Dell Streak 5 User Manual

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak21
Shortcut - A link that you can put on your Home Screen to provide 
quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or 
bookmarks.
The Stage Desktop
As part of the new Dell™ Stage interface, the Stage desktop is 
composed of seven individual screens including the Home screen. The 
desktop displays predefined Stage widgets, shortcuts, and widgets to 
give you quick and easy access to frequently-used applications, 
Twitter or Facebook postings, music,...

22Understanding Your Dell™ Streak
To navigate across the desktop
Flick the desktop horizontally until the desired Home screen is 
displayed.
To control the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails
The Home screen thumbnails work as shortcuts to their individual 
Home screens. The icon of the thumbnail will change to represent the 
Stage widget displayed on the Home screen.
• To bring up the Home screen thumbnails:
1Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons, as illustrated 
in red.
2...

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak23
• To control the Home screens using the thumbnails, either:
– Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired 
screen.
– To quickly pan through the Home screens, drag your finger 
horizontally across the shortcuts, until the desired Home 
screen appears.
Home screen 
thumbnails
bk0.book  Page 23  Friday, November 19, 2010  12:24 PM 

24Understanding Your Dell™ Streak
Dell™ Stage Widgets
Dell™ Stage gives you direct access to your most recently-used 
applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook & 
Twitter updates, and frequently-used websites.
You can create your own Stage widgets on free desktop screens to 
access applications easily and quickly.
Adding a Stage Widget
1Flick to the desktop screen where you want to add a Stage 
widget.
2To reserve enough space for the widget, remove unwanted items 
from the screen....

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak25
Using Stage Widgets
Touching the label of any Stage Widget opens the supporting 
application to it's default screen. For example, touching the label of the 
MUSIC widget opens up the Music player just as it would by touching 
the Music icon in the application drawer.
To use the HOME Stage widget
From the HOME Stage widget, you can touch application shortcuts to 
access your most recently-used applications.
To use the CONTACTS Stage widget
From the CONTACTS Stage...

26Understanding Your Dell™ Streak
To use the SOCIAL Stage widget
The SOCIAL Stage widget provides widgets to display the latest 
postings from your Twitter or Facebook account. To use the Twitter 
and Facebook widgets, you need to sign in to your Twitter or Facebook 
account with your e-mail address and password.
The Twitter widget
 NOTE: For more information on using Facebook and Twitter, see 
Facebook and Twitter.
To use the WEB Stage widget
The WEB Stage widget shows your recently-visited websites and...

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak27
• Touch   on the right corner of the search box, and say the 
name or keyword of the topic you are looking for.
Customizing Your Home screen
To add an item to a Home screen
1Touch the Home button  .
1Flick to the screen where you want to add the item.
2To access the Add to Home screen menu, either:
• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen.
• Touch the Menu button   and then touch the Add option.
3Touch the item you want to add on the Home screen:
bk0.book  Page...

28Understanding Your Dell™ Streak
Items Steps
Shortcuts
Add shortcuts for items that you wish 
to access directly from the Home 
screen.•Applications:
1Scroll through the application 
menu to locate the desired 
application.
2Touch the desired application to 
create the shortcut on the current 
Home screen.
•Bookmark:
1Flick through the Bookmarks list to 
locate the desired bookmark.
2Touch the desired bookmark to 
create the shortcut on the current 
Home screen.
•Contact:
1Flick through the Contacts...

Understanding Your Dell™ Streak29
Shortcuts•Directions & Navigation: Create a 
shortcut that you can touch to 
open Google Maps and view 
directions to a location.
1Enter your destination in the text 
box.
2Choose how you want to get to 
your destination by touching the 
driving, public transportation, or 
walking icon (from left to right).
3Enter a name for the shortcut.
4Touch the shortcut icon that you 
want to use for the shortcut.
5To u c h  t h e  Save button.
NOTE: For more information on 
getting...

30Understanding Your Dell™ Streak
Widgets
Add widgets to display active Home 
screen windows or controls for your 
favorite applications or web-based 
services, such as 
an analog clock, the 
music player, the Google Quick Search 
Box, or a calendar showing upcoming 
events
.
1Touch and hold an empty area on a 
Home screen.
2To u c h  Widgets in the Add to Home 
screen menu that appears.
3Flick through the available 
applications or services to locate 
the desired one.
4Touch the desired widget to add it...