Hi to everyone!
Im new here, and thank god i found this site!
I have just bought an Apple Iphone for my daughter for chritmas. Although we are both not "thick " as such, im finding it a bit difficault to find answers to my questions. I would appreciate it if anyone who knows there way around one could give me some advice so i can pass it on to my daughter.
I will read every answer given.
Firstly, we can view youtube but cant watch any of the videos. Its says we havent got a flash player installed. tried to install one but it said safari wouldnt support it. Can you have a msn or yahoo ims on it? as we cant do that either.
We are new to itunes as well, so we havent got a clue what we do on there either. (only basic buying/downloading songs/videos) what else can we buy to put on the phone? i.e games/ring tones etc.
Dont know what visual voicemail is either!!
Would like ANY info you can give us, how ever basic you might think it is on ANYTHING to to with the Iphone.

Thank you very much!

Carol.

You need to use that integrated youtube app in the iphone home screen. visual voice mail application is a client to the o2 voice mail platform, giving you access to the voice mail's left for your number without having to phone an access number. It gives visual information about the time the voice mail was left and who by.

[dinkola]

You have to use the proper YouTube button on the main screen for searching/viewing YouTube videos - not the actual website. There is a benefit that the videos will be of higher quality (depending on the quality of the original video posted on youtube).

Visual voicemail is a nicer way of knowing what voicemails you have. If you voicemail isnt enabled (turn off the phone, phone it, see if you get put through to its voicemail) ... then first of all go into the voicemail section & make sure its on - then dial 1750 (i think) from the iPhone to enable it. Instead of the traditional way of retrieving your voicemail (by phoning a number to get it), your voicemails are listed in the voicemail section & you can see each voicemail & fastforward/rewind through them.

You can only buy music from iTunes from your phone. Its just an easy way to buy music when your away from your computer. Use the proper iTunes program on your computer to get ringtones/music/videos.

There is a video on using your iPhone on the apple website (not the iPhone adverts). They really should have included that with the iPhone. Watch that video, it will explain everything & give you some hints.

[dinkola]

This is the video thats good to watch, if you havent already ...

http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone/getti...uidedtour.html

[SeedyR]

If you want instant messengers like MSN etc on your iPhone then go to this site:

http://wwwl.meebo.com/

Thanks for the MEEBO tip, she loves it!
We have watched the videos on the Apple site, but it wasnt anything we hadnt worked out (except the visual voicemail! lol) But i do appreciate all the tips!
When i try to access youtube the way yous have said, it says i require an "EDGE or WI-FI" connection. I thought i had edge anyway!! any thoughts?

[rob_finch]

Originally Posted by carolsweb

Thanks for the MEEBO tip, she loves it!
We have watched the videos on the Apple site, but it wasnt anything we hadnt worked out (except the visual voicemail! lol) But i do appreciate all the tips!
When i try to access youtube the way yous have said, it says i require an "EDGE or WI-FI" connection. I thought i had edge anyway!! any thoughts?

You will need to be in an EDGE or WiFi area. Next to the signal bar and O2-UK symbol at the top of the screen, either an E or the wireless signal icon showing, instead of the white box (which means GPRS).

Originally Posted by rob_finch

You will need to be in an EDGE or WiFi area. Next to the signal bar and O2-UK symbol at the top of the screen, either an E or the wireless signal icon showing, instead of the white box (which means GPRS).

I have a plain blue square box next to the 02-uk?? whats that mean? do i need to set anything on the phone? Thanks..

[sneeks]

A plain blue square means you are connecting via GPRS and not EDGE. It is possible that you do not have EDGE coverage in your area. In this case wifi will be the only way to use Youtube until EDGE is upgraded onto your local transmiters.

[dekoded]

Another good alternative, in fact maybe better alternative, to the built-in youtube viewer is 'V-Tap'.

Just got to www.vtap.com using your safari browser on your iphone and you can search and watch youtube videos.

Works much better when using a wifi connection though!

[dekoded]

For faster web browsing try going to:

http://www.google.com/m

and the in the preferences options choose 'format web pages for your phone' option.

Now when you use google to search, any results that are clicked on will have any images and formatting that isn't required removed when viewing web pages and just show you basic information.

It doesn't look very pretty but really helps browsing speed when using EDGE.

[AiEri]

does anyone know how to turn off auto-complete for keyboard. Its annoying.

[dejongj]

Originally Posted by AiEri

does anyone know how to turn off auto-complete for keyboard. Its annoying.

Nope don't know, but stick with it and trust it...Unless you really really spell badly it works very well, from three times onwards it starts learning your words properly and adjusts the landing zones for your fingers etc...Stick with it and you'll become very quick, and it will be nice for others to see proper full words again