Opening and Switching Applications
Multi-tasking is easy with AndroidTM because open applications keep running even when you open another application. There’s no need to quit an application before opening another. You can use and switch among several open applications. Android manages each application, stopping and starting them as needed, to ensure that idle applications don’t consume resources unnecessarily.
Opening an application
Open an application simply by touching its icon on the screen.
[Tip]You can customize your Home screen with the application icons you use most often. Applications are located on the Applications screen, but you can copy any application icon to your Home screen for faster access. No matter where the icon is, on the Applications screen or your Home screen, just touch it to open and use it.
Opening multiple applications
Touch an application icon to open it.
Touch the Home Key
.[Note]If the application icon you want is on your Home screen, simply touch the icon to open and use it.
Touch the Apps Key
.Touch the icon for the other application you want to open.
Switching between multiple applications
Touch and hold the Home Key
.A screen with the icons of applications that you’ve used recently will appear.
Touch the application icon you want to open or touch the Back Key
to return
to the current screen.
Touch an icon to open an application you’ve used recently.