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Add a widget to the home screen, Personalization and Ovi Store

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38 Personalization and Ovi Store Add a widget to the home screen Interested in today's weather or what's currently in the news? You can add miniapplications (widgets) to your home screen, and see your most relevant information at a glance. 1 Tap and hold the home screen. 2 Select and the desired widget from the list. 3 Select Done. A widget can enhance the related application, and may also change the way the application works. For example, if you add a notification widget, received messages are notified in the widget. Tip: To download more widgets, select OVI. Using services or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data, which may result in data traffic costs. Some home screen widgets may connect to the internet automatically. To prevent this, select Options > Widgets to offline mode. Remove a widget from the home screen 1 Tap and hold the home screen. 2 Select the widget, and from the pop-up menu, select Remove. 3 Select Done. Add a shortcut to the home screen Did you know that you can create shortcuts to your most used applications and features? You can add shortcuts to applications, web bookmarks, or actions, such as writing a message. 1 Tap and hold the home screen. 2 Select the shortcut widget and Settings. 3 Select the shortcut you want to define, and select Bookmark or Application and the desired item. 4 Select Back > Done. Tip: To remove a shortcut, replace it with another one. Tip: If you add empty shortcut widgets when editing a home screen, you can later define the shortcuts directly on the home screen.

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Add a widget to the home screen
Interested in today's weather or what's currently in the news? You can add mini-
applications (widgets) to your home screen, and see your most relevant information at
a glance.
1
Tap and hold the home screen.
2
Select
and the desired widget from the list.
3
Select
Done
.
A widget can enhance the related application, and may also change the way the
application works. For example, if you add a notification widget, received messages are
notified in the widget.
Tip:
To download more widgets, select
OVI
.
Using services or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data,
which may result in data traffic costs.
Some home screen widgets may connect to the internet automatically. To prevent this,
select
Options
>
Widgets to offline mode
.
Remove a widget from the home screen
1
Tap and hold the home screen.
2
Select the widget, and from the pop-up menu, select
Remove
.
3
Select
Done
.
Add a shortcut to the home screen
Did you know that you can create shortcuts to your most used applications and features?
You can add shortcuts to applications, web bookmarks, or actions, such as writing a
message.
1
Tap and hold the home screen.
2
Select the shortcut widget and
Settings
.
3
Select the shortcut you want to define, and select
Bookmark
or
Application
and
the desired item.
4
Select
Back
>
Done
.
Tip:
To remove a shortcut, replace it with another one.
Tip:
If you add empty shortcut widgets when editing a home screen, you can later define
the shortcuts directly on the home screen.
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