Getting Started Your Phone's Home Screen 39
Item Description
Widget Widgetsareself-containedappsthatdisplayonahomescreen.
Unlikeashortcut,theWidgetworkslikeasanonscreen
application.
Status Bar Showsdevicestatusinformationincludingthetime,signal
strength,batterystatus,andnotificationicons.
Extended Home Screens
Inadditiontothemainhomescreen,yourphonefeaturesextendedhomescreenstoprovidemore
spaceforaddingicons,widgets,andmore.Swipeacrossthescreentomovefromthemainscreen
toanextendedscreen.Thesmallcirclesabovetheprimaryshortcutsletyouknowyourcurrent
screenposition.
n
TaptheHome Key todisplaythemainhomescreen.
Togodirectlytoaparticularscreen:
n SwipeleftandrighttoaccessadditionalHomescreenpanels.
n TapthelocationdotsnearthebottomoftheHomescreentomovetotheselectedpanel.
Status Bar and Notification Panel
Yourphone’sstatusandnotificationsareavailableataglanceatthetopofthescreen.
Status Bar
Thestatusbaratthetopofthehomescreenprovidesphoneandservicestatusinformationonthe
rightsideandnotificationalertsontheleft.Toviewthenotificationpaneloraccessthequicksettings
menu,pulldownthestatusbarfromthetopofthescreen.
Status Bar Layout
Main Status Icons
Icon Status
Bluetooth
®
active
GPSactive