All types of people have discovered that the iPhone is the best thing since sliced bread. Why is the iPhone so popular? The following paragraphs have the answer to that query, and will also provide you the iPhone tricks you might have never discovered otherwise.   Getting lost is a thing of the past if you have an iPhone with you. There is a maps app that is built into the phone, which makes it much easier to for you to always know where you are. This makes it easy to find your way home, or locate somewhere new if you have never been there before.   If the iPhone is wet, dry it with rice. Dropping your phone in a puddle, the toilet or another wet location is almost inevitable. Towel dry your phone and put it in a baggie filled with rice. When you wake up in the morning, it ought to be dried out.   Buy a screen protector to use on your iPhone. Without some protection it is bound to get scratched up. The hypersensitive screen can easily be damaged by dirt or even your fingers! Always protect your devices, especially those that cost a lot of money.   Does the constant stream of phone notifications annoy you? Here is an easy way to stop them. First, go to settings, and then go to notifications. Check out the apps in the "Notification Center" and delete any unwanted apps. This will also help your battery to last longer.   Any website you visit can be made into an app. First, navigate to the site. Then tap the "Go" button. Doing this will allow you to add the site onto the home screen. On your home screen, you can then rename the page to whatever you'd like it to be.   You can take a photo using your headphone cord. Start by framing the photo you want. Once you're ready to take a picture, simply press down on the button on your cord. This is how you snap the photo. Use your regular picture saving steps to add the picture to your camera roll.   Increasing the speed of your messaging is another trick to the iPhone. Tapping away from the suggestion box can cancel this entirely. You do not need to hit the small "x" that follows the word.   Picture taking is a common function that many iPhone owners use often. Taking a lot of pictures, though, can leave you with many unorganized photos. If you want to organize your photos so you can find them easily, use your iPhone's album function that is built-in. The Album is a great way to keep your photos available for viewing.   If you wish to send your message or draft a note but do not want to utilize corrected words, there is no need to touch the "x" to get rid of them. The suggestion will be dismissed if you give a tap on any part of the screen.   By default, your iPhone will show a preview of incoming messages on the lock screen. You may enjoy this feature, or you may find it annoying. In the latter case, you'll be pleased to know that this is a feature you can easily disable. Simply go to the settings menu area and click on notifications and then messages. The option to select is Show Preview; you can then turn off this feature.   Did you miss an important photo because you were fumbling to pull up the camera feature on your iPhone? Try this easy idea. Tap twice on the Home button when your screen is locked. You should have a little icon for a camera on the screen, along the bottom. Tapping this icon will enable the iPhone's camera.   The Safari on the iPhone has a lot of features, similar to that of a computer's Internet. If you find a picture you would like to save, simply press and hold it. The context menu that pops up will let you save the picture directly to your phone's Camera Roll. You can even place it in a message.   A neat little iPhone function is to add a ringtone that your prefer. Stand apart from the crowd with a ringtone that is personal and shies away from the standard! Upload a sound byte you get a kick out of, or a favorite song. That will turn heads when your iPhone rings.   Try not to purchase or store too many apps on your iPhone. There are so many wonderful iPhone apps, some of which are free, while others that cost money. But some are very shady and will actually take your information or send you hidden charges.   If you want to type faster on your iPhone, program in word shortcuts. From the "settings" menu, go to "general, then to "keyboard", and from there to "add new shortcut." Adding shortcuts is easy. For example, if you typed a word like "probably" a lot, you could have that word auto complete after only the "pr." When these shortcuts are typed, the words will automatically be put in.   If you're unable to finish your email and want to save it, press cancel rather than just closing the app. You'll then be given the option to save your prose as a draft. Select YES, and the unfinished email will be saved to your draft folder.   With an iPhone, you have the ability to take a picture of the screen. This is known as a screenshot. Press the home and power button at one time. But don't press them for too long, as it will shut down the phone.   If you're suffering from that dreaded frozen iPhone screen, then simply press the home button down for 5 seconds. This reboots the phone. If it still doesn't work, hold the power and home button together for about 10 seconds. Only try the second method if the first doesn't pan out.   As you may have picked up from this article, it seems like everyone owns an iPhone. If all the pomp and circumstance surrounding the iPhone had you previously confused, you know now what it's for and why you should own one too!