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Part I: Getting Started
Navigating around the Phone
Windows Phone 7 devices differ from other smartphones in that Windows
Phones have significantly fewer hardware buttons. In their place is a much
heavier reliance on buttons on the screen.
In this section, I guide you through your phone’s buttons, touch screen, and
keyboard.
The phone’s buttons
Microsoft has reduced the number of hardware buttons on the Windows
Phone 7 device to six, unless the phone has a keyboard. I cover them all in
the following sections.
Buttons on the front
Beneath the Start screen are three buttons that you use to control what
appears on the screen. From left to right, they are the Back button, the Start
button, and the Search button (see Figure 1-3).
The Back button
The Back button on your phone is similar to the Back button in your Web
browser on your computer. As you start navigating through the screens on
your phone, pressing the Back button takes you back to the previous screen.
If you keep pressing the Back button, eventually you’ll get to the Start screen.
Figure 1-4 shows a couple of the options for what the Back button may look
like on your phone.
The Start button
Pressing the Start button takes you directly to the Start screen. The icon,
shown in Figure 1-5, is a silhouette of the familiar Windows icon.
The Start button comes in handy when you want to change what you’re doing
with the phone, such as going from browsing the Web to making a phone call.
The Search button
Use the Search button to find information on your device. The icon is shown
in Figure 1-6.
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