An Overview Of The Iphone Features

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Web browsing – The iPhone offers the best, most complete mobile browsing experience. Though it doesn’t support the standard Flash browser plug in, it doesn’t require dumbed-down "mobile" versions of websites, instead offering the real thing on a phone.

Email – Like all good smartphones, the iPhone has robust email features and can sync to corporate email servers running Exchange.

Calendar/PDA – The iPhone is a personal information manager, too, with calendar, address book, stock-tracking, weather update, and related features.

IPod – A shortcut description of an iPhone is a combined cell phone and iPod, so of course its music offers all the advantages and coolness of iPods.

Video playback – With its big, beautiful, 3.5-inch screen, the iPhone is a great choice for mobile video playback, whether using the built-in YouTube application, adding your own video, or buying or renting content from the iTunes Store.

Apps – With the addition of the App Store, iPhones can now run all kinds of third-party programs, from games (both free and paid) to Facebook and Twitter to restaurant finders and productivity. The App Store makes the iPhone the most useful smartphone around.

Cameras - One major change in the iPhone is the inclusion of two cameras, whereas previous models only had one. The camera on the back of the phone shoots 5-megapxzel still images and takes 720p HD video. The user-facing camera allows FaceTime video chats.

iPhone Home Screen

With the release of iPhone firmware – the software that runs the phone - version 1.1.3, users can re-arrange the icons on their home screen. This is especially helpful once you start adding programs from the App Store, as you can group similar applications, or the ones you use the most often, together.

Of course, being able to re-arrange icons also leads to some unexpected events, like all the icons on your screen shaking.

iPhone Controls

Though the iPhone’s coolest control features are based around the multi-touch screen, it also has a number of buttons on its face that are used for control.

Home button – This button, at the bottom of the phone right below the screen, is used to wake the phone from sleep and control some onscreen features.

Hold button – At the top right corner of the iPhone, you’ll find the hold button. Pressing this button locks the screen and/or puts the phone to sleep. It’s also the button used to restart the phone.

Volume button – On the left side of the phone, a long button that moves up and down controls the volume of music, video, and the phone’s ringer.

Ringer button – Just above the volume control is a smaller rectangular button. This is the ringer button, which allows you to put the phone into silent mode so the ringer won’t sound when calls come in.

Dock Connector – This port, at the bottom of the phone, is where you plug in the cable to sync the phone with a computer, as well as accessories

Touchpad (any kind of touchpad)

Web -Web browser; uses WebKit layout engine.

Email- Default email client.

Messaging-Standard SMS and MMS application; built in hooks for AIM, Yahoo, Google Chat, and Skype.

App catalogue- where you can download apps

Memos- taking notes

Quick office- which allows you to write while you on a train or bus

Abode reader- PDF viewing software.

Map- search for a location, get directions and display traffic patterns.

Amazon kindle- downloads book onto the pad in case you get book and fancy read a book

Facebook- access your account via email

YouTube- so you can bowser funny videos or listening to music

Netbook

Processor-The processor is the main brain of your netbook and performs all the calculations your netbook makes every second. The ones used in netbooks are usually designed specifically for mobile devices, aiming to give you more computing power while using less battery power. Many netbooks use Intel's Atom chips or AMD's C-Series but whatever the exact version you'll normally find a dual-core processor designed for use in netbooks. Though they are perfectly capable of powering your netbook you won't find more powerful quad-core processors here.

Memory ram - Ram (random access memory) is your laptop's short-term memory. It's used to store information while you're using the laptop (the hard drive is used for long-term file storage). Consequently, the amount of Ram your laptop has determines how many different tasks it can accomplish simultaneously. Netbooks come with less Ram than you'll find on even a cheap laptop. Aim for 2GB if you can, though some models only come with 1GB. 

Battery life-You're likely to have bought a netbook to be able to use it on the move so battery life is important. Netbook batteries are lasting longer, and you can expect the best of them to last around six to eight hours. Using the netbook's wireless connection will drain the battery more quickly than day-to-day office tasks. If battery life is particularly important to you, check whether the netbook manufacturer offers a long-life battery for your chosen model.

Keyboard-Unsurprisingly, a netbook’s keyboard is even smaller than the ones that come with a laptop. And, of course, the smaller the netbook, the smaller the keyboard. Because of the limited amount of space available on a netbook, you’re likely to find that the keys on a netbook’s keyboard are closer together. Some netbook manufacturers make very good use of the limited space available, though, fitting the keyboard across the entire surface of the netbook’s chassis. Some keys may also have moved in order to fit everything into the netbook, while others may have been reduced in size – the cursor keys and the right-shift key tend are more likely than others to have received this treatment on a netbook. As the keyboard is built into the body of the netbook, you’ll find that it’s not as comfortable to use as desktop keyboards. It’s a good idea to try out a netbook’s keyboard before you buy, to ensure you get one you're comfortable with.

Ports and sockets Netbooks come with USB ports so that you can add peripheral devices. Pay attention to where these ports are placed on the side of the netbook. If you have a bulky USB device (such as a chunky USB key), make sure there’s sufficient room between the sockets, so that plugging your device into the netbook doesn’t obscure the adjacent port. The range of other connections you'll find tend to be fairly basic compared to a laptop but look out for USB 3.0 ports, rather than the slower USB 2.0 standards and HDMI outputs for hooking your netbook up to a larger screen, which you'll find on some netbooks. 

Storage space-The HDD (hard disk drive) provides long-term memory for data storage – measured in gigabytes (GB). We recommend getting a minimum of 160GB hard disk space, as storing video or high high-resolution photos, music and software uses up lots of space. If in doubt, go for more hard drive space if you can afford it - many netbooks offer 250GB. If you need extra storage space, an external hard drive may be the answer or you could consider using online or cloud storage options. 

Display-Unsurprisingly the screen size has a direct impact on the size of the netbook itself. The most common size is 10.1-inches. If you find reflections a pain and are planning to use your netbook out and about, or in a bright setting, look out for a matte screen. This option is more common on netbooks than laptops.

Touchpad-Like laptops netbooks come with a touchpad or trackpad rather than a mouse. Typically, one or two clickable buttons beneath or beside the touchpad act like mouse buttons. A touchpad is more fiddly to use than a mouse, and netbooks’ touchpads are particularly small, but it’s possible to attach a mouse instead if you prefer. You’ll need a USB port available for this, though.

Graphics -Netbooks are built for everyday tasks rather than power-hungry ones, so they’re unsuitable for serious gaming so don’t expect to find top-notch graphics in your netbook. Netbooks come with integrated graphics which operate using a chunk of the netbook’s memory (Ram), and are fine if you’re just planning to do basic, everyday tasks. If you want a mobile device on which you can play games or use video-editing software you really need to opt for a laptop that has a separate graphics card to boost graphics performance. 

IPod touch-

Facetime- so you can talk to a person face to face

Imessage- you can message someone without a phone

App store- you can download apps like temple run

Itunes-dowload music

Notes-take notes about thing

Reminders-to reminder you have an appointment to go to today or tell you u have meeting with someone.