Sony Ericsson Xperia mini User Guide - Page 15

Widgets, Rearranging your Home screen, Music player

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To go to the Home screen • Press . To browse the Home screen • Flick right or left. Widgets Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For example, the Music player widget allows you to start playing music directly and the Sony Ericsson Timescape™ widget displays incoming messages. To add widgets to the Home screen 1 From your Home screen, press . 2 Tap Add > Widgets. 3 Tap a widget. To get an overview of all widgets on your Home screen • Pinch on any area of your Home screen. All widgets from different parts of your Home screen are now displayed in one view. When all Home screen widgets are combined in one view, tap on any widget to go to the part of the Home screen containing that widget. Rearranging your Home screen Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can access from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and add shortcuts to contacts. To open the options menu of your Home screen You can open the Home screen options menu in two ways: • From your Home screen, press . • Touch and hold on any part of your Home screen. Rearranging your Home screen corners Rearrange the items in your Home screen corners with the applications or web page shortcuts (bookmarks) you access most frequently. You can add a maximum of four shortcuts to each of the corners. To add an application to a corner 1 From your Home screen, tap . 2 Touch and hold an application until the Home screen appears and the phone vibrates, then drag the application to one of the corners. 15 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To go to the Home screen
Press
.
To browse the Home screen
Flick right or left.
Widgets
Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For example,
the
Music player
widget allows you to start playing music directly and the Sony Ericsson
Timescape™ widget displays incoming messages.
To add widgets to the Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press
.
2
Tap
Add
>
Widgets
.
3
Tap a widget.
To get an overview of all widgets on your Home screen
Pinch on any area of your Home screen. All widgets from different parts of your Home
screen are now displayed in one view.
When all Home screen widgets are combined in one view, tap on any widget to go to the part
of the Home screen containing that widget.
Rearranging your Home screen
Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can access
from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and add
shortcuts to contacts.
To open the options menu of your Home screen
You can open the Home screen options menu in two ways:
From your Home screen, press
.
Touch and hold on any part of your Home screen.
Rearranging your Home screen corners
Rearrange the items in your Home screen corners with the applications or web page
shortcuts (bookmarks) you access most frequently. You can add a maximum of four
shortcuts to each of the corners.
To add an application to a corner
1
From your Home screen, tap
.
2
Touch and hold an application until the Home screen appears and the phone
vibrates, then drag the application to one of the corners.
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