just got the phone yesterday. need help with apps/widgets

To just put different icons on your screen, you go into your main app area (bottom) and long press on the app. You then can drag it anywhere you want on the screen and let go (this is not actually moving the app so don't worry about that). If you don't want an icon on the screen, long press on it and then you can drag it down to the bottom where it will turn red and let go. Realize you are not deleting your apps by doing this, just getting rid of the icons on your desktop. They can always be put back. As far as widgets etc...many apps come with a widget and many don't. Most of weather apps have one. When you install an app, you can then long press on your desktop, select widgets, and if it has one it will show up there.
You can make the droid exactly how you want it by holding icons and moving them around. Long pressing on the screen and selecting widgets, folders, shortcuts etc or even downloading something like GDE where you can get more screens and other things.

 

Run a search and you'll find plenty of threads that answer all your questions.

 

Oh. You are looking to change the "look" of your phone.

Beautiful widgets is a clock/weather/calendar app. You can download it from the market, I believe, but they did have to change it because they got a cease and desist order from HTC I believe. Can anyone help with what to search for in the market to download it?

Personally, I have GDE with 4 screens (the cube) and 2 application docks set so that I can scroll trough my apps on the bar.

Also, wallswitch changes my wallpaper every few hours. Mess around with those apps and you can easily customize the look of your phone.

-Wil

 

You wont find beautiful widgets in the market due to the fact that HTC has given them a cease and desist order as has been previously stated. It you want the same look you can downloand weather widget which has the same look as the beautiful widget home screen.

 

Well theres home replacements that sort of change the way home screen works..

Home++ is top notch at the moment and free, it puts custom icons at the bottom of the screen and hides the top notification bar (theres a button to press to see notifications), gives the homescreen more of a clean look.

If you want to change the way your icon looks to fit your wallpaper or whatever, theres Better Cut which lets you use custom icons which you can download from anywhere to use on the phone. It isnt free though

BTW you get 24 hours to return a paid app to the market for a full refund.

I use Beautiful widgets (its not free) for the clock/weather on my main screen but they are off the market at the moment, but they will be back. Weather widget donate (not free) offers the Old beautiful widget style as a skin, its skinnable and you could probably find a skin for it you like.

 

kind of, you must trash all your widgets up on the default home screens (all of them) and it wont run 2 copies.

Other than that, it just runs 1 home (whichever you picked to run)

 

You may want to check out this rather epic thread of peoples' screenshots:

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...s/717-screenshots-peoples-droid-desktops.html

Probably the best way to find something you like will be seeing stuff in action. Personally, I love Pure Calendar, Pure Grid Cenlendar, Beautiful Widget, the Power Control widget (built in), Apps Organizer, and Home++