36The Basics

Touch a notification to open it.

To respond to a notification

1.Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description.

2.Touch a notification to view it.

The Notifications panel will close and the application that corresponds to your response will open. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box and Gmail notifications open the Gmail application so you can read your new messages.

To clear all notifications

1.Open the Notifications panel.

2.Touch the Clear button.

All event-based notifications will be cleared; ongoing notifications will remain in the list.

To close the Notifications panel

Touch and drag the tab at the bottom of the Notifications panel to the top of the screen or just press the Back Key .

The panel will also close when you touch a notification.

NOTE The Notifications tab at the bottom of screen is sensitive to the drag motion so just beginning the upward drag will close the panel.