Applications and Development 153
News & Weather
The News & Weather application allows you to
view the news and weather in your area.
1. From the Home screen, tap
(
Applications
)
➔ (
News & Weather
).
2. Select from any of the available scrollable
tabs located at the top of the screen:
Weather
,
Top Sto rie s
,
U.S., Sports
, and
Entertainment
.
3. Tap the temperature to display a graph
mapping the days temperature and
humidity.
4. While on the Weather screen, press
to display the following options:
•Refresh
: allows you to refresh the screen. Your
location and the weather is updated if there have
been any changes.
• Settings
: allows you to set weather, news, and
refresh settings.
–
Weather settings
: allows you to choose
location(s) and set the metric for temperature
displays.
–
News settings
: allows you to choose topics,
configure settings for fetching articles and
images, and view the terms of service for news
service.
–
Refresh settings
: allows you to choose options
for updating content.
–
Application version
: displays the application
version number.
To access the settings:
1. Press and then tap
Settings
.
2. Tap an available option:
Weather settings
,
News settings
,
Refresh settings
, and
Application version
.
Places
Google Places displays company logos on a layer
of Google Maps. When viewing an area you can
quickly locate a business or person, find out
more information about the business, see
coupons, public responses, and more.
1. From the Home screen, tap
(
Applications
)
➔ (
Places
).
2. Locate and tap one of the listed places
(Restaurants, Cafes, Bars, Attractions,
[user added searches], or IN THIS AREA) A
list of places within this category displays.
3. Tap the Maps icon to launch the related
maps feature.
4. Press and then tap
Add a search
. The
functions adds additional search shortcuts
to the places screen.