Friday 23rd July 2010
Some tips and tricks to get you started with your iPhone 4, some are also applicable to the iPhone 3GS if it has the new iPhone 4 OS installed (click here for installation instructions)
Scroll to the top fast.
In Safari, Mail, Contacts and many other apps, tap the status bar at the top of the screen — which displays the carrier information, time and battery level — to scroll quickly to the top.
Choose your wallpaper.
In Settings, choose Wallpaper, tap the image of the Lock and Home screens, then tap one of your photo albums or tap Wallpaper for the Apple-designed images. Find the image you want, tap Set, and then choose whether to use it as wallpaper for your Lock screen, Home screen or both.
Drop a pin.
In Maps, touch and hold anywhere on a map to drop a pin so you can find an address, get directions or see street view for that location.
Lock the screen orientation.
Double-click the Home button to bring up the multitasking interface, then swipe from left to right. Now tap the portrait orientation lock once to turn it on and again to turn it off.

Tap to zoom the camera.
Tap the screen to bring up the zoom control, then use the slider to zoom in and out up to 5x.
Add PDFs to iBooks.
From a Mail message or a web page, touch and hold the PDF icon or link, then select “Open in iBooks”.
Use the compass with maps.
Tap the Location button in Maps twice to use the built-in compass to orient the map based on the direction you are facing.
Create web clips.
To add a website to your Home screen, visit the page in Safari and tap the plus sign at the bottom of the screen. Now tap “Add to Home Screen”.
Keep your inbox clean.
In Mail, you can delete or move messages in batches. From your inbox, tap Edit, select the messages you want to organise, then tap Delete or Move.

Take a picture of your screen.
Press and hold the Home button, then press the Sleep/Wake button. Your screen flashes and the picture of your screen appears in your Camera Roll.
Create an iPod playlist.
In the iPod app, tap Playlists then tap Add Playlist and give it a name. Now tap any song or video to add it to the playlist. You can add individual songs, entire albums or all songs by an artist.
Tap to focus the camera.
While shooting video or photos, tap the screen where you want to focus. iPhone will also adjust the exposure and white balance automatically.
Swipe to delete.
Delete email messages and text conversations without opening them. Just swipe across the email or conversation and a Delete button appears. Tap it to delete.
Save images from the web.
In Safari, touch and hold an image to save it to your Camera Roll or copy it to paste into an MMS or email.

Place a call on hold.
On iPhone 4, touch and hold the Mute button to place a call on hold.
Get back to your draft.
In Mail, touch and hold the Compose button to switch to your last saved message draft.
Cut, copy and paste.
Find the text you want to edit in a note, email, web page or other app. You can select a word by double-tapping it, and select more or less text by dragging the grab points. Then tap to cut, copy or paste. To undo an edit, shake iPhone then tap the Undo button.
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