Sunday, December 30, 2007

How to use Speed Launcher?

If you need quick access to a user-installed application on a Nokia Series 60 device, you can use the speed launch feature, which allows you to launch an application with just one touch of the keypad from the Main menu. To do that, first you press the menu key to enter the Main menu. All the applications and top-level folders are listed in a grid of icons in this menu. For the first nine applications in the grid, you can simply press their corresponding number key to launch them. Please note that the numerical shortcut works only immediately after you enter the Main menu. If you use the navigation pad (a.k.a. joystick) to move the highlight around, the shortcuts stop working. They will work again if you go back to the idle screen and get back into the Main menu.

The 0 key does not launch any application in the main menu screen. But in the idle screen, if you press and hold the 0 key, the phone's default web browser (i.e., the Services application) is automatically launched.

You can use the Options Move menu to move the icons around in the grid and hence, change their speed launch numbers. Naturally, the application icons near the top of the grid are easier to access since they require less searching and scrolling once you are in the Main menu.

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