Chapter 2
Exploring the Home Screen
IN THIS CHAPTER
See what you need to use iPhone
Turn on iPhone for the first time
Meet the multi-touch screen
Say hello to tap and swipe
Display and use the onscreen keyboard
Flick to search
I won’t kid you: You have a slight learning curve ahead of you if you’re coming from a more basic cellphone (but if you own another smartphone, you’ve got a head start). For example, your previous phone might not have had a Multi-Touch screen and onscreen keyboard.
The good news is that getting anything done on the iPhone is simple, when you know the ropes. In fact, using your fingers to do things is a very intuitive way to communicate with your computing device, which is just what iPhone is.
In this chapter, you turn on your iPhone, register it, and then take your first look at the Home screen. You also practice using the onscreen keyboard, see how to interact ...
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