It is difficult to recall a personal electronic device that has had more of a game-changing impact than that of the iPhone. If you wish to squeeze every ounce of productivity from this tremendous tool, it is important to learn as much as you can about the things it can accomplish in your everyday life. Continue reading to get thoroughly up to speed on its capabilities.

If you want to take a picture quickly, double tap on your Home button. Even if the phone is locked this will bring up a little camera icon that will allow you to open the camera. You can then use the Volume Up button on your phone or headphones to snap the picture!

Your iphone can do almost anything you want it to. The phrase "there's an app for that" is partly tongue in cheek and partly real. Check out the app store for lots of great ideas and things that you can start using your phone to do, keep track of or remind you of.

Decrease the font size to the lowest one that you can read easily. This will make it very easy to read as much information as possible without having to continually scroll through a page. This, in the end, will save you a great deal of time and make it more enjoyable to use your iphone.

Aviation enthusiasts will love this iPhone trick. First, you must make sure that Location Services are enabled in the phone's Settings app. Next, instruct Siri to ask Wolfram which flights are overhead. Siri will then use data from the Wolfram Alpha search engine to provide you with detailed information about any nearby flight.

To increase your storage space on your iPhone, take advantage of iCloud. This will only take you a few minutes to set up, and it can triple or quadruple the amount of space that is made available. This is especially useful if you store a lot of photographs or a big music library on your phone.

If you are using Safari on your iPhone, it is rather easy to make your keyboard larger. Prior to tapping on the address bar, just turn your iPhone horizontally. This automatically makes Safari go into horizontal mode, which is what makes the keyboard so much larger. To revert back to a normal keyboard, turn the phone back to normal.

Does your iPhone's battery drain too quickly? Try turning off the "Setting Time Zone" feature. You can access this by going to settings, then location services, and finally, system services. The, switch the setting from on to off, and chances are that your battery life will see a significant increase.

Turn on character count in your text message settings. Not everyone has an iphone. A simple tweak in the settings will turn on your word count. Leaving the SMS character count visible on your phone will help you be more considerate when texting friends or family without iphones of their own.

Tired of your screen switching from landscape to portrait orientation at the slightest movement? Start by double-tapping the Home button to bring up a selection of recently used apps. Press the far-left button, which is a gray icon with an arrow. You will then receive a message confirming that the phone is locked in portrait orientation.

There is little room for debate about the impressive capacity of the iPhone to streamline the lives of its users. However, in order to maximize the experience of being an iPhone owner, a bit of education is critical. By closely reading the piece above, you have taken the first step to becoming a wise iPhone aficionado.