Chapter 3: Controlling the ­Multitouch and Voice Recognition Interfaces

In This Chapter

check.png Learning the moves: tapping, flicking, and zooming

check.png Leaving Home and going Home again

check.png Organizing apps and folders every which way you can

check.png Talking to your iPhone

check.png Commandeering the keyboard

check.png Searching here, there, and everywhere

If you activated your iPhone and explored some of the options as we discussed in the first two chapters of this book, you’ve already intuitively used a couple of the multitouch gestures — tap and possibly scroll. You also used the keyboard to type your Apple ID and maybe you tried talking to Siri.

In this chapter, we formally introduce you to all of iPhone’s gestures, and show you how they work. We give you examples of when and where to use them. We explain how the Home screen is organized and what the Home button does, and show you how to organize apps and folders on the Home ...

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