Chapter 5

iPhone E-mail

Unlike many other smartphones, your iPhone can send, receive, and browse e-mail without getting weighed down with compromise. The iPhone doesn't settle for cramped, odd presentations. Your e-mail looks the way it should—the way it would if you were reading it on your home computer. That's because the iPhone provides an HTML-compatible rich-text client. Mail looks better because the client is better. It's made to work right.

iPhone mail works with most industry-standard e-mail systems. With it, you can send and receive photos; view Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, and Word documents; manage your accounts; and more. This chapter introduces you to many features of the iPhone Mail application. You'll discover how to set up ...

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