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 20
Notifications panel 22
Switching between recently opened apps 23
Where apps, data, and files are stored 24
Connecting HTC Flyer to a computer 24
Copying files to or from the tablet storage or storage card 25
Syncing media files between HTC Flyer and your computer's multimedia app 26
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 26
Printing 28
Turning Airplane mode on or off 28
Personalizing
Making HTC Flyer truly yours 29
Personalizing HTC Flyer with scenes 29
Changing your wallpaper 30
Applying a new skin 31
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 31
Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 32
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 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
Private browsing 41
Downloading files and apps from the Web 41
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 41
Setting browser options 43
Tablet pen and fun apps
About the tablet pen 44
Choosing your pen type, color, and stroke 46
Highlighting and drawing in pen-integrated apps 47
Scribble mode 49
About Notes 50
Writing a note 51
Reviewing a note 52
Snapbooth and Camera
Snapbooth 54
Camera 55
Photos, videos, and music
Gallery 60
Music 67
Connected Media 71
HTC services
HTC Watch 73
HTCSense.com 77
Accounts and sync
About online accounts 79
Synchronizing with a Google Account 79
Adding a social network account 80
Managing your online accounts 81
Social
Facebook for HTC Sense 83
Twitter for HTC Sense 84
Using Friend Stream 85
Tweeting in Friend Stream 88
Chatting in Google Talk 89
Email
Gmail 92
Mail 93

Calendar
About Calendar 101
Creating an event 101
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
Google Maps 113
People
Transferring contacts from your old phone 117
About the People app 118
Your contacts list 119
Setting up your profile 120
Importing contacts from your SIM card 120
Adding a new contact 120
Searching for a contact 121
Importing a contact from an ActiveSync account 121
Merging contact information 122
Contact information and conversations 123
Backing up your contacts to the storage card 124
Sending contact information as a vCard 125
Contact groups 125
Adding People widgets 127
Messages
Opening Messages 129
Sending a text message (SMS) 129
Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 130
Resuming a draft message 132
Viewing and replying to a message 132
Forwarding a message 133
Previewing message conversations 134
Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 134
Push messages 135
Managing message conversations 135
Setting message options 137
Android Market and other apps
Finding and installing apps from Android Market 138
Using the Clock 140
Checking Weather 143
Reading eBooks 144
Reading news feeds 147
Keeping track of your stocks 149

Viewing a PDF 150
Working on documents 151
Watching videos on YouTube 151
Sharing games and apps 153

HTC Sync
About HTC Sync 154
Installing HTC Sync 154
Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Flyer 155
Getting to know the workspace 155
Setting up synchronization 156
Synchronizing HTC Flyer 159
Installing an app from your computer to HTC Flyer 160
Downloading maps or purchasing services 160
Synchronizing another device with your computer 161
Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 161

Keyboard
Using the onscreen keyboard 162
Entering words with predictive text 163
Entering text by speaking 165
Entering text by tracing 165
Editing text 166
Adjusting input settings 166

Internet connections
Data connection 168
Wi-Fi 169
About connection widgets 171
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 171
Using HTC Flyer as a modem (USB tethering) 172
Bluetooth tethering 173
Connecting HTC Flyer to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 173
Using HTC Flyer as a wireless router 174

Bluetooth
Bluetooth basics 175
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 175
Connecting other Bluetooth devices 176
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 177
Sending information using Bluetooth 178
Receiving information using Bluetooth 179

Security
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN 181
Protecting HTC Flyer with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 181
Encrypting data on HTC Flyer 183

Settings
Settings on HTC Flyer 184

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Changing display settings 185
Changing sound settings 187
Changing the language 187
Optimizing battery life 187
Managing memory 188
Checking information about HTC Flyer 190
Update and reset
Software updates 191
Restarting HTC Flyer 192