Windows Phone 7 loves long presses

If you’ve been using Windows Phone 7 for awhile now, you would realize that there are a lot of hidden functions which you can access by long pressing on the screen. The problem with this feature is that Microsoft makes no mention to highlight the fact that these extra options are available, and so a lot of extra functions go unnoticed by most users. The folks over at pocketnow have come up with a really helpful guide showing you 25 different long presses all over the operating system. Discover new things which you never knew you could do with your WP7 phone. Head past the break to watch the video guide and to read the tips:

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