Apple iPhone iOS 5.1 - Manual (Page 16)

Setting up mail and other accounts
iPhone works with iCloud, Microsoft Exchange, and many of the most popular Internet-based mail,
contacts, and calendar service providers.
If you don’t already have a mail account, you can set up a free iCloud account when you first set
up iPhone, or later in Settings > iCloud. See “iCloud” on page 16.
Set up an iCloud account: Go to Settings > iCloud.
Set up some other account: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
You can add contacts using an LDAP or CardDAV account, if your company or organization
supports it. See “Syncing contacts” on page 123.
You can add a CalDAV calendar account, and you can subscribe to iCal (.ics) calendars or import
them from Mail. See “Subscribing to calendars” on page 87.
Managing content on your iOS devices
You can transfer information and files between your iOS devices and computers using either
iCloud or iTunes.
 iCloud stores content such as music, photos, and more, and wirelessly pushes it to your other
iOS devices and computers, keeping everything up to date. See “iCloud” below.
 iTunes syncs music, video, photos, and more between your computer and iPhone. Changes you
make on one device are copied to the other when you sync. You can also use iTunes to copy
a file to iPhone for use with an app, or to copy a document you’ve created on iPhone to your
computer. See “Syncing with iTunes” on page 18.
You can use iCloud or iTunes, or both, depending on your needs. For example, you can use iCloud
Photo Stream to automatically get photos you take on iPhone to your other devices, and use
iTunes to sync photo albums from your computer to iPhone.
Note: You should not sync items on the Info pane of iTunes (such as contacts, calendars, and
notes) and also use iCloud to keep that information up to date on your devices. Otherwise,
duplicated data may result.
iCloud
iCloud stores your content, including music, photos, contacts, calendars, and supported
documents. Content stored in iCloud is pushed wirelessly to your other iOS devices and
computers set up with the same iCloud account.
iCloud is available on iOS 5 devices, on Macs running OS X Lion v10.7.2 or later, and on PCs with
the iCloud Control Panel for Windows (Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows 7 required).
iCloud features include:
 iTunes in the Cloud—Download previous iTunes music and TV show purchases to iPhone for
free, anytime you like.
 Apps and Books—Download previous App Store and iBookstore purchases to iPhone for free,
anytime you like.
 Photo Stream—Photos you take on one device appear automatically on all your devices. See
“Photo Stream” on page 94.
 Documents in the Cloud—For iCloud-enabled apps, keep documents and app data up to date
across all your devices.
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