Not exact matches
Aside from the
Apps shortcut, the Entune software has a Home
screen filled with a customizable combination of
widgets, displaying hands - free calling shortcuts, the navigation map, the odd and innovative Driver Easy Speak toggle, the current audio source, and more at a glance.
A nice addition here is the Small
Apps tapping which will launch a series of small pop up
widgets and functions that will be displayed at the top of the
screen.
The Android version of the updated
app features dynamic home -
screen widgets that let users play... [Read more...]
From what I could see, Stage consists of a bunch of transparent, full -
screen widgets which offer access to frequently used
apps, Web pages, music and other content.
For example, a Green Sprint ID pack will populate your home
screen with eco-friendly
widgets, while an ESPN one will have sports - related
apps.
Other Honeycomb tweaks include a task bar at the bottom of the
screen that pulls up the five most commonly run
apps (no word on whether or not users can manually program the
apps featured), a settings popup on the Home
screen, and the ability to resize
widgets, though it's not clear if that feature extends to all
widgets or just Samsung
widgets.
Once the phone is unlocked, you'll have access to five customizable Android home
screens to populate with
apps and
widgets.
The first home
screen on the Springboard is populated with a T - Mobile Bonus
Apps widget as well as icons for the Android Market, Blockbuster, Music, TeleNav GPS, the web browser, and Zinio.
By default, the home
screen shows shortcuts to pre-installed
apps and an interactive bookmarks
widget for launching one of your favorite sites with a tap.
A MobileLife Organizer
widget sits on the fourth
screen with
apps for Contacts, Facebook, Google Talk, and Qik Video Chat.
That one, from what I've heard, has its Paperwhite - like
screen, and its Android - like system with its
app - like
widgets.
We've not always been massive fans of Sony's UI for Android in the past, as we mentioned in the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact review it simply doesn't translate well for mobile - using up precious
screen real estate that could be better spent on
apps and
widgets.
On the left hand side of the
screen is the Android
apps that come bundled with it and a few other
widgets spread evenly around.
The only thing that makes it feel like a Nook is the logo on the boot
screen and some of the customized
widgets and
apps that are on your home
screen.
The home
screen mainly has your
widgets and
apps you want to have quick access to.
Further, Jelly Bean also allows for automatic resizing of
app widgets based on parameters such as the home
screen where it has been dropped, the size to which the user expands them, and the amount of space that the home
screen has on offer.
Samsung fills all five home
screens with
widgets upon
widgets; there's one for the weather, a large clock, a photo gallery, and
widgets corresponding to Samsung's email, calendar, and social
apps.
Called Multi
Screen Sharing, this feature will allow several users to personalize the Nexus 10 according to their own tastes, including their own home screen, wallpaper, widgets, apps and app data (so your girlfriend won't get your «Angry Birds» s
Screen Sharing, this feature will allow several users to personalize the Nexus 10 according to their own tastes, including their own home
screen, wallpaper, widgets, apps and app data (so your girlfriend won't get your «Angry Birds» s
screen, wallpaper,
widgets,
apps and
app data (so your girlfriend won't get your «Angry Birds» score.)
You can customize how quickly
apps and
widgets cycle through on your
screen.
The images below show the camera
app is accessible from the lock
screen, which is coming to Ice Cream Sandwich; the various home
screens and their
widgets; resizable
widgets and with scrollable content that will be found in Android 4.0; the multi-task application
screen followed by all the applications on the handset.
When you can multi-task better, have real - time
widgets, more free
apps, make your own
apps, customize anything from live wallpaper to adjusting your look and feel of the
screen... You pretty much just screamed, «I am an apple fan boy»... And how is the dock having an «awkward shape of hinge when NOT connected» be a con?
Both devices will come preloaded with Swype as well as a «pre-configured home
screen» (read Alcatel launcher) with the most «essential
apps and
widgets pre-loaded.»
The initial
screen displays a
widget with the date and time, an AccuWeather.com
widget, a gallery
widget and 16
apps directly below.
The extra one opens - up a tray of
widget apps that sit on top of your home
screen, rather than «in» it like most
widgets.
I have the Nook
app on my Moto phone and it works just as well with all the features except no big rectangle on the home
screen, which is a
widget, but can be moved there.
It also includes some custom software including a
widget that you can place in the center of your home
screen for quick access to frequently used applications, and Lenovo's SocialTouch
app for connecting to your social networks.
The image below shows all five
screens at the top with options to add
app shortcuts,
widgets, wallpapers, and other shortcuts directly to each of them.
Beyond the core
apps in the dock (mail, Web, drawer), two of the five home
screens come with preinstalled
apps for YouTube, text messaging, news and weather
widgets, and more.
The Samsung Galaxy Essentials
widget provides a collection of premium complimentary
apps optimized for your tablet
screen.
Samsung has slightly tweaked the Android Desktop, too: A sliding tray of icons (browser,
apps, e-mail, and the like) runs along the bottom of the display, while
widgets occupy the middle expanse of the
screen and an enhanced status bar runs along the top.
On the customization
screen, accessible by tapping the + icon, you can simply drag and drop any elements (
Widgets,
Apps, Wallpapers...) from the sections displayed in the middle to the
screen of your choice in the 3 - D carousel at the top (see picture below the subtitle «
screen and virtual buttons).
The Android version of the updated
app features dynamic home -
screen widgets that let users play audiobooks right from the home
screen or resume reading ebooks with a single tap.
On a top bar, above the home
screen, there's a Google search bar, a voice - commands button, and buttons to add
widgets and open the «
apps drawer.»
One of the
screen is taken by the CoolStore
widget, the
widget shows
app suggestions from its
app store.
They have different built - in
apps depending on their wireless carrier and manufacturer, though, and they may also have different optional
widgets that consumers can choose to add or remove on home
screens.
TweetDeck 1.01 won't install and the official Facebook
app is optimised for Portrait mode, and I'd prefer a desktop
widget with the
screen real estate that is available on the AC100.
ICS experience appears to be relatively unvarnished — there is a launch
screen with a weather
widget and most used
apps, as well as a second one preloaded with links to the User Manual, online help, Task Killer etc..
The Galaxy Note 10.1 has the ability to run
apps on top of one another (via
widgets), or next to each other (via split -
screen).
Five customizable home
screens allow customers to create shortcuts to their favorite
apps and
widgets.
Additionally, we've noticed that the Kindle
app wastes far less
screen estate on the «
widgets» and controls than iBooks does, so we find it to be a superior reader for nighttime reading.Click here to read more at ZDNet Tech Broiler
Many
apps have live
widgets that let you preview email or weather from the home
screen, without opening the
app.
Home
screens behave as they currently do on Android (swipe left or right to navigate, open an
app drawer, retrieve
widgets, and so on), except you now get a customizable «favorites tray» that resembles the dock in iOS.
Instead of going the route of wholly replacing the Android 3.0 interface, Acer instead provides its own
widgets that appear on the home
screen as
apps.
The square
widgets on the desktop
screen allow you to see the local weather, time in any world city, your calendar, a sticky note and a folder full of shortcuts to your favorite
apps, all without leaving the desktop.
AT&T added its Featured
Apps widget, and shortcuts to FamilyMap, Code Scanner, and myAT & T
app to another
screen, leaving the remaining
screen virtually blank and ready for customization.
Widgets and App Menu: Just as with Android Honeycomb tablets, the Galaxy Nexus features interactive and resizable widgets which you can use to populate the five home s
Widgets and
App Menu: Just as with Android Honeycomb tablets, the Galaxy Nexus features interactive and resizable
widgets which you can use to populate the five home s
widgets which you can use to populate the five home
screens.
To start searching, just touch the microphone within the Google
app or press the mic icon on the Google home
screen widget.
The update will enable users to resize
widgets, control data consumption, access recently purchased
apps via a virtual «recent
apps» button and add personal information to the lock
screen.
This includes (but is certainly not limited to) the ability to ascribe live news feeds, weather forecasts and other similarly helpful «
widgets» to your five home
screens, which means you can see at a glance what iPad users have to open a specific
app for — and here on a large
screen widgets really do come into their own.
As expected, users can customize all of the S II's seven home
screens with
widgets and shortcuts to
apps.