Chapter 2. iPhone Basic Training

In This Chapter

  • Activating your iPhone

  • Turning the device on and off

  • Locking your iPhone

  • Mastering multitouch

  • Cutting, copying, and pasting

  • Using voice dialing

  • Multitasking with your iPhone

  • Organizing folders

  • Spotlighting search

If you got caught up in the initial iPhone frenzy of 2007, you may have plotted for months about how to land one. After all, the iPhone quickly emerged as the ultimate fashion phone. And the chic device hosted a bevy of cool features.

To snag the very first version, you may have saved your pennies or said, "The budget be damned." Owning the hippest and most-hyped handset on the planet came at a premium cost compared with rival devices.

iPhone Basic Training

Today's iPhone is no less hip or cool, though you now get more bang for your buck. Apple has lowered the price — a lot. As of this writing, the cheapest iPhone for new U.S. customers starts at $99 with a two-year AT&T contract — $500 below its stratospheric launch price. The least expensive version is the iPhone 3GS model with 8GB of RAM. If you're not bargain hunting, you'll want the newer iPhone 4, $199 with 16GB of RAM or $299 for 32GB. Those are subsidized prices that in the United States require a mandatory two-year contract with AT&T. For existing iPhone customers, the upgrade price for a new iPhone 4 model depends on how far you're into your previous contract with AT&T, how prompt you are at paying ...

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