The 1.8-inch ticker display can be customized to stream real-time updates from your various social networks and well as information from your news, sports, entertainment and weather feeds. It also displays notifications for new messages, e-mails or missed calls. The bottom sides of the phone are touch-sensitive so you can activate the ticker display by simply picking up the phone. The idea behind the ticker display is that you can always be tuned in to what's happening on your phone without having to wake it up.

Our opinions were somewhat mixed regarding the ticker display. On the one hand, it seems gimmicky, unnecessary and distracting. But the touch sensors worked quite well and we slowly got used to the feature. You can scroll through your various feeds by flicking the display side-to-side, but this wasn't always so responsive. It lagged a bit transitioning from Twitter to the weather feed. Also, when we were trying to swipe, we'd accidentally click on a notification, which would open up the app associated with it. This could be incredibly annoying and doesn't really support the "at-a-glance" purpose of the ticker display.

To really get the most out of the ticker display, you have to be very selective about what shows up on it. If you sync your Twitter account to it and follow a lot of people, you're going to get really sick of seeing your friends' updates. Make sure to only subscribe to feeds you actually care about or else you'll constantly be flooded with useless information. Thankfully, it is quite easy to program your feeds via the Settings menu.

We really liked being able to control the music player from the ticker display. There's no need to switch away from the app you're using on the main display; it is quite a clever feature. The ticker switches over to show basic audio controls (back, play/pause, forward) whenever music is playing.

Unfortunately, the ticker display's APIs have not been opened up to third-party developers so you can only program a handful of apps or feeds to show up.