Android 2.3 User Manual
News & Weather
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improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life
between charges.
between charges.
Prefetch images
Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text, when
the headlines are downloaded. Prefetching images improves performance at the
expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. This setting is
only available when
expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. This setting is
only available when
Prefetch articles is checked.
Refresh settings
These settings control how frequently the information on the News & Weather widget
is updated. In addition to using these settings, adding or removing the News &
Weather widget from the Home screen also turns
is updated. In addition to using these settings, adding or removing the News &
Weather widget from the Home screen also turns
Auto-refresh on or off. For more
about working with widgets, see “Customizing the Home screen” on page 43.
Auto-refresh
Check to have News & Weather update information automatically, at
the frequency you set with
Refresh interval. Uncheck to update the news and
weather only when you press Menu
and touch
Refresh. For automatic refresh to
work, you must also have Background Data turned on in the Settings application. See
“Accounts & sync settings” on page 369.
“Accounts & sync settings” on page 369.
Refresh interval
Opens a dialog where you can set how often to update the news
and weather automatically, if
Auto-refresh is checked. More frequent updates trade
the convenience of current information for increased data use and decreased battery
life between charges.
life between charges.
Refresh status
Displays the date and time of the last refresh and the next
scheduled refresh of news and weather.