In some embodiments, the first text is (616) application status information that is visually merged with the device status region (e.g., to form an expanded status region that includes both device status information and application status information). In some embodiments, there is no visual boundary between the device status region and a region of the display that includes the first text (e.g., a size of the first text, a color of the first text, a font of the first text, and/or a background color around the first text is set so as to match a size, color, font and/or background color of the device status region so that the first text appears to be included in an expanded portion of the device status region.) For example,
In some embodiments, the device includes a touchscreen display, the device status region has a corresponding hidden activation region that is used to detect selection of the device status region, the hidden activation region for the device status region is larger than the device status region, and the first text is displayed within the hidden activation region for the device status region (617). Thus, in some embodiments, the first text is merged with the device status region for the purposes of detecting inputs on the touchscreen display, because both the device status region and the first text are displayed within the same hidden activation region. For example,