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Touchscreen Gestures
Tap You can select on-screen items such as appli-
cation icons or settings buttons by touching
them with your nger.
Tap and Hold Touch and hold your nger over the item to
open its options.
Swipe or Slide Drag your nger horizontally or vertically
across the screen.
Drag Tap and hold your nger before you begin to
drag and hold your nger down until the item
reaches your desired location.
Flick Swiping the screen is similar to icking, but
you need to swipe it with lighter and quicker
strokes instead.
Finger gestures are always vertical. For exam-
ple, icking through contacts or messages.
Rotate You can change the orientation of most
screens from portrait to landscape simply by
turning the phone sideways. Turning the phone
sideways will bring up a larger on-screen
keyboard.