SLEEK and beautiful, the iPhone is so different from the other smartphones.

You succumbed and bought one. How not to with all the goodies like attractive trade-ins and loads of mobile data bundled with the price plans?

Competition among the three telcos is getting keener in the iPhone market now that StarHub and M1 have broken SingTel's exclusive iPhone tie-up.

Now that this sexy device is in your hand, what can you do with it?

To get you up to speed, Digital Life's three-part iPhone Central series gives insider tricks on how to get the most out of your phone.

This instalment reveals 10 hidden shortcuts that even seasoned iPhone users may not know about.

They are some of the obscure shortcuts that are not stated in the manual. In geek-speak, they are called Easter eggs.

Break your iPhone Easter egg and shock veteran iPhone users with your expertise.

Tip #1 - Screenshots

Yes, you can do screen captures of whatever is on the screen. Press and hold the Sleep button while tapping the Home button. The picture will be added to your camera roll.

I use it to capture the end-of-match table on Eliminate Pro (an iPhone FPS game) when I managed to out-frag high-ranking opponents.

Tip #2 - iPod wake-up magic

Turn on your music the instant you wake the screen.

Press the Home button to wake the screen. Then double-click the Home button to bring up a set of mini-iPod controls.

What music you were last listening to comes up. Click on play to continue with the music.

This shortcut works even if you have already configured the Home button double-click to do something else.

Tip #3 - No video, please

The same iPod trick can be used to listen to just the audio track of a selected video.

I normally use it for video podcasts like Rocketboom. Start by playing the video, then pressing the Home button.

This will turn off the screen and the video. Now press the Home button once, followed by a Home button double-click.