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Originally Posted by snipenekkid
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As maybe the last person on the planet who has not handled an Android device, do the virtual screens slide in a 360-degree fashion rather than the iOS right to left then back left to right? Meaning the iOS screens under iOS 4.x move first to the right and from the primary "home" screen you can't move to the last page by swiping to the right, moving backwards. I did not mind the iOS way of letting me organize things, it was just a matter of adjusting but I did mind the need to go through all screens to get to the last one rather than a faster bidirectional rotation.
Heck I would have LOVED to see the ability to show all the screens at once then pic the one I want. Of course that really is no different than using only one screen, creating some folders with folders in them. That is actually what I did having the apps I never wanted to see on the 2nd virtual page. I tried to keep it all relative to the main screen which works OK, not ideal but I got used to is rather faster than I expected.
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basically how android home screens work is you get a center home page and then you have three to the right and three to the left. What's different than iOS as I stated before, each home page is set whether there is anything on them or not and you give each page it's own indvidual theme, ie My Folder page, My Media Page, my morning commute page, My Favorite's contact page, etc etc .
HTC( the maker of the EVO and the Droid Incredible) has a user interface you would like its called Sense UI and that has your central home page that shows all your different pages at once and you tap the one you want to go to. It's one of if not THE best UI's. I like Moto's, as well. on the bottom you you have a speed scroll through home pages, you run your finger and you get a haptic vibration as you fly through your home pages. It's pretty cool. Also one of the best touches of Android OS is the ability to set up widgets, this can really give each home page its own unique theme and look.