Bring up the keyboard Tap inside a text field. Move to another text field Tap another text field, or tap the Next or Previous button. Submit a form Once you finish filling out a form, tap Go or Search. Most pages also have a link you can tap to submit the form. Close the keyboard without submitting the form Tap Done.
Sync bookmarks with your computer: 1 Connect iPod touch to your computer. 2 In iTunes, select iPod touch in the sidebar. 3 Click the Info tab, select “Sync … bookmarks” under Web Browser, then click Apply. See “Syncing” on page 9. Sync bookmarks with MobileMe: In Settings on iPod touch, select Bookmarks in your MobileMe account. See “Setting Up Accounts” on page 13. Open a bookmarked webpage: Tap see the bookmarks inside.
App Store 5 About the App Store You can search for, browse, review, purchase, and download applications from the App Store directly to iPod touch. Applications you download and install from the App Store on iPod touch are backed up to your iTunes library the next time you sync iPod touch with your computer. You can also install applications you’ve purchased or downloaded through iTunes on your computer when you sync with iPod touch. Note: The App Store is not available in all regions.
Browse applications: Tap Featured, Categories, or Top 25. Choose a category, or choose a sorting method at the top of the screen to browse by lists such as New, What’s Hot, Genius, Top Paid, or Top Free. Browse using Genius: Tap Genius to see a list of recommended apps based on what’s already in your app collection. To turn Genius on, follow the onscreen instructions. Genius is a free service, but it requires an iTunes Store account.
Info Screen Tap any application in a list to see more information, such as the application’s price, screenshots, ratings, and other information. If you’ve already installed the application, “Installed” appears instead of the price on the Info screen. Email a link to the application’s Info page in iTunes: Tap “Tell a Friend” near the bottom of the Info screen. View screenshots: Swipe left or right over a screenshot to view additional screenshot pages. Double-tap to zoom in.
Downloading Applications When you find an application you want in the App Store, you can purchase and download it to iPod touch. If the application is free, you can download it without charge after providing your iTunes account information. Once you download an application, it’s immediately installed on iPod touch. Purchase and download an application: 1 Tap the price (or tap Free), then tap Buy Now. 2 Sign in to your account as requested, then tap OK.
Deleting Applications You can delete applications you’ve installed from the App Store. If you delete an application, data associated with the application will no longer be available to iPod touch, unless you reinstall the application and restore its data from a backup. You can reinstall an application and restore its data as long as you backed up iPod touch with iTunes on your computer. (If you try to delete an application that hasn’t been backed up to your computer, an alert appears.
Updating Applications Whenever you access the App Store, it checks for updates to applications you’ve installed. The App Store also automatically checks for updates every week. The App Store icon shows the total number of application updates available. If an update is available and you access the App Store, the Updates screen appears immediately. Application updates are downloaded and automatically installed when you choose to update them.
6 Mail Mail works with MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, and AOL—as well as other industrystandard POP3 and IMAP email systems. You can send and receive embedded photos and graphics, and view PDFs and other attachments. To download and send messages in Mail, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 35.
3 Tap Cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account, you can tap the From field to change the account you’re sending from. 4 Enter a subject, then your message. You can tap Return to move from one field to another. 5 Tap Send. Send a photo in an email message In Photos, choose a photo, tap , then tap Email Photo or Email Video. You can also copy and paste photos.
Check for new messages: Choose a mailbox or tap at any time. On each account screen, you can see the number of unread messages in each mailbox. Tap to see all your email accounts Number of unread messages Tap a mailbox to see its messages. Unread messages have a blue dot next to them. Unread messages When you open a mailbox, Mail loads the number of most recent messages specified in your Mail settings, if the messages haven’t already been loaded automatically. (See “Mail” on page 127.
Follow a link Tap the link. Text links are typically underlined and blue. Many images are also links. A link can take you to a webpage, open a map, or open a new preaddressed email message. Web and map links open Safari or Maps on iPod touch. To return to your email, press the Home button and tap Mail. See a link’s destination address Touch and hold the link. The address is displayed, and you can choose to open the link in Safari or copy the link address to the clipboard.
.pdf Preview, Adobe Acrobat .ppt Microsoft PowerPoint .pptx Microsoft PowerPoint (XML) .rtf Rich Text Format .txt text .vcf contact information .xls Microsoft Excel .xlsx Microsoft Excel (XML) Save an attached photo to your Saved Photos album: Tap the photo, then tap Save Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice first. Save an attached video to your Saved Photos album: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Save Video.
Searching Email You can search the To, From, and Subject fields of email messages. Mail searches the downloaded messages in the currently open mailbox. For MobileMe, Exchange, and some IMAP mail accounts, you can also search messages on the server. Search email messages: Open a mailbox, scroll to the top, and enter text in the Search field. Tap From, To, Subject, or All (From, To, and Subject) to choose which fields you want to search.
Delete multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the messages you want to delete, then tap Delete. Move a message to another mailbox or folder: When viewing a message, tap then choose a mailbox or folder. Move multiple messages: When viewing a list of messages, tap Edit, select the messages you want to move, then tap Move and select a mailbox or folder.
Calendar 7 About Calendar Calendar lets you view individual calendars for your different accounts or a combined calendar for all accounts. You can view your events in a continuous list, by day, or by month, and search events by title, invitee, or location. You can sync iPod touch with the calendars on your computer. You can also make, edit, or cancel appointments on iPod touch, and have them synced back to your computer.
Viewing Your Calendar You can view individual calendars for your different accounts or a combined calendar for all accounts. View a different calendar: Tap Calendars, then select a calendar. Tap All Calendars to view combined events from all calendars. You can view your calendar events in a list, by day, or by month. The events for all of your synced calendars appear in the same calendar on iPod touch. Switch views: Tap List, Day, or Month.
Searching Calendars You can search the titles, invitees, and locations of the events in your calendars. Calendar searches the calendar you’re currently viewing, or all calendars if you’re viewing them all. Search events: In list view, enter text in the search field. Search results appear automatically as you type. Tap Search to dismiss the keyboard and see more results. Subscribing to and Sharing Calendars You can subscribe to calendars that use the CalDAV or iCalendar (.ics) formats.
You can also subscribe to an iCal (or other .ics) calendar published on the web by tapping a link to the calendar you receive in an email message on iPod touch. Adding Calendar Events to iPod touch You can also enter and edit calendar events directly on iPod touch. Add an event: Tap and enter event information, then tap Done.
Responding to Meeting Invitations If you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPod touch with Calendars enabled, you can receive and respond to meeting invitations from people in your organization. When you receive an invitation, the meeting appears in your calendar with a dotted line around it. The icon in the lower-right corner of the screen indicates the total number of new invitations you have, as does the Calendar icon on the Home screen.
• Tap Attendees to see the other people invited to the meeting. Tap a name to see an attendee’s contact information. Tap the email address to send a message to the attendee. • Tap Alert to set iPod touch to sound an alert before the meeting. • Tap Add Comments to add comments in the email response to the meeting organizer. You comments will also appear in your Info screen for the meeting. Notes are made by the meeting organizer. 2 Tap Accept, Maybe, or Decline.
Photos 8 About Photos iPod touch lets you carry photos and videos with you, so you can share them with your family, friends, and associates. You can sync photos and videos (Mac only) from your computer, and use photos as wallpaper. You can also send photos and videos in email messages, and upload photos to MobileMe galleries. Syncing Photos and Videos with Your Computer iTunes can sync your photos and videos (Mac only) with the following applications: • Mac: iPhoto 4.0.
View photos and videos: 1 In Photos, tap a photo album. 2 Tap a thumbnail to see the photo or video in full screen. Show or hide the controls: Tap the full-screen photo or video to show the controls. Tap again to hide the controls. Play a video: Tap in the center of the screen. To replay a video, tap to show the controls. at the bottom of the screen. If you don’t see , tap the screen View a photo or video in landscape orientation: Rotate iPod touch sideways.
View video in full screen, or fit video to screen: Double tap the screen to scale the video to fill the screen. Double-tap again to fit the video to the screen. Pan around a photo: Drag the photo. See the next or previous photo or video: Flick left or right. Or tap the screen to show the controls, then tap or . Slideshows You can view photo albums as slideshows, complete with background music. View a photo album as a slideshow: Tap an album, then tap .
If you don’t see , tap the screen to show the controls. Paste a video in an email message: 1 Touch and hold a video until the Copy command appears. 2 Tap Copy. 3 Go to Mail and create a new message. 4 Tap to place an insertion point where you want to place the video, then tap the insertion point to display the edit commands. 5 Tap Paste. If necessary, iPod touch may compress the photo. Copying and Pasting Photos and Videos You can copy a photo or video from Photos and paste it to an email message.
Saving Photos and Videos from Email Messages and Webpages Save a photo in an email message to your Saved Photos album: Tap the photo, then tap Save Image. If the photo hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice first. Save a video in an email message to your Saved Photos album: Touch and hold the attachment, then tap Save Video. If the video hasn’t been downloaded yet, tap the download notice first. Save a photo on a webpage to your Saved Photos album: Touch and hold the photo, then tap Save Image.
Contacts 9 Adding Contacts You can add contacts to iPod touch in the following ways: • In iTunes, sync contacts from Google or Yahoo!, or sync with applications on your computer (see “Syncing” on page 9) • Set up MobileMe or Microsoft Exchange accounts on iPod touch, with Contacts enabled (see “Setting Up Accounts” on page 13) • Install a profile that sets up an Exchange account, with Contacts enabled (see “Installing Configuration Profiles” on page 15) • Set up an LDAP account on iPod touch • Enter co
Searching Contacts You can search first, last, and company names in your contacts on iPod touch. If you have a Microsoft Exchange account set up on iPod touch, you may also be able to search your enterprise Global Address List (GAL) for contacts in your organization. If you have an LDAP account set up on iPod touch, you can search contacts on your organization’s LDAP server. When you enter search information, contacts with matching information appear immediately as you start to type.
YouTube 10 Finding and Viewing Videos YouTube features short videos submitted by people from around the world. To use some features on iPod touch, you need to sign in to a YouTube account when prompted. For information about requirements and how to get a YouTube account, go to www.youtube.com. Note: YouTube isn’t available in all languages and locations. To use YouTube, iPod touch must join a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet. See “Connecting to the Internet” on page 35.
Search for a video: 1 Tap Search, then tap the YouTube search field. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking for, then tap Search. YouTube shows results based on video titles, descriptions, tags, and user names. Listed videos show title, rating, number of views, length, and the account name that posted the video. Play a video: Tap the video. The video begins to download to iPod touch and a progress bar appears. When enough of the video has downloaded, it begins to play.
