CHAPTER 6: Organize Your Home Screen: Icons and Widgets
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You might wonder what these measurements mean.
If you measure your phone’s screen, not by its
physical screen size, but by the number of icons you
can store on it, your DROID has a Home screen that
measures four app icons by four app icons. Each icon
is rectangular in shape to allow space for text labels.
The widget measurement generally goes horizontally
by vertically. Thus, a widget that measures 41, such
as the Power Control widget shown on the right,
takes up the space of four apps across and one
down. The widget has five buttons on it, but it is only
four icons wide on your screen.
Motorola Widgets
Your DROID ships with a few Android widgets, and you can download a nearly endless
supply from the Android Market. Your DROID 2, DROID 2 Global, and DROID X also
ships with Motorola widgets that aren’t available for download. Table 6–1 has a rundown
of the different Motorola widgets and what they do.
Table 6–1. Motorola widgets.
Airplane mode toggle: This widget allows you to toggle
your phone in and out of Airplane mode. It’s useful for
flying or for times when you absolutely don’t want to be
interrupted.
Bluetooth toggle: Like the Airplane mode toggle, this is
a simple on and off switch for enabling and disabling
Bluetooth.
Calendar widget: This is a simple calendar that ties into
both the Google Calendar and the Corporate Sync
Calendar.
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