The iPhone has become one of the most purchased mobile phones over the past several years. The phone’s home screen includes a number of free, pre-installed applications. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism in place to hide any undesirable, built-in iPhone apps. A common desire for many iPhone users is to hide under-utilized iPhone apps. If the phone is not jailbroken, the option to move undesired apps to the phone’s last home page is available. This will prevent apps from being viewed when the phone is in use. Jailbroken phones can Read More

Cydia, or Cydia Store, is a collection of downloadable applications for iOS. Cydia is made for Mac, iPod, iPad, and iPhone. It provides users with applications that are not available in the Apple iStore. How to Install Cydia In order to install Cydia, open a web browser on the iPhone, visit http://www.jailbreakme.com , and click the “Free” button. The program will then install itself and you will have instant access to Cydia’s extensive collection of both free and commercial applications. Despite the ability to download the software,  the majority of Read More

Although the iPhone is designed to go into sleep mode after a pre-defined period of inactivity, it still loses power in this state. Furthermore, if the user is in a meeting or another location where he or she does not want the phone to wake-up when receiving a phone call or text, then the phone must be turned off as sleep mode does not keep the device in the “Off” state. Other times, if the iPhone’s battery is low on power, the user may want to preserve battery life to Read More

The iPhone allows users to make voice memos while they are away from the computer. Users can make live recordings of their thoughts, shows, or just about anything that can be audibly detected. In order to extract a voice memo from the iPhone, either use the iTunes synchronization feature (with voice memos selected as an option to upload automatically when synced with the computer) or purchase a third party app that provides additional options to extract voice memos from the iPhone. How to Extract a Voice Memo from an iPhone Read More

Unfortunately, the iPhone does not yet permit printing via Blue Tooth connection. There is another option for mobile users who desire to print text messages from the iPhone, since the iPhone supports screen capture, which can be emailed to an account that the text message can be printed from. How to Print Text Messages from the iPhone Step 1 – Tap the “Messages” icon on the iPhone’s front panel. Step 2 – Tap the message to be printed. Step 3 – Scroll the message screen to display the portion of Read More

Yahoo Calendar is a feature that Yahoo provides that allows users to keep track of important dates and events. Yahoo Calendar is also interactive enough to allow users to insert notes for specific dates in order to label what is important about that day as well as share calendar dates with other Yahoo users. Likewise, Yahoo Calendar can be embedded into a user’s Geocities account or on any other website that supports HTML.   What is an iPhone? The iPhone, which Apple produces and distributes, is a mobile smartphone that Read More

Yahoo Mail is a browser-based email client that Yahoo sponsors, which allows users to access their email, compose new messages, and organize messages into various categories such as “Inbox,” “Trash,” and “Spam.” Likewise, Yahoo Mail users are able to label messages, depending on who they are from and their content. Although many Yahoo Mail users have switched to other email clients over recent years, Yahoo Mail is still considered one of the most widely used browser-based email clients available.   What is an iPhone? An iPhone, which Apple created and Read More

All major mobile phone brands allow their users to change the ringtone to just about any sound, song, or otherwise recorded media. The iPhone gives the user the option of either choosing a default ringtone that was provided with the phone or creating a ringtone from songs that the user purchased. iPhone users generally personalize their new phone by changing their default ringtone soon after purchase. Steps to Change the iPhone Ringtone Step 1 – Change the ringtones setting on the iPhone to play different alerts based on the type Read More

The Apple iPhone is one of the most purchased smart phones on the market. It gives the user the ability to send and receive email, surf the Internet, video chat, and send and receive SMS and MMS text messages. For savvy mobile phone users, sending text messages on the iPhone differs from traditional devices and entails a learning curve to become proficient. Once several messages are sent on the phone, text messaging can be accomplished in a rapid manner similar to legacy mobiles. How to Text on the iPhone Step Read More

The iPhone’s growth in popularity and constant improvement have resulted in many consumers using it as their primary digital camera. The quality and resolution of images increase with each version of the iPhone that is released. Consumers can use the iPhone to directly email or post pictures to the Internet in almost real-time! Regardless of this, many iPhone users may still need to extract photos from their iPhone to their computer. How to Extract Photos from an iPhone to a Mac Step 1 – Plug the iPhone USB cable into Read More