The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays
application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen
with different wallpaper and display the items you want.
At the top of the screen, the Status bar displays the time, information about the status of your
phone, and icons for notifications that you’ve received.
The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to touch icons, buttons,
menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touch screen.
Touch: To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to
type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen
buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.
Touch & hold: Touch & hold an item on the screen by touching it and not lifting
your finger until an action occurs. For example, to open a menu for customizing
the Home screen, you touch an empty area on the Home screen until the menu
opens.
Drag: Touch & hold an item for a moment and then, without lifting your finger,
move your finger on the screen until you reach the target position. You drag items
on the Home screen to reposition them and you drag to open the Notification
panel.
Swipe or slide: To swipe or slide, you quickly move your finger across the surface
of the screen, without pausing when you first touch (so you don’t drag an item