iPhone users in the United States are very familiar with how to use the iPhone 4GB and 8GB models since their release in late June of 2007. There are going to be millions more new users of the iPhone by the middle of 2008 and this series of tips should help not only experienced users but also the millions coming on board.
While surfing on a web site with phone numbers, there is an easy way to make a call from one of these numbers. To do this just tap on the number and the iPhone dialing software will pop-up and dial it. Tapping on a phone number in an e-mail or SMS text message will make a call. Also, if there is an URL anywhere in a SMS text message or other web page it will open those up just by tapping on them.
Sometimes scrolling back up to the top of the screen inside of Safari may take an extra few seconds. To get back to the top of Safari just tap on the gray status bar area at the top of the iPhone’s screen.
To get a bigger keyboard on the iPhone screen while inside of Safari tap on any area requiring data to be entered and the keyboard will show up. Now just turn the iPhone and a larger horizontal keyboard mode will show up. Safari is the only program that takes advantage of the larger onscreen keyboard trick.
There currently is not a way to setup a home page inside of Safari. To make this easier, create a bookmark of a favorite site and then move it to the top of the list. Then, whenever an iPhone cell phone user wants to call up the home page just tap on the bookmark’s icon and then on the link.
Let’s say someone stumble’s upon a web site that needs to be shared around. Just tap on the address bar, and then tap on Share. This will create a new e-mail message with the URL of the web site. Then, tap on one or more e-mail addresses, tap in a few words explaining the web site and then tap on Send.
Scrolling in boxes on a web page in Safari can be tricky when using just one finger. This scrolls the entire page instead of just the box. Use two fingers to scroll inside of the box.
Control clicking on the Mac usually gives a contextual option of what to do with a link file or folder. The iPhone has a similar type option when dealing with URL’s inside of Safari and e-mail messages. To find more information on URL links, tap and hold on the link. This will display and information bubble that shows the actual URL of the link on the iPhone. Via MacWorld.