Now that the Windows Phone is out with its buttery smooth UI, some of you might find the following TIP-SHEET useful.
Most of these you can also find http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/default.aspx
List of “hidden” but “Easy to Get to” features in Windows Phone
1. Tap and Hold
Almost in a majority of cases you can “TAP and HOLD” hereinafter abbreviated as TaH (not TAP and DANCEJ) to get a context sensitive menu. E.g.,
a. TaH an Outlook Mail to see “Delete, mark as Unread, …, clear flag”
b. TAH a conversation to see “delete, forward”.
c. TAH an entry in Call History to “Delete”.
d. TAH a calendar entry to see relevant Actions for the appointment.
e. Try TaH in most other places to reveal hidden gems.
2. Search
a. Hardware Search button is context sensitive. At any place in the operation of the Windows Phone if you press the hardware search button it will take you to a context sensitive search.
i. Example if you are in Mail (Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) pressing on search will provide you the ability to search for in the Inbox or the specific folder you were in at that point.
ii. If you are in your call history, pressing on HW Search will allow you type and search for entries in the Call list.
iii. But not in calendar appointments.
b. Hold the Windows button for voice search
3. Text Editing
a. Hold on a text box to invoke a cursor for editing
Read more: Girish's Blog - Are you Live yet ?
Most of these you can also find http://www.microsoft.com/windowsphone/en-us/howto/wp7/default.aspx
List of “hidden” but “Easy to Get to” features in Windows Phone
1. Tap and Hold
Almost in a majority of cases you can “TAP and HOLD” hereinafter abbreviated as TaH (not TAP and DANCEJ) to get a context sensitive menu. E.g.,
a. TaH an Outlook Mail to see “Delete, mark as Unread, …, clear flag”
b. TAH a conversation to see “delete, forward”.
c. TAH an entry in Call History to “Delete”.
d. TAH a calendar entry to see relevant Actions for the appointment.
e. Try TaH in most other places to reveal hidden gems.
2. Search
a. Hardware Search button is context sensitive. At any place in the operation of the Windows Phone if you press the hardware search button it will take you to a context sensitive search.
i. Example if you are in Mail (Outlook, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) pressing on search will provide you the ability to search for in the Inbox or the specific folder you were in at that point.
ii. If you are in your call history, pressing on HW Search will allow you type and search for entries in the Call list.
iii. But not in calendar appointments.
b. Hold the Windows button for voice search
3. Text Editing
a. Hold on a text box to invoke a cursor for editing
Read more: Girish's Blog - Are you Live yet ?