Sony D5803/D5833 manual Navigating applications, Small apps

Navigating applications

You can navigate between applications using the navigation keys, the favorites bar, and the recently used applications window, which lets you switch easily between all recently used applications. Some applications are closed when you press to exit while others are paused or continue to run in the background. If the application is paused or runs in the background, you can continue where you left off the next time you open the application.

1Recently used applications window – Open a recently used application

2Favorites bar – Use a shortcut to access applications or widgets

3Task navigation key – Open the recently used applications window and the favorites bar

4Home navigation key – Exit an application and go back to the Homescreen

5Back navigation key – Go back to the previous screen within an application or close the application

To open the recently used applications window

•Press .

To close all the recently used applications

•Tap and then tap Close all.

To open a menu in an application

•While using the application, press .

A menu is not available in all applications.

Small apps

Small apps are miniature apps that run on top of other applications on the same screen, to enable multi-tasking. For example, you can have a webpage open showing details of currency exchange rates, and then open the Calculator small app on top of it and perform calculations. You can access your small apps via the favorites bar. To download more small apps, go to Google Play™.

To open a small app

1To make the favorites bar appear, press .

2 Tap the small app that you want to open.

You can open several small apps at the same time.

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