Your HTC Flyer User guide

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Contents

Getting started
Inside the box 7
HTC Flyer 7
Top cover 9
Storage card 10
Battery 11
Switching the power on or off 11
Finger gestures 12
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time 12
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer 13
Home screen 14
Basics
Adjusting the volume 16
Sleep mode 16
Status and notifications 17
Notifications panel 19
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 21
Copying files to or from the internal storage or storage card 21
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 22
Printing 23
Optimizing battery life 24
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 25
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 25
Changing your wallpaper 26
Applying a new skin 27
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 27
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 29
Adding folders on your Home screen 29
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 30
Customizing the launch bar 31
Rearranging the Home screen 32
Using sound sets 32
Rearranging or hiding application tabs 34
Customizing the lock screen 35
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Flyer and the Web 36
Using the web browser 37
Downloading from the Web 40

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 40
Setting browser options 42
Tablet pen and fun apps
About HTC Scribe 43
Choosing your pen type, color, and stroke 45
Highlighting and drawing in pen-integrated apps 46
About Notes 48
Writing a note 49
Reviewing a note 51
Switching to Kid Mode 52
Scribble mode 53
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 55
Camera 56
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 61
Music 68
Connected Media 72
HTC services
HTC Watch 74
HTCSense.com 74
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 77
Synchronizing with a Google Account 77
Adding a social network account 78
Managing your online accounts 78
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 80
Facebook app 81
What's the difference between Facebook app and Facebook for HTC Sense? 82
Twitter for HTC Sense 82
Using Friend Stream 83
Tweeting in Friend Stream 86
Chatting in Google Talk 87
Email
Gmail 90
Mail 91
Calendar
About Calendar 100
Creating an event 100

Changing Calendar views 102
Managing Calendar events 103
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 104
Showing or hiding calendars 104
Changing Calendar settings 105
About the Calendar widget 105
Maps and location
Location settings 106
Locations 106
Car Panel 113
Google Maps 114
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 118
About the People app 119
Your contacts list 119
Setting up your profile 120
Adding a new contact 120
Searching for a contact 121
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 121
Merging contact information 122
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 123
Contact information and conversations 123
Sending contact information as a vCard 125
Contact groups 125
Adding People widgets 127
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 129
Using the Clock 131
Checking Weather 134
Reading eBooks 135
Reading news feeds 138
Keeping track of your stocks 140
Working on documents 141
Viewing a PDF 142
Watching videos on YouTube 142
Sharing games and apps 144
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 145
Installing HTC Sync 145
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer 146
Getting to know the workspace 146
Setting up synchronization 147
Synchronizing HTC Flyer 150
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer 150
Synchronizing another device with your computer 151
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 151

Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 152
Entering words with predictive text 153
Entering text by speaking 155
Entering text by tracing 155
Editing text 156
Adjusting input settings 157
Internet connections
Wi-Fi 158
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 159
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 161
Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 162
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 162
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 163
Sending information using Bluetooth 164
Receiving information using Bluetooth 166
Security
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 167
Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer 169
Changing display settings 170
Changing sound settings 172
Changing the language 172
Managing memory 172
Checking information about HTC Flyer 174
Update and reset
Software updates 175
Restarting HTC Flyer 175
Resetting HTC Flyer 176
Trademarks and copyrights
Index

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