Searching
Depending on which model you purchase, the iPhone can come with up to 16GB of internal flash memory. Although a significant chunk of that is used for stuff other than music, it doesn’t restrict the fact that it is possible to store up to 4,000 songs in your pocket. With that large a collection, it is lucky that the iPod offers such an intuitive search method.

On top of being able to cycle through alphabetical lists of albums, artists, playlists, genres and more, you can turn the iPhone on its side and browse through your music by album artwork.

This clever feature is called Coverflow and it’s directly borrowed from iTunes. It is reminiscent of browsing through your CDs at home to select music. When you turn the iPhone on its side, the inbuilt sensor automatic switches the iPod to Coverflow mode. Simply drag or flick your finger across the album artwork until you find the one you want, then just tap on the album – the cover art will flip over so you can see what songs are available.

Of course, there is also shuffle and repeat options for those who want to mix it up or enjoy repetition.

Copying your Music
The iPhone is designed to sync with iTunes on either your PC or Mac, just like an iPod. But rather than take everything on your iTunes library, you need to create a playlist of what music, videos, podcasts and audiobooks you want. You can’t just drag the songs you want across from your iTunes library to your iPhone like you can do on your iPod.

The upside of this is that it keeps your music collection a lot more organised, making navigation to you chosen song much easier. You can also make multiple playlists to reflect your mood, as well as video, podcast and audiobook playlists.