5. Safari

From Day One, the iPhone has had a real live Web browser, very much like the one on your computer. In this chapter, I show you how to use it to best advantage. Let’s go surfing!

Importing Bookmarks

I know you’re eager to start surfing the Web with Safari, but you’ll find the experience far more pleasant if you first sync your Safari (Mac) or Safari or Internet Explorer (Windows) bookmarks to your iPhone. This is easy to do:

1. Jack your iPhone into your computer’s USB 2.0 port, launch iTunes (if it doesn’t launch automatically), select the iPhone in iTunes’ Source list, and click the Info tab.

2. In the Other section of the tab, do one of the following things:

• On a Mac, enable the Sync Safari Bookmarks option (Figure 5.1).

• On ...

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