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not release your finger until you have reached the
target position.
Flick
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you
need to swipe your finger in light, quick strokes. This
finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as
when flicking the contacts or message list.
Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the
screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning
the device sideways. When entering text, you can turn
the device sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
See "Using the Onscreen Keyboard" for more details.
Note:
The
Orientation
check box in
Settings > Sound & display
the screen orientation to automatically change.
Pinch
The device screen supports multi-touch. On the Home
screen, you can "pinch" the screen using two fingers
(for example, thumb and index fingers) to switch to
thumbnail view and see all the Home screens. For
>
>
needs to be selected for
some applications, like Gallery or the browser, pinch
the screen to zoom in or zoom out when viewing a
picture or a Web page.
Navigation keys
If the onscreen keyboard is open, tap the navigation
keys to go to a text box or an area on the screen
.
Navigation keys
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