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Maps and location 155 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.

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Your HTC Wildfire User guide	1
Contents	5
Basics	10
Inside the box	10
Your phone	10
Back cover	12
SIM card	13
Battery	14
Storage card	16
Getting started	17
Switching your phone on or off	17
Entering your PIN	17
Setting up your phone for the first time	18
Home screen	19
Sleep mode	20
Status and notifications	21
Opening the Notifications panel	23
Finger gestures	24
Using the optical trackball to interact with the touch screen	25
Adjusting the volume	27
Connecting your phone to a computer	28
Copying files to or from the storage card	29
Searching your phone and the Web	29
Personalizing	31
Changing the ringtone	31
Personalizing your phone with scenes	31
Changing your wallpaper	32
Personalizing your Home screen with widgets	33
Adding application icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen	34
Adding folders on your Home screen	35
Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen	36
Phone calls	37
Making calls	37
Receiving calls	40
HTC Caller ID	41
Using in-call options	42
Using Call history	44
Call services	46
Turning Airplane mode on or off	46
People	47
About People	47
Ways of getting contacts into your phone	47
Transferring contacts from your old phone	48
People screen	49
Contact groups	55
Contact information and conversations	56
People widget	58
Keyboard	60
Using the onscreen keyboard	60
Entering words with predictive text	62
Adjusting touch input settings	63
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	74
Social	75
About Facebook for HTC Sense	75
Using Friend Stream	76
Tweeting on your phone	78
Chatting in Google Talk	80
Email	83
Using Gmail/Google Mail	83
Using Mail	89
Calendar	96
About Calendar	96
Creating a calendar event	96
Changing calendar views	98
Viewing, editing or deleting an event	99
Calendar event reminders	100
Displaying and synchronizing calendars	101
Changing Calendar settings	102
Sending a vCalendar	103
About the Calendar widget	103
Clock and Weather	104
About the HTC Clock widget	104
About the Clock application	104
Using Desk Clock	105
Using World Clock	106
Setting the alarm clock	107
Checking weather	109
About the Weather widget	110
Internet connections	111
Data connection	111
Wi-Fi	112
Using the Data connection and Wi-Fi widgets	113
Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN)	114
Using your phone as a modem (tethering)	115
Web browser	116
Using your phone’s web browser	116
Copying text, looking up information, and sharing	120
Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages	122
Setting browser options	123
Bluetooth	124
Bluetooth basics	124
Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit	124
Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device	125
Sending information using Bluetooth	126
Receiving information using Bluetooth	127
Camera	130
Camera basics	130
Auto focusing	131
Zooming	131
Taking a photo	132
Capturing a video	133
Camera settings	133
Gallery	135
About the Gallery application	135
Selecting an album	135
Viewing photos and videos	136
Editing your photos	138
Sending your photos and videos	139
Sharing your photos and videos on the Web	140
Viewing photos in your social networks	142
Music	143
Playing music	143
Browsing music in the Library	144
Creating a playlist	144
Setting a song as ringtone	145
Sending music using Bluetooth	147
About the Music widget	147
Maps and location	148
Turning on location services	148
Google Maps	148
HTC Footprints	156
More apps	159
Watching videos on YouTube	159
Viewing a PDF	160
Viewing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets	161
Keeping track of your stocks	162
Using FM Radio	163
Recording your voice	165
Reading news feeds	166
Using Flashlight	168
Finding and installing apps from Android Market	169
Sharing games and applications	171
Security	173
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	173
Protecting your phone with a screen unlock pattern	174
Settings	175
Settings on your phone	175
Changing display settings	176
Changing sound settings	177
Changing the phone language	178
Optimizing your phone’s battery life	179
Managing memory	180
Checking information about your phone	181
Update and reset	182
Updating the phone software	182
Restarting or factory resetting your phone	183
Specifications	184

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Maps and location

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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.