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QuickTip – FaceTime’s Selfview is Draggable/Movable

I was on a FaceTime call with a friend tonight, who just got his iPhone 4, and he told me I could drag the video of myself around on the screen. That's awesome! All you do is touch it and

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QuickTip – Horizontal or Vertical FaceTime

When making a call on FaceTime it's very natural to hold the phone in a vertical position since that's how it's held during a normal phone call. Did you know that you can rotate your iPhone to the horizontal position

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QuickTip – Shake your iPhone to Undo/Redo your Previous Text Edits

You can quickly and easily undo and redo text edits by shaking your iPhone. If you delete a portion of your typing, you can shake your iPhone and you will get a pop-up with the option to Undo. When selected,

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QuickTip – Change the New Text Message Sound

To change the sound your iPhone makes when receiving a new text message, you can go into the stock Settings application then the Sounds option and then the New Text Message option.

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QuickTip – Silence and Send Calls to Voicemail using Power Button

It’s time for anther QuickTip! My last QuickTip was about how to lock your iPhone using the Power Button so, I thought I would stick with the “Power Button” theme. QuickTip – When receiving an incoming call, you can quickly

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QuickTip – Quickly Lock your iPhone or iPod Touch

There is a way to quickly put your iPhone or iPod Touch into "lock" mode without waiting for it to auto-lock on it's own. To do so, just quickly press the power button (that is the button on the top

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QuickTip – Hard Restarting your iPhone or iPod Touch

Just hold the lock button (that is the one at the top of your device) and the home button at the same time until you see the Apple logo on a black background (you usually have to hold the buttons

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QuickTip – Zooming in Safari

When in Safari, you can quickly zoom in on images and columns of text with just one tap (well, one double tap)! If there is an image in a web page that you would like a closer look at, just

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QuickTip – Safari, Tap to Scroll

When in Safari tabbed browsing mode, you most likely switch between web pages by dragging your finger on your iPhone or iPod Touch's screen. However, there is another way to switch between web pages.

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QuickTip – Clear History in Safari

When using Safari, it keeps track of your browsing History (similar to a Mac or PC). This is a nice feature for those times when you would like to go back to a website you were at a few days

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QuickTip – Change Default Search Engine

When in Safari, it automatically defaults to the Google search engine. Meaning, it uses Google when you search for things within Safari. However, this can be changed so that it defaults to the Yahoo search engine.

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QuickTip – Link Preview in Safari

When in Safari, you can preview a link's url by tapping and holding it. When you touch and hold your finger down on a link, it will bring up a bubble displaying the link's url.

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QuickTip – Save Images from Safari

When in Safari, you are able to save images from a web page to your iPhone. When you are on a web page, you can tap and hold your finger on any image within that web page and save that

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QuickTip – Safari “Tabbed” Browsing

When in Safari, you can have more than one web page open at a time. To do so, open Safari and then select the icon in the lower right corner (it looks like two boxes, one overlapping the other).

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QuickTip – Adding Web Pages to your SpringBoard

When in Safari, you can add any web page to your SpringBoard by selecting the + icon on the lower menu bar and then selecting the Add to Home Screen option.