![]() Last but not least is a panel dedicated to audio. (Notice how each panel has its own color scheme, by the way? As I'll show you in a second, the colors change with a fluid motion as you move between the screens - a pretty neat effect, if you ask me.) The Sliding Stacker uses the space to show your latest events and give you a one-touch link to create a new event on the fly. The third panel is all about your calendar. As you can see, too, the custom dock (with customizable shortcuts to your phone, messaging, email, and Web browser apps along with a link to your app drawer) remains in place from one panel to the next. ![]() Swipe one panel over - or tap the corresponding icon at the top - and you'll get a detailed view of the current and upcoming weather in your area. Beneath that, you've got a glimpse at the latest news headlines, a link to your camera app, and a link to your device's image gallery. The first panel, above, presents a search bar along with an attractive clock widget that shows your current location and a quick link to find yourself on a map. X's creation revolve around four panels, each with cleanly presented cards organized into the areas of home, weather, calendar, and music. The Sliding Stacker comes by way of a talented Android user known only as "Jordan X" (no word on what the "X" stands for unless otherwise informed, I'm going to assume it's "xylophone" and that he just loves to strike those sweet-sounding bars). Without further ado, here's our first featured home screen - a little something I like to call the Sliding Stacker: Fleeting fame, gaggles of groupies, and a $10 Google Play gift card could be yours!) (Got a creative home screen setup of your own? Send some screenshots to. Most important, it'll be something you can implement easily on your own, without the need for any custom ROMs or crazily complex configurations. Each month, we'll take a look at a regular user's exceptional home screen setup - something cool and creative that goes beyond the norm. And now, one year later, it's time to expand our scope and add in some new terrain.Īllow me to introduce the latest Android Intelligence series: Awesome Android Home Screens. That's why I started the How I Use Android series last April - to give us all a peek behind the curtains at how high-profile people from the Android world use Android in their own lives. And that, I think, is what makes seeing other people's mobile tech habits most intriguing to me: the notion of getting a glimpse into someone else's thought process and maybe stumbling onto something inspiring - a different approach or idea that might provide a fresh way of optimizing or organizing my own Android experience.
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