iPhone Setup Email

[3dg]

This came from Apple this morning:



iPhone arrives on June 29. iPhone features an amazing mobile phone, is the best iPod we've ever created, and puts the Internet in your pocket with desktop-class email, web browsing, searching, and maps. And iPhone makes it all easy to use with its revolutionary multi-touch user interface. iPhone syncs with your PC or Mac just like an iPod, so organizing your content now will help you start calling, texting, emailing, surfing, listening, and watching even faster when you get your iPhone. Here are a few suggestions to help you get ready:


Making a call with iPhone is as simple as tapping a name. You won't need to re-enter all your contacts because iPhone syncs with the address book you already use on your computer—Address Book or Entourage on a Mac, or Outlook or Outlook Express on a PC. If you keep your contacts on the web using Yahoo! Address Book, iPhone can sync with them, too. To get ready for iPhone, organize your contacts in one of these applications and make sure they're up to date with the latest phone numbers and email addresses. If you don't have contacts on your computer, don't worry. You can still enter them directly into iPhone.


Using its built-in calendar, iPhone lets you check your appointments with the flick of a finger. iPhone uses iTunes to sync with the calendar application you already use on your computer—iCal or Entourage on the Mac, or Outlook on a PC—just like it does with your contacts. If you don't already use one of these applications to manage your appointments, now is a great time to start, so you'll be ready to sync when your iPhone arrives. If you choose not to use a calendar program, that's OK. You'll be able to enter appointments directly into the iPhone calendar.


iPhone is the first phone to come with a desktop-class email application. So now your phone can display rich HTML email with graphics and photos alongside the text. iPhone will even fetch your latest email every time you open the application and automatically retrieve your email on a set schedule, just like a computer does. iPhone works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL, and .Mac Mail. If you're not already using one of these services, now would be a great time to get an account. iTunes will make email setup on iPhone a breeze by automatically syncing the settings from email accounts stored in Mail on a Mac or Outlook on a PC. Don't worry if you're not on one of these email services; iPhone also works with almost any industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email system.


iPhone has a 2-megapixel camera and a gorgeous 3.5-inch display, so it's a great way to enjoy and show off your digital photos. iPhone uses iTunes to sync your photos from iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop Album, or any picture folder on a PC. You can carry thousands of photos on iPhone, but you can start by creating an album or two with 50 to 100 of your favorite photos, so that when you first sync your iPhone, you'll be ready to quickly show off some of your best shots.


iPhone is the best iPod ever. Its beautiful, 3.5-inch widescreen display allows you to easily enjoy the music, TV shows, and movies you have in your iTunes library. If you already use iTunes, you can start getting ready for iPhone by creating a playlist of a few hundred of your favorite songs. If you don't have iTunes, now is a good time to download it and start a music and video library. That way, when you sync your iPhone with iTunes, you'll be able to take your favorite music, as well as a few of your TV shows and movies, with you wherever you go.


To set up your iPhone, you'll need an account with Apple's iTunes Store. If you already have an iTunes account, make sure you know your account name and password. If you don't have an account, you should set one up now to save time later. To set up an account, launch iTunes, select the iTunes Store, and click the Sign In button in the upper right corner of iTunes. Sign in and you're ready to go.

[Youngbinks]

Haha I just got the e-mail like 30 seconds ago. No mention of 6PM, though I doubt there would be either way. Nice info but nothing new really.

[3dg]

No one has yet to explain the cell phone activation. I'd imagine you can get the phone, sync with iTunes and use it as an iPod, and perhaps even WiFi. But to make calls and use text messaging, Edge network, etc., you'll need to activate it somehow. As I understood it, Jobs was to explain this in the Keynote yesterday, but did not. Sources say that you'll activate online with your Cingular account, or call in to activate, as you would a pre-paid cell phone you buy off the shelf. That would make sense. There's no way they can handle sales AND activation all at the same time, not to mention that the iPhone is being sold at Apple stores, at AT&T, and online.

[chris]

Just received my email. Apple is really trying to prep customers - many for which the iPhone will be their first smartphone experience.

-Chris

[Dartman]

Originally Posted by 3dg

If you keep your contacts on the web using Yahoo! Address Book, iPhone can sync with them, too.

Any ideas on how this will work? Is it "over the air" syncing? What about Yahoo! Calendar?

[joe]

Just got mine! Woohoo! Actually, it does mention 6pm. Check out the picture of the iPhone. The current date is the 29th and it shows the day's events:

• 6pm Pick up iPhone
• 7pm Call Mom

[joe]

Here's the image...

[Spin This!]

I couldn't make out the numbers until I zoomed in a little bit. But I'd say you're right on... good eye.

[mav]

Originally Posted by joe

Just got mine! Woohoo! Actually, it does mention 6pm. Check out the picture of the iPhone. The current date is the 29th and it shows the day's events:

• 6pm Pick up iPhone
• 7pm Call Mom

HAHAHA That's great!

[Remain Nameless]

If you guys go to Apple's iPhone website, they actually have this email posted up there with photos next to each section. Pretty cool to look at since they're new photos of the functions and all...

http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/getready.html