When I was a teenager there is no way I could have imagined walking around with a hand-held gadget, watching my favorite TV shows. But we are in the 21^st century now and thanks to those great guys at Apple, we fortunate iPhone owners can carry our very own, customized TV set with us wherever we go.

The good news gets even better. For us TV show addicts there is an easy, risk-free download option. There is a small cost involved, but for less than the price of two DVD movie titles, plus you get unlimited downloads forever included in the one-off subscription fee. If you decide to go for a subscription download site option, I suggest you only check out those services that offer at least a 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee. I use MyPhone Express and have had no problems using their software. Not only do they have a great collection of TV show titles but they have been scanned for viruses. Enjoy those TV shows on your iPhone!

What do you do if the iPhone locks up and does not respond to the On/Off or Home buttons? Try pressing and holding both the On/Off and Home buttons until the Apple logo appears.

Because the alphabet and punctuation keys are shown in different keyboard layouts, entering a period can be frustrating. One way to get around this is hold down the punctuation key and, without lifting your finger, slide your finger across to the period key and release. Alternatively, when you are ready to place the period, double tap the spacebar.

You can move icons around, but not on the home screen. Go to the phone section > More > Edit and reposition your icons.

You can zoom text columns in Safari by double-tapping the column and then double-tapping again to get out of the zoom.

To make the onscreen keyboard larger, rotate your iPhone horizontally before your tap the address bar in Safari.

When you are typing an email, or any other text, use the magnifying glass. If you tap once and hold, a magnifying glass will pop up showing you a zoomed-in view of your words and cursor.

When the iPhone flags a word as misspelled that you know that it is correct, cancel the correction 3 times and the correct word will be put into the dictionary.

In order to quit an application, hold the Home button for about 7 seconds and the application will close.

To send someone the URL of a webpage, tap the Address Bar and then tap Share. Choose the recipients and type in any message before tapping Send.

Read more in the Internet window by setting the font to the smallest size. When you want to click a link, you can expand (pinch) that area and the link will come up larger, making it much easier to click.

To quickly find a contact in your address book, create different subgroups.

If you are wanting to find out where you are, then type in the three letter airport code (in maps) and you will be taken to that airport on the map. Zoom out and you will see the surrounding area. This works with all major airports in the United States and many overseas airports as well.