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230 Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 11.5 Using Your Phone as a Compass Use Digital Compass when you want to know which direction you are facing. Digital Compass determines your location using GPS and displays your precise GPS location. With GPS, you can also use the compass to navigate to a destination you select in Google Maps. To open Digital Compass, tap Start ( ) > Tools > Digital Compass. 1 1 Your current direction 2 2 Your current GPS location 3 Marker showing the direction of your destination (Shown when navigating to a destination) 4 Set Destination button. Tap 3 to open Google Maps and choose a destination. The button shows the remaining 4 distance to your destination when you're navigating to the selected destination. Note When the Digital Compass is distracted by electromagnetic interference, a message will be displayed. When you see this message, follow the onscreen instruction to reset the Digital Compass.

Section	Page
Welcome to T-Mobile	17
Introduction	17
T-Mobile Services and Applications	18
Voice/Phone	18
Voicemail	19
Email	19
Messaging services	19
Activating Service	21
Chapter 1 Getting Started	22
1.1 Inside the Box	22
1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone	23
Front panel	23
Back panel	24
Left panel	25
Bottom panel	25
1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone	26
Removing the back cover	26
Removing the thin film and battery	26
Inserting the SIM card	27
Inserting the battery	27
Replacing the back cover	28
1.4 Charging the Battery	29
1.5 Starting Up	30
Turning the power on	30
Setting up your phone for the first time	30
Switching to Sleep mode	32
Turning the power off	33
1.6 Home Screen	33
1.7 Status Icons	34
1.8 Notifications	36
1.9 Start Screen	37
Moving an icon to the top of the Start screen	37
1.10 Lock Screen	38
Locking your phone	38
Unlocking your phone	39
Checking notifications when the phone is locked	39
Receiving a call when the phone is locked	40
1.11 Adjusting the Volume	41
Setting the system and ring volumes	41
Setting a single volume	42
Adjusting the phone call volume	42
1.12 Using Finger Gestures	42
Finger scrolling	42
Finger panning	43
Pinch zooming	43
1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer	45
Chapter 2 Phone Calls	46
2.1 Making Calls	46
Making a call from the Phone dialer screen	46
Calling voicemail	48
Making calls from received messages and calendar reminders	48
Making an emergency call	49
Making an international call (plus code dialing)	49
Home dialing	49
2.2 Answering and Ending Calls	51
Accepting or rejecting an incoming call	51
During a call	53
2.3 Using Call History	55
2.4 Speed Dial	56
Creating a Speed Dial entry	56
Making a call using Speed Dial	57
2.5 Making Conference Calls	57
Selecting participants and starting the conference call	57
Making the first call and adding calls to the conference	59
During the conference call	60
Making a conference call from an email	61
2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off	62
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen	63
3.1 About the Home Screen	63
3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen	64
3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs	65
3.4 Home	65
Changing the wallpaper	66
Updating weather information	67
Selecting another location to display on the Home tab	67
Changing the date and time	68
Setting the alarm clock	69
Adding quick links	70
3.5 People	72
3.6 Messages	73
3.7 Mail	74
Adding your Internet email account	74
Adding your Outlook work account	75
Checking and reading email	77
3.8 Internet	78
Adding Web favorites	78
3.9 Photos & Videos	79
Portrait view	79
Landscape view	80
3.10 Music	81
Playing music in portrait view	81
Playing music in landscape view	82
Setting repeat and shuffle modes	83
Finding albums and music tracks in the Library	84
Playlists	84
3.11 Calendar	86
Creating an appointment	86
Viewing and managing your appointments	87
3.12 Stocks	89
Adding stock quotes and market indexes	89
Viewing stock information	90
3.13 Footprints	91
3.14 Recent Documents	92
Portrait view	92
Landscape view	93
Opening the All Documents screen	94
Working with documents	95
3.15 Twitter	97
3.16 Weather	98
Adding a city	98
Weather settings	99
3.17 Settings	100
Chapter 4 Staying Close	101
4.1 It’s All About People	101
4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details	102
Adding your personal details	102
Sharing your personal details	103
4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone	104
Creating new contacts	104
4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts	106
Adding favorite contacts to the People tab	106
Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact	107
4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts	108
Browsing and finding contacts	109
4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of Communications With the Contact	110
Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages	111
4.7 Contact Groups	112
Creating a contact group	112
Sending a text or multimedia message to a group	112
Filtering the contacts list by group	113
4.8 Facebook Updates and Events	113
Logging in and out of Facebook	113
Checking all Facebook updates and events	114
Checking a contact’s Facebook updates and events	115
Updating your Facebook status	116
Chapter 5 Entering Text	117
5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard	117
Full QWERTY	118
Compact QWERTY	118
Phone Keypad	118
Onscreen navigation pad	119
Entering text	119
5.2 Using Predictive Mode	121
5.3 Entering Numbers and Symbols	122
5.4 Text Input Settings	124
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information	125
6.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone	125
6.2 Before Synchronizing With Your Computer	126
6.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista	127
Setting up synchronization in Windows Mobile Device Center	127
Using Windows Mobile Device Center	128
6.4 Setting Up ActiveSync on Windows XP	129
Setting up synchronization in ActiveSync	129
6.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer	130
Starting and stopping synchronization	130
Selecting information to sync	131
Troubleshooting sync connection problem	132
6.6 Synchronizing via Bluetooth	132
6.7 Synchronizing Music and Video	133
6.8 Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone	134
Setting up your My Phone account	134
Changing sync settings	135
Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account	135
Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer	136
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages	137
7.1 Sending Text Messages	137
7.2 Sending Multimedia Messages	138
Creating a slideshow	140
7.4 Message Conversations	142
Viewing the exchange of messages with a contact	142
Replying to conversations	143
Copying and pasting text to your reply message	144
Adding your signature to sent messages	145
Viewing a multimedia message	146
Managing individual messages and message threads	147
7.5 Text and Multimedia Message Settings	150
Adding MMS server settings	150
7.6 Directly Making Calls from Text Messages	151
7.7 Instant Messaging	151
7.8 Email	153
Synchronizing Outlook email with your computer	153
Setting up your Internet email account	154
Creating and replying to email messages	154
Adding your signature in sent email	155
Downloading a complete email	156
Downloading file attachments	156
When viewing email	157
Directly making calls from email messages	158
Synchronizing email messages	159
Filtering your email inbox	160
Customizing email settings	160
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests	163
8.1 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server	163
Setting up an Exchange Server connection	163
Starting synchronization	163
8.2 Working With Company Email Messages	164
Automatic synchronization through Direct Push	164
Scheduled synchronization	165
Instant download through Fetch Mail	166
Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server	167
Out-of-office auto-reply	167
Flagging your messages	168
8.3 Starting a Conference Call from an Email	169
8.4 Meeting Requests	171
Sending meeting requests	171
Replying to meeting requests	172
8.5 Making a Call from a Meeting Request or Reminder	173
8.6 Finding Contacts in the Company Directory	174
When browsing contacts, composing email, or creating a meeting request	174
When viewing a received Outlook email message	175
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking	176
9.1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet	176
Wi-Fi	176
GPRS/3G	179
Dial-up	179
Starting a data connection	180
9.2 Using Opera Mobile	181
The browser screen	181
Searching for a website and adding it to favorites	182
Mobile view	183
Zooming and panning	183
Opera Mobile menu	184
9.3 Using Internet Explorer Mobile	185
The browser screen	185
Entering a website address and adding it to your favorites	186
Zooming and panning	187
9.4 Using YouTube	188
The YouTube main screen	188
Searching for videos	189
Using the Program Guide	189
Watching videos	190
9.5 Using Streaming Media	191
9.6 Using Windows Live	192
The Windows Live screen	193
Using Windows Live Messenger	193
9.7 Twittering on Your Phone	195
Logging in to your Twitter account	195
Viewing tweets	196
Sending tweets	197
Sending mentions and direct messages	197
Searching for Twitter users to follow	197
Sharing a photo in Twitter	198
Changing Twitter settings	199
Logging out of Twitter	199
9.8 Sharing Photos and Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube	200
Logging into your social networks	200
Uploading photos to Facebook	200
Uploading a photo to Twitter	201
Uploading videos to YouTube	201
9.9 Using Facebook on Your Phone	202
Chapter 10 Bluetooth	204
10.1 Bluetooth Modes	204
Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible	205
10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships	206
Creating a Bluetooth partnership	206
Accepting a Bluetooth partnership	207
10.3 Connecting a Bluetooth Hands-free or Stereo Headset	207
10.4 Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth	209
Sending information from your phone to a computer	209
Sending a file to another Bluetooth-enabled device	211
Receiving information from another Bluetooth-enabled device	211
Changing the folder for saving received files	211
10.5 Printing via Bluetooth	212
Printing a photo	212
10.6 Connecting to Car Kit Phones	213
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places	214
11.1 Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS	214
11.2 Downloading Location Data via QuickGPS	215
Changing the download options	216
11.3 HTC Footprints	217
What is a footprint?	217
Taking a photo of your location as a footprint	217
Selecting and saving a photo from Albums as a footprint	220
Editing a footprint	220
Browsing your footprints to find a place you visited	222
Exporting footprints to your storage card	223
Importing footprints from your storage card	223
11.4 Google Maps	224
Searching a place of interest	224
Using Street View	226
Using Layers	228
11.5 Using Your Phone as a Compass	230
Using the compass	231
Navigating to a destination	231
11.6 Using Your Phone with the Car Kit	232
Using NaviPanel	232
Auto connecting to a Bluetooth car kit or headset when in car kit mode	233
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia	235
12.1 Taking Photos and Videos	235
Changing the capture mode	235
Zooming	236
Using the flash light	237
Capturing photos and videos	239
Onscreen controls	240
Basic settings	241
Advanced settings	242
Closing the Camera	244
12.2 Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums	245
Viewing photos	246
Viewing Facebook photos	248
Playing videos	248
Sharing photos and videos	249
Closing Albums	250
12.3 Using Windows Media Player Mobile	250
Playing media	250
Synchronizing video and audio files	251
Creating playlists	254
Troubleshooting	254
12.4 Using Audio Booster	255
12.5 Using FM Radio	256
Saving presets	257
Minimizing or turning off FM Radio	257
Chapter 13 Other Programs	258
13.1 Calculator	258
Basic Calculator	258
Scientific Calculator	259
13.2 Microsoft Office Mobile	260
13.3 RSS Hub	261
Subscribing to and browsing news channels	261
Viewing headlines	263
Sharing the headline link	264
13.4 SIM Manager	264
13.5 Sun Java	266
Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites	266
13.6 Voice Recorder	267
13.7 Voice Command	269
13.8 Windows Marketplace	271
13.9 Installing and Uninstalling Programs	271
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone	273
14.1 Copying and Managing Files	273
14.2 Settings on Your Phone	275
Personalize	275
Wireless controls	275
Sound & Display	276
Data services	276
Location	277
Security	277
Application	278
SD card & phone storage	278
Date & time	278
Locale & text	278
Updates & feedback	279
Other	279
About phone	280
14.3 Basic Settings	281
Changing sound and display settings	281
Specifying a phone name	285
Changing settings of phone services	285
14.4 Using Comm Manager	286
14.5 Using Task Manager	288
14.6 Protecting Your Phone	288
Protecting your SIM card with a PIN	288
Protecting your phone with a password	289
Encrypting files on your storage card	290
14.7 Resetting Your Phone	291
Performing a soft reset	291
Performing a factory reset	292
Appendix	294
Specifications	294