Chapter 2
Exploring the Home Screen
IN THIS CHAPTER
See what you need to use your iPhone
Turn on your iPhone for the first time
Say hello to the multitouch screen, tap, and swipe
Add widgets
Meet App Library
Use the onscreen keyboard
Flick to search
I won’t kid you: You’re about to encounter a slight learning curve if you’re coming from a more basic cellphone. (But if you’ve owned another smartphone, you have a good 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, once you know the ropes. In fact, using your fingers to do things is an intuitive way to communicate with your computing device, which is just what the iPhone is.
In this chapter, you turn on your ...
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