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Places, Power Control

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Places Places is an application that uses Google Maps and your location to help you find Restaurants, Coffee, Bars, Hotels, Attractions, ATMs, and Gas Stations. You can also add your own locations. The Places application allows you to find the best sources for business information across the web, including business listing details, reviews, photos, nearby public transit, and other related information. Business owners can provide additional details, like photos, hours of operation, and coupons. 1. From a Home screen, touch Applications ➔ Places . 2. Touch one of the business categories or touch Find places to search for a particular business. All of the businesses that are close to you display. 3. Touch a business that you want to see the details for. 4. The business details such as address, phone, website, and location are displayed. You can also see reviews from around the web and from Google users. 5. From the Places main page, touch Add own business category. to add your Power Control Active applications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, or the LCD Brightness functionality all act to drain your battery. The Power Control widget is designed to quickly activate (turn on) or deactivate (turn off) those functions or applications that use the most battery power. The following is a list of helpful tips that can help conserve your battery power: • Reduce your backlight time. • Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Synchronization when not in use. • Deactivate the GPS when it is not needed. Most applications that use this function periodically query the GPS satellites for the current location. Each query drains your battery. • Turn off Automatic application synchronization. • Close any applications that may be running in the background (such as Music Player). To use the Power Control shortcut bar: 1. From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty area until the Add to Home screen menu displays. 2. Touch Widgets ➔ Power control. The Power Control shortcut is added to a Home screen. Applications 174

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Applications
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Places
Places is an application that uses Google Maps and your location
to help you find Restaurants, Coffee, Bars, Hotels, Attractions,
ATMs, and Gas Stations. You can also add your own locations.
The Places application allows you to find the best sources for
business information across the web, including business listing
details, reviews, photos, nearby public transit, and other related
information. Business owners can provide additional details, like
photos, hours of operation, and coupons.
1.
From a Home screen, touch
Applications
➔
Places
.
2.
Touch one of the business categories or touch
Find places
to search for a particular business.
All of the businesses that are close to you display.
3.
Touch a business that you want to see the details for.
4.
The business details such as address, phone, website, and
location are displayed. You can also see reviews from
around the web and from Google users.
5.
From the Places main page, touch
Add
to add your
own business category.
Power Control
Active applications, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Synchronization, or
the LCD Brightness functionality all act to drain your battery.
The Power Control widget is designed to quickly activate (turn on)
or deactivate (turn off) those functions or applications that use
the most battery power.
The following is a list of helpful tips that can help conserve your
battery power:
•
Reduce your backlight time.
•
Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Synchronization when not in use.
•
Deactivate the GPS when it is not needed. Most applications that use
this function periodically query the GPS satellites for the current
location. Each query drains your battery.
•
Turn off Automatic application synchronization.
•
Close any applications that may be running in the background (such as
Music Player).
To use the Power Control shortcut bar:
1.
From a Home screen, touch and hold an empty area until
the
Add to Home screen
menu displays.
2.
Touch
Widgets
➔
Power control
.
The Power Control shortcut is added to a Home screen.