Tutorials

  • Article | 24/04/2012 Expand your smartphone's battery life
    The battery in Marjorie Hoosier's smartphone doesn't last through the day. She asked the Cell Phones, Mobile Devices forum for advice.
  • Article | 29/03/2012 Free up space on your iOS device
    The iPad and its new Retina display have arrived. And so have the larger apps.
  • Article | 18/10/2011 How to create custom notification tones in iOS 5
    Apple's latest iOS 5 operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices went live last week and one of its new features is custom notification t...
  • Article | 22/07/2011 How to convert videos for a phone or tablet, for free
    If you've got a library of downloaded videos and want to watch them on your smartphone or tablet, you might find out they're the wrong file type. Some...
  • Article | 9/02/2011 iPhone 4 newbies: 10 essential tips and tricks
    You soon-to-be Verizon iPhone 4 customers can learn from the experiences of others. Take it from iPhone old-timers, you're about to enter a magical wo...
  • Article | 13/08/2010 How to restore an iPhone
    QUESTION I've bought a number of apps for my Apple iPhone via iTunes and the App Store. To avoid draining the battery by downloading apps directly to ...
  • Article | 13/05/2010 14 ways to supercharge your smartphone
    Are you using your smartphone to its fullest? Probably not--smartphone owners typically push their devices up to only about half their potential. Here...
  • Article | 20/05/2010 How to install Android on your iPhone
    Maybe you want to liberate your iPhone from Apple's clutches. Maybe you just want to tinker with something new. Either way, you've seen Android runnin...
  • Article | 12/03/2010 Create the world's fastest, easiest, cheapest, and best iPhone stand
    So you're on the airplane, ready to watch Zombieland on your iPhone, when suddenly you realize you have no stand, no way to prop it up at a comfortabl...
  • Article | 3/03/2010 Six hidden iPhone shortcuts
    Last week, a new iPhone app called Tiger Text hit the App Store. The app lets users send text messages to a server that could be read by the recipient...
  • Article | 25/01/2010 Tethering tutorial: How to use your iPhone as a modem
    Using a mobile phone as a modem isn't a new feature — in fact, many smartphones came and went before the iPhone had this capability.
  • Article | 13/11/2009 iPhone sync problems? Try this
    I spent the better part of yesterday trying to resolve a problem with my iPhone: after migrating iTunes to Windows 7, it wouldn't sync properly.
  • Article | 2/11/2009 How to: Make your own iPhone ringtones
    Apple lets you create customised ringtones for your iPhone; just right-click on any song you've purchased through the iTunes Store and select "Create ...
  • Article | 29/04/2009 14 Great Things iPhones and BlackBerrys Can Do
    Smartphones are intelligent, but with the 14 tips and tricks in this story, they could approach genius territory. We'll show you how to run seven sepa...
  • Article | 28/04/2009 Turn your iPhone into a remote mouse and keyboard
    When I give presentations, watch movies from the sofa in my office, or need to start a task away from my desk, I don't want to be within arm's length ...