iPhone The Missing Manul- P4

iPhone The Missing Manul- P4:Apple’s iPhone is a breakthrough in design, miniaturization, and elegantsoftware. This stunning, sleek, black-and-chrome touchscreen machinecomes with cellphone, iPod, Internet, and organizer features—justabout everything you need except a printed manual. Fortunately,David Pogue arrives just in time with iPhone: The Missing Manual: a witty,authoritative, full-color guide to unlocking the iPhone’s potential.
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iPhone The Missing Manul- P4Controlling Playback (Music)Onceyou’reontheNowPlayingscreen,afewcontrolsawaityourfingertip—someobviousandsomenotsoobvious. • Play/Pause (÷/¿) button. ThePausebuttonlookslikethis¿whenthe musicisplaying.Ifyoudopausethemusic,thebuttonturnsintothePlay button(÷). if you’re wearing the earbuds, pinching the microphone clicker serves the same  purpose: it’s a Play/Pause control. incidentally, when you plug in headphones, the iPhone’s built-in speaker turns off,  but when you unplug the headphones, your music pauses instead of switching  abruptly back to the speaker. You may have to unlock the iPhone and navigate to  the iPod program to resume playback. • Previous, Next («, »).Thesebuttonsworkexactlyastheydoonan iPod.Thatis,tap« toskiptothebeginningofthissong(or,ifyou’re alreadyatthebeginning,totheprevioussong).Tap»toskiptothe nextsong. if you’re wearing the earbuds, you can pinch the clicker twice to skip to the next  song. Ifyouholddownoneofthesebuttonsinsteadoftapping,yourewindor fast-forward.It’srathercool,actually—yougettohearthemusicspeed- ingbyasyoukeepyourfi ngerdown,withoutturningthesingerintoa chipmunk.Therewindingorfast-forwardingacceleratesifyoukeephold- ingdownthebutton. • Volume. Youcandragtheround,whitehandleofthisscrollbar(bottom ofthescreen)toadjustthevolume—oryoucanusethevolumekeyson theleftsideofthephone.Ofcourse,youprobablydidn’tneedahandsomefull-colorbooktotellyouwhatthosebasicplaybackcontrolsarefor.Butthere’salsoatrioofsecret con-trolsthatdon’tappearuntilyoutapanywhereonanemptypartofthescreen(forexample,onthealbumcover): Music and video 79 • Loop button.Ifyoureally loveacertainalbumorplaylist,youcancom- mandtheiPhonetoplayitoverandoveragain,beginningtoend.Just taptheLoopbutton(¶)soitturnsblue(‡). Tap the Loop button a second time to endlessly loop just this song. a tiny clock icon appears on the blue loop graphic, like this &, to let you know  that you’ve entered this mode. Tap a third time to turn off looping. Hidden controls • Scroll slider. Thisslider(topofthescreen)revealsthreeusefulstatistics: howmuchofthesongyou’veheard,inminutes:secondsformat(atthe leftend),howmuchtimeremains(attherightend),andwhichslotthis songoccupiesinthecurrentplaylistoralbum. Tooperatetheslider,dragthetinyroundhandlewithyourfinger.(Just tappingdirectlyonthespotyouwanttoheardoesn’twork.) • Shuffle button. Ordinarily,theiPhoneplaysthesongsinanalbum sequentially,frombeginningtoend.Butifyoulovesurprises,tapthe flbuttonsoitturnsblue.Nowyou’llhearthesongsonthealbumin randomorder.80 Chapter 4 Tohidetheslider,Loop,andShuffl ebuttons,tapanemptypartofthe screenonceagain. Bytheway,there’snothingtostopyoufromturningonboth Shuffl eand Loop,meaningthatyou’llhearthesongsonthealbumplayedendlessly, butneverinthesameordertwice. Did you ever notice the tiny grille (pinholes) at the bottom inside of the iPhone’s  charging cradle? They’re there to let the sound out. That’s right: you can use the  iPhone as a desktop music machine, even while it’s charging. The holes actually  help matters, because the sound bounces off the desktop instead of shooting out  into space away from you. (You can’t listen while you sync, alas.)Multi(music)taskingOnce you’re playing music, it keeps right on playing, even if you press theHomebuttonandmoveontodosomeotherworkontheiPhone.Afterall,theonlythingmorepleasurablethansurfingtheWebissurfingittoaBeachBoyssoundtrack. Music is playingAtiny ÷iconatthetopofthescreenremindsyouthatmusicisstillplaying.That’shandyiftheearbudsarepluggedinbutyou’renotwearingthem.Or,ifyou’vegotsomethingelsetodo—likejogging,driving,orperformingsurgery—tap the Sleep/Wake switch to turn off the screen.The music willkeepplaying,butyou’llsavebatterypower. even with the screen off, you can still adjust the music volume (use the keys on  the left side of the phone), pause the music (pinch the earbud clicker once),  ...