Understanding Your Phone 23Home ScreenThe Home screen is the starting point for using theapplications on your phone. There are sevenavailable panels, each populated with defaultshortcuts or applications. You can customize each ofthese panels.• Notification area displays those icons associated withend-user notifications such as: email messages, calls(missed, call in progress), new voicemail, upcomingevent, USB connection, emails, and Text/MMSmessages.– These notifications appear at the top-left of the screen(within the Status bar area) and display important userinformation.– This information can be accessed by either swipingdown from the Status bar (page 20) or by accessing theNotifications panel [ > Notifications ( )].• Status area displays those icons associated with thestatus of the device such as communication, coverage,Bluetooth, 3G and Wi-Fi communication, battery levels,GPS, etc.• Home Screen is a customizable screen that providesinformation about notifications and device status, andallows access to application Widgets.• Extended Home Screens extend beyond the currentvisible screen width to provide more space for addingicons, widgets, and other customization features.– There are seven available extended screens (panels)each of which may be populated with its own shortcutsor widgets. These screens share the use of the threePrimary Shortcuts.– The current screen is indicated at the top by a largercircle. Up to seven (7) total screens are available.Note: Both the status bar and primary shortcuts arevisible across all screens.• Google search is an on-screen Internet search enginepowered by Google™. Touch to access the VoiceSearch feature where you can verbally enter a searchterm and initiate an online search.• Widgets are self-contained on-screen applications (notshortcuts). These can be placed onto any of theavailable screens (Home or extended).Google search bar/WidgetHome PrimaryNotificationShortcutsStatus BarareaStatusareaShortcutsScreen
