Open applications

You can have as many applications open at one time as you like, limited only by the amount of memory available on your smartphone at the time.

Open an application using Just Type

For detailed information on the Just Type feature, see Just Type.

1Open Card view (see Manage applications in Card view) or the Launcher (see Open an application in the Launcher).

2Begin typing the name of the application or one of its keywords (see Use application keywords).

3When the application icon appears in the search results, tap it.

Open an application in the Launcher

The Launcher displays all your applications. The Launcher includes multiple pages, which you can organize to group apps the way you want (see Reorder Launcher icons and Reorder Launcher pages).

1If you’re in an app, tap the center of the gesture area to display Card view.

2In Card view, tap .

TIP You can also open the Launcher by flicking up twice from the gesture area to the screen. If you are in Card view, just flick up once to open the Launcher

3To find the app you want, flick up or down to see all the icons on a page. To see other pages, swipe right or left on the screen, or tap the arrows in the upper-left and upper-right corner of the screen.

1Page indicator shows that there are pages to the right of the current page. Tap the arrow to move to the next page.

2Page name. Tap and hold to change the name.

4Tap the application icon.

To close the Launcher, do one of the following:

Tap the center of the gesture area.

Make the up gesture: Flick up from the gesture area to the screen.

Open an application in Quick Launch

Quick Launch is the bar of five icons that always appears at the bottom of Card view. You can also make a simple gesture to access Quick Launch from inside an app.

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