iPhone Tips and Tricks Thread

[JFSikora]

Post all of your tips and tricks regarding the iPhone here!

*** THIS WAS POSTED BY HERMDOG AND I ACCIDENTLY REMOVED HIS POST. SO CREDIT TO HIM FOR THIS TIP***


Not sure if ya'll no this or not but check it out. From iPhone 101: Hold your ".com" button for a second - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

If you are running the new 2.0 firmware on your iPhone or iPod touch, you might not have noticed a new handy shortcut in Safari.
When you type in your address, hold down the ".com" button to get a selection of 3 other domain name endings: ".net," ".edu," and ".org." When you tap on any of the endings, it will be automatically inserted in the address bar.

[JFSikora]

Here are some tips for some of you who are new to the iPhone.

1. If you tap once at the very top of the screen when you are on the internet, it will take you back to the top of the window rather than having to scroll all the way back up. This comes in handy.

***This ^^^ can also be done with emails in 2.0. Tap the top by the time and it brings you back to the top of the email list or the begining of a email.

2. Rather than posting the full address of internet sites in bookmarks, you can post the equivalent RSS address instead into Apple's RSS reader and save that as your bookmark. This way you can quickly see if there's anything interesting on your favorite site rather than downloading the whole homepage.

3. If you are writing something and the iPhone flags a word as misspelled that you know is not misspelled, cancel the correction 3 times and the word will be put into the dictionary.

4. The magnifying glass is a nice iPhone tool when you are typing an email or any other text. If you tap once and hold, a magnifying glass will pop up showing you a zoomed in view of your words and cursor. You can now easily place the cursor wherever you want. Easiest way to make edit your text.

[schartzr]

Awesome tips and as soon as I get my iPhone I will post more tips.

[manho1dup]

Here's a tip:

- In Safari when you are typing a web address. If you press and hold the .com button on the bottom of the keyboard for 2 secs a balloon with pop with .net, .edu, .org. Slide your finger across to select one of them.

[JFSikora]

Originally Posted by manho1dup

Here's a tip:

- In Safari when you are typing a web address. If you press and hold the .com button on the bottom of the keyboard for 2 secs a balloon with pop with .net, .edu, .org. Slide your finger across to select one of them.

Read the first post in the thread.

That's worth repeating I guess.

[manho1dup]

Ooops, I didn't read the quote. Sorry.

[JFSikora]

Originally Posted by manho1dup

Ooops, I didn't read the quote. Sorry.

No need, that is a good tip. I never knew that one.

[hotrod]

I don't know if it applies to the original iphone or not. But if you hit the space bar twice at the end of a sentence and it will place a period and one space. (I found this by accident....and it is very useful.)

[3guser]

I thought there was a tips a tricks thread for the 3G but can't find it anywhere. Anyways I found out something when typing. Instead of hitting the key for the period button instead at the end of a sentence if you hit the space bar twice it inserts a period.

[Libuff]

while entering a URL into safari... holding the ".COM" button will then display the other endings: .ORG .NET ....