5. Pinch-to-zoom USING GESTURES This gesture actually requires more than one finger. Place two fingers (usually the thumb and forefinger, but it really matter) around a doesn’t part of the screen you want to enlarge or zoom out of. Then move the two fingers apart to zoom in (enlarge that part of the screen), or pinch them closer together to zoom out. You can think of it like squeezing or expanding the screen. often used in web browsers, allowing you to It’s zoom in on part of the page that might not be clear (or might have a difficult to press). link that’s It’s also used in image programs to zoom in and out of a photo. 6. Double tap This gesture involves simply tapping on the screen twice in quick succession. It most often serves a similar function as in your web browser, double tap on a part of the page you want to zoom in on (which makes it easier to touch hyperlinks); double tap again to zoom out. if this all seems too much for now once Don’t worry – you start using the phone it will start to seem quite natural! MOTIONS On top of gestures, some phones also support motions. They might respond to shaking the phone, tilting the phone, holding it to your ear, rotating the phone and more. The user manual for the phone will reveal any motions it supports, and what each motion does. SUBJECT TURNING THE PHONE ON AND OFF 10 minutes TIME Enough with the get to start with theory, let’s it! We’ll OVERVIEW turning the phone on. Note that the following activities assume installed you’ve a SIM card in the phone the card that links the – that’s phone to your mobile account. If you check the haven’t, manual that came with the phone on how to access the SIM card slot and install it.
USING GESTURES 5. Pinch-to-zoom This gesture actually requires more than one finger. Place two fingers (usually the thumb and forefinger, but it doesn’t really matter) around a part of the screen you want to enlarge or zoom out of. Then move the two fingers apart to zoom in (enlarge that part of the screen), or pinch them closer together to zoom out. You can think of it like squeezing or expanding the screen. It’s often used in web browsers, allowing you to zoom in on part of the page that might not be clear (or might have a link that’s difficult to press). It’s also used in image programs to zoom in and out of a photo. 6. Double tap This gesture involves simply tapping on the screen twice in quick succession. It most often serves a similar function as in your web browser, double tap on a part of the page you want to zoom in on (which makes it easier to touch hyperlinks); double tap again to zoom out. Don’t worry if this all seems too much for now – once you start using the phone it will start to seem quite natural! MOTIONS On top of gestures, some phones also support motions. They might respond to shaking the phone, tilting the phone, holding it to your ear, rotating the phone and more. The user manual for the phone will reveal any motions it supports, and what each motion does. SUBJECT TURNING THE PHONE ON AND OFF TIME 10 minutes OVERVIEW Enough with the theory, let’s get to it! We’ll start with turning the phone on. Note that the following activities assume you’ve installed a SIM card in the phone – that’s the card that links the phone to your mobile account. If you haven’t, check the manual that came with the phone on how to access the SIM card slot and install it.