Take control of your iPhone apps

You'll find plenty of concise, clear explanations, plus pointers to a few important independent apps that add to the features offered in Apple's.

Jeff shows you how to use the iPhone apps for real-life tasks, including how to:

• Update your calendar on the bus, and view the changes on your office Mac
• Sync the sometimes elusive Birthdays calendar to your iPhone
• Explain to friends how your iPhone knows where it is
• Set an alarm that you'll hear, even if the volume is turned down
• Set up a conference call with three of your friends
• Skip ahead in a long voicemail message
• Get around on the Web without squinting more than necessary
• Read and reply to email
• Send text messages or quickly place a call to someone you're texting with
• Take quality photos with the iPhone 3GS
• Upload photos from your iPhone to your computer
• Trim the video you just took at a party and share it online right away
• Get directions from your doctor's office to the drugstore
• Settle arguments about which way north is
• Find a song quickly so you can play it for a friend
• Use Jeff's favorite free app, Remote, to run iTunes on a Mac or an Apple TV
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