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For More Help On the device: Tutorial • To access from the home screen, touch: Menu > Settings > About phone > System tutorial By phone: Motorola's Android help line: 1-800-734-5870 On the web: www.motorola.com/support/droid To order a printed copy of the manufacturer's User Guide/ Manual, please call 1-800-734-5870. To download a copy, please visit support.vzw.com/phones. Screen shots are simulated. Actual display may vary. Instructions to perform the tasks highlighted in this product guide may change depending on the software version on your phone. MOTOROLA and the Stylized M logo are registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. Google, the Google logo, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Android, and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license. ©2009 Verizon Wireless. All Rights Reserved. verizonwireless.com Calling & Contacts To make a call: 1. G o to the home screen by touching the Home Key . 2. T ouch Phone . 3. U se the dialpad to enter the phone number, then touch . OR touch the Contacts tab, scroll to and touch the contact you want to call, then touch the appropriate calling option. 4. T ouch End to end the call. Mute your voice Turn on Bluetooth Bring up dialpad Turn on speakerphone To answer a call: 1. Touch the Answer button and drag it to the right. To ignore a call: 1. Touch the Ignore button and drag it to the left. To pair and connect to a Bluetooth headset: 1. From the home screen, touch the Menu Key . 2. Touch Settings. 3. Touch Wireless & networks. 4. Touch Bluetooth to turn on Bluetooth power. 5. Touch Bluetooth settings. 6. Touch Scan for devices (make sure your headset is in pairing mode). 7. Touch on the device name that you want to pair with (if prompted to enter a passcode, enter 0000). 8. Touch again on the device name to connect to it. To set up voicemail: 1. F rom the home screen, touch Phone . 2. T ouch *86 then . 3. Touch Dialpad so you can enter numbers. 4. If you hear a system greeting, touch # to interrupt it, if applicable. 5. Follow the setup tutorial. 6. Create a password. 7. Record a voice signature and greeting for your Voice Mailbox. To add a new contact: 1. F rom the home screen, touch Contacts . 2. Touch the Menu Key . 3. Touch New contact. 4. Continue to follow the on-screen prompts then touch Done when you are finished. (When filling out data fields, touch the field to bring up the touchpad so you can enter data. When you are done with a field, touch Next.) Web Browsing To open the browser screen: 1. From the home screen, touch Browser . To go to a specific web address: 1. With the browser screen open, slide open the QWERTY keypad. 2. Type the web address. 3. Press Return Key . Tip: To zoom in or out on a web page, just tap twice on the screen. Setting Up Email In addition to Gmail, your device supports the following account types: POP3, IMAP and Corporate Sync. To set up an email account: 1. F rom the home screen, touch the Applications button . 2. T ouch Email . 3. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the setup. NOTE: If syncing corporate mail, you will need your Exchange Server name and your Domain. Once you have set up your email sync, your corporate contacts and calendar will also automatically sync. Taking Photos To take and send a photo: 1. Press and hold the Camera Key on the right side of your device to activate the camera. 2. Rotate the device to the horizontal position (for landscape orientation) and frame your subject. 3. Press half way on the Camera Key to focus, then press fully to capture the image. 4. Touch the captured image in the top right corner of the screen. 5. Touch SHARE. 6. Touch the method of sharing (Bluetooth, Email, Gmail, Messaging, etc.) then continue following the onscreen prompts to finish the task. Android Market Thousands of applications and games, many free, are available for download on Android Market. NOTE: You will need to have your Google account set up before you can download apps from Android Market. To set up your Google account, touch Gmail in the Applications tab. To download an application: 1. From your home screen, touch Market . 2. Browse for an application or game. 3. Complete the purchase process, if applicable. (You will need a credit card account to make a purchase). 4. Touch Install. NOTE: You will receive a notification when your application is fully downloaded. You can find your application in alphabetical order on the Applications tab. To remove an application: 1. From your home screen, touch Market . 2. Touch Downloads. 3. Touch the application that you want to remove. 4. Touch Uninstall, then confirm by touching OK. Other Tips & Tricks 1. Optimize your battery life with a power control widget: From the home screen, touch the Menu Key > Add > Widgets > Power Control. Also, set your corporate email and Facebook accounts to manual sync. 2. Watch YouTube™ videos in high resolution: While a video is loading to play, touch Menu Key > More > Watch in high quality. 3. To import contacts from an SD card: Insert the SD card into the memory slot. From the home screen, touch Contacts > Menu Key > Import/Export > Import from SD card. 4. S et up your device on a Wi-Fi network: From your home screen, touch the Menu Key > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi (to turn on Wi-Fi) > Wi-Fi settings > select the Wi-Fi network that you wish to connect to > Connect > enter security code if applicable. 5. Transfer files to/from your PC: Connect your device to a PC using a data cable > go to Notifications (by touching the status bar at the top of the screen and dragging it down) and touch the "USB connected" notification > touch Mount > use your PC interface to move files between your device and your PC. When you are done, go to Notifications and touch Turn off USB storage, then disconnect the data cable from your device. Notes Getting Started