Talk
You can instant message with Google Talk. Google Talk
allows you to communicate with other people who are also
connected with Google Talk on the phone or on the web.
From the Home screen, tap
(Talk).
For more information, refer to "Google Talk" on page 155.
Task Manager
Sometimes your phone might seem to slow down over time, and
the biggest reason for this are background applications. These
are applications that were not properly closed or shutdown and
are still active but minimized. The Task Manager not only lets you
see which of these applications are still active in the background
but also easily lets you choose which applications are left running
and which are closed.
Shutting Down Applications
1. Press and hold
manager). This screen contains the following tabs:
• Active applications display those currently active applications
running on your phone.
(Apps)
(Home) and then tap
• Downloaded displays any installed packages or applications
from the Play Store that are taking up memory space. Tap
Uninstall to remove them from your phone.
• RAM, displays the amount of current RAM (Random Access
Memory) currently being used and allow you to Clear memory.
• Storage displays a visual graph indicating the available and
used space within the System storage location or SD card
location.
• Help provides additional battery saving techniques.
2. From the Active applications tab, tap End to close
selected applications or tap End all to close all
background running applications.
Video Player
The Video player application plays video files stored on your
microSD card.
From the Home screen, tap
(Task
(Video Player).
For more information, refer to "Using the Video Player" on
page 183.
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