Brandon Miniman | November 26, 2010 11:27 AM
In Windows Phone 7, there are many places that you can tap and hold to reveal system menus and options. These places aren’t easily discoverable, and unless someone tells you about certain ones, you might never discover them. We came up with a list of about 25 such places where you can tap and hold, but we’re sure there are more. Please leave a comment if you one to add one to our list!
1. Keyboard (punctuation, international letters, etc)
2. Picture hub background
3. Move tiles on start screen
4. Pin a program to start screen
5. Pin artist/album/song to start screen
6. Action on an email or SMS
7. Delete an SMS conversation
8. Download instead of buy Zune content if you have a Zune Pass
9. Drop pin in maps
10. Delete item in call history
11. Pin person to start
12. Start button for voice search
13. Accounts in Settings
14. On a program to uninstall, rate, review
15. While playing back pictures or video, tap and hold fast forward to seek
16. On a link in Internet Explorer
17. On a video to pin it to start
18. Settings in the People Hub
19. Games hub pin, rate/review, uninstall games
20. Games hub background Refresh
21. Music library Add to Now playing
22. Music Marketplace Share a song or Album with a friend (sends an email link)
23. People What’s New Feed refresh
24. Settings, Emails & Accounts Manual sync or Delete commands
25. Marketplace app or music downloads section if there’s an error telling you to turn on WiFi, you can tap & hold to retry
26. Picture in IE Tap & Hold can save the picture
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