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1.7  Home Screen

The Home screen provides a lot of space to work with so you can

add the items you want and need on the Home screen. Add items like
application icons, shortcuts, folders, and HTC or Google widgets to
give you instant access to information and applications.

Notifications. 
See “Phone Status 
and Notifications” 

in this chapter for 
details.

Signal strength

Battery status

Connection status

Tap an icon to
open the related
application.

Tap to open or close the
All programs screen.
(See “Applications” in
this chapter for details.)

Time

Tap to open the phone
dialer screen.

Tap to add shortcuts,
widgets, and folders on
the Home screen.

Tip

While in any application, press HOME to go back to the Home screen.