While the process is quite simple, there are a few tricky steps you can easily overlook which will make it tough for you to send an email.

The following is a guide for users when trying to send emails to others.

1)    Tap Enter
2)    Type a name or email address in the ‘to’ field, or tap ‘+’ to add a name from your contacts.
3)    As you type an email address, matching email addresses from your contacts list appear below. Tap an address to add it. To add more names, tap Return or ‘+’.
4)    NOTE: If you’re composing a message from your Microsoft Exchange account and have access to your enterprise Global Address List (GAL), matching addresses from the contacts on iPhone appear first, followed by matching GAL addresses.
5)    Tap Cc/Bcc/From if you want to copy or blind copy the message to others, or change the account you send the message from. If you have more than one email account, you can tap the From field to change the account you’re sending from.
6)    Enter a subject, then your message.
7)    You can tap Return to move from one field to another.
8)    Tap Send.

To Reply to an email, tap ‘Reply’ or ‘Reply all’ if you want to send it to others on the list.

To forward a message, tap ‘Forward’. You can add more email addresses form here.

It is also possible to add videos of photos to emails. Just tap the ‘Add Email’ and ‘Add Photo’ links to do so.

The major benefit of having your iPhone synched with your computer is the time you will save transferring files and sending them from one device to another.

Once you have your handset and computer compatible with each other, the process is automatic, simple and easy to understand.

Every song, movie, or image purchased on your iPhone in the iTunes Store, or the App Store, is automatically synced back to your iTunes library.

You can also purchase or download content and applications directly from the iTunes Store on your computer, and they will be sent directly back to your iPhone.

On the other hand, if you only wanted some of your library synched, this is possible too. You can set iPhone to work with only a portion of what’s on your computer. For example, you might want to sync only a group of contacts from your address book, or only unwatched video pod casts.

One thing to remember is that for the synchronization to operate successfully, users need to be logged into their own computer user account before connecting their iPhone.

Here is a guide on how to set up iTunes synching:

    Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).
    In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.
    Configure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.
    Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

For iPhone users, setting up your handset for overseas use is not as difficult as many may believe.

Firstly, you will need to switch your phone to International settings and change the language for iPhone, turn keyboards for different languages on or off, and set the date, time, and telephone number formats for the region you are in.

Here are some basic ways to achieve this:

How to set the language for iPhone:

Choose General > International > Language, choose the language you want to use, then tap Done.

How to set the Voice Control language for iPhone:

Choose General > International > Voice Control, then choose the language you want to use (iPhone 3GS only).

How to turn international keyboards on or off:

Choose General > International > Keyboards, and turn on the keyboards you want.

If more than one keyboard is turned on, tap International keyboard icon to switch keyboards when you’re typing. When you tap the symbol, the name of the newly active keyboard appears briefly. See International Keyboards.

How to set date, time, and telephone number formats:

Choose General > International > Region Format, and choose your region.

Hopefully by following these tips your frustration will now be over and you can carry on with your holiday with the luxury of being able to use your iPhone.

To create a conference call, tap the “Add Call” icon while making a call.  This will put the first call on hold for the time being.

Once you have been connected on your second call, tap the “Merge Calls” icon.

The calls will now be merged onto one line and everyone will be able to hear each other.

This process can be repeated up to five times depending on your provider and carrier.

To drop a call, tap “Conference” and tap the “End Call” icon, then tap “End Call” again.

To talk privately with a call tap “Conference”, then tap “Private” next to the call you wish to select. Tap “Merge Calls” to resume to conference.

To add an incoming call tap “Hold Call” and “Answer”, then tap Merge Calls.

The Conference Call feature is great for travelers, business calls and any situation where you need to address more than one person at a time. It’s easy to use and one of the many great features of the new iPhone.

One of the most enjoyable things about the iPhone is how browsing the internet is such a pleasant experience. When you log onto a page, you’ll probably be surprised by how easy it is to read and scroll through, especially in landscape mode. Even when there is something you’d like to see more closely, you can easily zoom in using the touch screen.

To zoom in on a particular portion of a website, you only need to use the same pinching zoom controls you use when navigating photos or zooming on Google Maps. Or if you’re not familiar with the pinching controls, Safari itself has a menu with several zoom controls for you to choose from.

Safari will indicate the boundaries around boxes of text or images, so if you double-tap the screen on an area of text or image, the browser will automatically zoom in so that particular area fills the screen from left to right with the font size increasing accordingly. You can then cycle up or down and use the same flick controls to browse your music or contacts. To zoom out, simply double-tap the screen again.

One thing to keep in mind when using the Safari double-tap zoom control is to avoid tapping on links – if you do, you’ll inadvertently open a new page and it can be quite frustrating to keep pressing back every time you attempt to zoom in on a block of text or an image.

Like a full-sized browser, you can open multiple windows at the same time. Occasionally this will occur when a link opens in a new window, otherwise you can open one yourself by pressing the button and the right-hand corner of the screen. Once you press this button, the page you already have open will shrink and you can choose whether to open a new page or navigate the pages that are already open by sliding your finger across the screen left or right and then tapping the page you wish to view.

To close your open Safari windows, you can press the red X in the top left hand corner of each page. If you’re down to the final two pages and you close one, the finally page will automatically be selected for you to browse in full-screen mode.

The iPhone only accepts audio and video files in these three formats: AAC, MP3 and M4A.

Most videos and film clips that are downloaded from the internet are in .MOV, .AVI, .MPEG, .MPG formats. If this is the case with your files you will need a video to iPhone converter.

There are many places to find video to iPhone converters. Each works in a very similar way: select the video files you wish to convert to iPhone format and allow it to work its magic. If you are converting videos ensure you select the .M4A format to convert to.

Once the files have been converted, you can fire up iTunes and attempt to add the newly created files to your iTunes library. They should automatically be recognised as video files and live in the “Movies” category. You can then drag the video files to your iPhone if you manually manage it, or hit the sync button to flash them to the iPhone.

It is worth noting that movie files that have been downloaded from P2P networks such as LimeWire or Torrent websites breach video piracy laws and can elicit hefty fines.

Nonetheless, many enterprising developers have come up with ways around Apple’s stringent OS X to create video recording software for the iPhone, with one catch – it can only be used on jailbroken iPhones.

iPhone developer DreamCatcher created one popular app that records both audio and video for you to play back on your iPhone, download to a computer or email.

DreamCatcher’s iPhone Video Recorder v1.1 records 15 frames per second in the compressed mpeg4 format. The latest version includes audio bit rate control, four image quality options, audio input amp and four different video size modes.

The new iPhone 2.0 software supports Microsoft Exchange services and Apple’s Mobile Me service (the replacement for Apple’s .Mac). Apple claims Mobile Me is “Exchange for the rest of us” and it can push email to devices running iPhone 2.0 as well as sync with Microsoft Outlook on a Window’s PC or the Mail, Address Book and iCal apps on a Mac.

The new iPhone’s main settings menu offers a new icon labelled Fetch New Data that lets you enable push email. You can also schedule the phone to automatically check non-push email services at 15, 30 or 60-minute intervals, otherwise only manually.

Which email providers work with push?

Push support depends on your email provider. The original iPhone supported push email with Yahoo! by routing email through a dedicated server but overall the service was unreliable. The same server is still used as the default Yahoo! email set up under iPhone 2.0 but if it doesn’t work you can modify the settings by going to Other and manually set up POP3 Yahoo! access. Gmail does not support push email, only IMAP or POP3.

What if I use Gmail or email from my ISP?

One work around is to forward your existing email address such as a Gmail account to your Mobile Me account. Another option is to create server-side filters on Gmail to only forward emails from certain senders to your Mobile Me address so you’re not flooded with spam.

You can also configure Mobile Me to automatically check your external POP3 email accounts, but this won’t get emails from Gmail to your phone as quickly as it would if your Gmail automatically forwarded them.

How Much Data does push use?

One thing to keep in mind is that push email uses more data. The iPhone 2.0 mail client only downloads email headers from IMAP and POP3 servers to save on bandwidth. When using push email services, the phone automatically downloads the body of the email and small attachments – meaning you should avoid push email unless you have a generous monthly data allowance.

The iPhone will also disable its Wi-Fi connection when sleeping or witching over to the mobile data network. This means your push email will come down over the mobile data network while the phone is at rest, even when you’re in a Wi-Fi network.

Categories of iPhone Apps

The huge number of iPhone Apps available for download means there are many ways for iPhone owners to simplify their lives by rolling many tools into one device. The categories of applications include: Calculators, Entertainment, Games, News, Productivity, Search Tools, Social Networking, Sports, Travel, Utilities and Weather.

Calculator, Productivity, Search Tools and Utilities

This category of iPhone Apps is by far the most practical in terms of helping iPhone owners with their day-to-day lives. Apps can be found to record driving logs, calculate federal tax and compound interest or even convert currencies according to daily exchange rates. Productivity Apps offer great tools for budgeting, tracking receipts, to do lists, daily expense trackers and so on. Utilities Apps are often resource-style tools such as dictionaries, eBook readers and calorie counters.

Entertainment, Games and News

Apps used for entertainment are usually locally themed and offer guides to the nearest restaurants, bars and movie theatres for an area. There are also TV guides and local event listings for those always looking for ideas on where to go out.

Games on the iPhone are plentiful and are probably the most popular kind of app. There are games to suit every interest including puzzles, strategy, action, role-play and more. Some even allow you to play other people online.

For news junkies or those who like to stay in the loop, the news apps are probably the most enjoyable. There are radio apps that tune you in to your favourite stations, plus apps that continually update with the latest headlines and breaking news in all genres including entertainment, politics, sports, music, gossip, world and more.

Sports fanatics will be chuffed with the iPhone Sports app. For one, it offers Live Stats Tracker that means no matter where you are, you can get sports updates on the go. Both international and domestic sports apps exist so even if you’re in China you can find out the AFL results from Australia in real time.

Weather apps are self explanatory but none the less useful. There are local weather apps as well as apps where you can learn the weather in various destinations across the world – especially useful if you’re travelling internationally.

In a nutshell…

While you probably own a calculator, portable game console, MP3 player and mobile phone and have been reasonably comfortably toting them around for years, buying an iPhone is worth more than the pure convenience of an all-encompassing device. Making the device your very own and tapping into the world of applications will be the kind of experience you won’t be able to ever step backward from.

And because the iPhone lets you browse the full internet – not just a modified mobile version, you can encounter the same problems and risks of contracting a virus on the iPhone as you can with your PC.

However, like browsing on a PC, there are various things you can do to minimise the risk you run and impact these sites have on your browsing experience.

For a start, blocking pop-up windows is simple by just enabling or disabling Safari’s in-built pop up blocker in the Settings menu. There are also options for disabling or enabling JavaScript and Plug-Ins, as well as the ability to restrict Cookies.

When using these security options, it is wise to remember that for every bad function out to capture your personal data, there are plenty of good programs and sites that require access to these features. For example, switching off JavaScript may restrict your ability to use sites like Facebook, MySpace or Google Docs.

When it comes to Cookies, which are small data files used to identify your browser, the story is much the same. Turning Cookies off will mean you cannot do internet banking or online shopping, but it will stop an online advertiser tracking your browsing history.

Rather than turning Cookies off completely, it’s probably safest to set your iPhone to only accept Cookies from sites you’ve visited. This means that only the sites you actually load on your iPhone will set Cookies and no one else can.

The last thing to remember about safe browsing on the iPhone is to regularly clear out your cache. Not only will it free up some of the phone’s memory, but it will also get rid of any browsing history you have stored.