News & weather – Samsung SGH-T879ZBBTMB User Manual

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Applications and Development 204

• Restaurants: displays restaurant and eatery locations relative

to your current location.

While on the map screen, press

to access additional

options:

Exit navigation: terminates the application.

Mute: allows you to mute the audio readout and directional

information.

Set destination: returns you to the navigation options screen

where you can access a destination by either Speaking, Typing, or

selecting from a Contacts entry or Starred Place.

Search: manually search for a destination address, place, name

of business, or even a type of business.

Layers: allows you to switch map views. See previous

description.

Help: provides on-screen help.

Settings: provides access to both Power settings (Screen

dimming) and Information (Terms, privacy & notices).

News & Weather

The News & Weather application allows you to view the news
and weather in your area.

1. From the Home screen, tap

(Applications)

(News & Weather).

2. Select from any of the available tabs: WEATHER, TOP

STORIES, U.S., SPORTS, and ENTERTAINMENT.

3. Tap the temperature to display a graph mapping the

days temperature and humidity.

4. While on the Weather screen, press

to display the

following options:

• Refresh: allows you to refresh the screen. Your location and the

weather is updated if there have been any changes.

• Settings: allows you to set weather, news, and refresh settings.

Weather settings: allows you to choose location(s) and set the

metric for temperature displays.

News settings: allows you to choose topics, configure settings

for fetching articles and images, and view the terms of service

for news service.

Refresh settings: allows you to choose options for updating

content.

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