dashboard
A list of all your notifications. When one or more notification icons appear at the bottom of the screen, tap the icons to open the dashboard. Tap a dashboard item to act on it. See also notification.
Data Transfer Assistant
A tool that enables you to do a
drag
A slow movement of your finger on the touchscreen used, for example, to scroll slowly through a list or move an icon in the Launcher. Drag slowly up from the gesture area to display Quick Launch when it's hidden. See Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch.
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Exhibition
A feature of your smartphone that allows you to access special apps while using the smartphone with an HP Touchstone charging dock (see Exhibition).
favourite
A contact that you identify as someone you want to be able to quickly reach by phone, email or text/multimedia message. Creating a favourite from a contact lets you view and touch base with that contact in just a few taps. You can create and manage favourites in Contacts (see Create a favourite) and in Phone (see Work with favourites). If your wireless service provider supports visual voicemail, you can also create favourites on the visual voicemail screen (see Use visual voicemail).
flick
A fast skimming of your finger vertically on the touchscreen used, for example, to scroll quickly up or down. Flick up from the gesture area to get to Card view when you're working in an app. See Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch.
gesture area
The strip beneath the touchscreen that you use to perform the back gesture, among others. You begin some gestures in the gesture area and complete them on the touchscreen; for example, the slow drag that displays Quick Launch when you have an application filling the screen.
HP webOS
The operating system of your HP Pre3. Key features of HP webOS include gestures, cards, merged views and linked contacts.
HP webOS Account
An HP webOS Account gives you access to services like automatic updates, backup of your data and more. You create an HP webOS Account by entering a working email address during initial setup of your HP Pre3 (see Set up your smartphone). Your HP webOS Account also identifies the location on the web where the data you store in your HP webOS Account is backed up. (You cannot see or change this data on the web, however.)
You can assign contacts and calendar events to your HP webOS Account. HP webOS Account items are included in the daily backup of information to your HP webOS Account but do not synchronise with any of your online accounts.
Just Type
The feature, formerly known as universal search, that enables you to make calls, search for applications and contacts on your smartphone and search the web simply by typing the number or search term in either Card view or the Launcher. You can also use Quick Actions to create new items such as email messages, text messages or memos by entering all or part of the item’s text. See Just Type.
Launcher
A group of screens (called pages) that display all your applications. To open the Launcher, tap in Quick Launch (see Quick Launch), or from the active application, flick up twice from the gesture area to the screen. If you are in Card view, open the Launcher by flicking up once from the gesture area. In the Launcher, swipe up, down, left and right to see all your apps. Tap an app icon to open the application. You can add, delete or rename Launcher pages (see Add a Launcher page, Rename a Launcher page or Delete a Launcher page).
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