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167 Maps and location To see a friend's profile and connect, tap the photo. Your friend's name appears in a balloon. Tap the balloon to open a screen with details about your friend and many connection options. When you open Latitude you see a list of your Latitude friends, with a summary of their last known locations, status, and so on. Tap a friend in the list to open a screen with details about the friend and many connection options. Connecting with and managing friends Tap a friend's contact details balloon in map view or tap a friend in list view to open the friend's profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy options. Show on map Chat using Google Talk Send email Get directions Sharing options Remove this friend Shows the friend's location on the map. Opens a Google Talk chat window with that friend. Opens Gmail/Google Mail with a message addressed to the friend. Gets directions to the friend's location. Select from the following:  Best available location. Share your precise location information.  Share only city level location. Share only the city you are in, not the street-level location. Your friend can see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are in. To share more precise location again, tap Best available location.  Hide from this friend. Stop sharing your location with this friend, in a list or on a map. Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations with him or her altogether. Changing privacy settings You have control over how and when you can be found by your friends. Only the last location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off Latitude or are hiding, no location is stored. 1. In Google Maps, press MENU, and then tap Latitude. 2. Tap your own name, and then tap Edit privacy settings. 3. Set the following options to your preferences: Detect your location Set your location Hide your location Turn off Latitude Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move. The update frequency is determined by several factors, such as how recently your location has changed. Choose from several options to manually select your location. Hide your location from all your friends. Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status. You can always join Latitude again.

Section	Page
Basics	9
Inside the box	9
Your phone	9
Back cover	11
Battery	12
Storage card	14
Getting started	15
Switching your phone on or off	15
Setting up your phone for the first time	16
Home screen	17
Sleep mode	18
Status and notifications	19
Opening the Notifications panel	21
Finger gestures	22
Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen	23
Adjusting the volume	25
Connecting your phone to a computer	26
Copying files to or from the storage card	27
Searching your phone and the Web	27
Setting search options	28
Personalizing	29
Changing the ringtone	29
Personalizing your phone with scenes	29
Changing your wallpaper	31
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	31
Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	33
Adding folders on your Home screen	34
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	35
Phone calls	36
Making calls	36
Receiving calls	39
HTC Caller ID	40
Using in-call options	41
Using Call history	43
Call services	45
Turning Airplane mode on or off	45
People	46
About People	46
Ways of getting contacts into your phone	46
Transferring contacts from your old phone	47
People screen	48
Contact groups	54
Contact information and conversations	55
People widget	57
Keyboard	59
Using the onscreen keyboard	59
Entering words with predictive text	61
Adjusting touch input settings	62
Messages	64
About Messages	64
Sending a text message (SMS)	64
Sending a multimedia message (MMS)	65
Resuming a draft message	67
Viewing and replying to a message	67
Managing message conversations	69
Setting message options	70
Accounts and sync	72
Synchronizing with online accounts	72
About HTC Sync	75
Synchronizing with your computer	75
Synchronizing your phone	80
Social	82
About Facebook for HTC Sense	82
Using Friend Stream	83
Tweeting on your phone	85
Chatting in Google Talk	87
Email	90
Using Gmail/Google Mail	90
Using Mail	96
Calendar	103
About Calendar	103
Creating a calendar event	103
Changing calendar views	105
Viewing, editing or deleting an event	107
Calendar event reminders	108
Displaying and synchronizing calendars	109
Changing Calendar settings	110
Sending a vCalendar	111
About the Calendar widget	111
Clock and Weather	112
About the HTC Clock widget	112
About the Clock application	112
Using Desk Clock	114
Using World Clock	115
Setting the alarm clock	116
Checking weather	118
About the Weather widget	119
Internet connections	119
Data connection	119
Wi-Fi	120
Using the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets	122
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	122
Web browser	124
Using your phone’s web browser	124
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	128
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	131
Setting browser options	132
Bluetooth	133
Bluetooth basics	133
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	133
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	135
Sending information using Bluetooth	136
Receiving information using Bluetooth	138
Camera	140
Camera basics	140
Auto focusing	141
Zooming	141
Taking a photo	142
Capturing a video	143
Camera settings	143
Gallery	146
About the Gallery application	146
Selecting an album	146
Viewing photos and videos	147
Editing your photos	149
Sending your photos and videos	150
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	151
Viewing photos in your social networks	153
Music	155
Playing music	155
Browsing music in the Library	156
Creating a playlist	156
Setting a song as ringtone	158
Sending music using Bluetooth	159
About the Music widget	159
Maps and location	160
Turning on location services	160
Google Maps	160
HTC Footprints	168
More apps	171
Watching videos on YouTube	171
Viewing a PDF	172
Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets	173
Keeping track of your stocks	174
Using FM Radio	175
Recording your voice	177
Reading news feeds	178
Using Flashlight	180
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	181
Sharing games and applications	183
Security	186
Protecting your phone with a screen unlock pattern	186
Settings	188
Settings on your phone	188
Changing display settings	189
Changing sound settings	190
Changing the phone language	192
Optimizing your phone’s battery life	192
Managing memory	193
Update and reset	195
Updating the phone software	195
Restarting or factory resetting your phone	196
Specifications	197

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Maps and location

To see a friend’s profile and connect, tap the photo. Your friend’s name appears in a

balloon. Tap the balloon to open a screen with details about your friend and many

connection options.

When you open Latitude you see a list of your Latitude friends, with a summary of

their last known locations, status, and so on. Tap a friend in the list to open a screen

with details about the friend and many connection options.

Connecting with and managing friends

Tap a friend’s contact details balloon in map view or tap a friend in list view to open

the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can communicate with your friend and set

privacy options.

Show on map

Shows the friend’s location on the map.

Chat using Google Talk

Opens a Google Talk chat window with that friend.

Send email

Opens Gmail/Google Mail with a message addressed to the

friend.

Get directions

Gets directions to the friend’s location.

Sharing options

Select from the following:

Best available location

. Share your precise location

information.

Share only city level location

. Share only the city you are in,

not the street-level location. Your friend can see your photo

icon in the middle of the city you are in. To share more

precise location again, tap

Best available location

Hide from this friend

. Stop sharing your location with this

friend, in a list or on a map.



Remove this friend

Remove the friend from your list and stop sharing locations

with him or her altogether.

Changing privacy settings

You have control over how and when you can be found by your friends. Only the last

location sent to Latitude is stored with your Google Account. If you turn off Latitude

or are hiding, no location is stored.

In Google Maps, press MENU, and then tap

Latitude

Tap your own name, and then tap

Edit privacy settings

Set the following options to your preferences:

Detect your location

Let Latitude detect and update your location as you move.

The update frequency is determined by several factors, such

as how recently your location has changed.

Set your location

Choose from several options to manually select your

location.

Hide your location

Hide your location from all your friends.

Turn off Latitude

Disable Latitude and stop sharing your location or status.

You can always join Latitude again.