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Step 1
Follow along as the eHow and Expert Village Digital Lifestyle Expert walks you through setting up and changing settings on the new iPhone 3G in this instructive video.
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Step 2
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. To set up an account, open iTunes, select the iTunes Store, and click the Sign In button in the upper-right corner. iTunes will walk you through the rest.
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Step 3
iPhone syncs with a PC or Mac using iTunes, just like an iPod. When you get your new iPhone, you’ll be able to text, email, surf, watch, and listen in minutes.
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Step 4
iPhone syncs with the address book you already use on your computer. If you keep your contacts on the web, iPhone syncs with them, too. If you don’t have contacts on your computer, you can enter them directly into iPhone.
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Step 5
iPhone uses iTunes to sync with the calendar application you already use on your computer just as it does with your contacts. If you choose not to use a calendar program, that’s OK. You’ll be able to enter appointments directly into the iPhone calendar.
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Step 6
Arrange the icons on your Home screen any way you want. Even move them to another Home screen. Create up to nine Home screens for quick access to your Web Clips and any applications you download for use on the phone. If you check the same websites every day, you can create Web Clips and access them directly from your Home screen with a single tap.
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Step 7
Email on iPhone 3G works just like email on your computer. With support for popular email servers and providers such as MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo! Mail, Google Gmail, and AOL as well as most industry-standard IMAP or POP mail systems, Apple boasts the new iPhone 3G "puts email in your pocket."
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Step 8
iPhone also uses iTunes to sync your photos from iPhoto on a Mac or any picture folder on a PC. You can carry thousands of photos on iPhone.
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Step 9
If you already use iTunes, you can sync your iPhone with it and be able to take your favorite music — as well as a few of your TV shows and movies — with you wherever you go.
