Set up your iPhone, learn your way around, and start using its apps!

Just getting started with an iPhone, or still thinking about buying one? Former Apple writer Karen G. Anderson helps you decide which iPhone to purchase, discusses common accessories, and explains how to successfully complete basic startup tasks. You'll learn about power management, connecting to the Internet, setting up a Bluetooth headset, transferring songs and other media from a computer, creating a security passcode, and how to make folders to hold an expanding app collection. You'll also receive help with synchronizing calendar events and contacts (whether via iTunes or over-the-air) and buying apps.

With the setup completed, it’s time to use your phone! Karen takes you on a tour of the important default apps that come from Apple, so whether you want to understand the mechanics of receiving and placing a phone call, check for voicemail from your boss, run a FaceTime call with your cousin, take a photo and send it to your Mom, play Game Center games with your friends, listen to a podcast, or map a route to your next appointment, you'll find help and advice.

This ebook covers the iPhone 3G, 3GS, and 4.

Find answers to these basic questions:

* What is the purpose of the slots and buttons on my iPhone?
* How do I connect my iPhone to a computer, and why would I want to?
* How do I turn my iPhone on, and what if it doesn't?
* How do I control the touchscreen with my fingers?
* How do I answer and “hang up” the phone?

Get help with basic setup tasks including:

* Connect to networks.
* Customize your voicemail greeting.
* Set up your email accounts.
* Use the Safari Web browser while maintaining your personal security.
* Move Web bookmarks from your computer to Safari.
* Transfer songs and podcasts to your iPhone.
* Set up a Game Center account and invite friends to play with you.
* Sync calendar and address book info between your computer and your iPhone.
* Customize the image on your iPhone’s screen.

Here’s a sample of things you’ll learn how to do:

* Organize app icons into folders.
* Quickly switch to a recently opened app.
* Place a call using your voice to “dial” instead of your finger.
* Make a FaceTime video call.
* Turn your iPhone into an alarm clock.
* Look up a date on your calendar.
* Take a photo and email it to a friend.
* Get directions and determine which way you’re headed.
* Quickly access the iPod playback controls.
* Find your apps and other information on the iPhone.
* Shop for third-party apps, share them your family, and keep them updated.