8 Using the Attention Manager

Insistent alarms

8 Using the Attention Manager

Many applications (such as Date Book and Clock) want to get your attention with some sort of alarm. Attention Manager allows you to conveniently manage all of these notifications in one place. Appointments and messages can stack up while you are away from your device. Attention Manager lets you view them from a single list, where you can selectively dismiss or follow up on each event.

Applications will signal for your attention at two different levels: insistent and subtle. Each will be discussed in detail below.

Insistent alarms

Insistent applications open a Reminders dialog screen, and may play a sound or flash the LED indicator depending on your Alarm Preferences settings. Alarms continue until you snooze or dismiss them. If the sound can be interrupted, you can tap anywhere on the screen, or press any button to silence it. Attention Manager will always open immediately when new insistent alarms are posted.

Using the Reminder command buttons

The Reminder dialog screen has three buttons for responding to an alarm.

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