The internet is flooded with tips and guides on most things technology. The iPhone is one that seems to get the most coverage lately. But despite the millions of bloggers out there teaching folks how to get the most out of their gadgets there are still loads of people roaming about with no changes made to their iPhone and they are missing out on quite alot. Personally it shows that Apple have still got to get it right out of the box but till then here is my top 5 tips to getting more from your iPhone:
1) Enable Cap Locks - Amazingly... most people still don't have this changed on their phones. It was driving me nuts when I got my iPhone way back at launch. I wanted to send an SMS but when an acronym came up I'd have to Shift (add letter) Shift (add letter)... etc. So do the following:
Go to Settings> Keyboard> Enable Caps Lock.
Now when you need cap lock you just tap twice on the shift button. It turns blue, you get caps lock! So so simple.
2) Get Gmail - Getting Gmail means you can divert ALL you emails to the one account. Now that Hotmail have enabled POP3 support you can also divert all the hotmail deliveries to your Gmail and then view them in turn on the iPhone. All of the HOW TO's are on the Gmail help pages.
3) Set Up A Google Calendar - One of the biggest discoveries for me in the last couple of months is the ability to sync the iPhone calendar with Google Calendar. I use Google Calendar for setting up Indoor Cricket games. Now with the sync ability I can see on my phone who has clicked in as available and who is out. Now you can finally ditch Outlook as this removes all the shackles of being restricted to your home PC!
4) Get Skype - My wife use to spend LOADS of dosh on the phone calling her relatives overseas. Now enter Skype. Free PC to PC calls and super cheap to home lines as well. But now that the iPhone has a Sype app you can save money on buying a Skype compatible handset. You already have one!
5) Tomtom - Watch out for the new Tomtom app and the Tomtom car kit. This will save you from buying a dedicated GPS device and in turn mean not having to carry multiple devices around. Plus you'll get the most up to date maps and LIVE traffic updates. This will be the BEES KNEES! LOL
