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 one-way export of information such as contacts and calendar events from a desktop organizer to your smartphone. See Export data from a desktop organizer on your computer.

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.

DRM-free file

A file that is not protected by Digital Rights Management. DRM-free files can be copied as many times as you like and can be played on your smartphone.

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).

favorite

A contact that you identify as someone you want to be able to quickly reach by phone, email, or text/multimedia message. Creating a favorite from a contact lets you view and touch base with that contact in just a few taps. You can create and manage favorites in Contacts (see Create a favorite) and in Phone (see Work with favorites).

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 Veer 4G. Key features of HP webOS include gestures, cards, merged views, and linked contacts.

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).

linked contact

A contact containing information from more than one source. For example, if you have a work contact in Exchange and a personal contact for the same person in Google, the Contacts application automatically recognizes the connection and links the two contacts so you can see all the information for a person in the same place—but the information is kept separate in the different accounts where it originated. You can also manually link and unlink contacts.

merged view

A feature on your smartphone that displays data from several sources in a single view, but keeps the sources of your data separate.

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