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Google Nexus One The Nexus One is a Google Android smartphone with an inside designed by the search giant and an outside built by HTC. Google bills it as a "super phone", one where the Web meets the phone. The feature set is everything you’d expect from the Android OS, but Google has added some unique goodies like voice command for text input.
The list of shortcuts below have been compiled specifically for the Nexus One and may or may not work for other Android devices such as the HTC models which run Sense UI. But if you have a Nexus One, here’s how you can make better use of the device.
Basic controls
How to | Shortcut |
Unlock phone | Slide the unlock bar to the right. |
Mute phone | Slide the unlock bar to the left. |
Manage notifications and identify operator network | Slide down from status bar at the top of screen to see list of notifications and name of the operator network your phone is connected to. |
Return to home screen | Tap home button. |
Access recently used applications | Long press home button. |
Search | Tap magnifying glass button. |
Do a voice search | Long press magnifying glass button. |
Do a voice search for calling | Long press magnifying glass button and say "call" and the person’s name. |
Extend battery life | Go to power control widget and tap icons to quickly shut off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, sync and screen brightness. |
Move or delete widget on home screen | Long press widget. |
Add application shortcuts | Go to Applications list, long press the application you want to make a shortcut of. |
Bring up list of applications installed on the phone | Tap grid pattern. |
Access different home screens | Swipe left/right or touch dots on the bottom left and right of the home screen. |
Jump to different home screens | Touch and hold the dots on the bottom left and right of your home screen to see all five home screens at a glance. Tap on a home screen to jump there. |
Activate live wallpapers | Long press home screen, select wallpapers, select live wallpapers. |
Messaging
How to | Shortcut |
Get to quick contacts menu from anywhere in the phone | Touch a contact’s image or status bubble, then a row of available communications options will appear (e.g. phone, contact details, SMS, email, chat). Click on any of the icons to choose how you’d like to interact with this person. |
Access onscreen keyboard | Long press Menu key. |
Input text by speaking | Tap microphone icon next to spacebar on virtual keyboard. Available for any text field in any app on the phone. |
Access common punctuation symbols | Long press period key. |
Cut/copy text | Select the text, touch and hold the selected text, then choose cut or copy. |
Paste text | Move to the location where you want to paste the selected text, touch and hold the location, then choose paste. |
Lock a text message | Long press an individual text message. |
Access highlighted text in a message (numbers, URLs or search for a word on the Web) | Touch and hold respective text in messages. |
Web browser
How to | Shortcut |
To go to a Web page | Touch the URL box at the top of the browser screen. Enter Web page address or search term. Suggestions list appears as you type. Tap on one of the suggestions or complete your entry and touch "go". |
Zoom in/zoom out on Web page | Reverse pinch/pinch. |
Quickly zoom in and out of a section of the Web page | Double tap the section. |
Open history, most visited Web pages and bookmarks | Long press back button. |
Open/Open in new window/Bookmark link/Save link/Share link/Copy Link URL | Long press a link/bookmark. |
Bookmark a Web page | Tap on the star icon at the top of the browser screen next to the URL box. |
Work with multiple browser windows | Press menu button and touch "windows". You can open up to eight browser windows at once and switch among them. |
Gallery
How to | Shortcut |
Zoom in/zoom out when viewing photos | Reverse pinch/pinch. |
Share photos via email / SMS / Bluetooth or upload to Picasa / Facebook / Twitter | After you take a picture with the phone, tap on the thumbnail image and select "share". |
Set picture as contact icon or wallpaper | After you take a picture with the phone, tap on the thumbnail image and select "set as". |
Share videos via email / SMS / Bluetooth or upload to YouTube / Twitter | After you take a video with the phone, tap on the menu button and select "share". |
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