Small popup for instructions... How? - iphone

I am trying to get a popup appear the first time an app is started. Just to give you an idea check the new version of foursquare. A small popup (like a comic) appear explaining where the checkin button is located. Then if you tap anywhere it goes away. I googled for the last hour but I have not found anything at all and I have no idea on how to do it.
Anyone can point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Umberto

You can show a customized UIlabel on app's load and then use performSelectorAfterDelay: and hide the label inside this method. For the tapping thing you can add a UITapGesture on your view to notify if some tap's occurred and hide the label if it's still there.

You can have a look at TapKu by Devin Ross http://www.cocoacontrols.com/platforms/ios/controls/tapku-alerts-with-images

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I made a app from this tutorial:
http://www.lonhosford.com/lonblog/2011/05/08/xcode-4-iphone-tutorial-mountains-of-the-usa-overview/?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150196924999637_19584378_10150363736289637#f20e4d75c4
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