The ultimate Apple iPhone user guide

Here's everything you need to know to get started with a new iPhone.

everything you need to know to use an iPhone.

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If you had never seen all the videos and photos of the iPhone, and you just found it lying on someone's desk, you might not guess that it's a phone (let alone an iPod/web browser/alarm clock/stopwatch/etc.). You can't see any antenna, mouthpiece, earpiece – and, goodness knows, there are no number keys for dialing.

It's all there, though, hidden inside this sleek black-and-silver slab.

For all your dealings with the iPhone, you'll be expected to know what's meant by terms such as 'the Home button' and 'the Sleep/Wake switch'. A guided tour, therefore, is in order. So, allow us to present everything you need to know to get started with your iPhone.

• The sleep switch (on/off)
• SIM card slot
• Audio jack
• The iPhone screen
• Home button
• Silencer switch, volume keys
• The bottom and the back
• In the box
• Basic finger techniques
• The keyboard
• Making the keyboard work
• Futher iPhone tips
• Apple iPhone review
• Get the latest mobile phone news, reviews and tips & tricks at Mobile Advisor.

This article is extracted from David Pogue's 'iPhone UK The Missing Manual' (OReilly 2007).