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Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started

1.1 Inside the Box ......................................................................................................18

1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone .........................................................................19

Front panel ...................................................................................................................19

Back panel .................................................................................................................. 20

Left panel ...................................................................................................................... 21

Bottom panel ..............................................................................................................21

1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone ............... 22

Removing the back cover .................................................................................... 22

Removing the thin film and battery ................................................................22

Inserting the SIM card ............................................................................................23

Inserting the battery ...............................................................................................23

Inserting the microSD card .................................................................................24

Replacing the back cover.....................................................................................24

1.4 Charging the Battery .......................................................................................25

1.5 Starting Up ..........................................................................................................26

Turning the power on .............................................................................................26

Setting up your phone for the first time .......................................................26

Switching to Sleep mode .....................................................................................28

Turning the power off ............................................................................................29

1.6 Home Screen.......................................................................................................29

1.7 Status Icons .........................................................................................................30

1.8 Notifications ........................................................................................................ 32

1.9 Start Screen ......................................................................................................... 33

Moving an icon to the top of the Start screen ...........................................33

1.10 Lock Screen .........................................................................................................34

Locking your phone ............................................................................................... 34

Unlocking your phone ...........................................................................................35

Checking notifications when the phone is locked ...................................35

Receiving a call when the phone is locked ..................................................36

1.11 Adjusting the Volume ...................................................................................... 37

Setting a single volume ......................................................................................... 37

Adjusting the system and ring volumes separately ................................37

Adjusting the phone call volume ......................................................................38

1.12 Using Finger Gestures ..................................................................................... 38

Finger scrolling ..........................................................................................................38

Finger panning ..........................................................................................................39

Pinch zooming ...........................................................................................................39

1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer ....................................................41

Chapter 2 Phone Calls

2.1 Making Calls ........................................................................................................42

Making a call from the Phone dialer screen ................................................42

Calling voicemail ...................................................................................................... 44

Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders ....... 44

Making an emergency call .................................................................................. 45

Making an international call (plus code dialing) ...................................... 45

Home dialing ............................................................................................................. 45

2.2 Answering and Ending Calls .........................................................................47

Accepting or rejecting an incoming call .......................................................47

During a call ............................................................................................................... 49

2.3 Using Call History ............................................................................................... 51

2.4 Speed Dial ............................................................................................................ 52

Creating a Speed Dial entry ................................................................................ 52

Making a call using Speed Dial ..........................................................................53

2.5 Making Conference Calls ................................................................................ 53

Selecting participants and starting the conference call .......................53

Making the first call and adding calls to the conference ......................55

During the conference call ..................................................................................56

Making a conference call from an email .......................................................57

2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off ............................................ 58

Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen

3.1 About the Home Screen ................................................................................. 59

3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen ...............................60

3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs ................................................................. 61

3.4 Home ....................................................................................................................... 61

Changing the wallpaper ........................................................................................62

Updating weather information ..........................................................................63

Selecting another location to display on the Home tab .......................63

Changing the date and time .............................................................................. 64

Setting the alarm clock .........................................................................................65

Adding quick links .................................................................................................. 66

3.5 People .................................................................................................................... 67

3.6 Messages ..............................................................................................................68

3.7 Mail ..........................................................................................................................69

Adding your Internet email account .............................................................. 69

Adding your Outlook work account .............................................................. 70

Checking and reading email ............................................................................... 72

3.8 Internet .................................................................................................................. 73

Adding Web favorites ...........................................................................................73

3.9 Calendar ................................................................................................................ 74

Creating an appointment .....................................................................................74

Viewing and managing your appointments ................................................75

3.10 Stocks .................................................................................................................... 77

Adding stock quotes and market indexes ...................................................77

Viewing stock information ...................................................................................78

3.11 Photos & Videos ................................................................................................ 79

Portrait view ...............................................................................................................79

Landscape view .......................................................................................................80

3.12 Music .......................................................................................................................81

Playing music in portrait view .............................................................................81

Playing music in landscape view ......................................................................82

Setting repeat and shuffle modes ...................................................................83

Finding albums and music tracks in the Library ...................................... 84

Playlists ........................................................................................................................ 84

3.13 Weather ................................................................................................................86

Adding a city ..............................................................................................................87

Weather settings ......................................................................................................87

3.14 Twitter ...................................................................................................................88

3.15 Footprints ............................................................................................................88

3.16 Settings .................................................................................................................89

Chapter 4 Staying Close

4.1 It’s All About People ........................................................................................90

4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details .............................................. 91

Adding your personal details ..............................................................................91

Sharing your personal details ............................................................................92

4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone .................................................................93

Creating new contacts ..........................................................................................93

4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts ................................................................95

Adding favorite contacts to the People tab ...............................................95

Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact .............. 96

4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts ...................................................... 97

Browsing and finding contacts ........................................................................ 98

4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of Communications

With the Contact ...............................................................................................99

Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages .....

100

4.7 Contact Groups ................................................................................................. 101

Creating a contact group .................................................................................... 101

Sending a text or multimedia message to a group ................................ 101

Filtering the contacts list by group ............................................................... 102

4.8 Facebook Updates and Events .................................................................. 102

Logging in and out of Facebook .................................................................... 102

Checking all Facebook updates and events .............................................103

Checking a contact’s Facebook updates and events ...........................104

Updating your Facebook status .....................................................................105

Chapter 5 Entering Text

5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard ...................................................................106

Full QWERTY ...........................................................................................................107

Compact QWERTY ............................................................................................... 107

Phone Keypad..........................................................................................................107

Onscreen navigation pad ...................................................................................108

Entering text .............................................................................................................108

5.2 Using Predictive Mode ................................................................................... 110

5.3 Entering Numbers and Symbols ..................................................................111

5.4 Text Input Settings............................................................................................113

Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information

6.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone .......................................................... 114

6.2 Before Synchronizing With Your Computer ...........................................115

6.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista ......116

Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center ....... 116

Using Windows Mobile Device Center ...........................................................117

6.4 Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP ...................................................118

Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync .................................................. 118

6.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer ..........................................................119

Starting and stopping synchronization ........................................................ 119

Selecting information to sync ..........................................................................120

Troubleshooting sync connection problem ............................................... 121

6.6 Synchronizing via Bluetooth .........................................................................121

6.7 Synchronizing Music and Video .................................................................122

6.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone ................................................123

Setting up your My Phone account ..............................................................123

Changing sync settings ....................................................................................... 124

Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account ......124

Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer ........ 125

Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages

7.1 Sending Text Messages ..................................................................................126

7.2 Sending Multimedia Messages ....................................................................127

Creating a slideshow ............................................................................................ 128

7.3 How to Know When You Have New Text and Multimedia Messages . 130

7.4 Message Conversations ..................................................................................131

Viewing the exchange of messages with a contact ............................... 131

Replying to the contact in the conversation ............................................ 132

Copying and pasting text to your reply message .................................. 132

Viewing a multimedia message ......................................................................133

Managing individual messages and message threads ......................... 135

7.5 Text and Multimedia Message Settings ...................................................138

Adding MMS server settings ............................................................................. 138

7.6 Directly Making Calls from Text Messages .............................................139

7.7 Email..................................................................................................................... 140

Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer ................................140

Setting up your Internet email account ....................................................... 141

Creating and replying to email messages ................................................... 141

Adding your signature in sent email ............................................................. 142

Downloading a complete email ......................................................................143

Downloading file attachments .........................................................................143

When viewing email ..............................................................................................144

Directly making calls from email messages ..............................................145

Synchronizing email messages .......................................................................146

Filtering your email inbox .................................................................................. 147

Customizing email settings ............................................................................... 147

Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests

8.1 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server ............................................. 150

Setting up an Exchange Server connection ............................................. 150

Starting synchronization ....................................................................................150

8.2 Working With Company Email Messages ................................................151

Automatic synchronization through Direct Push .................................... 151

Scheduled synchronization ............................................................................... 152

Instant download through Fetch Mail .......................................................... 153

Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server .....................154

Out-of-office auto-reply ..................................................................................... 154

Flagging your messages ..................................................................................... 155

8.3 Starting a Conference Call from an Email ............................................. 156

8.4 Meeting Requests ............................................................................................158

Sending meeting requests ................................................................................. 158

Replying to meeting requests .......................................................................... 159

8.5 Making a Call from a Meeting Request or Reminder ......................... 160

8.6 Finding Contacts in the Company Directory ..........................................161

When browsing contacts, composing email, or creating a meeting

request.......................................................................................................................... 161

When viewing a received Outlook email message ................................ 162

Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking

9.1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet .........................................................163

Wi-Fi ............................................................................................................................. 163

GPRS/3G ....................................................................................................................166

Dial-up .........................................................................................................................166

Starting a data connection ................................................................................ 167

9.2 Using Opera Mobile ........................................................................................ 168

The browser screen ...............................................................................................168

Searching for a website and adding it to favorites ...............................169

Mobile view ...............................................................................................................170

Zooming and panning .........................................................................................170

Opera Mobile menu ................................................................................................ 171

9.3 Using Internet Explorer Mobile ...................................................................172

The browser screen ............................................................................................... 172

Entering a website address and adding it to your favorites ............. 173

Zooming and panning ......................................................................................... 174

9.4 Using YouTube ..................................................................................................175

The YouTube main screen .................................................................................. 175

Searching for videos ............................................................................................. 176

Using the Program Guide ................................................................................... 176

Watching videos ..................................................................................................... 177

9.5 Using Streaming Media ..................................................................................178

9.6 Using Windows Live ........................................................................................179

The Windows Live screen ..................................................................................180

Using Windows Live Messenger .....................................................................180

9.7 Twittering on Your Phone .............................................................................182

Logging in to your Twitter account .............................................................. 182

Viewing tweets ........................................................................................................ 183

Sending tweets .......................................................................................................184

Sending mentions and direct messages ..................................................... 184

Searching for Twitter users to follow ...........................................................184

Sharing a photo in Twitter ................................................................................. 185

Changing Twitter settings .................................................................................. 186

Logging out of Twitter ........................................................................................186

9.8 Sharing Photos and Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube ..187

Logging into your social networks ................................................................ 187

Uploading photos to Facebook ...................................................................... 187

Uploading a photo to Twitter ........................................................................... 188

Uploading videos to YouTube .......................................................................... 188

9.9 Using Facebook on Your Phone ................................................................ 189

9.10 Using Your Phone as a Modem ....................................................................191

Before you proceed ............................................................................................... 191

Setting up your phone as a USB modem.................................................... 191

Using your phone as a Bluetooth modem ................................................. 192

Ending the Internet connection ...................................................................... 193

9.11 Using Your Phone as a Wireless Router ..................................................193

Setting up your phone as a wireless router ..............................................194

Connecting your computer to your phone’s Wi-Fi network ............. 195

Turning off your phone’s Wi-Fi network ..................................................... 196

Turning on your phone’s Wi-Fi network in Comm Manager .............196

Chapter 10 Bluetooth

10.1 Bluetooth Modes ..............................................................................................197

Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible ......................... 198

10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships ................................................................................. 199

Creating a Bluetooth partnership ..................................................................199

Accepting a Bluetooth partnership ............................................................. 200

10.3 Connecting a Bluetooth Hands-free or Stereo Headset .................200

10.4 Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth ...................... 202

Sending information from your phone to a computer .......................202

Sending a file to another Bluetooth-enabled device .......................... 204

Receiving information from another Bluetooth-enabled device .. 204

Changing the folder for saving received files......................................... 204

10.5 Printing via Bluetooth .................................................................................. 205

Printing a photo .....................................................................................................205

10.6 Connecting to Car Kit Phones ................................................................... 206

Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places

11.1 Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS ........................................... 207

11.2 Downloading Location Data via QuickGPS .......................................... 208

Changing the download options ...................................................................209

11.3 HTC Footprints ................................................................................................. 210

What is a footprint? ..............................................................................................210

Taking a photo of your location as a footprint ........................................ 210

Selecting and saving a photo from Albums as a footprint................212

Editing a footprint ................................................................................................. 213

Browsing your footprints to find a place you visited ........................... 214

Exporting footprints to your storage card ................................................ 215

Importing footprints from your storage card ........................................... 215

11.4 Google Maps (Available by Country) .......................................................216

Searching a place of interest ............................................................................ 216

Using Street View...................................................................................................218

Using Layers ............................................................................................................220

11.5 Using Your Phone as a Compass ...............................................................222

Using the compass ............................................................................................... 223

Navigating to a destination .............................................................................. 223

11.6 Using Your Phone with the Car Kit ...........................................................224

Using NaviPanel ..................................................................................................... 224

Auto connecting to a Bluetooth car kit or headset when in car kit

mode ........................................................................................................................... 225

Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia

12.1 Taking Photos and Videos ...........................................................................227

Changing the capture mode ........................................................................... 227

Zooming ....................................................................................................................228

Using the flash light .............................................................................................229

Capturing photos and videos .......................................................................... 231

Onscreen controls ................................................................................................. 232

Basic settings .......................................................................................................... 233

Advanced settings ................................................................................................234

Closing the Camera .............................................................................................. 236

12.2 Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums ........................................... 237

Viewing photos ...................................................................................................... 238

Viewing Facebook photos ................................................................................240

Playing videos .........................................................................................................240

Sharing photos and videos ............................................................................... 241

Closing Albums ...................................................................................................... 242

12.3 Using Windows Media Player Mobile.......................................................242

Playing media .......................................................................................................... 242

Synchronizing video and audio files ............................................................243

Creating playlists ...................................................................................................246

Troubleshooting .....................................................................................................246

12.4 Using Audio Booster ......................................................................................247

12.5 Using FM Radio ............................................................................................... 248

Saving presets ........................................................................................................ 249

Minimizing or turning off FM Radio .............................................................249

12.6 Using MP3 Trimmer ...................................................................................... 250

Chapter 13 Other Programs

13.1 Calculator ...........................................................................................................252

Basic Calculator .....................................................................................................252

Scientific Calculator ............................................................................................. 253

13.2 Microsoft Office Mobile ................................................................................ 254

13.3 RSS Hub ..............................................................................................................255

Subscribing to and browsing news channels .......................................... 255

Viewing headlines ................................................................................................. 257

Sharing the headline link ...................................................................................258

13.4 SIM Manager......................................................................................................258

13.5 WorldCard Mobile .........................................................................................260

13.6 JBlend ...................................................................................................................261

Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites ........................................ 261

13.7 JETCET PRINT ..................................................................................................262

13.8 Windows Marketplace .................................................................................. 264

13.9 Installing and Uninstalling Programs ......................................................264

Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone

14.1 Copying and Managing Files ..................................................................... 266

14.2 Settings on Your Phone ............................................................................... 268

Personalize ...............................................................................................................268

Wireless controls ...................................................................................................268

Sound & display ..................................................................................................... 269

Data services ...........................................................................................................269

Location .....................................................................................................................270

Security ...................................................................................................................... 270

Application ................................................................................................................ 271

SD card & phone storage ................................................................................... 271

Date & time ............................................................................................................... 271

Locale & text ............................................................................................................. 271

Updates & feedback ............................................................................................ 272

Other ........................................................................................................................... 272

About phone ........................................................................................................... 273

14.3 Basic Settings ...................................................................................................274

Changing sound and display settings ......................................................... 274

Specifying a phone name ................................................................................. 278

Changing settings of phone services .......................................................... 278

14.4 Using Comm Manager ...................................................................................279

14.5 Using Connection Setup ................................................................................281

Selecting another mobile operator ............................................................... 281

Updating the Connection Setup database ................................................ 281

14.6 Using Task Manager .......................................................................................282

14.7 Protecting Your Phone ..................................................................................282

Protecting your SIM card with a PIN ...........................................................282

Protecting your phone with a password ...................................................283

Encrypting files on your storage card ........................................................284

14.8 Resetting Your Phone ....................................................................................285

Performing a soft reset ......................................................................................285

Performing a factory reset ............................................................................... 286

Appendix

A.1 Specifications .................................................................................................. 288

Index 290

Chapter 1

Getting Started

1.1 Inside the Box

You will find the following inside the box:

HTC HD2 phone with battery

• USB sync cable

• AC adapter

• Power plug

•

3.5mm stereo headset

• microSD™ card

• Pouch

• Quick Start Guide

•

1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone

Front panel

Notification LED

Touch Screen

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Earpiece

TALK/SEND

HOME

Button Function

Notification LED

This LED shows a:

Flashing green light when there is a missed call, new text

• message, new email, or other notification. Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power

• adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged. Solid amber light when the battery is being charged.

• Flashing amber light when the battery level is very low.

•

END/POWER

BACK

START

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Button Function

Earpiece Listen to a phone call from here.

TALK/SEND Press to answer a call or dial out.

HOME Press to return to the Home screen.

START Press to open the Start screen. Press twice to close.

BACK Press to return to the previous screen.

END/POWER While in a call, press to end the call.

• During a call, press and hold to turn the speakerphone on

• and off. While viewing a message, press to call the sender.

•

• Press to turn the display on or off.

• Press and hold to display the Quick List and choose whether

• to turn the power off, lock your phone, set your phone to vibrate, or disconnect the data connection.

Back panel

Speaker

5 Megapixel Camera

Dual LED Flashlight

Back Cover

Left panel

VOLUME UP

Press to increase the earpiece volume during a call or the speaker volume.

VOLUME DOWN

Press to decrease the earpiece volume during a call or the speaker volume.

Bottom panel

3.5mm Audio Jack

Connect a 3.5mm wired headset for hands-free conversation or for listening to music.

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Microphone

Sync Connector

Connect the power adapter to recharge the battery.

• Connect the supplied USB cable to sync your phone

• with your computer.

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1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone

When you take your phone out from the box and remove the back cover, you will find that the battery is inside the phone, with a thin film inserted in between the battery and the battery compartment. You need to remove this film and reinsert the battery before charging or turning the phone on.

Also install your SIM card and microSD card before turning the phone on.

Removing the back cover

Remove the back cover to access the battery compartment, SIM card slot, and storage card slot.

1. Hold your phone securely with the front facing down.

2. With your thumb or finger, open the back cover by lifting up from the left side of the cover.

Removing the thin film and battery

After removing the back cover, you will see the upper flap of the thin film wrapped over the upper half of the battery.

1. Pull the upper flap of the thin film to disengage the battery from the phone, along with the film.

2. Remove and discard the film.

3. Remove the battery.

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SIM CAR

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Inserting the SIM card

The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and phonebook/message memory. Your phone supports both 1.8V and 3 V SIM cards.

Note Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your phone. You should

consult with your mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this service.

1. Insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out.

2. Slide the SIM card completely into the slot.

Inserting the battery

After inserting your SIM card, put the battery back in.

Important If you have not yet removed the thin film that is inserted in between

the battery and the battery compartment, make sure to remove it first before reinserting the battery. See “Removing the thin film and battery” for instructions.

1. Align the battery’s exposed copper contacts with the battery connectors inside the battery compartment.

2. Insert the contacts side of the battery first and then gently push the battery into place.

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Inserting the microSD card

The storage card slot is located at the lower left side, just below the battery compartment.

Insert the microSD card into the slot with its gold contacts facing down and push it in until it clicks into place.

Replacing the back cover

After the thin film has been removed, and the SIM card, battery, and microSD card have all been inserted, put back the back cover.

Secure the right side of the back cover first and then press down the cover into place.

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1.4 Charging the Battery

The battery is partially charged. Before you turn on and start using your phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full charge/discharge cycles.

1. Attach the power plug to the AC adapter.

2. Connect one end of the USB sync cable to

the sync connector on your phone.

3. Connect the other end of the USB sync cable to the USB port of the AC adapter.

4. Plug in the AC adapter to an electrical outlet to start charging the battery.

As the battery is being charged, the notification LED (located on the left side of the earpiece) shows a solid amber light when the battery is being charged. The light turns to solid green when the phone is fully charged.

When you charge the battery while your phone is turned on, you will also see a charging icon in the title bar on top of the screen. After the battery has been fully charged, a full battery icon will be shown in the title bar.

Important • Only the AC adapter and USB sync cable provided with your

• Do not remove the battery from the phone while you are charging

• As a safety precaution, the battery stops charging when it

phone must be used to charge the battery.

it using the AC or car adapter.

overheats.

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Warning! To reduce the risk of fire or burns:

• Do not attempt to open, disassemble, or service the battery pack.

• Do not crush, puncture, short external contacts, or dispose of in

• Do not expose to temperatures above 60oC (140oF).

• Replace only with the battery pack designated for this product.

• Recycle or dispose of used battery as stipulated by local

fire or water.

regulations.

1.5 Starting Up

After installing the SIM card, battery, and microSD card and charging the battery, you can now power on and start using your phone.

Turning the power on

The rightmost button below the touch screen is the END/POWER button. Press this button to turn on your phone.

When you are in a phone call, you also press the same button to end the call. For more information about making and receiving phone calls, see Chapter 2.

Setting up your phone for the first time

When you turn on your phone for the first time, your phone displays tutorials and guides you to set up your email accounts and favorite social networks such as Facebook®, YouTube™, and Twitter™. You can follow the onscreen instructions to complete the setup, or skip the setup and do it at another time.

Note If you did not insert your SIM card and you turned on your phone for the

first time, your phone displays a tutorial showing how to install the SIM card and battery. Turn off your phone, insert your SIM card, and reinsert the battery before proceeding to use the phone.

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1. Your phone first sets up GPRS/3G, MMS, and WAP connections

automatically based on your SIM card. Wait for the setup to complete.

2. Your phone walks you through a tutorial on how to use the onscreen keyboard. Follow through the tutorial to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard.

3. If there are Wi-Fi® networks in range, a message asks you whether to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Tap OK and then tap the wireless network that you want, or tap Cancel to set up your WiFi connection at a later time.

4. Some phone features such as Weather and Footprints require Google’s location service to automatically determine your current location. On the Google Location screen, you can choose whether to allow Google’s location service to collect information about your location.

Note This service may incur additional data transfer fees from your

provider. You can enable or disable this service later in your phone’s location settings.

5. On the Set Up Accounts screen, choose the type of email account you want to set up and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the email setup.

After setting up an account, you will be taken back to the Set Up Accounts screen so you can set up more email accounts. When you are done setting up your email accounts, tap Next.

6. On the Set Up Social Networks screen, choose the type of social network account such as Facebook and YouTube that you want to access from your phone. Follow the onscreen instructions to log in to your social network account.

When you are done setting up your accounts, tap Next on the Set Up Social Networks screen.

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7. Your phone then attempts to detect your current time zone and

set your local time automatically. If auto detection is unsuccessful, tap Local Time Settings to

set your local time.

8. The subsequent screen displays the Web address from which the PC synchronization software can be downloaded. Note down the Web address so you can download and install the synchronization software on your computer later on, and then tap Next.

9. The final screen shows you where you can learn more about using your phone. Tap Finish.

Switching to Sleep mode

Briefly press the END/POWER button to turn off the display temporarily and switch your phone to Sleep mode. Sleep mode suspends your phone to a low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power.

Your phone automatically goes into Sleep mode when you leave the phone idle after a certain period of time. You are still able to receive messages and calls while your phone is in Sleep mode. Your phone wakes up automatically when you have an incoming call.

To wake up your phone manually, press the END/POWER button. You will then see that the phone has locked the screen. To find out how to unlock the screen, see “Lock Screen” in this chapter.

Tip You can set the display timeout period. For instructions, see “To change

backlight and automatic Sleep mode settings” in Chapter 14.

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Turning the power off

If you do not need to use your phone, you can turn the power off to save battery life.

1. If the display is off, press the END/POWER button to turn the display back on.

2. Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed. See “Lock Screen” for details.

3. Press and hold END/POWER for a few seconds.

4. On the Quick List screen, tap Power Off.

1.6 Home Screen

The Home screen provides you with a weather clock that shows the time and weather of your current location and displays your upcoming appointment. Tap the respective item when you want to change the weather clock to display another location, update the weather information, or access the Calendar.

Essential features that you commonly use, such as People, Messages, Mail, Internet, and more, are easily accessed up front on the Home screen. The tabs at the bottom of the Home screen correspond to the different phone features. Simply press and hold on the active tab and then slide your finger right or left to the feature you want to use. You can also directly tap a tab.

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You can also personalize the Home screen with an animated or picture wallpaper (by tapping Menu > Home Wallpaper), rearrange the tabs, as well as add quick links to people who matter most to you, your favorite websites, and applications.

For more information about using the Home screen, see Chapter 3.

1.7 Status Icons

Status icons are displayed in the title bar at the top of the screen. The following are some of the status icons that you may see on your phone.

Missed call New email

Battery charging HSPA available

Full battery HSPA connected

Very low battery

Sound on WCDMA/UMTS connected

Silent EDGE available

Vibrate EDGE connected

Maximum signal strength GPRS available

WCDMA/UMTS available

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Phone connection is off GPRS connected

Searching for phone service

No phone service Wireless network(s) available

No signal Connected to a wireless network

Voice call in progress Uploading photo or video

Speakerphone on Photo or video upload completed

Multiple notifications Connection is active

Alarm Connection is not active

Wired headset connected

Bluetooth on Call on hold

Bluetooth visible mode on

Bluetooth stereo audio Roaming

Bluetooth hands-free Dialing while no SIM card is inserted

New Windows Live message

New text or multimedia message received

Multimedia message successfully sent

Wi-Fi on

Sync in progress

Calls are forwarded

No SIM card inserted

Sending multimedia message

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1.8 Notifications

When you tap any of the status icons in the title bar, the Notifications screen opens and displays the remaining battery status, call duration of an ongoing phone call, as well as network connection status, such as Wi-Fi (if your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network), data connection usage (if your data connection is on), and other types of connections. This screen also shows all your pending notifications including missed calls, new SMS/MMS messages, and more. Tap a status icon or item on the Notifications screen to open the related screen.

To close the Notifications screen, tap Close or press the BACK button on your phone.

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1.9 Start Screen

The Start screen gives you one-touch access to the programs and settings of your phone. To open the Start screen, tap Start ( ) at the top left corner of the screen, or press the START button ( ).

On the Start screen:

Swipe your finger up or down to scroll

• through the screen.

Tap the Today icon to return to the Home

• screen. See “Home” in Chapter 3 for details.

Tap an icon to open the corresponding

• program or open a folder containing more programs.

Tap the Settings icon to access the settings

• of your phone.

Tap Lock at the bottom-left corner of

• the Start screen to lock your phone. See “Lock Screen” for details.

Press the START button twice to close

• the Start screen.

Moving an icon to the top of the Start screen

You can move often used icons to the top of the Start screen for easy access.

1. Press and hold the icon that you want to move.

2. Tap Move to Top.

The icon is moved to the top of the Start screen.

To return an icon to its original location, press and hold the icon and then tap Move Down.

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1.10 Lock Screen

The Lock screen is displayed whenever your phone is locked. You can lock your phone to prevent accidental button or touch screen presses when the phone is in your bag or pocket.

Locking your phone

Your phone automatically locks when one of the following occurs:

The display is turned off (automatically or you have pressed the

• END/POWER button) and your phone goes to sleep mode. See “Switching to Sleep mode” earlier in this chapter for details.

Your phone is password protected, and the set idle time has

• elapsed. Your phone locks itself and requires the correct password entry to unlock it. For more information about setting a password and idle time for your phone, see “Protecting your phone with a password” in Chapter 14.

You can also lock the phone manually. Tap Start and then tap Lock at the bottom-left corner of the Start screen.

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Unlocking your phone

When you see the Lock screen, slide the Lock button ( ) left or right to unlock your phone.

Note If you have set a password for your phone, you will be prompted for the

password when you unlock the phone. See “Protecting your phone with a password” in Chapter 14 for information on setting a password.

Checking notifications when the phone is locked

When your phone is locked, you are still notified of missed calls, new messages, and upcoming appointments. The Lock screen shows the next upcoming appointment and the Lock button shows the number of notifications.

To view the notifications

1. On the Lock screen, tap the Lock button ( ). Notification

buttons representing each type of received information, such as missed calls, new email, and new text messages, are then displayed below the Lock button.

2. Slide a notification button right or left to view the respective information. For instance, slide the Missed Call button ( ) to access the Call History and view the missed calls.

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Note If you have set a password for your phone, you will be prompted for

the password before you can view the information. See “Protecting your phone with a password” in Chapter 14 for information on setting a password.

Receiving a call when the phone is locked

You can receive and answer calls even when your phone is locked. For more information about answering calls, see “Answering and Ending Calls” in Chapter 2.

After you end the call, your phone remains locked and the Lock screen is displayed. You need to unlock your phone to use it.

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1.11 Adjusting the Volume

You can set a single volume for both the system and the ring volume, or set their volumes separately. You can also separately control the phone volume of an ongoing call.

Setting a single volume

By default, your phone lets you set a single volume for both the system (notifications and audio/video playback) and the ring volume.

1. Press the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the left panel of your phone to open the Volume screen.

2. To increase or decrease the volume level, drag your finger up or down the volume bars, or press the VOLUME UP/DOWN button. You can also:

Tap Silent to mute the volume.

•

Tap Vibrate to switch the phone to

•

Vibrate mode.

3. The Volume screen automatically closes. You can also tap an empty area of the Volume screen to close it.

Adjusting the system and ring volumes separately

You need to turn off the Single Volume option first before your phone can allow you to set different system and ring volumes. See “To adjust the system and ring volumes separately” in Chapter 14 for details.

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Adjusting the phone call volume

Press the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the left panel of your phone to adjust the volume during an ongoing call

For more information about making and receiving phone calls, see Chapter 2.

1.12 Using Finger Gestures

The touch screen of your phone is built for pure finger touch control. Use finger gestures to scroll, pan, and zoom in and out of the screen.

Finger scrolling

Finger scrolling can be used to scroll up and down Web pages, documents, and lists such as the contacts list, file list, message list, calendar appointments list, and more.

To scroll up and down

To scroll down, swipe your finger upward on the touch screen.

• To scroll up, swipe your finger downward on the touch screen.

To auto-scroll, flick your finger upward or downward on the touch

• screen. Tap the screen to stop scrolling.

To scroll left and right

To scroll towards the right, swipe your finger to the left.

• To scroll towards the left, swipe your finger to the right.

To auto-scroll, flick your finger left or right. Tap the screen to stop

• scrolling.

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Finger panning

You can use finger panning to move to and view other parts of a zoomed photo, Web page, document, or an email. To pan, press and hold on the touch screen and then drag your finger in any direction.

Pinch zooming

When you are viewing Web pages, photos, messages, or documents, zoom in and out freely with just a simple pinch of your fingers. Using your thumb and index finger, press on the touch screen and spread your fingers apart to zoom in. Pinch your fingers together to zoom out.

Zooming in Zooming out

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On certain screens wherein some onscreen controls or icons appear small and hard to tap on, you can also use pinch zooming to zoom in and out. After zooming in, the onscreen control or icon becomes larger and you can easily tap it with your finger. You will also see a small preview window, and you can drag your finger around this window to pan around the zoomed screen.

Normal screen Zoomed screen

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1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer

Whenever you connect your phone to the computer with the USB cable, the Connect to PC screen displays and prompts you to choose the type of USB connection:

ActiveSync

Select this mode when you need to do the following:

Sync Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar appointments,

• files, and other data between your phone and your computer.

Have read and write access to the whole phone.

•

For more information about using ActiveSync, see Chapter 6.

Disk Drive

This mode is available for selection only when you installed a microSD card on your phone. Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your phone’s storage card and your computer faster.

When Disk Drive mode is enabled while your phone is connected to the computer:

You will not be able to use your phone to access files from the

• storage card or run applications that are installed on the storage card.

Your computer will only connect to the phone’s storage card.

• When you access your phone from the computer, you will only see the contents of the phone’s storage card.

Internet Sharing

When you do not have Internet access on your computer, you can select this mode to use your phone as a modem for your computer. For more information about using Internet Sharing, see “Using Your Phone as a Modem” in Chapter 9.

Chapter 2

Phone Calls

2.1 Making Calls

To make a call, you can either dial a number or select a contact you want to call. While viewing a message that you received, you can also directly call the sender of the message if the sender’s phone number is stored in your contacts.

Before you begin making calls, add contacts to your phone by creating new contacts or synchronizing contacts to your phone. For more information about adding contacts, see “Adding Contacts to Your Phone” in Chapter 4.

Note Most SIM cards are preset with a PIN (personal identification number)

that is provided by your mobile operator. When prompted, enter the preset PIN and then tap Enter. If you enter the wrong PIN three times, the SIM card is blocked. If this happens, you can unblock it with the PUK (PIN Unblocking Key) obtained from your mobile operator.

Making a call from the Phone dialer screen

The Phone dialer’s Smart Dial feature makes it quick and easy for you to place a call. Simply enter the phone number or first few letters of the person you want to call. Smart Dial automatically searches and filters your contacts list (stored on your phone and SIM card) and the phone numbers from the Call History. From the filtered list, select the number or contact you want to call.

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1. To open the Phone dialer screen, press the TALK/SEND button

on your phone.

2. Begin entering the first few numbers or letters by tapping the keys on the Phone keypad. As you enter numbers or letters, the Phone dialer screen displays matches found.

If you tap a wrong number or character, tap to erase each subsequent digit or character. To erase the entire entry, press and hold .

3. Tap to close the keypad and to see if there are more matching numbers or contacts found. To browse through the filtered list, flick through the list or slide your finger up or down the list slowly.

4. To call a number or contact, do one of the following: Tap the desired phone number or contact from the list.

• To call a different phone number associated with the contact,

• tap the contact card icon on the right side of the contact name. On the contact summary screen, tap the number you want to call.

Tips • During a call, use the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the side of your

• To save a phone number to your contacts, tap the Call History button

phone to adjust the phone volume.

( ) that appears on the right side of the phone number, and then tap Menu > Save to People.

Calling voicemail

Number 1 is generally reserved for your voicemail. Press and hold this

button on the Phone dialer keypad to call voicemail and retrieve your voicemail messages.

Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders

While you are viewing a text or email message, you can directly call the sender of the message if the sender is a stored contact on your phone. You can also call a phone number that is contained in the body of the message. For more information about calling from received text messages, see “Messages” in Chapter 3 and “Directly Making Calls from Text Messages” in Chapter 7. For more information about calling from received email, see “Mail” in Chapter 3 and “Directly making calls from email messages” in Chapter 7.

You can also directly make calls from meeting request email and calendar reminders. See “Making a Call from a Meeting Request or Reminder” in Chapter 8 for details.

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Making an emergency call

On the Phone dialer screen, enter the international emergency number for your locale, and then press the TALK/SEND button on your phone.

Tip Additional emergency numbers may be included in your SIM card.

Contact your mobile operator for details.

Making an international call (plus code dialing)

To make an international call, first press and hold the number 0 key on the Phone dialer screen until the plus (+) sign appears. The plus (+) sign replaces the international prefix of the country that you are calling.

After the plus (+) sign, enter the complete phone number to call, which includes the country code, area code (without the leading zero, if any), and phone number. Tap Talk on the screen or press the TALK/ SEND button on your phone to dial the number.

Home dialing

Home dialing is a feature which helps you easily dial a phone number in your home country while you are roaming internationally.

To make a call using home dialing

Your phone is able to recognize your home country information from your SIM card and can automatically prepend your country code to the phone number when you place calls to your home country while roaming.

1. Simply enter the local phone number in your country without the plus (+) sign and leading zero, and then tap Talk.

Notes • If you enter a leading zero, it will be removed automatically.

• If you enter a plus (+) sign before the phone number, your phone

will just dial normally using plus code dialing.

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2. The Home Dialing screen then opens and displays the phone

number already prepended with your home country code.

Tap Yes, use number above to dial the displayed number.

• To change the prepended code to another country, tap the

• country selection box and choose the country that you want. The displayed number now changes with the code of your selected country prepended. Tap Yes, use number above to dial the displayed number.

To turn off home dialing

If you prefer to use direct dialing (that is, manually entering and dialing complete numbers) and not home dialing, you can turn the home dialing feature off.

1. Press the HOME button to return to the Home screen.

2. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Menu > All Settings.

3. Tap Personal > Phone.

4. At the bottom of the screen, scroll to the right until you see the Advanced tab.

5. Tap the Advanced tab and then clear this check box: Add home country prefix to phone numbers when roaming internationally.

6. Tap OK.

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2.2 Answering and Ending Calls

When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Voice Call screen will appear, allowing you to either answer or ignore the call.

Accepting or rejecting an incoming call

To answer a call

Press the TALK/SEND button, or fully slide the center button of the

Answer/Ignore bar to the left.

To reject a call

Press the END/POWER button, or fully slide the center button of the

Answer/Ignore bar to the right.

To mute the ring without rejecting the call

Tap Mute Ring or press the VOLUME DOWN button. When your phone rings, placing the phone face down also mutes the

ringtone.

Note If the phone is already facing down, the phone will still ring when there

are subsequent incoming calls.

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To reject a call and send a text message

When you are busy and unable to take an incoming call, you can send a text message to the caller and reject the incoming voice call. Tap Send Text when you have an incoming call, use the preset message or enter another message, and then tap Send.

To change the preset message for rejecting calls in your phone settings, open the Phone dialer screen, tap Menu > Options, scroll down the Phone Settings screen and tap Reject call with Message, and then enter your new preset message in the provided text box.

To automatically scale down the ring volume when picking up the phone

You can set your phone to automatically scale down the ring volume whenever you pick up the phone to answer calls.

1. Press the HOME button to return to the Home screen.

2. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound & display.

3. Scroll down the screen and then tap Quiet ring on pickup to

turn this feature on.

4. Tap Back to return to the Home screen’s Settings tab.

To automatically increase the ring volume when the phone is in your pocket

To help avoid missing incoming calls when your phone is in your pocket or bag, you can set it to gradually increase the ring volume and vibrate when you receive a call. When not in your pocket or bag, the phone will ring at the normal volume you set.

1. Press the HOME button to return to the Home screen.

2. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound & display.

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3. Scroll down the screen and then tap Pocket mode to turn this

feature on.

4. Tap Back to return to the Home screen’s Settings tab.

During a call

When a call is in progress, a shade covers the Phone dialer’s onscreen buttons to prevent accidental taps. Only the Keypad and End Call buttons are active.

To access the onscreen buttons, slide your finger down, starting from the top of the shade. Use these onscreen buttons to put a call on hold, dial another contact for a phone conference, enter notes about the conversation, and more.

During the call, you can also browse through the text, multimedia, and email messages, and other personal details of this contact by tapping the tabs at the bottom of the screen.

Contact details

Text and multimedia messages

Facebook information (if the contact has a Facebook account)

Call history

These tabs show the same information as in

People. See Chapter 4 for details.

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To use the speakerphone

Placing your phone face down automatically turns on the speakerphone. To turn the speakerphone off, place your phone face up.

You can also tap the onscreen Speaker button ( ) or press and hold the TALK/SEND button to turn the speakerphone on or off.

The speakerphone icon

appears in the title bar when the

( )

speakerphone is on.

Warning! To decrease potential damage to your hearing, do not hold the

phone against your ear when the speakerphone is on.

To mute the microphone during a call

Tap the Mute button ( ) to turn the microphone on or off. When the microphone is turned off, the mute icon ( ) appears on the screen.

To take two calls and switch between the calls

1. Press the TALK/SEND button to accept a second call, or tap the Add Call button ( ) to dial a second call. The first call is put

on hold when you accept or dial the second call.

2. To switch between the two calls, tap the Swap button ( ) or tap the dim area onscreen that shows “On Hold”.

To end calls

To end the current call, tap End Call or press the END/POWER button. If you have two ongoing calls, tap Menu > End All Calls to end both calls.

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2.3 Using Call History

The missed call icon ( ) appears in the title bar when you missed a call. Use the Call History to check who the caller was or view all your dialed numbers and received calls.

Missed call

Received call

Dialed number

You can access the Call History from People, the Notifications screen, or from the Phone dialer’s menu:

On the Home screen, slide to the People tab, tap All People, and

• then tap the Call History tab (rightmost tab).

When you see the missed call icon ( ) in the title bar, tap the

• title bar to open the Notifications screen, and then tap Missed Call.

Press TALK/SEND to open the Phone dialer and then tap Menu >

• Call History.

If you have a long list of calls in the Call History tab, tap Menu > Filter, and then select the type of call you want to display.

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To view the exchange of calls with a particular contact only, tap the

Contact Card button ( ) that appears to the right of the contact.

2.4 Speed Dial

Use Speed Dial to call frequently-used numbers with a single tap. For example, if you assign a contact to the location 2 in Speed Dial, you can press and hold the number 2 key on the Phone dialer keypad to dial the contact’s number.

Creating a Speed Dial entry

Number 0 and 1 keys are reserved and cannot be assigned as speed dial keys. The number 1 key is reserved for voicemail. You can set any number between 2 and 99 as a speed dial key.

1. Press TALK/SEND to open the Phone dialer screen.

2. Tap Menu > Speed Dial. The Speed Dial list will be displayed.

3. Tap Menu > New.

4. Tap a contact, and then select the phone number of the contact

that you want assigned to the speed dial key.

5. In Location, select an available key to use as the speed dial key.

6. Tap OK.

Notes • When you assign a new phone number in an occupied speed dial key,

• To delete a Speed Dial entry, press and hold the entry in the Speed

the new phone number will replace the existing one.

Dial list and then tap Delete.

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Making a call using Speed Dial

Do the following to call the contact that is assigned to a speed dial key:

On the Phone dialer screen, press and hold the assigned key, if it

• is a single-digit speed dial number.

To dial a two-digit speed dial number, tap the first number key

• first, and then press and hold the second number key.

2.5 Making Conference Calls

There are two ways to start a conference call from the Phone dialer screen. You can choose your participants first before starting the conference call. You can also dial or accept multiple calls one at a time and join them into a conference call.

Note Make sure your SIM card is enabled with conference calling service.

Contact your mobile operator for details.

Selecting participants and starting the conference call

You need to enable conference mode in the Phone dialer so you can choose participants and start the conference call.

1. Press the TALK/SEND button to open the Phone dialer.

2. Tap Menu > Conference Mode.

3. If this is your first time to use conference mode, a message will

be displayed, reminding you that conference calling service needs to be enabled first by your mobile operator before you can use it on your phone. If you do not have this service, contact your mobile operator to have it provisioned in your calling plan.

If you are ready to use conference calling, tap OK to proceed.

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4. Tap to close the Phone dialer keypad so you can scroll and

select from contacts or phone numbers.

5. Select conference call participants by selecting the check boxes of contacts or phone numbers, and then tap Conference.

The participants list is then displayed.

Tips • If you want to choose from other stored phone numbers of a

participant, tap the Phone Selection button ( ) that appears next to the participant’s name and then select another number.

• To remove a participant before starting the conference call, tap

Keypad and clear the check box of that participant.

6. Dial the first participant by tapping the Talk button ( ) that

appears to the right of this participant.

7. When the first call is connected, tap the Talk button ( ) of the second participant to dial the second call. The first call is automatically put on hold.

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8. When the second call is connected, tap the Join button ( )

to add it to the conference call. After combining the calls to the conference, dial the next participant.

9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until all participants are added and connected to the conference call.

10. While the conference call is in progress, you can still dial and add more calls. Tap Invite participants ( ) to dial another call. At most, you can have up to five participants in the conference call.

Making the first call and adding calls to the conference

To set up a conference call, you can make the first call and then dial each subsequent call to add to the conference.

1. Press the TALK/SEND button to open the Phone dialer.

2. Make a call to the first participant or accept an incoming call.

3. When the first call is connected, accept a second call, or tap the Add Call button ( ) to call the second participant. The first

participant is put on hold when you accept or dial the second call.

4. When the second call is connected, tap the Conference button ( ) to start a conference call.

5. To add another participant to the conference call, tap Invite participants ( ) and then dial another call. The conference

call is put on hold when you dial another call.

6. When connected, tap the Join button ( )to add the participant to the conference call.

7. Repeat steps 5 and 6 if you want to dial and add more participants to the conference call. At most, you can have up to five participants in the conference call.

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During the conference call

You can turn on the speakerphone during the conference call by simply placing your phone face down.

When you tap a participant while the conference call is in progress, you will see these buttons:

To talk in private with the selected participant, tap the Private button ( ). This separates the participant from the conference call and puts the others on hold. When you want to swap between the private call and the conference call, tap the dim area that shows “On Hold”.

You can end the private call by tapping or the End Call button at the bottom of the screen.

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To end the conference call and stay connected with the private call, tap Menu > End Active Calls. To end the private call and the conference call, tap Menu > End All Calls. If you do not have any private call, tapping the End Call button at the bottom of the screen ends the conference call.

Making a conference call from an email

From a received email message, you can directly start a conference call with the sender and other recipients of the email if you have their phone numbers stored in your contacts.

For more information about starting a conference call from a received email, see Chapter 8.

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2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off

In many countries, you are required by law to turn off the phone while on board an aircraft.

To enable or disable the phone connection

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls.

2. Tap the Off/On slider at the right side of the Phone option to

enable or disable the phone connection.

To enable or disable Airplane mode

Another way to turn off the phone connection is to switch your phone to Airplane mode. When you enable Airplane mode, all wireless radios on your phone are turned off, including the phone connection, Bluetooth®, and Wi-Fi.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls.

2. Tap Airplane mode to enable or disable Airplane mode.

When you disable Airplane mode, the phone connection is turned back on and the previous state of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are restored.

Chapter 3

Using the Home Screen

3.1 About the Home Screen

The Home screen is the quickest route to the essential features of your phone, which include People, Messages, Mail, Internet, and more. The tabs at the bottom of the Home screen correspond to the different phone features.

Home Photos & Videos

People Music

Messages Weather

Mail Twitter

Internet Footprints

Home screen tabs

Calendar Settings

Stocks

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3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen

To switch between the tabs, you can do one of the following:

Tap the desired tab on the Home screen.

•

Press and hold your finger on the active tab, and then slide your

•

finger right or left over the tabs. Release when you have selected the desired tab.

Tip While on any other tab or screen, press the HOME button to return to

the Home tab.

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3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs

You can move or hide the tabs on the Home screen, except for the Home tab. The Settings tab can be moved on the Home screen but cannot be hidden.

1. On the Home tab, tap Menu > Personalize Home Screen Tabs.

2. To move a tab, press and hold the icon before the tab name, and

then drag it up or down the tabs list. Release the icon when you reach the desired location.

3. To hide a tab, clear the check box at the right of the tab name.

4. Tap Done.

3.4 Home

Check the time and weather of your current location directly from the Home tab.

On this tab, you will see a flip-style weather clock, the current date, and an alarm icon that indicates whether the alarm clock is on or off. Below the date, your upcoming calendar appointment (current day or next day appointment) or a link to Calendar (if you do not have an appointment) is shown. Tap the respective item when you want to change the weather clock to display another location, update the weather information, set the date or alarm clock, or access the Calendar.

You can also personalize the Home tab with your own wallpaper and add quick links to your favorite programs, contacts, and websites.

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Weather clock

Date Calendar

appointment

Alarm icon

Quick links

Changing the wallpaper

On the Home tab, you will see a lifelike animation of your current weather. You can change the wallpaper of this weather animation or choose another animated wallpaper for the Home tab.

On the Home tab, tap Menu > Home Wallpaper and do one of the following:

To choose another wallpaper image for the weather animation,

•

tap Weather Wallpaper. On the subsequent screen, select one of the presets to use as your wallpaper.

If you have your own custom wallpaper that you want to use, tap Albums and then tap All. Scroll through the photos stored on your phone and storage card and then tap the photo that you want to use.

To choose another animated wallpaper, tap Animated Wallpaper

•

and select one of the preset animations.

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To reset the Home tab back to the weather animation, tap Menu > Home Wallpaper > Weather Wallpaper and select any wallpaper

image.

Updating weather information

Your phone can determine your current location and display your local time and weather conditions on the weather clock.

If the weather clock does not show the most recent weather conditions or does not show any weather information for some reason (such as when the auto download option is disabled), tap the weather image or the “My Location” text to go to the Weather tab and then tap Update Now. The most recent weather information of your location will then show on both the Weather tab and the Home tab’s weather clock.

You can set the time interval for auto updating weather information on the Home tab. Press the HOME button to return to the Home tab, tap Menu > Weather Settings, and then choose a time interval.

For more information about viewing weather information, see “Weather” later in this chapter.

Selecting another location to display on the Home tab

You can change the Home tab to display the date, time, and weather information of another location.

1. On the Home tab, tap the clock.

2. The World Clock screen opens. Scroll through the list of cities.

3. If the location that you want is not listed, tap Add City.

On the Add Location screen, enter the first few letters of a country or city name. The screen then displays a matching list of locations. Scroll through the list and then tap the name of the desired city.

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4. On the World Clock screen, scroll through the list of cities and select

a city. To select, tap on the circle that appears to the left of the city.

Tips • You can rearrange or remove cities on the World Clock screen. Tap

• Locations that you added to the World Clock screen are also added

Menu > Rearrange Cities and then drag them to the order that you

want. Tap Menu > Remove Cities to delete one or more cities.

to the Weather tab.

Changing the date and time

If you want to change the date shown on the Home tab, tap the date and then choose another date. When you have finished setting the date, tap Set.

To change the local time displayed on the Home tab, tap Menu > Local Time Settings and set the new time. Tap Done to change to the selected time.

Tip You can also change the date and time from the World Clock screen.

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Setting the alarm clock

When the alarm clock is not enabled, “Alarm Off” will be shown on the Home tab. Tap it to open the Alarm Clock screen so you can turn on and set the alarm clock.

1. On the Alarm Clock screen, tap an Off/On switch to turn on an alarm clock. You can turn on and set up to three alarm clocks.

2. Tap the time of one of the alarm clocks that you turned on.

3. On the Set Alarm screen, set the time and days when to

sound the alarm clock.

Tip Select multiple days by tapping each desired day. Tap a selected

day to exclude it from the alarm.

4. You can enter a description and select the alarm clock sound. You can also choose whether you want your phone to vibrate when the alarm goes off.

5. Tap Done.

6. To set the other alarm clocks, repeat step 2 to 5.

Note When an alarm goes off, you have the choice to Snooze or Dismiss

the alarm. When you select Snooze, the alarm will sound again after 5 minutes.

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Adding quick links

Quick links are shortcuts that give you one-touch access to your favorite programs, people who matter most to you, and frequentlyvisited websites. Up front on the Home tab, you can add up to nine quick links.

To add a quick link, tap an empty slot and then choose the type of shortcut to add to the Home tab.

When the first three slots are occupied, swipe your finger up on the screen to access more slots for adding quick links.

Note When you swipe your finger up on the screen, the appearance of the

Home tab changes, showing only the date, time, and alarm icon on a horizontal bar. Tap the horizontal bar when you want to change the date, time, or alarm clock setting. (Tapping the horizontal bar opens the World Clock screen.)

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3.5 People

Add the people who matter most to you to the People tab so you can quickly make calls or send text and email messages to them without going through your contacts list. You need to have contacts already stored on your phone before you can add them to the People tab.

From the People tab, you can also set up your own contact card and share it, add new contacts, and easily view exchanged text, multimedia and email messages with a contact. If contacts have their own Facebook account, you can view their Facebook status and updates.

For more information about using the People tab, see Chapter 4.

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3.6 Messages

Quickly browse through and read text messages as they arrive directly from the Messages tab. This tab also displays received multimedia messages. An attachment icon is shown to indicate that a received message is a multimedia message. You only see the subject of the multimedia message.

Text message Multimedia message

On the Messages tab, you can:

Swipe your finger up or down the screen to flip through received

• text and multimedia messages.

Tap a displayed message to view the entire message thread from

• the sender.

If the sender is a stored contact, you can press TALK/SEND to

• automatically fill in the sender’s phone number on the Phone dialer screen so you can call the sender.

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Tap the New Message icon ( ) on the upper right side of the

• screen to create a new text message.

Tap All Messages to access your inbox and other message

• folders.

Tap Menu to access more options for handling messages.

•

For more information about working with text and multimedia messages, see Chapter 7.

3.7 Mail

Set up your email accounts on the Mail tab so you can easily check your email and send email messages. After selecting an email account, you can flip and browse through received email by swiping your finger up or down the screen.

Adding your Internet email account

On the Mail tab, easily add POP3 or IMAP email accounts from popular Web-based email providers such as Yahoo!® Mail Plus and AOL® or other email providers.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab.

2. If this is your first time to set up an email account, tap the big

email image at the center of the screen or tap Add Account at the bottom of the screen. Otherwise, tap Menu > Add Account.

3. On the subsequent screen, select an email provider. If your email provider is not listed, tap Other.

4. Enter your email address and password, and then tap Next.

5. Enter your name and the account display name, and then tap Next.

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If the type of email account you want to set up is not in the phone database, the subsequent screens will prompt you to enter more details, such as the incoming and outgoing email server settings. Obtain these settings from your email provider.

6. If you want your phone to automatically send your email messages and download received email at a set interval, select the Send/Receive E-mail automatically check box and then choose the desired time interval.

7. Tap Done.

Adding your Outlook work account

If you connect to an Exchange Server for your work email, calendar, contacts, and tasks, you can set up your Outlook work account on your phone. Although your phone supports multiple email accounts, you can only have one Outlook account on your phone at a time.

You need to set up and use an Outlook account that syncs with a server running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab.

2. If this is your first time to set up an email account, tap the big

email image at the center of the screen or tap Add Account at the bottom of the screen. Otherwise, tap Menu > Add Account.

3. On the subsequent screen, tap Outlook.

4. Enter your work email address and password, and then tap Next.

Mail Setup will download Exchange Server settings to your phone.

Note If Exchange Server settings cannot be downloaded to your

phone, you need to obtain the Exchange Server settings, such as the domain and Exchange Server address, from your network

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administrator and enter them in the provided text boxes. (The server address must be the Outlook Web Access address.)

Also consult your network administrator if the option, This server

requires an encrypted (SSL) connection, needs to be enabled or

disabled.

5. Select Mail and other information types to sync with the Exchange Server.

6. By default, your phone is set to use Direct Push so that Outlook email and other information can be instantly synchronized to your phone as they arrive or are updated on the Exchange Server at work.

If you do not want to use Direct Push, you can set a regular schedule for synchronizing Outlook email and other information to your phone. Tap Advanced Settings and then set the Peak

time and Non-peak time accordingly.

Tip You can select a shorter interval in the Peak time box and a longer

interval in the Non-peak time box so that Outlook email and other information are synchronized more frequently during your work hours.

7. Tap Done. Your phone then syncs with the Exchange Server and downloads your email messages.

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Checking and reading email

When you have newly received or unread email messages, the icon on

Your email accounts

After selecting an email account, you can:

Browse through received email messages in the selected account

• by swiping your finger up or down on the screen.

Tap the displayed email message to open and read the message.

• If the sender is a stored contact, you can press TALK/SEND to

• automatically fill in the sender’s phone number on the Phone dialer screen so you can call the sender.

Tap the New Email icon ( ) to create a new email message.

• Tap Inbox to access the inbox and other message folders of your

• account.

Tap Menu to choose whether to add another email account, send

• and receive email messages, and more.

For more information about working with email messages, see Chapter 7 and 8.

the Mail tab and the respective icons of your email accounts will show the number of new email messages.

The mail icons displayed on the right side of the screen are your email accounts. Tap an icon to select an email account.

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3.8 Internet

Easily search for information on the Web. Directly on the Internet tab, you can enter words on the search bar and then tap the Search icon ( ) to open the Web browser and locate the information that you want. You can also tap Launch Browser or the globe image to open the Web browser.

Search bar

Web favorite

Available slot for adding a Web favorite

For more information about using the Web browser, see Chapter 9.

Adding Web favorites

To quickly access frequently-visited websites, you can add them as Web favorites to the Internet tab. You can add up to 10 Web favorites.

1. On the Internet tab, tap an empty slot and then tap Add Favorite.

2. Enter a title and the website address, select a folder in which to

save the favorite, and then tap Done.

When the first two slots are occupied, swipe your finger up on the screen to access more slots for adding Web favorites

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3.9 Calendar

Keep track of your important appointments and events with the calendar.

The Calendar tab displays a monthly calendar with markers to inform you of the dates that you have appointments and events. You can also change the tab to display in day, week, year, or agenda view.

Note Agenda view displays appointments for the next seven days, including

the current day.

Creating an appointment

Easily add your appointments and events to the calendar and set reminders.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Calendar tab.

2. If you are creating an appointment for the current date, tap Menu > New Appointment. Otherwise, tap another date on the calendar and then tap New Appointment.

3. Enter a name for the appointment in the Title box and the

location.

4. Set the Start and End dates and times. Otherwise, if it is a special occasion such as a birthday or a

whole-day event, select the All Day check box.

5. Under Reminder, choose how soon before the appointment you want to be notified.

6. Select the type of category for the appointment so that it can be grouped with other related appointments. Tap the box under Category, and then select a preset category (Business, Holiday, Personal, or Seasonal).

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7. Fill in the other details of the appointment.

8. When finished, tap Done.

Viewing and managing your appointments

In month view, the highlighted date indicates that it is the current date. Dates with appointments are indicated by a triangle ( ) at the upper-right corner of the date box.

To check your appointments

To check what appointments you have during a certain date, tap a date on the month calendar. The Calendar tab then changes to Day view and displays all your appointments and the weather information for that day.

Month view Day view

Note The weather information appears only if you have set your local time

to a city on the World Clock, and if the appointment date is within the 5-day forecast on the Weather tab. See “Home” and “Weather” in this chapter for details.

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In Day view, tap an appointment to view complete details of that appointment. On the subsequent screen, you can tap Menu to choose whether to edit or delete the appointment.

When in month view, swipe your finger up or down the screen to display the next or previous month on the calendar. You can also tap the Up and Down arrows that appear on the left and right sides of the month.

To change between different calendar views

On the Calendar tab, tap Menu and then choose whether to display the calendar in Agenda, Day, Week, Month, or Year view.

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3.10 Stocks

Get the latest stock updates by adding your favorite stock quotes and market indexes to the Stocks tab.

Note Downloading stock or stock market information may incur additional

fees from your mobile operator. Contact your mobile operator for details.

Adding stock quotes and market indexes

You can add up to 30 stock quotes and market indexes to the Stocks tab.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the Stocks tab and then tap Menu > Add Stock.

2. On the Add Stock screen, enter the company name, stock market index, or ticker symbol in the search box, and then tap the Search button ( ).

3. Matched search results will then be displayed. Swipe upward to scroll down the screen and access more search results.

4. Tap the company name, stock market index, or ticker symbol to display it on the Stock tab.

5. To add another stock quote or stock market index, repeat steps 1 to 3.

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Swipe your finger upward to scroll down the list of stock quotes on the Stocks tab. Tap the stock quote or stock market index name to view its intraday chart and other details.

Shows the time of the last stock information update. Tap this item or tap Update Now at the bottom-left side of the screen to download the latest stock information.

Shows the current trading price or volume.

Tap the green or red box to switch between showing the change in points/price or percentage from the previous trading day.

Tap Menu to add, delete or rearrange the stock quotes and market indexes. (When rearranging the list, drag items up or down the list to change their order.)

Viewing stock information

The Stocks tab lists all your stock quotes and stock market indexes, including the current price or volume, and the change in price or volume from the previous trading day. The change in price or volume box indicates whether the stock or stock market has gained (green) or declined (red).

Stock information are automatically downloaded and displayed on the Stocks tab at a preset time. If you want to change the download time or turn off auto download, tap Menu > Settings and change these download settings. You can also change the color for displaying stock price increases to red, if that is what’s being used in your country.

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3.11 Photos & Videos

Get full enjoyment when glancing photos and watching videos with the extra large screen of your phone. On the Photos & Videos tab, you can view your photos and videos either in portrait or landscape view.

Portrait view

When you are holding your phone upright, flip through photos and videos by swiping your finger up or down the screen.

From the portrait view of the Photos & Videos tab, you can do the following:

Tap the displayed photo or video to

• view or play it in full screen.

Tap the Camera button ( ) or Video

• Camera button ( ) on the right side of the screen to capture a photo or video using the Camera.

Tap Slideshow to view the photos

• as a slideshow. If a video is selected, tap Play.

Tap Albums to view photos and videos

• using the Albums program. (See “Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums” in Chapter 12 for details.)

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Landscape view

While you’re on the Photos & Videos tab, turning your phone sideways to the left changes the screen to landscape view. In landscape orientation, you get a wider view of the screen and can glide through your photos and videos with more ease.

To browse through photos and videos

If you have lots of photos and videos, flick left or right across the screen to quickly skim through them.

To browse more slowly through photos and videos, slide your finger left or right.

To view photos and videos in full screen

Tap the photo or video that you want to bring it up to the center of the screen. After the selected photo or video moves to the center, tap it again to view in full screen.

To play a photo slideshow, tap the Play button ( ) on the bottom right of the screen. Tap the Albums button ( ) at the bottom left to use Albums. (See “Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums” in Chapter 12 for details.)

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3.12 Music

Enjoy listening to music while on the go. Download or copy entire albums or selected music tracks to your phone and listen to them using the Music tab.

Note Your phone searches for all supported music files from the following

locations: Phone: \My Music (including all subfolders) \My Documents (including all subfolders) Storage Card: \Storage Card (including all subfolders) For information about supported music file formats, see “Specifications” in the Appendix.

Playing music in portrait view

When you are holding your phone upright, swipe your finger up or down the screen to browse through all music tracks stored in your phone and storage card and find the music that you want.

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Tap to update album covers. (You can also tap Menu > Update Album Art and choose what to download and update.)

Note Updating album covers may result in additional data charges.

Shows the repeat mode (Repeat All, Repeat One, or Repeat Off).

Shows whether shuffle mode is on or off.

Press and hold on the thin bar below the album art to display the progress bar. Drag your finger right or left on the progress bar to move forward or backward in the current track.

Tap the Play button to play the selected music track.

Tap the Next button to go to the next music track.

Tap the Previous button to go to the previous music track.

Playing music in landscape view

While you’re on the Music tab, turning your phone sideways to the left changes the screen to landscape view. In landscape orientation, you get a wider view of the screen and can glide through album covers with more ease.

To browse through music albums

If you have lots of music albums, flick left or right across the screen to quickly skim through them.

To browse more slowly through music albums, slide your finger left or right.

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To select an album and listen to music

1. Tap the album cover of the music album that you want to bring

up to the center of the screen.

2. After the selected album moves to the center of the screen, tap it again or tap the Track List button ( ) at the bottom left of the screen to display the music tracks of this album.

3. Tap the Play button ( ) at the bottom right of the screen to listen to the whole album. You can also scroll through the music list first and then tap a music track to play it.

Setting repeat and shuffle modes

Hold your phone upright, tap Menu > Repeat, and then choose whether to repeat the current track, repeat all tracks in the current album or playlist, or not to repeat. To turn shuffle mode on or off, tap Menu > Shuffle.

The icons on the upper-right side of the Music tab show whether repeat and shuffle modes are enabled.

Repeat One Repeat All Shuffle On

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Finding albums and music tracks in the Library

The Library organizes music into categories, such as All Songs, Artists, Albums, Genres, and more. If you added new albums or

music tracks to your phone, you can find them in the Library.

1. On the Music tab, tap Library.

2. The tabs at the bottom of the Library screen correspond to the

different categories. Select a category. For example, if you are looking for songs by a particular artist,

slide to the Artists tab and then tap the artist name. To browse through all music tracks that are stored on your phone and storage card, slide to the All Songs tab.

3. Tap the first track or any track in the list. The music then begins playing on the Music tab, starting from the track that you selected.

Note The Music tab plays music tracks that are in the Now Playing list of the

Library. When you select a category in the Library such as Artists and play the music, the Now Playing list will be replaced with the music tracks from that category.

Playlists

There are two types of playlists that can be added to the Library and played on the Music tab:

Custom playlists ( ) that are created on your phone.

• Windows Media® Player playlists ( ) that are synchronized

•

with Windows Media Player on your computer. (These playlists cannot be edited and deleted from your phone.)

Note If a Windows Media Player playlist contains a combination of music,

video and image files, only music files in the playlist are synchronized to your phone and other media types are filtered out.

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To create a playlist

1. On the Music tab, tap Library.

2. Tap or slide to the Playlists tab.

3. Tap Menu > New, enter a playlist name, and then tap Done.

4. On the Playlists screen, tap the playlist you have just created, and then tap Add Songs.

5. On the subsequent screen, tap or slide your finger across the

tabs to select a category. For instance, to select music tracks from a certain album, tap the Albums tab and then tap the album that you want.

6. Select the check boxes of the music tracks that you want to add to your playlist, or tap Menu > Select All to choose all the music tracks.

7. Tap Done.

8. Tap Add Songs again and repeat step 5 to 7 to add more music

tracks. When you have finished adding music tracks to your playlist, tap Back to return to the Playlists screen.

To play back a playlist

1. On the Music tab, tap Library.

2. Tap or slide to the Playlists tab.

3. On the Playlists screen, tap to select a playlist.

4. Tap the first track or any track in the playlist. The Music tab then

plays the tracks from the playlist, starting from the track that you selected.

Note Playlists are not automatically updated when music files have been

deleted from the phone’s memory or storage card.

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3.13 Weather

Your phone automatically connects to the Internet to download weather information. On the Weather tab, it displays the weather information of your current location and other preselected cities. The current day’s weather as well as the weather conditions for the next four days of the week are displayed.

On the Weather tab, you can:

Swipe your finger up or down the

• screen to view the weather in other cities.

Tap Update Now to download the

• latest weather information.

Tap More Detail Online to open the

• Web browser and view more weather information on the website. (This option is not available when you are viewing the weather for your current location.)

Tap Menu and choose to add, remove,

• or rearrange cities, or change weather settings.

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Adding a city

The Weather tab can display weather information of up to 15 cities, including your current location. Follow the steps below to add a city to this tab.

1. On the Weather tab, tap Menu > Add Location.

2. On the Add Location screen, enter the first few letters of a

country or city name. The screen then displays a matching list of locations. Scroll through the list and then tap the name of the desired city.

Your phone then downloads the weather information of the city that you selected and adds it to the Weather tab.

Weather settings

You can change the displayed temperature to Celsius or Fahrenheit on the Weather tab. You can also enable or disable auto download options and change the download time.

1. On the Weather tab, tap Menu and then choose whether to display temperature in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

2. To change other weather settings, tap Menu > Settings and then choose from the following options:

Download weather automatically. When this option is

•

selected, weather information is automatically downloaded at the set download time whenever you select the Weather tab. To change the download time, tap the box that shows the preset time and then choose another time interval.

Clear this option if you prefer to manually download weather information.

Download weather when roaming. Select this option only if

•

you want to allow automatic download of weather data when roaming. This may incur additional data charges.

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3.14 Twitter

3.15 Footprints

Enjoy twittering directly from your phone. On the Twitter tab, you can type in and send your tweet. This tab also readily displays the most recent tweets from the people that you follow.

See “Twittering on Your Phone” in Chapter 9 for details.

Record the chronicles of your life. Wherever you go, take photos of the places you visited and store their GPS location and other details to your phone. From the Footprints tab, you can then easily flip through the photos and find your favorite places again.

For more information about using Footprints, see “HTC Footprints” in Chapter 11.

3.16 Settings

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Changing or tweaking settings is as easy as one, two, three. With the phone settings neatly organized on the Settings tab and labeled with clear descriptions, you can easily find what you are looking for and just tap your way to the setting you want to change.

For more information about changing phone settings, see Chapter 14.

Chapter 4

Staying Close

4.1 It’s All About People

Bringing people who matter most closer to you – that’s what your phone is all about.

Add everyone you know to your phone to keep them within reach. For even faster communication, you can put people you keep in touch with often up front on your Home screen’s People tab. You can also add your own personal details to your phone and easily send this information to others.

Since your phone organizes text and multimedia messages, email conversations, and phone logs of a person all in one place, you get to see at a glance all communications with that person. Your phone also keeps you in tune with your social circles by integrating Facebook information into the contact details of people on your phone.

In this chapter, learn how to share your personal details, add people’s contact details to your phone, and put your favorite contacts on the Home screen’s People tab. Also learn how to view the exchange of messages and conversations with a contact.

To find out how you can reach out to people and share your thoughts, photos and videos in social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, see Chapter 9.

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4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details

You can save your phone number and personal details to your phone and easily send them to your family, friends, and other people.

Adding your personal details

My Contact Card stores your personal details on your phone. There

are two ways to add your personal details to My Contact Card.

To enter your personal details to My Contact Card

On your phone, enter your personal details directly to My Contact Card.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap Me to open the My Contact Card screen.

3. To add your personal photo, tap the Contact Photo icon ( ) on

the upper-right corner of the My Contact Card screen. Choose whether to use your Facebook photo, select a photo from Albums, or take a photo using the Camera.

If you chose to use your Facebook photo, enter the email address and password that you use for your Facebook account when you are prompted to log into Facebook.

4. Enter your name, phone number, and email address in the fields provided. Scroll down the screen and fill in more personal details.

5. Tap Done.

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To sync your Outlook contact card from your computer and save to the phone’s My Contact Card

If you are using Microsoft® Office Outlook® on your computer, you can create your own contact card containing your personal details on your computer and sync it along with other Outlook contacts to your phone. To find out how to sync your computer with your phone, see Chapter 6.

After synchronization is complete, do the following:

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Scroll through your contacts list and tap your name.

3. Tap Menu > Save to My Contact Card.

Note You can save any contact or SIM contact to My Contact Card.

Sharing your personal details

Send your personal details in a text or multimedia message to your family, friends, and people you know so they can easily add you to their phone.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap the Send button ( ) that appears to the right of Me (My

Contact Card).

3. Choose whether to Send by SMS or Send by MMS.

4. Select the Select all check box to share all your personal details,

or select the check boxes of the types of contact information you want to share.

5. Tap Done. A new message is then created. If you’re sharing your personal details in a multimedia message, the information will be included as an attachment in your message.

6. Compose your message and send it. For more information about sending text and multimedia messages, see Chapter 7.

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4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone

There are several ways to add contacts to your phone. You can:

Create new contacts on your phone. See “Creating new contacts”

• for details.

Sync Outlook contacts from your computer to your phone. See

• Chapter 6 for details.

Sync contacts from your existing Microsoft® My Phone account,

• if you have one. See “Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone” in Chapter 6 for details.

Creating new contacts

On your phone, you can create contacts complete with all sorts of contact information such as mobile, home, and work phone numbers, email addresses, home and work street addresses, and more. You can also create SIM contacts with phone numbers only and store them on your SIM card.

To create a contact

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap New to create a new contact.

3. Enter the contact name, mobile phone number, and email

address in the fields provided. To add another phone number, tap

Add Number. To add another email address, tap Add Email.

4. Scroll down the screen and fill in more contact details.

5. To link the contact with his or her Facebook account, tap Link

at the bottom of the New Contact Card screen. (For more information about Facebook, see “Facebook Updates and Events” in this chapter.)

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6. To add the photo of your contact, tap the Contact Photo icon

( ) on the upper-right corner of the New Contact Card screen. Choose whether to use the Facebook photo, select a photo from Albums, or take a photo.

7. When you have finished entering all the contact details, tap Done.

Tip Tap More at the bottom of the New Contact Card screen to enter

additional contact information.

To create a SIM contact

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap Menu > New Contact > SIM.

3. Enter the contact name and phone number, and then tap Done.

Tip Importing SIM contacts to your phone results in duplicate contact

names in the contacts list.

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4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts

You need to have contacts already stored on your phone before you can add them as favorite contacts to the Home screen’s People tab. If there are no existing contacts, create or sync them first on your phone. See “Adding Contacts to Your Phone” in this chapter for details.

Adding favorite contacts to the People tab

You can add up to 15 favorite contacts to the Home screen’s People tab.

Note SIM contacts cannot be added as favorite contacts.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab.

2. Tap an empty slot. (If slots are occupied, scroll down the screen

to find more available slots.)

3. Scroll down the contacts list to find the contact that you want to add to the People tab. If you have a long list of contacts, you can filter the list first by entering the first few letters of the person’s name in the text box on top of the contacts list.

4. When you find the contact that you want, tap the contact name.

5. Select a phone number or email address to use when calling or

sending a message to the selected contact.

6. If this contact does not have an associated photo, the subsequent screen lets you take a photo of the contact or select an existing photo.

If you selected the contact photo and it has a large size, you need to crop the photo. On the subsequent screen, a crop box appears on the photo. Center this box on the person’s face and then tap Done.

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Tip To remove favorite contacts from the People tab, tap Menu > Remove

Favorite, tap the photos of the contacts you want to remove, and then tap Done.

Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact

On the Home screen’s People tab, the following icons are shown on each photo to indicate the type of contact method that is associated to each favorite contact.

Mobile phone

Home phone

Work phone

SMS text messaging

Scroll through your favorite contacts by swiping your finger up or down the screen. Place a call or create a new message to send to a favorite contact by simply tapping the person’s photo.

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4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts

To look for contacts on your phone, go to the Home screen’s People tab and then tap All People. The People screen then opens.

On the People screen, tap or slide your finger right or left at the bottom of the screen to switch between the following tabs:

1 2 3 4 5

1 All Lists all contacts on your phone and on the SIM card. This

2 Favorites Shows the favorite contacts that you have added to the

3 Groups Allows you to create groups of contacts so that you can

4 Updates

and Events

5 Call

History

tab lets you create, delete, or edit a contact, import SIM contacts to your phone, or save a contact to your SIM card. Tap a contact to open the Contact Details screen. You can also use this tab to open or update My Contact Card.

Tip If you imported SIM contacts to your phone and

duplicated contacts are displayed, tap Menu > View > Contacts to filter and display only contacts stored on your phone.

Home screen’s People tab. You can also add favorite contacts through this tab.

easily send text, multimedia and email messages to a group of people without having to enter each contact one at a time. See “Contact Groups” in this chapter for details.

Displays notifications when there are updates that occurred in Facebook. This tab also shows events of your stored contacts. See “Facebook Updates and Events” in this chapter for details.

Lists all your dialed numbers, and received and missed calls. See “Using Call History” in Chapter 2.

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The “f” icon indicates that the photo is the contact’s Facebook profile photo.

Note Your phone will use the contact’s

Facebook photo when you have linked to the contact’s Facebook profile. If there is a contact photo already stored on your phone, the Facebook photo will not show in your contact even if you have linked to the contact’s Facebook profile.

The “!” icon appears when:

You receive a new text, multimedia or email message, or when you miss a call from the contact. The contact has new updates or events in Facebook.

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This is a SIM contact.

Tap this button to send My Contact Card in a text or multimedia message. See “Sharing your personal details” in this chapter for details.

Tap this button to search for contacts.

Use this Quick Scroll bar to quickly scroll to contact names that begin with a certain letter. Press and hold on the scroll bar and then slide your finger up or down.

The Facebook status appears when the contact has a new status message in Facebook.

From the menu, you can choose between creating a phone contact or SIM contact, delete contacts, filter the contacts list by groups, and more.

Browsing and finding contacts

On the People screen, the All tab shows you the complete list of contacts that are stored on your phone and your SIM card. Swipe upward or downward on the screen to scroll through the contacts list. Use the Quick Scroll Bar or the Search button to quickly find the contacts that you want.

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4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of Communications With the Contact

Your phone organizes contact details, text and multimedia messages, email conversations, Facebook information, and phone logs of a contact all in one place. Simply tap a contact name from the contacts list to view all these information.

After you selected a contact, the Contact Details screen opens. On this screen, tap or slide your finger right or left at the bottom of the screen to switch between the following tabs: Details, Messages, Email,

Updates and Events, and Call History.

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1 Details Shows a person’s contact details. From this tab, you can

2 Messages Displays exchanged text and multimedia messages with

3 Email Displays all received email messages from the contact. 4 Updates and

Events

5 Call History Lists all incoming, outgoing, and missed calls to and from

call or send a text, multimedia, or email message to the contact, edit or delete the contact information, or save the contact to your SIM card.

the contact. You can also reply with a text message directly on this tab.

Displays notifications when the contact has updates on his or her Facebook account. This tab also shows events of the contact. See “Facebook Updates and Events” in this chapter for details.

the contact. This tab also lets you call the contact and delete the phone logs of the contact. See “Using Call History” in Chapter 2 for details.

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Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages

By default, the number that’s entered to the Mobile field in the contact details is the primary phone number to which your text and multimedia messages are sent when you tap Send Message on the Contact Details screen.

If a contact has two or more mobile phone numbers for personal use and work, you can change the primary phone number on the Contact Details screen for sending messages to the contact.

1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People.

2. Tap a contact from the contacts list.

3. On the Contact Details screen, tap the Change number button

( ) that appears on the right side of the Send Message item. On the subsequent screen, tap another phone number to use for sending text messages to the contact.

4. A new message is then created. Compose and send your message. (For more information about sendiing text and multimedia messages, see Chapter 7.)

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