How To Use iPhone's Conference Call Feature

Conference calling lets you talk to more than one person at a time. You can merge up to five calls for a phone conference.

1. Call the first person you want on the conference call.
2. After they are on the line, tap Add Call and make another call. The first call is put on hold. If you want, you can talk on the second line privately before merging the calls.
   
3. Tap Merge Calls. The calls are merged onto one line and everyone can hear each other.
   
4. Repeat steps two and three to add more calls to the conference.

To	Do this
Drop one call from a conference	Tap Conference and tap next to a call. Then tap End Call.
Talk privately with a call in a conference	Tap Conference and tap Private next to a call. Tap Merge Calls to return the call to the conference.
Add an incoming call to a conference	Tap Hold Call + Answer, then tap Merge Calls.

How To Call Forward On iPhone

The iPhone has on-demand call forwarding built-in. This allows you to easily forward all phone calls to another number temporarily, and then turn that back off when you are ready to take calls again.

1. From the Home screen, tap the Settings icon
2. Scroll down and tap Phone
   
3. Tap Call Forwarding
   
4. Flip the Call Forwarding switch to On, then tap on the Forward To textbox
   
5. Use the virtual keypad to enter the number where you want incoming calls to ring
   
6. Tap the Call Forwarding button to return to the main Call Forwarding screen

You can tell if call forwarding is enabled by looking for this icon in the status bar.

To turn it call forwarding off just follow the same steps, but in step 4 flip the Call Forwarding switch to Off.

TrueHDR iPhone App

Have you taken pictures, only to find out that the beautiful clouds were washed out, making the sky look like a white haze? Or how about outdoor pictures where everything in the shade looked like a dark blob with no details? Have you taken photos of scenes that included lights (indoors or outdoors), only to see that you had to compromise with an overly dark or overly bright final image?

The problem with taking only one photo of a scene that has a large range from bright to dark is that you have to choose whether you want to capture the brighter or the darker areas.

With TrueHDR, you can get the best of bright and dark areas and merge them into a single realistic-looking picture that is much closer to what your eyes originally saw. It essentially takes a couple photos at different exposures and then automatically combines them. The result is a photo with a significantly larger range than the camera is able to capture natively.

Although I haven't switched to using this app exclusively for photos, there are a few scenarios where it can really make a difference:

• Outdoors when you have bright sunlight & harsh shadows (most of the daytime)
  
• Outdoors when you want to see both the sky and a shaded area
  
• Indoors when you have to include a light source in the photo
  

Tips

• When you open the app, it gives you a few different options for how to take the photo. The Auto Capture mode works great, and I usually just stick to it.
  
• After you take a shot, the app provides some sliders that allows you to easily make adjustments to the merged HDR photos. I typically boost the Contrast and Brightness by 10 or less, but play with the settings to see what looks best for a particular photo. It's easy to go overboard on those settings, so I suggest find what you think looks good and then back off the setting slightly.
  

The app costs $2, and some reviews say "TrueHDR is the best two bucks you can invest to improve your iPhone images." It is so good, it was selected by Apple for the App Store Hall of Fame.

Read More or View The App in iTunes