HTC Vivid ATT VIVID USER GUIDE - Page 17

Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time, Ways of getting contacts into HTC Vivid, HTC Sync, Gmail - android

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17 Getting started Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time When you switch on HTC Vivid for the first time, you'll be asked to set it up. You can choose 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 Vivid 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 Vivid There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Vivid. You can sync HTC Vivid with contacts from your Google Account, computer, Facebook, and more. HTC Sync™ Gmail Facebook Phone contacts SIM card Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync® Transfer Sync the contacts from your old phone to your computer, and then use HTC Sync to sync HTC Vivid with your computer's Microsoft® Outlook®, Outlook Express or Windows® Contacts. Google contacts are imported to HTC Vivid after you sign in to your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts right from HTC Vivid. 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 Vivid or transfer existing ones from your old phone. Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Vivid. HTC Vivid syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Server in your workplace. Use the Transfer app to transfer not only your contacts, but also calendar events and text messages from your old phone to HTC Vivid.

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Setting up HTC Vivid for the first time
When you switch on HTC Vivid for the first time, you’ll be asked to set it up. You can
choose 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 Vivid 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 Vivid
There are several ways you can add contacts to HTC Vivid. You can sync HTC Vivid
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 Vivid with your computer's
Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
, Outlook Express or Windows
®
Contacts.
Gmail
Google contacts are imported to HTC Vivid after you sign in to
your Google Account. You can also create more Google contacts
right from HTC Vivid.
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 Vivid
or transfer existing ones from your old phone.
SIM card
Copy all your SIM contacts to HTC Vivid.
Microsoft
Exchange
ActiveSync
®
HTC Vivid syncs your work contacts from the Microsoft Exchange
ActiveSync Server in your workplace.
Transfer
Use the Transfer app to transfer not only your contacts, but also
calendar events and text messages from your old phone to HTC
Vivid.
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Getting started