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Take iPhone Screenshots

by Jon Chase on October 30, 2009 at 06:35 AM


If you need the content of a Web page but can't be bothered to cut and paste text, or want to memorialize your amazing word stack on Bananagrams, use your iPhone's built-in ability to take screenshots. Hold down the Home button, and then press and release the Sleep button (on top). Once you hear the familiar shutter sound effect, you'll be able to access your new snaps in your Photos collection. It's especially useful for taking self-portraits, a notoriously difficult task since it require that you hit a touchscreen button without seeing the screen. Just go to the Camera app, and then repeat the above steps. (The downside is that your shot will, of course, include the image of the shutter button bar, too).

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