or mail message and you quickly need to get back to the top.
This may be the most convenient, yet hidden feature on the iPhone. I had my phone for months before stumbling upon it (and I didn’t even stumble upon it by playing around with the phone, but by reading the programming documentation on scroll views).
As far as I know, there’s no corresponding way to scroll to the bottom, though.
2. Screenshots
Simultaneously press the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons to take a screenshot of your current screen. You’ll hear a camera shutter sound, your screen will flash white, then the screenshot will appear in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.
3. Saving images in Safari and Mail
Touching an image in Safari or Mail for a couple of seconds will present you with an action sheet which will enable you to save the image. As with taking screenshots, the image will get stored in the “Saved Photos” library of the Photos app.
4. Caps lock
Double-tap the Shift key to lock it.
This one’s actually somewhat intuitive but I was surprised by how many people aren’t aware of it.
Note: For this to work, you need to make sure Enable Caps Lock is turned on in the Keyboard section of General settings.
Along somewhat similar lines, a handy way of saving a tap when you need to type a capital letter is to touch the Shift key then slide over to the desired key. This behavior also works for the Number key.
5. Extra keys
Do you need to type an umlauted-u (ü) but you’re not using the German keyboard? Touch and hold the U key and you get a set of additional keys to choose from.
This works for several of the alphabetic keys, enabling you access to letters such as éîçåß, etc.
In addition, there are several punctuation keys that behave similarly, so that you can type curly-quotes, etc.
And furthermore, when the keyboard is in “URL-mode”, where the “.com” key is available, touching and holding it pops-up additional options for quickly entering.net,.edu, and.org domains.
6. Lock / shut down / force quit / reset
You’d be surprised to know how many people don’t know how to turn their phone completely off. I’m not talking about “locking” the phone where you simply press the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your phone.
For a while, I was under the false impression that locking the phone was equivalent to putting your Mac to sleep. But when your phone is locked, the screen turns off but the app that’s running at the time continues to run. For instance a relaxation app is able to continue playing sound but save battery power with the screen off. So, locking your phone is actually more like “display sleep” on your Mac (⌃⇧⏏ or Control-Shift-Eject for those of you who can’t read Macroglyphics).
So to ensure that your phone is using as little battery as possible, you’re best off always pressing the Home button before locking so that no app remains running.
Note: Most apps do nothing while the phone is locked but I’ve seen too many apps where this isn’t the case, so I say “better safe than sorry” and usually quit before locking.
To turn your phone completely off, press the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds then drag the red slider that appears.
When should you turn your phone completely off? The two situation that I usually do this is when I’m almost out of battery and when my phone is acting kind of wonky.
If your battery’s almost dead and you’re nowhere near some way of charging it your best bet is to turn it off if you’re going to need it to make a call or check something on the ‘net (assuming you can forego and incoming calls/SMSs).
And if your phone’s been acting flaky, where apps are starting to get really slow or behave unexpectedly, turning your phone off then back on usually gets things back to normal.
Have you ever been using an app and it’s become very unresponsive or completely frozen? You can force quit it by pressing the Home button for at least six seconds.
And finally, if your phone seems to be completely frozen where attempting to turn it off or force quit the current app does nothing, you can force a reset of your phone by pressing both the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for at least ten seconds. Note that while Apple technically calls this a “reset”, it’s actually more like a “reboot” and none of your settings will be changed.
7. Home button options
A very underused, yet convenient feature is that you’re able to set the function for double-clicking the Home button. By default, this just brings you to the Home screen, meaning no different function than clicking the Home button once.
But if you go to the Settings app then navigate to General then Home Button, you’ll find a few handy options. I have mine set to go to my Phone Favorites but you can also set it to open the iPod app, or just show the iPod controls when music is playing.
And something I recently noticed after updgrading to the newest iPhone OS is that when you now click the Home button while already on the Home screen, it’ll quickly take you to the first page of apps. This is a great feature if you have your phone filled with apps… and who doesn’t these days?
8. Swipe to delete
In the Mail app and many others that use lists of items, you’re able to quickly delete an item by swiping your finger across the item… sort of emulating crossing something off a list. Doing so exposes a Delete button so that you’re able to confirm your action.
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Bangkok Women : Meet Sensual Bangkok Women
Posted on: 10:56 pm on Dec. 11, 2008
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CalEden
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DD, great helpful iPhone tips.
Spent a little over an hour even with reservation at local Apple Store. WiFi and bluetooth not working on my iPhone. Got a new/used iPhone replacement, this is my fourth iPhone in a year. Apple Genius Guy told me they usually replace the iPhone and never see the customer again. With my kind of iPhone luck I should have won the 200 million Lotto last night.
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Thai Girls : Meet Sexy Thai Girls
Posted on: 9:24 pm on Dec. 13, 2008
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DaffyDuck
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Wow, CD, this sounds like you are on a lemon streak - unless you work in a North Korean nuclear weapons lab (the unclean kind)  Let's hope this is your last iPhone swap (crosses fingers).
I have one buddy of mine who had to go through 3 swaps as well recently. Not sure if there was just a bad batch of phones, and he kept getting swapped from that batch, or what was going on.
Here's another good tip:
Contractions.
When you are typing an e-mail, the iPhone suggests some contractions automatically. Type cant and the iPhone will suggest can't. (And of course, to accept a suggestion you just tap the space bar; to reject a suggestion you tap the x next to the suggested word.)
But if you type well the iPhone normally won't suggest we'll because, well, well is a word. But for we'll and many other words, if you type the last letter an extra time, the iPhone will then suggest the contraction for you. Type welll and the iPhone will suggest we'll. Type weree and the iPhone will suggest we're.
In the past, I used the trick with I'll and it's, but now I find that when I type ill and its the iPhone automatically suggests the contraction without needing to add an extra key.
This happens because the iPhone learns your words as you type and adds them to the custom dictionary -- which, by the way, you can always reset if necessary by going to Settings --> General --> Reset --> Reset Keyboard Dictionary.
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 9:57 am on Dec. 14, 2008
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CalEden
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I keep my iPhones in the Belkin leather slide case and keep my phone looking new at all times. Not hard when they are only lasting about 3 months. 5555!
Good sign (maybe) on this replacement iPhone came with the latest software updates. All the others I had to update.
Helpful hint:
If you are having problems with your phone, sync all your phone application sectors, so you will not loose anything if the phone needs replacing.
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 12:29 pm on Dec. 14, 2008
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DaffyDuck
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...just like in Hong Kong.
Again, with certain Jailbreak/unlock fanbois breathing heavy, this is NOT any indication of Apple loosening the reigns of the iPhone controls -- rather, as you'd notice, Taiwan and Hong kong are right at the door of....CHINA.
China which keeps dragging out their negotiations, wants the iPhone 3G Wifi and 3G disabled, and in general is being an idiot about regulations and such... Now with Taiwan having received iPhone 3G before China (loss of face right there), there are two markets right at China's door where grey market iPhones can be sourced, and you can bet that they are making their way to China in large quantities.
Sure, premium pricing -- but considering that prior iPhones, software unlocked, retailed for close to the same prices (and sold well), it's now Apple making the full profit (since you can only buy those through local Apple online stores). Begs the question why Apple is selling those, if their approved local vendor has them in stock, and sells them with the approved carrier plans... who *IS* the destination market for these, then (big smile).
It's extremely gratifying to see Apple as one US company that is not bending over to China in some deluded hopes of 'billions of consumers', but instead stays their course. Technically speaking, with the present business model, Apple doesn't care if they have a carrier in China or not -- in other words, they are forcing a situation where the carrier needs them more than the other way around.
Nicely played so far...
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Taiwan iPhone 3Gs are SIM unlocked out-of-the-box
Ricky Morris, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Monday 15 December 2008]
Contrary to earlier expectations, iPhone 3Gs bought in the Taiwan market are not restricted to only using SIM cards from Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), leaving owners the option to switch service providers, or use their smartphones with a local SIM card when traveling.
Prior to the launch last weekend, representatives from CHT and its retailers had said that iPhones bought in Taiwan would only work on its own network. However, when early adopters actually tried switching SIM cards they discovered that the phones operated fine on the other carriers' networks, with the only limitation being they could not access CHT's Hami value added web services.
If CHT continues its policy of not SIM-locking, Taiwan could become a popular source of gray market iPhones in other countries. The ability to use the phone on other networks without the need for a modified SIM card or resorting to software hacks to the phone's baseband firmware would give importers peace of mind that they will not see their phones rendered unusable in their home country whenever Apple releases a new software update.
However, Taiwan sourced iPhones are likely to carry a high premium. The retail cost of an 8GB iPhone 3G without a contract is NT$26,600 (US$800) while 16GB models cost NT$29,900. Buyers willing to sign a two-year contract are able to get the handset at a reduced cost, but in these cases CHT is requiring a refundable deposit ranging up to NT$24,000.
Apple iPhone 3G was launch in the Taiwan market on December 13
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Bangkok Women : Meet Beautiful Thai Girls
Posted on: 11:36 am on Dec. 15, 2008
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Mr Alan
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Looks like the iDuck is going to take a major hit on AAPL when markets open on Wednesday.
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Thai Girls : Meet Active Thai Girls
Posted on: 7:12 pm on Dec. 16, 2008
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FIB
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Quote: from CalEden on 9:32 am on Dec. 17, 2008
Apple announced Tuesday that Macworld 2009 will be the last Macworld show the corporation will attend. Steve Jobs won't be appearing, either, which once again raises questions about the CEO's health.
I think it raises more questions about the future of Macworld. Or maybe not actually. Bye Bye Macworld...
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Thai Women : Meet Matured Thai Women
Posted on: 11:57 pm on Dec. 16, 2008
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snpark
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Earlier this week, Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey downgraded Apple’s stock and warned "some nicks have started to emerge".
ooopps hahahah hey daffy quick buy buy buy!!
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Attractive Thai Girls
Posted on: 1:18 pm on Dec. 17, 2008
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