A method, comprising: at a computing device with a touch screen display: displaying a first page that includes application icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein: the first page is one page in a sequence of pages in an application menu that include application icons, pages in the application menu are displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, in accordance with entering an icon reconfiguration mode, application icons displayed in the first area can be dragged from a first position on a first page in the application menu to a second position on a second page in the application menu, by dragging a respective icon of the application icons displayed in the first area toward an edge of the display, which dragging of the respective icon to within a predetermined distance of the edge of the display causes the device to replace display of the first page in the application menu with a second page in the application menu in which the respective icon can be placed responsive to detecting an end of the drag input at the second position on the second page, and receiving a user selection of a respective application icon launches an application that corresponds to the respective application icon; displaying a plurality of icons in a second area, concurrently with the display of the first page that includes application icons in the first area, of the touch screen display, wherein: the second area is different from the first area, and the plurality of icons includes application icons; while displaying the first page in the first area and the plurality of icons in the second area, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area; and in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area, displaying an animation that replaces display of the first page in the application menu with display of the second page in the application menu in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining display of the plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second page in the application menu includes application icons that are different from the application icons in the first page in the application menu. displaying a first page that includes application icons in a first area of the touch screen display, wherein: the first page is one page in a sequence of pages in an application menu that include application icons, pages in the application menu are displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, in accordance with entering an icon reconfiguration mode, application icons displayed in the first area can be dragged from a first position on a first page in the application menu to a second position on a second page in the application menu, by dragging a respective icon of the application icons displayed in the first area toward an edge of the display, which dragging of the respective icon to within a predetermined distance of the edge of the display causes the device to replace display of the first page in the application menu with a second page in the application menu in which the respective icon can be placed responsive to detecting an end of the drag input at the second position on the second page, and receiving a user selection of a respective application icon launches an application that corresponds to the respective application icon; the first page is one page in a sequence of pages in an application menu that include application icons, pages in the application menu are displayed in the first area of the touch screen display, in accordance with entering an icon reconfiguration mode, application icons displayed in the first area can be dragged from a first position on a first page in the application menu to a second position on a second page in the application menu, by dragging a respective icon of the application icons displayed in the first area toward an edge of the display, which dragging of the respective icon to within a predetermined distance of the edge of the display causes the device to replace display of the first page in the application menu with a second page in the application menu in which the respective icon can be placed responsive to detecting an end of the drag input at the second position on the second page, and receiving a user selection of a respective application icon launches an application that corresponds to the respective application icon; displaying a plurality of icons in a second area, concurrently with the display of the first page that includes application icons in the first area, of the touch screen display, wherein: the second area is different from the first area, and the plurality of icons includes application icons; the second area is different from the first area, and the plurality of icons includes application icons; while displaying the first page in the first area and the plurality of icons in the second area, detecting a first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area; and in response to detecting the first finger swipe gesture on the touch screen display in the first area, displaying an animation that replaces display of the first page in the application menu with display of the second page in the application menu in the first area on the touch screen display while maintaining display of the plurality of icons in the second area on the touch screen display, wherein the second page in the application menu includes application icons that are different from the application icons in the first page in the application menu.