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15 Getting started Rotate Pinch For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Hero S sideways. When entering text, you can turn HTC Hero S sideways to bring up a bigger keyboard. In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, you can "pinch" the screen using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to zoom in or zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page. Setting up HTC Hero S for the first time When you switch on HTC Hero S for the first time, you'll be asked to set it up. You can choose your language, how you want to connect to the Internet, and whether you want your current location to be automatically detected. If you still have personal contacts and calendar events stored on your old phone, you can easily transfer them to HTC Hero S through Bluetooth as well. Be sure to sign in to your Google® Account so you can use Google apps like Gmail™ and Android Market™. You can also set up your other email accounts, favorite social networks like Facebook® and Twitter™, and more. Just follow the onscreen instructions and you'll be up and running in no time. Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees. Don't worry. You can enable or disable them in settings later on. Ways of getting contacts into HTC Hero S There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Hero S. You can sync HTC Hero S with contacts from your Google Account, computer, Facebook, and more. HTC Sync™ Gmail Facebook Phone contacts Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and then use HTC Sync to sync HTC Hero S with your computer's Microsoft® Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows® Contacts. Google contacts are imported to HTC Hero S after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC Hero S. Log in to your Facebook account through Facebook for HTC Sense to import your Facebook friends' contact information. You can choose to create and store contacts directly in HTC Hero S or transfer existing ones from your old phone.

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Rotate
For most screens, you can automatically change the screen orientation
from portrait to landscape by turning HTC Hero S sideways. When
entering text, you can turn HTC Hero S sideways to bring up a bigger
keyboard.
Pinch
In some apps, like Gallery or the web browser, you can “pinch” the screen
using two fingers (for example, thumb and index finger) to zoom in or
zoom out when viewing a picture or a web page.
Setting up HTC Hero S for the first time
When you switch on HTC Hero S for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. You can
choose your language, how you want to connect to the Internet, and whether you
want your current location to be automatically detected. If you still have personal
contacts and calendar events stored on your old phone, you can easily transfer them
to HTC Hero S through Bluetooth as well.
Be sure to sign in to your Google
®
Account so you can use Google apps like Gmail
™
and Android Market
™
. You can also set up your other email accounts, favorite social
networks like Facebook
®
and Twitter
™
, and more.
Just follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be up and running in no time.
Some features that need to connect to the Internet such as location-based services
and auto-sync of your online accounts may incur extra data fees. Don’t worry. You
can enable or disable them in settings later on.
Ways of getting contacts into HTC Hero S
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Hero S. You can sync HTC
Hero S with contacts from your Google Account, computer, Facebook, and more.
HTC Sync
™
Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and
then use HTC Sync to sync HTC Hero S with your computer's
Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
, Outlook Express or Windows
®
Contacts.
Gmail
Google contacts are imported to HTC Hero S after you sign in to
your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts
right from HTC Hero S.
Facebook
Log in to your Facebook account through Facebook for HTC
Sense to import your Facebook friends' contact information.
Phone contacts
You can choose to create and store contacts directly in HTC
Hero S or transfer existing ones from your old phone.
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Getting started