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248 Glossary of Terms
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.