LOL, Bonnie!

To the OP,
Remember the old adage.

When all else fails, read the instructions.

You just need to understand that manuals are only for use in the case of dire emergencies.

Bonzo,

Stay cool. You may not like it but language has a nasty habit of changing whether you like it or not and does so very rapidly when a technology is evolving as fast as is computing.

I am trying to understand exactly what a Widget is in smart phone terms. I have some on my new Android phone, I know what they do and they seem to be a bit like apps (sorry, f***ing applications) but I'm not sure why they are called widgets.