Google ANDROID 2.3.4 - Manual (Page 322)

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improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life
between charges.
Prefetch images Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text, when
the headlines are downloaded. Prefetching images improves performance at the
expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. This setting is
only available when Prefetch articles is checked.
Refresh settings
These settings control how frequently the information on the News & Weather widget
is updated. In addition to using these settings, adding or removing the News &
Weather widget from the Home screen also turns Auto-refresh on or off. For more
about working with widgets, see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 44.
Auto-refresh Check to have News & Weather update information automatically, at
the frequency you set with Refresh interval. Uncheck to update the news and
weather only when you press Menu
and touch
Refresh. For automatic refresh to
work, you must also have Background Data turned on in the Settings application. See
“Accounts & sync settings” on page 373.
Refresh interval Opens a dialog where you can set how often to update the news
and weather automatically, if Auto-refresh is checked. More frequent updates trade
the convenience of current information for increased data use and decreased battery
life between charges.
Refresh status Displays the date and time of the last refresh and the next
scheduled refresh of news and weather.