Wednesday, July 1, 2009

I have been playing around quite a bit with my new iPhone 3GS and the apps and firmware therein. I can’t say enough positive things about the release so I wanted to write about a few items that people might not know about because they are buried away or not immediately apparent. I’m sure there are many people who have already found these tidbits, so this is for those who haven’t. If you know of other gems like these, please leave a comment.

In no particular order:

  • Turn on Battery Percentage
  • Selecting multiple images for sharing
  • Opening links in the browser
  • Testing the Voice Memo mic
  • Added iPod playback controls and Lyrics

Turn on Battery Percentage

When I was on the iPhone 2.x firmware, I jailbroke my iPhone. One of the tweaks that I enabled was showing a percentage for the battery instead of the battery icon. Apple has now made this option available for all users. For someone who watches battery consumption like I do, this is a quick thing that you must do.

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