Using Automatic Screen Rotation; Getting Around Your Phone; Using Finger Gestures - HTC -Magic - Smartphone - WCDMA User Manual

4 Phone Basics

Using automatic screen rotation

For some applications, you can automatically change the screen orientation from
portrait to landscape simply by turning the phone sideways to your left. When
entering text, you can turn the phone sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard.
Refer to Chapter 4 for more details.
Note To disable automatic screen rotation, clear the Orientation check box in HOME >
MENU > Settings > Sound & display.

1.5 Getting Around Your Phone

There are different ways to navigate around the Home screen, menus and
application screens on your phone.

Using finger gestures

Do this
Tap
Press and hold
Swipe or slide
Drag
Flick
When you want to
Type using the onscreen keyboard, select onscreen items such as
application and settings icons, or press onscreen buttons.
Open the available options for an item, for example, press and hold a
contact or a link in a web page.
Quickly move vertically or horizontally across the screen.
Move items on the screen or shift the view on the screen. Before you drag,
apply some pressure when you press and hold your finger on the screen.
While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the
target position.
Quickly browse your contacts and messages in a vertical direction.
Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe
your finger in light, quicker strokes.