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Here’s a funny and simple mock-up of an imaginary Apple product I made. Gizmodo featured it on their iPhone mock-up contest.

2. Do you like to browse MobileSafari while in bed or on a couch? I know I do! If you’re like me, then you like to read while lying on your side. This poses a problem with the iPhone. Everytime you lie on your side, the accelorometers kick in and flip the screen sideways. The solution? The iPhone Safari can’t rotate upside down, so go into Landscape mode then hold the phone upside down.

3. I recently bought the INCASE Rubber Case for my iPhone. I read of several complaints at MacRumors, even one from Brian Lam of Gizmodo regarding a couple of flaws with the case. After repeated use, the case loosens allowing small debris to infiltrate and scratch the metal bezel. So forget that! Here is another problem I noticed about the case, which I don’t think a lot of case makers have addressed with the iPhone. What’s the best area to use for scrolling a page? I discovered that the very edge of the multi-touch screen to be the most reliable scroll area. Just slide your finger along the very edge, where your finger is half-off the screen. One advantage is that this gives you more screen real estate since your big finger isn’t covering half the screen while you read. So what does this have to do with the Rubber Case? The thick case frames the screen snugly, which impedes you from using the edge scrolling technique.

4. When in google you don’t have to hit the spacebar to accept an auto-correction before hitting Search. Just hit the google button and the auto-correction automagically appears.

5. This is a great tip for people who have a hard time zooming in on the Safari App without clicking on a link accidentally. Just use 2 fingers to tap the area instead of one. Via HowardForums.

6. Here’s a simple tip for Google Maps. Most people know you can zoom in by double tapping. What about zooming out? Just hold one finger to the screen, and double tap with the second finger.

7. One my favorite features in MobileSafari is when a page opens in a new window. The lack of a contextual click won’t stop you though. Just use this bookmarklet. Click on it whenever you’re in a page that has links you want to open as “_blank”. It uses javascript to turn all the links on the page into “open as a new tab”.

8. I usually use two thumbs to type on my iPhone. Instead of using the bottom part of the thumb though, I use the outside corner where it almost touches the fingernail. I’ve found that his improves accuracy, since it’s a smaller surface area.

Do you have any other tips you would like to share? Just leave a comment!

In the “How To” ad, I looked closely at the email screen to see how well the iPhone could help me with my work.

The first thing I noticed was that contrary to what a lot of analysts have been saying, Apple considers the iPhone to be ready for business use. The first email reads:

“Heidi Luko

Client Meeting

Just a reminder: Tuesday at 11 am, we’re meeting with Jim, Richard and Tessa in co…”

The iPhone is offering push email from Yahoo! But the fact that Apple is advertising business email use begs the question as to whether Apple is planning to offer more enterprise solutions for the iPhone such as support for Exchange.

The other email that caught my eye read:

“Meghann Haven

Results are in

Here are results for FY05, FY06, FY07. Let’s discuss at Tuesday’s meeting.”

Once again this is showing the use of the iPhone in a business/corporate situation. If you look at the screenshot of the ad, you’ll notice the paperclip icon next to the email, indicating an attachment. What’s interesting is that from reading the short synopsis of the email, which discusses the results for the Financial Years of 2005, 2006, and 2007, we can surmise that the attachment is probably in an interesting format such as .doc, .xls, .pdf or maybe even .ppt. My bet would be an Excel spreadsheet, although this is really just a guess.

Some observers have noted that a mystery app could be looming inside the iPhone. Perhaps it’s one that offers .doc or .xls support, such as an updated version of Pages or even Google Docs.

How unstoppable would an iPhone with .doc and Exchange support be?

Update: Turns out I was correct about most assumptions in this post. The iPhone can view .doc and .xls attachments. It also has exchange support via IMAP.

Update 2: Exchange support has been announced via ActiveSync.