iPhone The Missing Manul- P7

iPhone The Missing Manul- P7: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- P7that,coincidentally,isplayableontheiPhoneandtheAppleTV?Amazinglyenough,YouTubeagreed.(ChalkoneupforSteveJobs’realitydis-tortionfield.)AtthelaunchoftheiPhone,10,000YouTubevideoshadalreadybeenconverted,withtherestplannedforconversionbythefallof2007.SotheYouTubeappontheiPhoneexistsfortworeasons.First,itmakesaccess-ing YouTube videos much easier than fumbling around at YouTube.com.Second,itsavesyoutimebecauseitdisplaysonlythehigh-qualityH.264-for-mattedvideosandhidestherest.Finding a Video to PlayTheYouTubeprogramworksmuchliketheiPodprograminthatit’sbasicallyacollectionoflists.Taponeoftheiconsatthebottomofthescreen,forexam-ple,tofindvideosinanyoftheseways: • Featured.Ascrolling,flickablelistofvideoshand-pickedbyYouTube’s editors.Yougettoseethename,length,starrating,andpopularity(view- ership)ofeachone • MostViewed.Apopularitycontest.Tapthebuttonsatthetoptolook overthemost-viewedvideosToday, This Week, or All(meaning“ofall time”).ScrolltothebottomofthelistandtapLoad25Moretoseethe nextchunkofthelist. Maps and apps 169 • Bookmarks. Alistofvideosyou’veflaggedasyourownpersonalfaves, asdescribedinamoment. • Search. MakestheiPhonekeyboardappear,soyoucantypeasearch phrase.YouTubeproducesalistofvideoswhosetitles,descriptions,key- words,orcreatornamesmatchwhatyoutyped. IfyoutapMore,yougetthreeadditionaloptions: • Most Recent.Thesearetheverylatestvideosthathavebeenpostedon YouTube. • Top Rated.WheneverpeoplewatchavideoonYouTube,theyhavethe optionofgivingitastarrating.(Youcan’tratevideoswhenyou’review- ingthemontheiPhone.)Thislistroundsupthehighestratedvideos. Beware—youmaybedisappointedinthetasteofthemasses. • History.Thisisalistofvideosyou’veviewedrecentlyontheiPhone— andaClearbuttonthatnukesthelist,sothatpeoplewon’tknowwhat you’vebeenwatching.170 Chapter 9 once you’ve tapped More to see the additional options, you also get an edit  button at the top-right corner. it opens a Configure screen that works exactly like  the one described on page 75. That is, you can now rearrange the four icons at the  bottom of the YouTube app’s screen, or you can replace those icons with the ones  that are usually hidden (like Most Recent or Top Rated) just by dragging them into  place.EachoftheselistsoffersaObuttonattherightside.TapittoopentheDetailsscreenforthatvideo,featuringadescription,date,category,tags(keywords),uploadername,playlength,numberofviews,linkstorelatedvideos,andsoon.Alsoonthisscreenaretwousefulbuttons:Bookmark, whichaddsthisvideotoyourownpersonallistoffavorites(taptheBookmarksbuttonatthebottomofthescreentoseethatlist),andShare, whichswitchesintotheMailprogramand creates an outgoing message containing a link to thatYouTube video.Addressitandsendalongtoanyoneyouthinkwouldbeinterested,thusful-fillingyourdutyasacoginthegreatviralYouTubemachine. Maps and apps 171 Playing YouTube Videos To play a video, tap its row in any of the lists.Turn the iPhone 90 degrees counterclockwise—allvideosplayinhorizontalorientation.Thevideobegins playingautomatically;youdon’thavetotapthe’button. Here,you’lldiscoverabasictruthabouttheYouTubeappontheiPhone:Videos lookgreat ifyou’reconnectedtotheInternetthroughaWi-Fihotspot.They looknot sogreatifyou’reconnectedoverAT&T’scellularEDGEnetwork.When you’reonEDGE,yougetacompletelydifferentversionofthevideo—smaller, coarser,andgrainier.Infact,youmaynotbeabletogetvideostoplayatall overEDGE. Whenyoufirststartplayingavideo,yougettheusualiPhoneplaybackcon- trols,like », « ¿,thevolumeslider,andtheprogressscrubberatthetop. (Seepage82fordetails.)Hereagain,youcandouble-tapthescreentomag- nifythevideoslightly,justenoughtoeliminatetheblackbarsonthesidesof thescreen(ortapthe[buttonatthetop-rightcornertodothesame). Thecontrolsfadeawayafteramoment,sotheydon’tblockyourview.Youcan makethemappearanddisappearwithasingletaponthevideo. Therearethreeiconson ...