Welcome to gallery of backgrounds suitable for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. These images have various uses such as:
- Standby screens
- Caller backgrounds
- Caller icons
- Backgrounds for applications
- Mobile picture albums
Although these images are optimised for the iPhone and iPod Touch, they may well work on other devices. Unsure about yours? Just try one and see!
How to navigate the gallery
- Go the the Gallery Browser page here
- Choose a category from the list (click on title or image)
- Browse the thumbnails (24 per page, navigate pages at bottom)
- Click on the thumbnail of any desired images, full-sized version appears
- Save image if required (see next paragraph)
- Scroll full-sized images using arrows below it if you want to
- Close full-sized image by clicking on it, returning to thumbnails
- Repeat as desired
How to download an image
- Navigate to required full-sized image (see previous paragraph)
- Right-click (or CTRL-click on Mac) on the full-sized image
- Choose ‘Save’ option from the menu (Save Image As… etc)
- Save image to your computer, remember where it is!
- Repeat for every image you wish to download
- Upload/sync to your device
How to put images on your device
I can’t too much detail here as everyones devices are set up differently, but here are a few basic tips.
iPhone or iPod Touch
My preferred way to do this on my iPhone is as follows:
- Create a folder named ‘iPhone Sync’ or something equally memorable
- Create categorised folders inside this folder and organise all pictures into them
- Place (copies of) any other pictures you wish to put on your iPod into folders inside the ‘iPhone Sync’ folder
- Use iTunes to synchronise the ‘iPhone Sync’ folder with the device, selecting all photos
Pictures can also be synced with iPhoto.
Other devices
Sorry I can’t really help with other devices as there are so many! But it is still wise to keep all iPhone backgrounds organised into categorised folders inside a main ‘parent’ folder, then upload this to your device. Your device may come with sync software which will allow you to do this. If your device uses a memory card, you can easily connect the card to the computer, upload the folder of backgrounds and return the card to your device. There are many options.
Where are the images from?
All pictures in my iPhone Backgrounds collection are collected from the internet apart from those derived from my own. My own pictures are put into an album with my name on it, so it’s obvious that they’re my own work!
