iPhone 101: Geocaching with an iPhone 3G

Geocaching is a sport / hobby in which you wander about with a GPS and try to find caches, small hidden containers with swag and a logbook inside. One of the first things I looked for in the App Store was a geocaching application that would let me a) look up caches near my present location, b) tell me when I’m getting close, and c) let me log my finds on Geocaching.com.

Well, nothing is available yet. But don’t let that stop you from going out and doing a little cache hunting! See how you can go caching with nothing more than an iPhone 3G in your hand after the break.
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iPhone 101: Jumping to the top of your mail

Mobile Safari has always had a handy feature that i wished Mobile Mail would acquire. Apple must have read my mind, because it’s now available.

If you’re unlucky enough to receive lots of email, you can quickly jump to the top of the list by touching the menu bar (where the time is displayed) as of the iPhone 2.0 software. Ta-dah!

Remember, you can bulk delete mail with greater ease now, too. Both of these improvements are welcome, but it would be even better to be able to mark all messages as read (or unread) just as easily.

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iPhone 101: Saving images in Safari

Have you ever been using Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch and wanted to save an image? Well, the 2.0 firmware makes this easy!

Just tap and hold on any picture in Safari. When you do, a menu will pop up allowing you to save the image to your camera roll or follow the image link. Apple even places a subtle outline around the selected image (nice touch, Apple).

The great thing about this tip: it also works in Mail. Now you’ll never be without your images. Now for that copy/paste (ahem, looking at you, Apple).

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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iPhone 101: Batch mail deletion

Here’s a very handy feature of the iPhone 2.0 software. Previously, deleting many email messages at once was a real pain. You could either swipe across your messages one at a time (invariably selecting a few by accident), or enter edit mode and select a message, touch the Delete button and then touch the Confirmation button. Not exactly speedy.

The 2.0 software makes this much easier. First, touch the Edit button. Next, touch every message you want to delete. When you’re through, touch the Delete button at the bottom of the screen.

Alternatively, you can use this method to bulk move messages.

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iPhone 101: Taking screenshots

With the advent of the new iPhone firmware 2.0, users who have installed it report that you are now able to easily take and share screenshots of your iPhone — all without downloading any additional software. To take a screenshot, just hold down the home button while quickly pressing the sleep/wake button at the top of the phone. The screen will flash and an image will be saved in your Camera Roll.

You can easily share your screenshot by e-mailing it using the share option in the Photos app.

For more iPhone tips and tricks like this, check out the iPhone 101 section here on apple.

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