Your HTC Flyer User guide

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Contents

Getting started
Inside the box 8
HTC Flyer 8
Top cover 10
Storage card 11
Battery 12
Switching the power on or off 12
Finger gestures 13
Setting up HTC Flyer for the first time 13
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Flyer 14
Home screen 15
Basics
Adjusting the volume 17
Sleep mode 17
Status and notifications 19
Notifications panel 21
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 23
Copying files to or from the tablet storage or storage card 23
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 24
Printing 25
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 27
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 27
Changing your wallpaper 28
Applying a new skin 28
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
Search and Web browser
Searching HTC Flyer and the Web 38
Using the web browser 39
Downloading from the Web 41
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 42
Setting browser options 43

Tablet pen and fun apps
About HTC Scribe 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
Scribble mode 54
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 56
Camera 57
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 62
Music 70
Connected Media 74
HTC services
Watching movies on the go 76
Signing up for your HTCSense.com account 76
Using HTCSense.com 77
Deleting your HTCSense.com account 78
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 79
Synchronizing with a Google Account 79
Adding a social network account 80
Managing your online accounts 80
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 82
Twitter for HTC Sense 83
Using Friend Stream 84
Tweeting in Friend Stream 87
Chatting in Google Talk 88
Email
Gmail 91
Mail 92
Calendar
About Calendar 101
Creating an event 101
Changing Calendar views 103
Managing Calendar events 104
Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 105
Showing or hiding calendars 105

Changing Calendar settings 106
About the Calendar widget 106
Maps and location
Location settings 107
Google Maps 107
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 112
About the People app 113
Your contacts list 113
Setting up your profile 114
Adding a new contact 114
Searching for a contact 115
Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 115
Merging contact information 116
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 117
Contact information and conversations 117
Sending contact information as a vCard 119
Contact groups 119
Adding People widgets 121
Messages
Opening Messages 123
Sending a text message (SMS) 123
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 124
Resuming a draft message 126
Viewing and replying to a message 126
Forwarding a message 127
Previewing message conversations 128
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 128
Push messages 129
Managing message conversations 129
Setting message options 131
Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 132
Using the Clock 134
Checking Weather 137
Reading eBooks 138
Reading news feeds 141
Keeping track of your stocks 143
Working on documents 144
Viewing a PDF 145
Watching videos on YouTube 145
Sharing games and apps 147
HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 148
Installing HTC Sync 148
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer 149

Getting to know the workspace 149
Setting up synchronization 150
Synchronizing HTC Flyer 153
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer 153
Synchronizing another device with your computer 154
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 154

Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 155
Entering words with predictive text 156
Entering text by speaking 158
Entering text by tracing 159
Editing text 159
Adjusting input settings 160

Internet connections
Data connection 161
Wi-Fi 162
About connection widgets 163
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 163
Using HTC Flyer as a modem (USB tethering) 165
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 165
Using HTC Flyer as a wireless router 166

Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 167
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 167
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 168
Sending information using Bluetooth 169
Receiving information using Bluetooth 170

Security
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 172

Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer 174
Changing display settings 175
Changing sound settings 177
Changing the language 177
Optimizing battery life 177
Managing memory 178
Checking information about HTC Flyer 179

Reset
Restarting HTC Flyer 180
Resetting HTC Flyer 180

Trademarks and copyrights

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