Motorola DROID BY Tips And Tricks Manual

BASICS
Slide to the three different panels of
your Home screen
Yes, basically you have three Home screens. Slide your
finger left across the screen and then right to see the dif-
ferent panels. Bonus Tip: To move items/icons between
panels, touch and hold the item, then drag it to the panel
where you want it.
Switch between your six most recent
apps from anywhere
If you're surfing the Web and want to quickly bring up
your music player to switch songs, press and hold the
Home button. This quickly brings up the six most recent
apps you've been using so you can switch to another.
Pressing and holding
Press to return to where you were. If you want to go
directly to the Home screen, press
Flick to scroll quickly
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release). When you flick
a long list, tap the screen to stop it from scrolling.
Bonus Tips:
• To move to the top of a list, press
• To move to the bottom of a list,
and
press down.
Tips and Tricks
works on any screen!
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Check out notifications to stay informed
Whenever you get a message, email, or alert, you see it
in the Notifications bar. That's that small white bar at
the top of your screen where your battery life is located.
It opens. Touch and slide your finger down over it to
view your notifications.
When you receive text messages and emails, those
icons appear on the left side of the bar to alert you of
their arrival. Open the bar and tap an item to open it.
Bonus Tip: Once you've viewed your notifications, just
tap Clear.
Use the touchscreen keyboard
If you don't want to open your phone to use the physical
keyboard, you can use the touchscreen keyboard. To
open it, tap inside a text field. To make the keyboard dis-
appear, press and hold the Back key.
up.