Top 10 iPhone tips

For those of you who have got your very own iPhone 3G - and those just dreaming of getting your mitts on one - we choose 10 of our favourite tips to help improve your iPhone productivity.

By Benny Har-Even, 25 Jul 2008 at 17:44

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8. Delete Applications or Move icons

If you want to remove an application from the iPhone - or just move an icon to a different location round the screen - you simply put your finger on any icon and hold it down, and after a few seconds every icon will start to shake with an ‘x’ appearing at the top left. You press the ‘x’ to remove it, or you press and drag the icons to your preferred locations on the screen, or even over to the next page of icons. Worth trying just to see the very cool shaking icon effect.

9. Add link to Home Screen

If you’ve got a web page that you like to visit regularly, then you can place an icon directly on the home screen so you can get straight to it. Press the ‘+’ symbol at the base of the Safari web browser and choose Add to Home Screen.

10. Correct mistakes with magnifying glass

This is actually a well-known keyboard feature, but just in case you don't know it, you should. If you make a mistake while typing, hold down your finger over the word in question and then a magnifying glass will appear enlarging the text. By rolling your finger gently, you can place the cursor precisely, enabling you to correct erroneous letters.

If you’ve any iPhone tips that you’d like to share with fellow readers then drop us a line at itpro@dennis.co.uk.