The ability to add home-screen shortcuts isn't a new feature by any means -- smartphones have had this capability for quite some time -- but it's still good to see it present in BlackBerry 10.

Touch the "Menu" button and select "Add Shortcut to Home." Move your shortcut as necessary by touching and holding a finger on the icon until the screen changes, then slide it to the new position.

To create the shortcut to a Gmail label, long-press a blank spot on your home screen and select Widgets (Figure A). Locate the Gmail section in the widgets listing (Figure B).

Long-press a blank area of your home screen to add a widget > Select “Settings shortcut” > drag to your home screen > Devices. From here you can check just what accessories and devices you ...

The Shortcuts app provides access to a huge number of existing shortcuts, along with the ability to create and run your own ...

On BlackBerry 10, you have the ability to add a home screen shortcut for any web page you want. This comes in handy if you frequent certain pages and want to have instant access to them from your home ...

Tap on Add to Home Screen. On the next page you’ll give the shortcut a name and confirm the web address. After that, tap on Add in the upper-right corner to add the shortcut to your home screen.

Tap Go on the keyboard. Once the website load (make sure you are at the page of the site you want to create a shortcut for), tap the Share button at the bottom of the Safari window. It looks like a ...

If you tap that new app shortcut, the Gmail compose window will open (without having to go through the App Actions menu). Create as many of these app shortcuts as you need on your home screen.

Add Flashlight to iPhone Home Screen Using Shortcut App Although there are numerous flashlight apps, iOS devices do not have a built-in method to quickly access this feature.