The iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users
hardly take advantage of the newly added features to iOS updates. Navigating on
an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch will be a little easier after the latest iOS 5.0 and 5.1 updates.
Some of the best iOS features of my choice
are discussed here:
Tap and Delete Apps:
You can delete multiple apps at a time on
your iOS 5 device in the following way:
Settings ==> tap usage ==>get a list of
your apps and the file sizes ==> Select and tap on the apps to be
deleted ==>Delete App button.
Keep Apps Folder In Dock:
Keeping the apps individually or in a
folder and then putting it in your
phone’s Dock will save a lot of screen space. This feature is particularly
usefull for iPhone and iPod touch as they have luch less careen space than the
iPhone.
Keyboard shortcuts---the great time saving
feature available on the device should not be missed at all.
How to assign?
Open Settings ==> General== > scroll down
to Keyboard==> Shortcuts==> Tap the upper-right + button ==> add a phrase,
name, or frequently used word ==> assign a shortcut to it.
Some useful tips:
Use a combination of letters within 2-4
letters that don’t make up the first few letters of a real word and is easier
to remember. Once you type a shortcut in a text box, the assigned phrase or
word will appear and then to insert it tap the Space bar.
Quicker Access to Camera:
With the updated iOS 5, you can now access
the camera app even from your Lock screen and to save your time you should
slide it up rather than tapping that may cause delay in activation.
Again to take a photo in landscape
position, you just need to press the volume-up button to activate the shutter
on the iPhone.
Turn Off Automatic App Download:
After the iOS 5 has been updated, any app
purchased by you will be automatically downloaded on all your iOS powered
devices. To avoid this problem, launch the Settings app==> scroll down to
Store==> turn off automatic downloads for Apps.
Notifications
To manage the type of notification for
individual apps,
Choose Settings ==>tap Edit ==> choose Notification Center ==>re-arrange the order
of app notifications.
Digital Zoom:
This is a handy feature in the iPhone
camera app, where an object can be zoomed in simply by pinching on the screen
with two fingers and it will bring up the 5x digital zoom. However, as it is a
digital zoom, you cannot expect a sharp focus from it.
Use Flip board:
This is a free RSS feed magazine app for
iPad. Viewing Twitter, Facebook etc will be a much better experience for you
with this app. Best suited for better and quicker viewing of stream posts,
links and attached photos.
Similar to iTunes, you can now create
playlists in the iOS 5 Music App.
Download Music app ==>tap on “Add Playlist
” ==>Create a title for the playlist ==> save ==>tap to add favorite songs
from your Music library to the list.
These are some of my favorites but there
must be many more apps which have not been included here. So, feel free to add
your ones at the end of this article.
Author Bio:
Sienna Williams a technology writer who enjoys writing about new mobile phones
coming together. And currently I am
writing on sell my phone and recycle mobile phones.
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