Main Screen Navigation
Section 2B. Navigating the Main Screen 45
䢇 Carousel – The carousel is the bottom row of tiles, or
icons, on your main screen. Pressing the
navigation
key right or left moves the carousel. The tile in the
center is the menu that’s displayed. In the illustration,
the
Home tile ( ) is in the center, so the Home
screen is displayed.
䢇 Tiles – The tiles are the individual icons on the
carousel. Each tile displays a specific menu, such as
Messaging, Web, and Favorite Shortcuts. You have
18 tiles to choose from, 10 of which are default tiles
you can add, remove and rearrange to suit your
needs.
䡲 The Home tile ( ) provides access to the
phone’s full menu, and it is the only one that
cannot be moved or removed.
䡲 Tiles are created via personalization of the
Carousel via Options menu.
䢇 Bubbles – Bubbles are at-a-glance information items
that may display when the Home screen displays,
such as in the illustration. Your Home screen can
display the Date and Time bubble.
䡲 Bubbles are created via personalization of the
Home Screen via Options menu.
䢇 Function Keys – The keys you’ll use to navigate
through the main screen are:
䡲 Navigation key: Press right or left to move the
carousel to select tiles. Selected tiles occupy the
center position. Press the navigation key up or
down to highlight bubbles (Home screen only) or
menu items.
䡲 Menu/OK key ( ): Press to select highlighted
menu items. From the Home ( ) screen, press
to display the phone’s full menu. (When in
landscape mode, the
Enter/OK key performs these
functions.)
䡲 Softkeys: Press the left or right softkey to perform
the action or access the menu indicated by the
text directly above it on the display. In the
illustration, pressing the left softkey displays
OPTIONS, and pressing the right softkey displays
CONTACTS.
䡲 End/Power key ( ): Press from any menu or tile
to return to the Home ( ) screen.
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