Chapter 3
Fire Control
In This Chapter
Using the touchscreen
Exploring phone gestures
Using the phone horizontally
Changing the phone’s volume
Understanding the Home screen
Checking notifications
Running and switching apps
Fifty years ago, they had it wrong. Back then, it was a common belief that the more knobs, dials, and buttons something had, the more advanced it was. Technology of the future was all about throwing switches. Reality is far different, of course.
Your Fire phone is pretty advanced, yet it’s terribly short of buttons. Therefore, another, less obvious way must be available to control the device. That less obvious way is the touchscreen, but also an accelerometer, which ...
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