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» Working with Messages: Browsing Your Inbox To access your e-mail, tap on the Mail button on the iPhone's Home screen. If you have multiple accounts, you'll see them listed on the Accounts screen; tap on an account to see its folders (for example, Inbox, Sent, and Trash).more
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» Sending Messages: Managing Conversations The Clear button deletes the contents of the conversation window but preserves the conversation itself in the Text Messages screen— making it easy to start a fresh conversation.more
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» Sending Messages: Instant Messaging Want to get true instant messaging on your iPhone while you're away from your computer? Try a third-party instant messaging client. AIM AOL's iPhone app remains one of the best IM clients on the iPhone.more
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» Sending Messages: Starting a Conversation Like most phones these days, the iPhone includes an application that lets you exchange SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and MMS (Multimedia Message Service) photos and videos with other mobile devices.more
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» Typing Tips: Bang On, Zoom and Edit, First Period There's a tendency to try to avoid accidentally pressing multiple keys. This habit can lead to trying to press only the desired key—which on the iPhone means that more often than not you end up pressing the wrong key anyway.more
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» Working with Messages: Deleting Messages and Sending E-mail You can delete a message, which moves it to the Trash folder, in one of several ways. If you have the e-mail open, simply tap on the trash-can icon at the bottom of the screen. The e-mail message will be sucked into the Trash and the next message will appear.more
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» Checking E-mail: Accounts As it did with Safari, Apple has slimmed down OS X's Mail program for the iPhone. Mail's fast and powerful features make up for the device's lack of a physical keyboard. Not only does Mail display messages beautifully, it's easy to use.more
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» Managing Phone Calls When someone calls you, two on-screen options appear on your iPhone: Accept or Decline. Tapping on the latter (red) button directs the call to voice mail. Tapping on the green Accept button answers the call. If your phone happens to be in battery-preserving locked mode when a call comes in, swiping the unlock slider automatically answers the call.more
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» Using the Phone: Dialing a Number The iPhone makes initiating and answering calls a piece of cake. There's also plenty you can do while on the phone to manage multiple calls or locate useful information. And if you miss a call, don't worry—the iPhone has you covered there, too, with its Visual Voicemail feature.more
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» Managing Contacts: Location, Sharing Looking up a contact on the iPhone is a simple affair. The All Contacts list shows every contact on your iPhone listed alphabetically. You can scroll up and down the list with a corresponding flick of your finger or use the alphabet running down the right side of the screen to jump to contacts starting with a particular letter.more
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» Managing Contacts: Enter Contacts Manually You can also add contacts from the iPhone. To access your Contacts list, tap on the Contacts button from the Home screen or tap on the Phone button and then select Contacts from the row of buttons along the bottom of the screen.more
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» Managing Contacts: Importing, Synchronizing If you have a SIM card from an old phone, you can easily import those contacts onto your iPhone. Insert the SIM card into the slot on top of your iPhone. Go to Settings: Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Then scroll down and tap on Import SIM Contacts.more
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