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III. Your Home Screen (cont’d)
The time, Wi-Fi signal, and battery icons are on the right hand side of the Status Bar.
The battery icon will change as the energy is used up. It will turn orange to warn you
that you should consider charging the unit. When the icon is red, it is nearly dead
and requires immediate charge. While charging, the icon will change to an animating
green bar with a thunderbolt on it. The Wi-Fi icon will only appear when there is a
Wi-Fi signal connected.
In the center of the Status Bar is the Notification Area. Various icons will appear for
different reasons, notifying you of change of status or the completion of tasks being
performed. For instance, once a download is started, a download icon will appear. For
more information about these notifications, swipe the Status Bar downward to open the
Notification Panel [or tap “Menu,” then “Notifications”]. When tasks are completed, you
can open these files or clear these notifications. You can close the Notification Panel
by swiping up again from the panel’s control handle.
At the very bottom of the Home Screen, you have 3 buttons that make up the main
shortcuts. On the left you have a shortcut button to your media library, aka photo,
video, and music gallery. In the middle is a shortcut to the application panel, which
shows you all the apps you currently have installed on the device. The button on the
far right is a shortcut to your web browser. Tapping this will bring up a new browser
window. On either side of these nav buttons are tiny white dots. Tapping these will
cycle through your various home screens. Each homescreen can have unique widgets
and application shortcuts. You have 5 “home screens” in total.