Motorola MILESTONE PLUS User Guide - Page 10

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Use the widgets, shortcuts, and panels to show what's important to you-whether it's home, work, or play. Widgets A widget is small app on the home screen that typically displays information such as weather, news, and social networking updates. You can add a widget, such as a clock, music player, or a calendar that shows upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it. To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home screen. (You can also touch Menu > Add > Motorola Widget or Android Widget.) If your home screen is full, you won't see the add option. You'll need to move or delete widgets or shortcuts to make room. You can change a widget's size. Just touch and hold the widget. When the widget's outline turns white, drag one of the corners to make it the size you want. Note: If you install apps from Android Market that have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then select a widget to add to the home screen. Shortcuts To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the app menu, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It 8 Home screen will be added to the home screen. Or, touch Menu > Add > Shortcuts. App menu Quick start: app menu The app menu shows you all of your applications. To open it from the home screen, touch . Camera Text Messa.. Market Browser Flick up and down to see all of your apps. Any new apps that you download (see page "Android Market™" on page 33) are added to the app menu. To close the app tray, touch Home or Back . Recent apps Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home to return to the home screen. Search Touch Search on the front of the phone, or touch Search on the phone's keypad.

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8
Home screen
Use the widgets, shortcuts, and panels to show
what’s important to you—whether it’s home, work, or
play.
Widgets
A
widget
is small app on the home screen that
typically displays information such as weather, news,
and social networking updates. You can add a widget,
such as a clock, music player, or a calendar that shows
upcoming appointments. To open a widget, touch it.
To add a widget, touch an empty spot on the home
screen. (You can also touch Menu
>
Add
>
Motorola Widget
or
Android Widget
.) If your home
screen is full, you won’t see the add option. You’ll need
to move or delete widgets or shortcuts to make room.
You can change a widget’s size. Just touch and hold
the widget. When the widget’s outline turns white,
drag one of the corners to make it the size you want.
Note:
If you install apps from Android Market that
have widgets, touch and hold the home screen, then
select a widget to add to the home screen.
Shortcuts
To add shortcuts to the home screen, open the app
menu, then touch and hold the shortcut you want. It
will be added to the home screen. Or, touch Menu
>
Add > Shortcuts
.
App menu
Quick start: app menu
The app menu shows you all
of your applications. To open
it from the home screen,
touch
.
Flick up and down to see all
of your apps. Any new apps
that you download (see
page “
Android Market™
” on
page 33) are added to the app menu.
To close the app tray, touch Home
or Back
.
Recent apps
Touch and hold Home
to see the last few apps you
used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home
to return to the home screen.
Search
Touch Search
on the front of the phone, or touch
Search
on the phone’s keypad.
Text Messa..
Browser
Market
Camera