Your HTC Flyer User guide

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Contents

Getting started
Inside the box 8
HTC Flyer 8
Top cover 10
SIM card 11
Storage card 12
Battery 13
Switching the power on or off 13
Entering your PIN 14
Finger gestures 14
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time 15
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer 15
Home screen 16
Basics
Adjusting the volume 18
Sleep mode 18
Status and notifications 19
Notifications panel 22
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 23
Copying files to or from the internal storage or storage card 24
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 25
Printing 26
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 27
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 27
Changing your wallpaper 28
Applying a new skin 29
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 29
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 31
Adding folders on your Home screen 31
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 32
Customizing the launch bar 33
Rearranging the Home screen 34
Using sound sets 34
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 36
Customizing the lock screen 37
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Flyer and the Web 38
Using the web browser 39

Downloading from the Web 42
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 42
Setting browser options 44
Tablet pen and fun apps
About the tablet pen 45
Choosing your pen type, color, and stroke 47
Highlighting and drawing in pen-integrated apps 48
About Notes 50
Writing a note 51
Reviewing a note 53
Switching to Kid Mode 54
Scribble mode 55
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 57
Camera 58
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 63
Music 71
Connected Media 75
HTC services
HTC Watch 77
HTCSense.com 81
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 84
Synchronizing with a Google Account 84
Adding a social network account 85
Managing your online accounts 85
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 87
Facebook app 88
What's the difference between Facebook app and Facebook for HTC Sense? 89
Twitter for HTC Sense 89
Using Friend Stream 90
Tweeting in Friend Stream 93
Chatting in Google Talk 94
Email
Gmail 97
Mail 98
Calendar
About Calendar 107

Creating an event 107
Changing Calendar views 109
Managing Calendar events 110
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 111
Showing or hiding calendars 111
Changing Calendar settings 112
About the Calendar widget 112
Maps and location 113
Location settings 113
Locations 113
Car Panel 120
Google Maps 121
People 125
Transferring contacts from your old phone 125
About the People app 126
Your contacts list 127
Setting up your profile 128
Importing contacts from your SIM card 128
Adding a new contact 128
Searching for a contact 129
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 129
Merging contact information 130
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 131
Contact information and conversations 131
Sending contact information as a vCard 133
Contact groups 133
Adding People widgets 135
Messages 137
Opening Messages 137
Sending a text message (SMS) 137
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 138
Resuming a draft message 140
Viewing and replying to a message 140
Forwarding a message 141
Previewing message conversations 142
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 142
Push messages 143
Managing message conversations 143
Setting message options 145
Android Market and other apps 146
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 146
Using the Clock 148
Checking Weather 151
Reading eBooks 152
Reading news feeds 155
Keeping track of your stocks 157
Working on documents 158
Viewing a PDF 159

Watching videos on YouTube 159
Sharing games and apps 161

HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 162
Installing HTC Sync 162
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer 163
Getting to know the workspace 163
Setting up synchronization 164
Synchronizing HTC Flyer 167
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer 167
Synchronizing another device with your computer 168
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 168

Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 169
Entering words with predictive text 170
Entering text by speaking 172
Entering text by tracing 173
Editing text 173
Adjusting input settings 174

Internet connections
Data connection 176
Wi-Fi 177
About connection widgets 179
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 179
Using HTC Flyer as a modem (USB tethering) 180
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 181
Using HTC Flyer as a wireless router 181

Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 182
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 182
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 183
Sending information using Bluetooth 184
Receiving information using Bluetooth 186

Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 187
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 187

Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer 189
Changing display settings 190
Changing sound settings 192
Changing the language 192
Optimizing battery life 192
Managing memory 193
Checking information about HTC Flyer 194

Update and reset
Software updates 195
Restarting HTC Flyer 196
Resetting HTC Flyer 196

Trademarks and copyrights
Index

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