The iPhone consists of a built-in facility, which allows the user to search for Wi-Fi hotspots in any area. This facility can easily be accessed on the iPhone by tapping the Maps icon on the iPhone’s Home screen and then simply type ‘hotspot’ and a zip code for the area you wish to search in. If there are available hotspots in the area a map will be displayed with pushpins indicating the available hotspots for the iPhone.

The maps facility on the iPhone will only indicate the available hotspots, but do not indicate any further information on these hotspots, which may be a turn-off to a number of users, especially those looking for free hotspots.

There, however, exist a software application which allows the iPhone user to search for hotspots, paid or free and provide a short review on each hotspot in regards to signal strengths and more. This is a useful utility, which is available free of charge to iPhone users.

JiWire Wi-Fi Finder offers users a clean and user friendly interface allowing the user to search for Wi-Fi hotspots in more than 150 000 locations throughout 135 countries. Once you conduct a search and hotspots are found, you will be in a position to view the locations’ name, address and phone number. With JiWire Wi-Fi Finder you are able to find either free or paid hotspots and read short reviews on the signal strength at each available facility.

JiWire Wi-Fi Finder is a very easy-to-use application and best of all it is free! iPhone users can simply visit http://iphone.jiwire.com where more information can be viewed on the product and downloaded.

By: Kaung | KMKBlog.com

Ever thought of writing an iPhone related book with image illustrations? Need to capture a certain screen in order to proof something to someone? Initially upon the launch of the iPhone, this was not possible. People had to set up tripods and mount cameras in order to capture various screens of the iPhone. At Apple the manufacturers used a specially developed button on the iPhone to capture screens, but this was never made available to the public, but later came iPhone 2.0…

Today any iPhone user has the ability to capture any screen of the iPhone and save it as an image. Here is how this is done:

Step 1:

Find the screen you want to take an image of.

Step 2:

Hold down the ‘Home’ button and while it’s down, press the ‘Sleep/Wake’ switch at the top of the iPhone.

The screen will flash white and automatically save the screen image to the iPhone’s camera roll.

All screen recordings will be saved in jpeg format and will be 480 x 320 pixels in size. From here users will be in a position to e-mail the image, transfer it to a computer or utilize the image as an iPhone’s wallpaper.

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Call waiting is not unique to the iPhone and has been available to general mobile phone users for years. This facility is, however, a feature of the iPhone a user may make use of. With the Call Waiting feature the iPhone user will be alerted of an incoming phone call while he/she is currently busy on a call.

On the iPhone, the user may simply click on the Flash key, which will automatically answer the second incoming call and placing the first call on hold. This is a great facility on every mobile device, which will allow a user not to miss any important incoming calls.

Many mobile users do not make use of the Call Waiting facility, as this is seen to be rude towards the callers. However, at times a user might be waiting for an important call and be interrupted by another less important call. This facility will notify the iPhone user of the incoming call while being busy in a conversation.

Incoming call options

Upon receiving an incoming call, the screen displays the name or number of the caller. The following options are offered on the screen of the iPhone:

Ignore

Choosing this option will divert the call immediately to voicemail. The initial caller will have no indication of what had occurred.

Hold Call + Answer

This option will answer the second incoming call and automatically place the initial call on hold. It will be appropriate of the iPhone user to inform the initial caller that he/she will be placed on hold.

From here the iPhone user may connect between the callers as he/she wish or merge all callers in a conference call.

End Call + Answer

By tapping this option the iPhone user will terminate the initial call automatically and answer the new incoming call.

Can Call Waiting be Turned Off?

The iPhone user may turn off the call waiting facility. By doing this all incoming calls, when busy, will be diverted to voicemail.

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The iPhone offer users a cool feature not many know it had. Call forwarding allows the iPhone user to route all calls received to the iPhone number to a different phone number. Call forwarding has numerous advantages, which include the following:

• In the event of a battery replacement, all your calls can be forwarded to your office or home phone in the period your phone will be off.
• In the event of a flat battery being charged, you can divert all call received to another number and not miss any important call.
• When in an area with limited or no coverage, or roaming abroad, you may divert all calls to an Internet-based answering service, which will record messages and forward them to your iPhone as an e-mail attachment.

Two useful Internet-based answering services include www.grandcentral.com and www.callwave.com. These are complementary services to the iPhone and come highly recommended.

When activating or deactivating the call forwarding facility, you will need to be in an area where you have coverage.

Turning Call Forwarding On or Off

From the Home screen tap on ‘Settings’ > Call > Forwarding.

Now turn Call Forwarding on and tap in the number you wish to forward your calls to.

In order to turn Call Forwarding off, from the Home screen screen tap on ‘Settings’ > Phone > Call Forwarding and then turn it off. You will then start receiving calls again.

By: Kaung | KMKBlog.com

The majority of iPhone users will make use of the standard Safari browser in order to access the Internet on their iPhones. Of late, Internet Explorer developed and launched their own browser for the iPhone and a number of users might prefer IE as their browser of choice.

The Internet can be accessed by tapping the Safari icon on the iPhone’s Home screen.

Your first step you may want to take in browsing websites is by tapping the address bar on the top of the iPhone screen. In doing this you will notice a virtual browser opening on the screen.

On the virtual keyboard you will notice three buttons not appearing on a general keyboard, they are the .com button, the slash (/) button and the dot (.) button. These buttons are welcomed by the majority of active Internet users on the iPhone and makes life much easier when you need to type in URL’s.

Now you may start typing the URL’s of the websites you wish to visit. The browser has a unique function in storing information of websites you have visited. This is also another useful function offered by the iPhone. When you wish to enter a URL into the address bar, you can simply type the first single letter of the website you wish to visit. All websites starting with that letter will be displayed by the iPhone and you can simply tap the name of the website you wish to visit.

Now you know how to access a website on your iPhone. Here are a few tips for viewing websites and making the most of your Internet usage experience on your iPhone.

- While in a website, double tap on an area your wish to view. This will zoom in on the area you have tapped and display it the full size of your screen.

- Using your finger, you can press down on a page and drag it around on the screen. This is also known as Panning.

- Rotate your iPhone in a horizontal position. You are now in a position to view the web in wide screen!

Opening more than one web pages on your iPhone

Need to open more than one web page at a time?

The iPhone consists of a useful facility, which will allow you to open more than one web page at a time. In order to do this, simply tap the pages icon, which is located on the right side of the navigation bar. A new page will pop up on the screen and you may enter a new URL of a website you wish to visit.

The small number you see in the pages icon displays the number of current open web pages. In order to navigate through the different web pages, simply move your finger to the left or right of the screen. You may then tap on a website to open it in full screen size.

In order to close a web page, simply tap the ‘X’ in the red circle at the upper left hand of the page.

Bookmarking Webpages with Your iPhone

Bookmarking websites is a great way of quickly visiting useful websites. This is also a great feature offered by the iPhone. While viewing a website you simply click on the ‘x” at the upper left corner of the screen. You may accept the default bookmark name by clicking save or simply rename the bookmark name by tapping the ‘x’ in a circle next to the name.

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Now there is a solution to unlock your iPhone safely and this time it is not just one way, you can lock it again. The software can be obtained through the iphone unlock product provider, iPhoneUnlocker.

Before I talk about the site, let me explain to you what “Unlocking” to your cell phone means in general. If you’re already familiar with unlocking term, you may skip and scroll directly about the site to unlock iPhone. And if you’re wishing to know or searching what “unlock” means, you are at the right place and the right time too! Cell phones from your service provider come with Subscriber Identification Module, SIM, which stores your user/subscriber data. What it does is it keeps you stuck to only one carrier provider, and you have to use that phone only for that ONE carrier, you are Locked with one. But if you unlock the cell phone, now you can use that phone with ANY carrier. Say you received or purchased a phone with “A” plan but you want to use the phone after moving to your new service provider “B”. Only by unlocking your phone you’ll be able to use with any carrier you wish. Not to also mention with the phone unlocked, most add-ons for any providers, such as headsets, will now work on your phone flawlessly.

Now to how to unlock an iPhone. You now know what unlocking means and want to know where or how to get this done? Unlocking your iPhone is very simple and provided with step by step guide through iPhone Unlocker. Yes it’s done online by purchasing the affordable, money back guaranteed software, which means no “please hold” or wait-in-line moments, pay, download in minutes, follow the user-friendly guide provided, and voala! Your iPhone has been successfully unlocked. Have I also mentioned you don’t need to wait for shipping to arrive? Hassle free iPhone unlocking is priceless!

Understandably you may be worried about your phone warranty and such when you unlock it.  As I always say “Don’t Worry About It!”. iPhone Unlocker has the new and improved software where you can lock your iPhone anytime you want, so that you can return your phone without voiding your warranty. Sounds smooth eh?

Concerned about the price to unlock it? Once again “Don’t Worry About It!”. The price you pay, well first of all comes with 60 days trial and money back guaranteed. Second, with the one time payment you will be receiving all the future upgrades and improved software AND products from iPhone Unlocker free of charge.

Alright if I keep talking about the site or the service or the benefits only, it’ll get boring. Check out the software and guides to unlock iPhone yourself, and enjoy the new era of cell phones!

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Moving Towards Unlocking Your Apple Iphone

Unlocking an Apple iphone has now become a hot topic for many people. The root cause of this issue lies within the user of the iPhone. For example: If a person purchases an iPhone from USA and moves on to another country, he may then face a situation whereby his Apple iPhone can get locked. At this point of time, he then becomes desperate to unlock the iphone. That is why; we see a lot of advertisements on the internet, promising you to unlock your Apple iphone at a reasonable cost. There are companies which sell their own software, claiming to unlock your iphone. There are companies who charge you up to $100 for a particular application in order to unlock the iPhone. They promise you to get the work done, without guaranteeing you about its full working. However, you may also come across a company which claims to solve your locked iphone issue with great success.

You have to be very careful while you make any online purchased software for unlocking your iphone. Look out for a good quality software program which can assist you towards unlocking your Apple iphone. I would advise you to avoid using software’s that are either free or are extremely cheap in cost. You may end up in damaging your iphone. Before you purchase the concerned software for unlocking your iphone, ensure that the software that is installed on your iphone can easily be updated in the near future. Do not entertain any messages that you may come across with regard to downloading new additional software’s. You might end up downloading a virus which will leave you with a phone that might turn up to be not functional. You may also unknowingly place a spyware that allows them to monitor your phone usage. Hence, in order to avoid all this, you should buy your software from a reputable site. By this way you will save your money and above all safeguard your iphone in the process of unlocking it.

A locked phone basically means that the SIM card within your phone is in locked condition. In such a situation, you may not be able to replace another SIM card other than the one which you were using with your handset. Hence, it is termed as a SIM locked phone. Initially, when a GSM phone is purchased by you, it comes in an unlocked state and it can work with a SIM card from any service. However, when you enter into a service contract with a service provider, you are then entitled to use the company’s service for a stipulated period of time. Hence, they are also likely to provide you with a free mobile handset with the SIM card. Remember, in such a situation, the handset that is given to you, will not be able to operate on any other SIM card, other than this one. Basically, the company wants to ensure that you remain with this same service provider for the stipulated period. Now, when you try to unlock a locked handset, you are actually violating the contract that you have signed with your service provider. It is a wise idea to purchase your phone in an unlocked condition so that you have the choice to get your SIM card from the service provider who can give you a good deal.

To unlock your Apple iphone, you need to use the right kind of software. If you try some cheap stuff, you must then be prepared to afford to loose your iphone, in case the gadget becomes dysfunctional. If you are not prepared to face such a type of consequence then you should purchase the concerned software package from a highly recommendable website or company which can guarantee you towards unlocking your iphone successfully.

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