Johns Blog

One of the coolest, yet little publicised, new features of the iPhone 2.0 update (and there are lots of cool features to choose from) is the ability to take screenshots of whatever you’re currently looking at.

For example, looking at the Apex Evangelists homepage in Safari -

Or perhaps you want to send a snapshot of a Google Maps location to a friend via email:

So now you can take a screenshot of just about anything on your iPhone, tap on the photo and email it to someone else (or use it as a Wallpaper etc)….very very cool.

So how do you take a snapshot? Simple…just quickly press the Home button and the Power button simultaneously and the screen should flash white for a second or so to show it has taken a snapshot. You should then find the snapshot in your Photos application.