How To Navigate Windows Phone 7
So you just jumped on board the Microsoft train? Figured you’d give Windows Phone 7 a whirl and see what it’s all about? Great! Let us help you figure out some of the basics and even some tips and tricks with our Windows Phone 7 Basic How To’s. Today’s lesson is going to be the very first lesson you should follow; how to navigate Windows Phone 7. In this procedure, we’ll basically give you a quick overview of how moving around the Windows Phone 7 OS works and how you can get comfortable (and dare I say, master) it’s basic uses.
Highlights
- Three physical buttons; back, home, and search.
- Lockscreen swipes up to unlock the device
- Consists of a home screen that scrolls up and down and a scrollable app list you can get to by swiping to the left.
- Panoramic layout consistent through out the OS. Swiping left and right to get to new menus in different apps.
- Status bar auto-hides itself. To bring it back you have to double tap at the top of the screen.
- Live tiles on the homescreen are widget-like icons that can display certain information from different apps directly without having to enter the app itself.
- Apps and contacts can also be pinned to the homescreen like the live tiles for quicker access to certain people or apps.
- To get new apps, you click on the Marketplace and download them from the different sections there (you can also use the Marketplace to download songs as well from Zune).
For the rest of our Windows Phone Basic How To’s head here.
