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1.4 The Today Screen
The Today screen displays important information, such as upcoming appointments and status indicators. You
can tap a section on the screen to open the associated program.
Your upcoming
appointments.
Open Start Menu.
Notification
Signal strength
Adjust volume
Battery status
HTC Home
(See “HTC Home” in this
chapter for details.)
Open Quick Menu
(See “Quick Menu” in this chapter
for details.)
Connection status
• To access the Today screen, tap Start > Today.
• To customize the Today screen display, including the background image, tap Start > Settings >
Personal tab > Today.
For more information about customizing the Today screen, see Chapter 4.
Status Icons
The following are some of the status icons that you may see on the device.
Icons that appear in this area
Vibration mode
Sound on
Sound off
Icons that appear in this area
Battery charging
Battery full
Battery very low
Icons that appear in this area
Data connection is active
but idle
Data connection is active and
transmitting data
Maximum signal strength
No signal
Phone is turned off
No phone service.
Searching for phone service
Voice call in progress
Icons that appear in this area
1xRTT available
EVDO available
Connection is active
Connection is not active
Synchronization in progress
Icons that appear in this area
There are more notifications.
Tap the icon to view all.
New e-mail or text messages
New voice mail
Missed call
Speakerphone on
Roaming
Alarm
Bluetooth stereo headset
detected
ActiveSync notification
Synchronization error.