Chapter 2 (Basics)

Basics

iPod touch at a Glance

Home Screen

iPod touch Buttons and Touchscreen

Connecting to the Internet

Charging the Battery

Cleaning iPod touch

Home Screen

Press the Home button at any time to see the applications on iPod touch. Tap any

application icon to get started.

iPod touch Applications

The following applications are included with iPod touch:

Music: Listen to your songs, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Videos: Watch movies, music videos, video podcasts, and TV shows.

Photos: View photos transferred from your computer. View them in portrait or landscape

mode. Zoom in on any photo for a closer look. Watch a slideshow. Use photos as

wallpaper.

ITunes: Search the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store music catalog, or browse, preview, and purchase new releases, top-ten songs and albums, and more.1 In select Starbucks locations,2

find out what song is playing in the café, then buy it instantly. Browse, preview,

iTunes and purchase other songs from featured Starbucks Collections.

Safari: Browse websites over a Wi-Fi connection. Rotate iPod touch sideways for viewing in landscape orientation. Double-tap to zoom in or out—Safari automatically fits sections to the screen for easy reading. Add Safari Web Clips to the Home screen for fast access Safari to favorite websites.

Calendar: View your iCal, Microsoft Entourage, or Microsoft Outlook calendar synced from your computer.

Mail :Send and receive email using your existing email accounts. iPod touch works with the most popular email systems—including Yahoo! Mail, Google email, AOL, and .Mac

Mail—as well as most industry-standard POP3 and IMAP email systems.

Contacts: Get contact information synced from Mac OS X Address Book, Yahoo! Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook. Add, change, or delete contacts, which get synced back to your computer.

You Tube: Play videos from YouTube’s online collection.3 Search for any video, or browse featured, most viewed, most recently updated, and top-rated videos.

Stocks Watch your favorite stocks, updated automatically from the Internet.

Maps: See a street map, satellite, or hybrid view of locations around the world.

Zoom in for a closer look. Find your current approximate location. Get detailed driving

directions and see current highway traffic conditions. Find businesses in the area.4

Weather: Get current weather conditions and a six-day forecast. Store your favorite cities for a quick weather report anytime.

Clock :View the time in cities around the world—create clocks for your favorites. Set one or more alarms. Use the stopwatch, or set a countdown timer.

Calculator: Add, subtract, multiply, and divide.

Notes: Jot notes on the go—reminders, grocery lists, brilliant ideas. Send them in email.

Settings: Adjust all iPod touch settings in one convenient place. Join Wi-Fi networks. Set your wallpaper and screen brightness, and settings for music, video, photos, and more.

Set auto-lock and a passcode for security.

1 Not available in all areas.

2 In the U.S. only.

3 Not available in all areas.

4 Some features or services not available in all areas.

Customizing the Home Screen Layout

You can customize the layout of icons on the Home screen—including the Dock icons

along the bottom of the screen. If you want, arrange them over multiple Home screens.

Rearrange icons

1 Touch and hold any Home screen icon until all the icons begin to wiggle.

2 Arrange the icons by dragging them.

3 Press the Home

button to save your arrangement.

You can also add links to your favorite webpages on the Home screen. See “Adding

Safari Web Clips to the Home Screen” on page 49.

Create additional Home screens

While arranging icons, drag a button to the edge of the screen until a new screen

appears. You can flick to return to the original screen and drag more icons to the new

screen.

You can create up to nine screens. The number of dots at the bottom shows the

number of screens you have, and indicates which screen you are viewing.

Switch to another Home screen

Flick left or right.

Reset your Home screen to the default layout

Choose Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Home Screen Layout.

iPod touch Buttons and Touchscreen

A few simple buttons and a high-resolution touchscreen make it easy to learn and use

iPod touch.

Locking iPod touch and Turning It On or Off

When you’re not using iPod touch, you can lock it. When iPod touch is locked, nothing

happens if you touch the screen. By default, if you don’t touch the screen for a minute,

iPod touch locks automatically.

Sleep/Wake

button

Locking iPod touch does not stop music playback, so you can lock iPod touch and

continue to listen to music. To temporarily display playback controls when iPod touch is

locked, double-click the Home button.

To Do this

Lock iPod touch Press the Sleep/Wake button.

Unlock iPod touch Press the Home button or the Sleep/Wake button, then

drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch completely off Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red slider appears, then drag the slider.

Turn iPod touch on Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo

appears.

Display playback controls when Double-click the Home button.

iPod touch is locked

Using the Touchscreen

The controls on the touchscreen change dynamically depending on the task you are

performing.

Tap any application to open it.

Press the Home button below the display at any time to return to the Home screen

and see all the applications. Drag up or down to scroll.

Dragging your finger to scroll doesn’t choose or activate anything on the screen.

Flick to scroll quickly.You can wait for scrolling to stop, or tap or touch anywhere on the screen to stop it immediately. Tapping or touching to stop scrolling doesn’t choose or activate anything on the screen. Some lists have an index along the right side. Tap a letter to jump to items starting with that letter. Drag your finger along the index to scroll quickly through the list.

Tap an item in the list to choose it. Depending on the list, tapping an item can do

different things—for example, it may open a new list, play a song, or show someone’s

contact information.

The back button in the upper-left corner shows the name of the previous list. Tap it to

go back.

When viewing photos, web pages, email, or maps, you can zoom in and out. Pinch your

fingers together or apart. For photos and web pages, you can double-tap (tap twice

quickly) to zoom in, then double-tap again to zoom out. For maps, double-tap to zoom

in and tap once with two fingers to zoom out.

Onscreen Keyboard

You can use the onscreen keyboard to enter text, such as contact information.

The intelligent keyboard automatically suggests corrections as you type (some

languages only), to help prevent mistyped words.

iPod touch provides keyboards in multiple languages, and supports the following keyboard formats:

QWERTY

QWERTZ

AZERTY

QZERTY

Japanese IME

Entering text

Start by typing with just your index finger. As you get more proficient, you can type

more quickly by using your thumbs.

1 Tap a text field, such as in a note or new contact, to bring up the keyboard.

2 Tap keys on the keyboard.

As you type, each letter appears above your thumb or finger. If you touch the wrong

key, you can slide your finger to the correct key. The letter is not entered until you

release your finger from the key.

To Do this

Type uppercase Tap the Shift key before tapping a letter.

Quickly type a period and space Double-tap the space bar.

Turn caps lock on Enable caps lock , then double-tap the

Shift key. The Shift key turns blue, and all letters you type

are uppercase. Tap the Shift key again to turn caps lock off.

Shows numbers, punctuation,or symbols Tap the Number key. Tap the Symbol

additional punctuation and symbols. key to see

Accepting or Rejecting Dictionary Suggestions

iPod touch has dictionaries for English, English (UK), French, French (Canada), German,

Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch. The appropriate dictionary is activated

automatically when you select a keyboard on iPod touch.

iPod touch uses the active dictionary to suggest corrections or complete the word

you’re typing. If you’re using a keyboard that doesn’t have a dictionary, iPod touch

won’t make suggestions.

You don’t need to interrupt your typing to accept the suggested word.

To use the suggested word, type a space, punctuation mark, or return character.

To reject the suggested word, finish typing the word as you want it, then tap the “x” to

dismiss the suggestion before typing anything else. Each time you reject a

suggestion for the same word, iPod touch becomes more likely to accept your word.

Editing text

Touch and hold to see a magnified view, then drag to position the insertion point.

Connecting to the Internet

iPod touch connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi

networks. iPod touch can join AirPort and other Wi-Fi networks at home, at work, or at Wi-Fi hotspots around the world. When joined to a Wi-Fi network that is connected to the Internet, iPod touch connects

to the Internet automatically whenever you use Mail, Safari, YouTube, Stocks, Maps,

Weather, or the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store.

Many Wi-Fi networks can be used free of charge. Some Wi-Fi networks require a fee.

To join a Wi-Fi network at a hotspot where charges apply, you can usually open Safari

to see a webpage that allows you to sign up for service.

Joining a Wi-Fi Network

The Wi-Fi settings let you turn on Wi-Fi and join Wi-Fi networks.

Turn on Wi-Fi

Choose Settings > Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi on.

Join a Wi-Fi network

Choose Settings > Wi-Fi, wait a moment as iPod touch detects networks in range,

then select a network. If necessary, enter a password and tap Join (networks that

require a password appear with a lock icon).

Once you’ve joined a Wi-Fi network manually, iPod touch will automatically connect to

it whenever the network is in range. If more than one previously used network is in

range, iPod touch joins the one last used.

When iPod touch is connected to a Wi-Fi network, the Wi-Fi icon

in the status bar at the top of the screen shows connection strength. The more bars you see, the stronger the connection.

Charging the Battery

iPod touch has an internal rechargeable battery.

WARNING: For important safety information about charging iPod touch, see the

Important Product Information Guide at www.apple.com/support/manuals/ipod.

Charge the battery and sync iPod touch

Connect iPod touch to your computer (not your keyboard) using the included cable.

Note: If iPod touch is connected to a computer that’s turned off or in sleep or standby

mode, the iPod touch battery may drain instead of charge.

An icon in the upper-right corner of the screen shows battery charging status.

If you charge the battery while syncing or using iPod touch, it may take longer to

charge. You can also charge iPod touch using the Apple USB Power Adapter, available

separately.

Important: If iPod touch is very low on power, it may display one of the following

images indicating that iPod touch needs to charge for up to ten minutes before you

can use it. If iPod touch is extremely low on power, the display may be blank for up to

two minutes before one of the low-battery images appears.

Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually

need to be replaced. The iPod touch battery is not user replaceable; it can be replaced

only by an authorized service provider. For more information, go to:

www.apple.com/batteries

Cleaning iPod touch

Use the polishing cloth that came with iPod touch to gently wipe the glass screen and

the case. You can also use a soft, slightly damp, lint-free cloth. Unplug and turn off iPod touch (press and hold the Sleep/Wake button, then drag the onscreen red slider).

Avoid getting moisture in openings. Don’t use window cleaners, household cleaners,

aerosol sprays, solvents, alcohol, ammonia, or abrasives to clean iPod touch.