HTC Desire What you’ll find in this guide HTC Desire uses the latest Android . (Froyo) platform which makes your mobile experience more exciting and engaging than ever. Whether you bought a new phone already with Android . or you upgraded your phone platform, read this “What’s new”...
What’s new? 1. Find information where you want Before, you could do a sweeping search on your phone or on the Web and get several results that you weren’t exactly looking for. With Google Search, you can target your search to a particular app on your phone or to the entire Web.
HTC Desire 2. Record videos in HD Capture great moments in HD video. You can use your phone’s camera to record videos in 70p resolution. Low-light situations? No problem. Set the camera to turn on the light at the back of your phone when recording videos.
You have to set up Facebook for HTC Sense on your phone to receive your contacts’ status updates and other personal information from Facebook. You can do this when you set up your phone for the first time or through the Accounts &...
HTC Desire 4. Recommend apps from your phone Want to tell your friends about an app? Send them a link straight from your phone to theirs. There’s plenty of apps available on Android Market — including games, social- networking apps, and more.
What’s new? 5. Use the Flashlight Never get caught in the dark again. The Flashlight app turns on the camera light at the back of your phone to shine a light whenever you need it. 1. From the Home screen, tap >...
HTC Desire 6. Use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot Turn your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot and share your data connection with up to eight Wi-Fi enabled devices. 1. From the Home screen tap > Wi-Fi Hotspot. . The first time you open Wi-Fi Hotspot, a brief introduction describing the app is displayed.
What’s new? 7. Change your keyboard language on the fly Because your HTC phone gives you global presence, you can change the onscreen keyboard layout to a number of languages you frequently use. Before you can switch the onscreen keyboard layout to another language, you must first choose which languages you want to use.
HTC Desire 8. Type messages easier With a bigger text box, you can compose longer text messages (SMS) and fully express your thoughts. 1. From the Home screen, tap > Messages. . Tap New message. . Fill in one or more message recipients.
What’s new? 9. See enhancements in apps We’ve improved apps on the phone to better your experience. Your phone’s web browser You can save or use as wallpaper any image you’re viewing in the phone’s browser. 1. From the Home screen, tap >...
HTC Desire 10. Lock your phone in more than one way Your privacy is important to us. That’s why we’ve given you more choices to lock your phone and prevent access to your most personal information. 1. From the Home screen, press MENU and tap Settings >...
What’s new? 11. When setting up your phone You’ll find that the paths to some settings on your phone have changed. See the table below for the new ways of accessing and changing these settings. Do this on the Settings screen Change sound Tap Sound.
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