HTC Windows Phone 8X by Quick Manual

Keeping in touch (cont.)
Create new contacts Rooms and Groups
It's easy to quickly create a contact from a phone number. Rooms and Groups are a great
Just tap the number in your call history, then tap . Or, to way to stay in touch with the
start from scratch, tap in the People Hub contact list. people who matter most to you.
With Rooms, you send a text
If you save a contact to your Microsoft account, it'll be
message inviting family and
synced to the cloud automatically. That way, your contacts
friends to join, and when they
are backed up if you lose your phone, and you can see them
accept, you'll be able to chat with
from anywhere you sign in to Hotmail or Outlook.com.
the whole room and privately
share a calendar, photos, and
notes with them.
With Groups, you just add some
contacts, and then you can see
updates from Facebook and
Twitter, new messages, and
missed calls, just from those folks,
all in one place. Plus, you can send
them group texts and emails. No need to invite them—a
Group is just for you!
Your phone comes with a "Best friends" group and a
"Family Room" to get you started—you'll see their Tiles
when you go to People and flick to together. Tap one to
set it up.
To create a new Room or Group:
1 Tap People, flick to together, then tap .
2 Tap either Room or Group and follow the instructions.
Taking and sharing photos Keeping things in sync
There are piles of apps to make the photos you take on It's easy to get your photos, videos, music, documents,
your phone look vintage, fancy, panoramic, silly, or just and more from your computer to your phone (and vice
black and white. With Lenses, you don't have to dig to find versa).
your camera apps—you can get to them right from the
If you have a Windows 8 PC:
Camera by tapping .
• Plug your phone into your computer with the cable,
Here are a few more tips for your inner shutterbug. Did
and the Windows Phone app will install automatically.
you know you can:
If you have a Windows 7 PC:
• Press the Camera button to
• Plug your phone into your computer with the cable.
bring up the Camera from
A link will appear to install the Windows Phone app.
anywhere?
If you have a Mac:
• Add pictures to your
• Get the Windows Phone app from the Mac App
Favorites album to create
a slideshow in your Photos Store.
Tile?
To learn more about finding the right app, go to
• Press the Camera button WindowsPhone.com.
halfway to focus the
Camera?
• Tag faces in the photos you
share? Look for Who's this?
and then type the person's
name.
Back up your stuff Family friendly
When you sign in with your Microsoft account on your Kid's Corner gives you a way to share apps, videos, games,
Windows Phone, you can turn on the service that lets you and music with your child without worrying that they
automatically save things to an online service known as might accidentally buy something, delete something
the cloud. When you set up backups on your phone, you important, or send email to your boss.
can:
• Automatically upload your photos and videos to
To set it up, tap Kid's Corner and follow the instructions.
SkyDrive so you can see them from anywhere you
Once it's set up, your child gets to Kid's Corner by swiping
can access the web.
left from your lock screen. There's a whole separate Start
• Sync your SMS and MMS messages to Hotmail so you screen, where kids can choose the theme, arrange their
have a backup, just in case. own Tiles, and play anything you've shared with them. To
leave Kid's Corner, press the phone's Power button.
• Create backups of your phone's settings, including
the list of apps you've installed, your theme color,
Internet Explorer favorites, accounts, and more.
You can fine-tune your backup
options in Settings > backup. For
example, you can automatically
upload your photos and videos
at a high resolution, or manually
back up your settings any time
you choose.
Search and do with Bing Do even more
No matter where you are on the phone, you can always When you go to WindowsPhone.com and click My Phone,
search with Bing by pressing . you can find and get apps and games at the Windows
Phone Store on the web and then easily add them to your
Just type whatever you're looking for in the search box,
phone. You can also set up Find My Phone, where you can
then tap on the onscreen keyboard. Bing will show you
ring, lock, erase, or find your phone on a map, all for free.
not only the web results, but also local results (including
maps, ratings, and directions) and images. Explore more at WindowsPhone.com.
Plus, there are even more ways to search than with words.
• Tap to see places to eat,
drink, shop, and visit nearby.
• Tap to identify songs and
get them at the Windows
Phone Store.
• Tap to scan barcodes,
QR Codes, Microsoft Tags,
books, magazines, and more
to get more information or
translations.
And you can always tap to say
what you're looking for and spare
your fingers the typing.
Note: Some web search features may not be available in certain
countries.
Disclaimer
Data plan required. Location services must be enabled and Wi-Fi
required for some features and services. Carrier fees apply. Some
features and services may vary by area, phone, carrier, plan, and
version of Windows Phone software. Some apps and services sold
separately.
Your Windows® Phone 8X
by HTC®
Quick guide
For the complete user guide and other helpful resources,
go to www.htc.com/support. Please also read the Safety
and regulatory guide that's included in the box.
For additional information about your phone, go to
windowsphone.com.
Note: Certain Microsoft services/features may not be
available in your country or region.
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