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The Ultimate combination in Mobile Communication and PC functionality
NeoIDesc 601 - MID – Tablet PC – Full Voice GSM functionality –
Full VoIP NIMICS System integrated for worldwide free calls thru all Neoi
licensed Operators
Full Data Functionality via 3G / WCDMA / HSDPA / HSDPU / HDMI / EDGE
/ WiFi / GPS / GPRS / also EVDO and CDMA all built in.
2G and 3G SIM Card compatible for worldwide operation
The more business oriented and for the rough outdoor environment
designed version of the NeoIDesc 602.
Neoi technology, a Singapore based German R&D Company, is a comprehensive and
synthetic high-tech enterprise who dedicates to R&D, manufacture, selling and
services.
Neoi Technology has a high R&D capacity which developed Wi-Fi mobile phone series
already in 1999 and then with FREESCALE I.MX 27 chip in 2009. On Aug. 2010, we
launched a high-grade tablet PC into the global market---NeoIDesc 595 as Data Only
Version, with FREESCALE I.MX 51 chip, which forms a product mix with the former
tablet PC with ROCK chip.
Neoi Technology makes every effort to supply the world-wide customers with
wireless handheld devices including Wi-Fi mobile phones and the only real Voice
enabled GSM / 3G WCDMA MID / tablets PC series.

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  • Page 1 The Ultimate combination in Mobile Communication and PC functionality NeoIDesc 601 - MID – Tablet PC – Full Voice GSM functionality – Full VoIP NIMICS System integrated for worldwide free calls thru all Neoi licensed Operators Full Data Functionality via 3G / WCDMA / HSDPA / HSDPU / HDMI / EDGE / WiFi / GPS / GPRS / also EVDO and CDMA all built in.
  • Page 2 NEOIDESC 602 become a real auxiliary to laptop. Light weight, multi-touch and immediate reaction could bring you business and entertainment convenience at all times together. The most fashionable operating system With the Android 2.2 operation system ( as it is available and certified by Neoi), NEOIDESC runs plentiful...
  • Page 3 3.5mm stereo earphone jack, Compatible with standard 3.5mm earphones Microphone Support Keyboard Virtual Qwerty keyboard – Optional Neoi external qwerty keyboard with additional Battery power pack for Travel Optical mouse Five key functions to achieve Charging port System interface 30 pin charge USB 2.0(support OTG)

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents About this guide 11 Android basics 15 Starting Android for the first time 16 If you don’t have a SIM card in your GSM phone 16 Your Google Account 16 Additional accounts 18 Google services 18 Getting to know the Home screen 19 Using the touchscreen 22 Using the phone’s buttons 23 Using the Trackball 24...
  • Page 6 Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection 58 Connecting to virtual private networks 61 Working with secure certificates 63 Placing and receiving calls 65 Placing and ending calls 66 Answering or rejecting calls 68 Working with the Call log 70 Calling your contacts 72 Listening to your voicemail 73 Dialing by voice 74 Options during a call 75...
  • Page 7 Gmail 119 Gmail is different 120 Opening Gmail and your Inbox 121 Reading your messages 123 Composing and sending a message 126 Replying to or forwarding a message 128 Working with conversations in batches 130 Labeling a conversation 131 Starring a message 132 Viewing conversations by label 133 Copying text from messages 134 Reporting spam 135...
  • Page 8 Starring messages 163 Viewing messages by label 164 Configuring Google Voice 165 Placing calls with Google Voice 167 Changing Google Voice settings 168 General Settings 168 Sync and notifications settings 169 Google Talk 171 Signing in and opening your Friends list 172 Chatting with friends 174 Changing and monitoring online status 177 Managing your Friends list 179...
  • Page 9 Browser 213 Opening Browser 214 Navigating within a webpage 217 Navigating among webpages 219 Working with multiple Browser windows 221 Downloading files 222 Working with bookmarks 224 Changing Browser settings 226 Page content settings 226 Privacy settings 227 Security settings 228 Advanced settings 228 Maps 229 Opening Maps and viewing your location 230...
  • Page 10 YouTube 277 Opening YouTube and watching videos 278 Discovering videos 281 Rating videos 283 Uploading and sharing videos 284 Working with playlists 286 Working with channels 287 Changing YouTube settings 288 Music 289 Transferring music files to your phone 290 Opening Music and working with your library 291 Playing music 293 Working with playlists 296...
  • Page 11 Market 321 Opening Android Market and finding applications 322 Downloading and installing applications 325 Managing your downloads 327 Settings 331 Opening Settings 332 Wireless & networks 333 Wireless & Network settings screen 333 Wi-Fi settings screen 333 Advanced Wi-Fi settings screen 334 Bluetooth settings screen 334 Tethering &...
  • Page 12 Date & time settings 353 About phone 354 About Phone screen 354 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 13: About This Guide

    About this guide This guide describes how to use release 2.2.1 of the Android™ mobile technology platform, including updates to Android applications that have been released on the Android Market™ downloadable applications service. This guide does not describe the physical features of your phone (its parts and accessories, how to replace its battery, turn it on , and so on) or its specifications;...
  • Page 14 About this guide Chapter Describes “Google Talk” on Communicating with friends by using the Google Talk™ instant mes- page 171 saging service. “Email” on page 183 Configuring your phone so you can send and receive email via a con- ventional email service. “Messaging”...
  • Page 15 About this guide Chapter Describes “Calculator” on Calculating the solutions to math problems. page 319 “Market” on page 321 Finding new applications on Android Market, purchasing paid applica- tions with Google Checkout™ payment and billing service, and install- ing them. “Settings”...
  • Page 16 About this guide AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 17: Android Basics

    Android basics When you first turn on your phone, you have the opportunity to learn more about it and to sign into your Google Account. Then it’s a good idea to become familiar with the basics of your phone and how to use it—the Home screen, the touchscreen and buttons, menus, applications, entering text, and so on.

  • Page 18: Starting Android For The First Time

    Android basics Starting Android for the first time The first time you power on your phone (after setting it up, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide), you’re prompted to touch the Android logo to begin using your phone. Touch the android to begin. Then you’re offered a chance to learn about your phone, you’re prompted to create or to sign into your Google Account, and you’re asked to make some initial decisions about how you want to use Android and Google features.
  • Page 19 Android basics Important If you want to restore your settings to this phone, from another phone that was run- ning Android release 2.0 or later, you must sign into your Google Account now, during setup. If you wait until after setup is complete, your settings are not restored. (See “Google services”...

  • Page 20: Additional Accounts

    Android basics Additional accounts After setup, you can add Google, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, conventional email, and other kinds of accounts to your phone, and sync some or all of their data, as described in “Accounts” on page 111. However, only the first Google Account you sign into is backed up to Google servers.

  • Page 21: Getting To Know The Home Screen

    Android basics Getting to know the Home screen When you sign in, the Home screen opens. The Home screen is your starting point to access all the features on your phone. It displays application icons, widgets, shortcuts, and other features. You can customize the Home screen with different wallpaper and display the items you want.

  • Page 22: To Return To The Home Screen

    Android basics To wake up the phone If you don’t use the phone for a while, the Home screen or other screen you are viewing, is replaced with the lock screen and then the screen darkens, to conserve the battery. Press the Power button.

  • Page 23: To View Other Parts Of The Home Screen

    Android basics To view other parts of the Home screen Slide your finger left or right across the Home screen. These extensions to the Home screen provide more space for widgets, shortcuts, and other items. For more on sliding, see “Using the touchscreen” on page 22. Small dots at the lower left and right indicate which screen you’re viewing.

  • Page 24: Using The Touchscreen

    Android basics Using the touchscreen The main way to control Android features is by using your finger to manipulate icons, buttons, menu items, the onscreen keyboard, and other items on the touchscreen. You can also change the screen’s orientation. Touch To act on items on the screen, such as application and settings icons, to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard, or to press onscreen buttons, you simply touch them with your finger.

  • Page 25: Using The Phone's Buttons

    Android basics Using the phone’s buttons The phone’s physical buttons and soft buttons offer a variety of functions and shortcuts. Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for details about the location of the buttons on your phone. Button Press Press & hold Back Opens the previous screen you were working in.

  • Page 26: Using The Trackball

    Android basics Using the Trackball Some actions are easier using the Trackball than your finger, such as: Opening an event in a crowded calendar Selecting a link or form field on a web page Selecting text to edit To use the Trackball Roll the Trackball to select items on the screen.

  • Page 27: Working With Menus

    Android basics Working with menus There are two kinds of Android menus: options menus and context menus. Options menus Options menus contain tools that apply to the activities of the current screen or application, not to any specific item on the screen. You open options menus by pressing the Menu button .

  • Page 28: Context Menus

    Android basics Context menus Context menus contain tools that apply to a specific item on the screen. You open a context menu by touching & holding an item on the screen. Not all items have context menus. If you touch & hold an item that has no context menu, nothing happens. You can also open a context menu for an item by selecting it with the Trackball and then pressing the Trackball.

  • Page 29: Monitoring Your Phone's Status

    Android basics Monitoring your phone’s status The Status bar appears at the top of every screen. It displays icons indicating that you’ve received notifications (on the left) and icons indicating the phone’s status (on the right), along with the current time. Notification icons Status icons If you have more notifications than can fit in the status bar, a plus icon...
  • Page 30 Android basics The following icons indicate that you’ve received a notification. See “Managing notifications” on page 29 for information about responding to these notifications. In addition these icons, applications you install on your phone may use their own notification icons. New Gmail message 3 more notifications not displayed New text or multimedia message...

  • Page 31: Managing Notifications

    Android basics Managing notifications Notification icons report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when call forwarding is on or the current call status. When you receive a notification, its icon appears in the Status bar, along with a summary that appears only briefly.

  • Page 32: To Respond To A Notification

    Android basics To respond to a notification Open the Notifications panel. Your current notifications are listed in the panel, each with a brief description. Touch a notification to respond to it. The Notifications panel closes. What happens next depends on the notification. For example, new voicemail notifications dial your voicemail box, and network disconnect notifications open the list of configured networks so you can reconnect.

  • Page 33: Using The Onscreen Keyboard

    Android basics Using the onscreen keyboard You enter text using the onscreen keyboard. Some applications open the keyboard automatically. In others, you touch a text field where you want to enter text to open the keyboard. You can also enter text by speaking instead of by typing. See “Entering text by speaking”...
  • Page 34 Android basics To enter text Touch a text field. The onscreen keyboard opens. You can also use the Trackball to select a text field and then press the Trackball to open the onscreen keyboard. Touch the keys on the keyboard to type. The characters you’ve entered appear in a strip above the keyboard, with suggestions for the word you are typing to the right.
  • Page 35 Android basics To change the keyboard orientation Turn the phone sideways or upright. The keyboard is redrawn to take best advantage of the new phone orientation. Many people find the larger horizontal onscreen keyboard easier to use. You can control whether the screen changes orientation automatically when you turn the phone.

  • Page 36: Entering Text By Speaking

    Android basics Entering text by speaking You can use voice input to enter text by speaking. Voice input is an experimental feature that uses Google’s speech-recognition service, so you must have a data connection on a mobile or Wi-Fi network to use it. To turn on voice input If the onscreen keyboard does not display a Microphone key , voice input is not...
  • Page 37 Android basics When prompted to “Speak now,” speak what you want to enter. Say “comma,” “period,” “question mark,” “exclamation mark,” or “exclamation point” to enter punctuation. Text that you enter by speaking is underlined. You can delete it, or you can continue entering text to keep it.

  • Page 38: Editing Text

    Android basics Editing text You can edit the text you enter in text fields and use menu commands to cut, copy, and paste text, within or across applications. Some applications don’t support editing some or all of the text they display; others may offer their own way to select text you want to work with.
  • Page 39 Android basics To cut or copy text Select the text to cut or copy. Press & hold the Trackball, or touch & hold the selected text. Touch Cut or Copy in the menu that opens. If you touch Cut, the selected text is removed from the text field. In either case, the text is stored in a temporary area on the phone, so that you can paste it into another text field.

  • Page 40: Opening And Switching Applications

    Android basics Opening and switching applications The Launcher, which you open from the Home screen, holds icons for all of the applications on your phone, including any applications that you downloaded and installed from Android Market or other sources. When you open an application, the other applications you’ve been using don’t stop; they keep on running: playing music, opening webpages, and so on.
  • Page 41 Android basics Touch the Home icon on the Launcher or the Home button to close the Launcher. The Launcher closes automatically if you touch an icon to open its application or if you move an icon from the Launcher to the Home screen. To open an application Touch an application's icon on the Launcher.

  • Page 42: Locking Your Screen

    Android basics Locking your screen You can lock your screen so that only you can unlock it to make calls, access your data, buy applications, and so on. You may also be required to lock your screen by a policy set by an email or other account you add to your phone. See “Location &...

  • Page 43: Customizing The Home Screen

    Android basics Customizing the Home screen You can add application icons, shortcuts, widgets, and other items to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper. For an introduction to the Home screen, see “Getting to know the Home screen” on page 19.

  • Page 44: To Remove An Item From The Home Screen

    Android basics To remove an item from the Home screen Touch & hold the item you want to remove, until it vibrates. Don’t lift your finger. The Launcher icon changes to a Trash Can icon. Drag the item to the Trash Can icon. When the icon turns red, lift your finger.

  • Page 45: Connecting Quickly With Your Contacts

    Android basics Connecting quickly with your contacts As you build up your list of contacts on your phone, you can use Quick Contact for Android in many applications to quickly start a chat, email, or text message, to place a call, or to locate your contacts.

  • Page 46: Optimizing Battery Life

    Android basics Optimizing battery life You can extend your battery’s life between charges by turning off features that you don’t need. You can also monitor how applications and system resources consume battery power. To extend the life of your battery Turn off radios that you aren’t using.

  • Page 47: To Monitor And Control What Uses The Battery

    Android basics To monitor and control what uses the battery The Battery Use screen shows which applications consume the most battery power. You can also use it to turn off applications that you’ve downloaded, if they are consuming too much power. and touch Settings >...
  • Page 48 Android basics AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 49: Connecting To Networks And Devices

    Connecting to networks and devices Your phone can connect to a variety of networks and devices, including mobile networks for voice and data transmission, Wi-Fi data networks, and Bluetooth devices, such as headsets. You can also connect your phone to a computer, to transfer files from your phone’s SD card, and share your phone’s mobile data connection via USB or as a portable Wi- Fi hotspot.

  • Page 50: Connecting To Mobile Networks

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to mobile networks When you assemble your phone with a SIM card from your wireless service provider, your phone is configured to use your provider’s mobile networks for voice calls and for transmitting data. (Refer to your phone’s owner’s guide and your carrier for more information.) Your phone is configured to work with many mobile carriers’...
  • Page 51 Connecting to networks and devices To disable data when roaming You can prevent your phone from transmitting data over other carriers’ mobile networks when you leave an area that is covered by your carrier’s networks. This is useful for controlling expenses if your cell plan doesn’t include data roaming. , and touch Settings, to open the Settings Press Home , press Menu...

  • Page 52: Connecting To Wi-Fi Networks

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to Wi-Fi networks Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that can provide Internet access at distances of up to 100 meters, depending on the Wi-Fi router and your surroundings. To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you access a wireless access point, or “hotspot.” Some hotspots are open and you can simply connect to them.
  • Page 53 Connecting to networks and devices To turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your phone, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to step 4. , and touch Settings. Press Home , press Menu Touch Wireless &...
  • Page 54 Connecting to networks and devices To add a Wi-Fi network You can add a Wi-Fi network so the phone will remember it, along with any security credentials, and connect to it automatically when it is in range. You must also add a Wi-Fi network to connect to it, if it does not broadcast its name (SSID), or to add a Wi- Fi network when you are out of range of it.

  • Page 55: Connecting To Bluetooth Devices

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to Bluetooth devices Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology that devices can use to exchange information over a distance of about 8 meters. The most common Bluetooth devices are headphones for making calls or listening to music, hands-free kits for cars, and other portable devices, including laptops and cell phones.
  • Page 56 Connecting to networks and devices To change your phone’s Bluetooth name Your phone has a generic Bluetooth name by default, which is visible to other devices when you connect them. You can change the name so that it is more recognizable. , and touch Settings to open the Settings Press Home , press Menu...
  • Page 57 Connecting to networks and devices To connect to a Bluetooth device Once paired, you can connect to a Bluetooth device—for example, to switch devices or to reconnect after the phone and the device come back into range. , and touch Settings to open the Settings Press Home , press Menu application.

  • Page 58: Connecting To A Computer Via Usb

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to a computer via USB You can connect your phone to a computer with a USB cable, to transfer music, pictures, and other files between your phone’s SD card and the computer. Warning! When connecting your phone to a computer and mounting its SD card, you must fol- low your computer’s instructions for connecting and disconnecting USB devices, to avoid damaging or corrupting the files on your SD card.
  • Page 59 Connecting to networks and devices To safely remove the SD card from your phone You can safely remove the SD card from your phone any time the phone is turned off, as described in your phone’s owner’s guide. If you need to remove the SD card while the phone is on, you must unmount the storage card form the phone first, to prevent corrupting or damaging the storage card.

  • Page 60: Sharing Your Phone's Mobile Data Connection

    Connecting to networks and devices Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable: USB tethering. You can also share your phone’s data connection with up to eight devices at once, by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • Page 61 Connecting to networks and devices You can’t share your phone’s data connection and SD card via USB at the same time. If you are using your USB connection to make your SD card available to your computer, you must disconnect it first. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56.
  • Page 62 Connecting to networks and devices To rename or secure your portable hotspot You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its Wi-Fi network. , and touch Settings to open the Settings Press Home , press Menu application.

  • Page 63: Connecting To Virtual Private Networks

    Connecting to networks and devices Connecting to virtual private networks Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
  • Page 64 Connecting to networks and devices To disconnect from a VPN Open the Notifications panel and touch the ongoing notification for the VPN connection. To edit a VPN Open the Settings application. Touch Wireless & networks > VPN settings. The VPNs you’ve added are listed on the VPN settings screen. Touch &...

  • Page 65: Working With Secure Certificates

    Connecting to networks and devices Working with secure certificates If your organization’s VPN or Wi-Fi networks rely on secure certificates, you must obtain the certificates (in files that conform to the PKCS #12 standard) and store them in your phone’s secure credential storage, before you can configure access to those VPN or Wi-Fi networks on your phone.
  • Page 66 Connecting to networks and devices AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 67: Placing And Receiving Calls

    Placing and receiving calls You can place a phone call by dialing a phone number. You can also touch a number in your contacts, on web pages, and other places. When you're on a call, you can answer incoming calls or send them to your voicemail box.

  • Page 68: Placing And Ending Calls

    Placing and receiving calls Placing and ending calls You can place calls with the Phone application. You can also place calls when working in the Call log (see “Working with the Call log” on page 70) or in Contacts (see “Communicating with your contacts”...
  • Page 69 Placing and receiving calls Touch the green phone icon to dial the number that you entered. The duration of the call. Information from Contacts about the person you’re calling. Touch to enter additional numbers during your call. You can switch applications during a call—for example, to look up information by using the Browser.

  • Page 70: Answering Or Rejecting Calls

    Placing and receiving calls Answering or rejecting calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Call screen opens with the caller ID and any additional information about the caller that you have entered in Contacts. See “Contacts” on page 93. All incoming calls are recorded in the Call log.
  • Page 71 Placing and receiving calls To decline a call and divert it to voicemail Drag the red phone button to the left. The caller is sent directly to your voicemail box to leave a message. Drag the red phone to the left to send the caller directly to your voicemail box.

  • Page 72: Working With The Call Log

    Placing and receiving calls Working with the Call log The Call log is a list of all the calls you’ve placed, received, or missed. It offers a convenient way to redial a number, return a call, or add a number to your Contacts. To open the Call log Press the Call button.
  • Page 73 Placing and receiving calls To add an entry’s number to your Contacts Touch & hold the entry. Touch Add to contacts in the menu that opens. In the list of contacts that opens, touch Create new contact at the top, or scroll to find and then touch an existing contact to which you want to add the number.

  • Page 74: Calling Your Contacts

    Placing and receiving calls Calling your contacts Instead of entering the number in the Phone tab, you can touch one of your contact’s phone numbers to dial it. You can also quickly call a contact by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts”...

  • Page 75: Listening To Your Voicemail

    Placing and receiving calls Listening to your voicemail When you have a new voicemail message, the voicemail icon appears in the Status bar. If you have not set up your voicemail number, or if you need to change it, you can do that with the Call settings.

  • Page 76: Dialing By Voice

    Placing and receiving calls Dialing by voice You can use the Voice Dialer application to place a phone call by speaking the name of a contact or a phone number. You can also use Voice Search to dial a number, to search the web by speaking, to send a message, and to use voice actions to perform many other common tasks, as described in “Searching by text and voice”...

  • Page 77: Options During A Call

    Placing and receiving calls Options during a call When a call is in progress, you can put a call on hold, create a phone conference, mute your microphone, and more. See “Managing multiple calls” on page 77. To place a call on hold Touch the Hold icon The current call screen indicates that you have a call on hold.
  • Page 78 Placing and receiving calls To turn the speakerphone on or off Touch Speaker. The Speaker button lights up green to indicate that the speakerphone is on. The Speaker icon appears in the Status bar and the sound from your call is played through the phone’s speaker.

  • Page 79: Managing Multiple Calls

    Placing and receiving calls Managing multiple calls If you accept a new call when you’re already on a call, you can switch between the two callers or merge the two calls into a single conference call. You can also set up a conference call with multiple callers.
  • Page 80 Placing and receiving calls Place the next call, using the Phone tab, the Call log, or your contacts. When you’re connected, touch Merge calls. The participant is added to the conference call. You can add as many callers as your carrier supports. During a conference call, touch Manage to drop a conference call participant or to talk privately with one of the participants.

  • Page 81: Searching By Text And Voice

    Searching by text and voice You can search for information on your phone and on the web using Google Search. You can search the web by speaking with Voice Search. And you can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to perform a number of common tasks, such as sending messages.

  • Page 82: Searching Your Phone And The Web

    Searching by text and voice Searching your phone and the web You can use Google Search to find information on the web as well as items and information on your phone. You can also use Voice Search to search the web by speaking, instead of by typing.
  • Page 83 Searching by text and voice Touch to search the web. Touch the pencil icon to enter the text of a suggestion in the search box, to quickly refine your search. As you type, search results from your phone, previously chosen search results and Voice Actions, and web search suggestions appear.
  • Page 84 Searching by text and voice list of recently chosen searches. See “Changing Google Search settings” on page 85. If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, phone search results, or previously chosen search results, touch it in the list. The item opens in the appropriate application, such as Contacts or the Browser.
  • Page 85 Searching by text and voice Target where you want to search Initially, the Google search box displays the All icon , indicating that it’s configured to search and provide suggestions form both the web and your phone. But you can target your searches to just the web or to just a single application’s information on your phone.
  • Page 86 Searching by text and voice Change what you can target when searching the phone Many applications can make some or all of their information searchable from the Google search box. The applications whose information is searchable are included in searches targeted at all information, as suggestions below the box as you type. They also make their icons available so you can target your searches just to their information (see “Target where you want to search”...

  • Page 87: Changing Google Search Settings

    Searching by text and voice Changing Google Search settings You use the Search settings to configure Google search, including setting which data on your phone you want to be able to search. , and touch Search settings To change Google Search settings, press Menu when you’re using the Google Search box.

  • Page 88: Using Voice Actions

    Searching by text and voice Using Voice Actions You can use Voice Actions in Voice Search to call your contacts, get directions, send messages, and to perform a number of other common tasks, in addition to searching the web. Use Voice Actions to search the web or perform other tasks Press &...
  • Page 89 Searching by text and voice Complete a Voice Action Some Voice Actions, such as “send email” and “note to self,” open a panel that prompts you to complete the action by speaking or typing more information. Touch to edit what you’ve entered. Touch blue words or drag across multiple words to view a list of alternate transcriptions.
  • Page 90 Searching by text and voice What you want What to say Examples Sports information [team’s name] “San Francisco Giants” Pictures “Pictures of” “Pictures of San Francisco” “images of” [topic] “Images of cats” Convert measurements [original measurement] “in” “30 degrees Celsius in Fahr- [new measurement] enheit”...

  • Page 91: Voice Action Commands

    Searching by text and voice Voice Action commands You can search and control your phone with the following Voice Action commands. Followed by one or more optional Results Examples words Words you want to Browser opens with “bike shoes” search for the result of your search.
  • Page 92 Searching by text and voice Followed by one or more optional Results Examples words The name of one of If there is a single “Mike LeBeau” your contacts. match, Contacts opens with details about your contact. Or if there is more than one match, you’re prompted to pick a contact.
  • Page 93 Searching by text and voice Followed by one or more optional Results Examples words “Send email” “To” one or more con- Voice Search opens a “Send email to Hugh tacts panel where you can Briss, subject, new “Cc” one or more con- complete the mes- shoes, message, I tacts...
  • Page 94 Searching by text and voice AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 95: Contacts

    Contacts Contacts gives you quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. When you first turn on your phone and sign into your Google Account, any existing Google contacts are downloaded to your phone. After that, your contacts are synchronized: any changes you make to your contacts on the phone or the web are made in both places the next time you sync.

  • Page 96: Opening Your Contacts

    Contacts Opening your contacts Open Contacts to add, view, and communicate with your friends and acquaintances. To open your contacts Touch the Contacts icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. You can also open Contacts by using Quick Contact. See “Connecting quickly with your contacts”...
  • Page 97 Contacts To view details about a contact Open your contacts. Touch the contact whose details you want to view. Entries for communicating with the contact are followed by details. Touch to open Quick Contact. The contact’s status and where it’s from. Touch a contact method to start communicating with the contact.

  • Page 98: Adding Contacts

    Contacts Adding contacts You can add contacts on your phone and synchronize them with the contacts in your Google Account, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account, or other accounts that support syncing contacts. When you reply to or forward an email message to an email address that is not in Contacts, the email address is added as a contact.

  • Page 99: Importing, Exporting, And Sharing Contacts

    Contacts Importing, exporting, and sharing contacts If you have contacts stored in vCard format on an SD card or SIM, you can import them into Contacts on your phone. You can export contacts in vCard format onto an SD card, to back them up to a computer or other device. And you can send a contact via email.
  • Page 100 Contacts To export contacts to your SD card You can export all of the contacts on your phone to your SD card, as a group vCard file. You can then copy this file to a computer or another device that can work with files in this format, such as an address book application.

  • Page 101: Adding A Contact To Your Favorites

    Contacts Adding a contact to your favorites The Favorites tab contains the contacts you’ve starred as favorites followed by the short list of the contacts you communicate with most frequently. Contacts you add to your favorites are also added to the Starred in Android group in Contacts on the web. To add a contact to your favorites Open your contacts.

  • Page 102: Searching For A Contact

    Contacts Searching for a contact You can search for a contact by name. To search for a contact Open your contacts. Press the Search button Start entering the name of the contact you’re searching for. As you type, contacts with matching names appear below the search box. Touch a matching contact in the list to open its Details screen.

  • Page 103: Editing Contact Details

    Contacts Editing contact details You can change or add details about your contacts. You can also set the ringtone for when a specific contact calls, or divert all calls from a contact to your voicemail. Some contact entries contain information from multiple sources: information that you added manually, information that Contacts joined from multiple accounts to consolidate duplicates, and so on.
  • Page 104 Contacts To change a contact’s default phone number A default phone number appears below the contact’s name in the Contacts list. The default phone number is used when you initiate a call or send a text message from the list by touching & holding a contact. Open your contacts or favorites.

  • Page 105: To Delete A Contact

    Contacts To delete a contact Open your contacts or favorites. Touch the name of a contact in the list to view its details. and touch Delete contact. Press Menu If you delete a contact from Google Contacts (or another account with editable contacts), the contact is also deleted from Contacts on the web the next time you sync your phone.

  • Page 106: Communicating With Your Contacts

    Contacts Communicating with your contacts From the Contacts or Favorites tab, you can quickly call or send a text (SMS) or multimedia message (MMS) to a contact’s default phone number. You can also open details to view a list of all the ways you can communicate with that contact. This section describes ways to initiate communication when viewing your list of contacts.
  • Page 107 Contacts To communicate with a contact Open your contacts or favorites. Touch the contact with whom you want to communicate. You can also just touch the Green Phone icon in the list of favorites or in the Call log to call the displayed number. In the contact’s details screen, touch the way to start communicating with the contact.

  • Page 108: Changing Which Contacts Are Displayed

    Contacts Changing which contacts are displayed You can hide contacts that don’t have phone numbers. You can also configure which groups of contacts, for each account, you want to display in the Contacts list. To set whether contacts without phone numbers are displayed If you use your list of contacts only to call people, you can hide any contacts that don’t have phone numbers.
  • Page 109 Contacts Check or uncheck the groups whose contacts you want to view in Contacts. This action affects only the display of groups of contacts with this screen. Your sync settings are not affected. Touch Done. A message appears while your changes are made. If your change affects a great many contacts, this can take a short while.

  • Page 110: Joining Contacts

    Contacts Joining contacts When you add an account or add contacts in other ways, such as by exchanging emails, Contacts attempts to avoid duplication by joining any new contact information with existing contacts under a single entry. You can also join contacts manually. To join contacts Open your contacts or favorites.

  • Page 111: Separating Contact Information

    Contacts Separating contact information Each contact on your phone may contain information from a variety of sources—you may have entered it, Contacts may have joined information automatically when you added an account, you may have joined contacts manually, and so on. If contact information from different sources was joined in error, you can separate the information back into individual contacts on your phone.
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  • Page 113: Accounts

    Accounts You can sync contacts, email, calendar events, and other information with your phone from multiple Google Accounts, Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts, or other kinds of accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone. For example, you could start by adding your personal Google Account, so your personal email, contacts, and calendar are always available.

  • Page 114: Adding And Removing Accounts

    Accounts Adding and removing accounts You can add multiple Google Accounts and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts. You may also be able to add other kinds of accounts, depending on your applications. Some you can add in the Accounts & Sync settings, as described in this section. Others you add using an application that works with those kinds of accounts;...
  • Page 115 Accounts Touch the kind of account to add. Touch the kind of account to add. Follow the onscreen steps to enter the required and optional information about the account. Most accounts require a username and password, but the details depend on the kind of account and the configuration of the service you’re connecting to.
  • Page 116 Accounts To remove an account You can remove an account to delete it and all information associated with it from your phone, including email, contacts, settings, and so on. You can’t remove the first Google Account you signed into on the phone, except by deleting all personal information from your phone.

  • Page 117: Configuring Account Sync And Display Options

    Accounts Configuring account sync and display options You can configure background data use and synchronization options for all of the applications on your phone. You can also configure what kinds of data you synchronize for each account. Some applications, such as Gmail and Calendar, have their own synchronization settings.
  • Page 118 Accounts indicates that some or all of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone. indicates that none of an account’s information is configured to sync automatically with your phone. Check or uncheck Background data to control whether applications and services can transmit data when you are not working with them directly (that is, when they are running in the background).
  • Page 119 Accounts To change an account’s sync settings Open the Accounts & Sync Settings screen. Touch the account whose sync settings you want to change. The Data and Synchronization screen opens, displaying a list of the kinds of information the account can sync. Checked items are configured to sync to your phone.
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  • Page 121: Gmail

    Gmail Gmail is Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Gmail Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Gmail application on your phone, your Inbox contains the messages from your Gmail Account on the web.

  • Page 122: Gmail Is Different

    Gmail Gmail is different Gmail is web-based Your messages are stored on Google servers, but you read, write, and organize messages with the Gmail application on your phone or in a web browser. Because your mail is stored on Google servers, you can search your entire message history, backed by the speed and power of Google search.

  • Page 123: Opening Gmail And Your Inbox

    Gmail Opening Gmail and your Inbox When you open Gmail, your most recent conversations are displayed in your Inbox. When you return to Gmail after using other applications, the last screen you were working with is displayed. To open Gmail Touch the Gmail icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
  • Page 124 Gmail To open your Inbox when Gmail is running Press Back until you return to your Inbox. and touch Go to Inbox. When reading a message, press Menu and touch More > When viewing a list of labeled conversations, press Menu Go to Inbox.

  • Page 125: Reading Your Messages

    Gmail Reading your messages When viewing a list of conversations in your Inbox or in any list of labeled conversations, you can open a conversation to read its messages. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Gmail notifications using Gmail settings, where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone.
  • Page 126 Gmail This conversation has one label. Touch to view the sender and the first line of messages that you’ve already read. Touch to quickly contact the sender by Google Talk, by phone, or in other ways. You can archive or delete the entire conversation or open the next or previous conversation.
  • Page 127 Gmail Touch the tab that indicates the number of unread messages to view their summary tabs. Touch the tab of a message you’ve already read to open it, so you can read it again. When reading a message or when its tab is selected, you can press Menu touch Mark unread to return a read message to the unread state—for example, to remind yourself to read it again later.

  • Page 128: Composing And Sending A Message

    Gmail Composing and sending a message You can compose and send a message to one or more people or groups with Gmail or other email addresses. To compose and send a message When viewing the Inbox or other list of conversations, press Menu and touch Compose.
  • Page 129 Gmail phone, you can send the email from a different account by touching the account and then touching the one you want to use. Address the message. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts list. See “Contacts”...

  • Page 130: Replying To Or Forwarding A Message

    Gmail Replying to or forwarding a message You can continue a conversation by replying to a message or by forwarding it. To reply to or forward a message Touch the Reply button in the message header. Or touch the arrow touch Reply all or Forward.
  • Page 131 Gmail You can add one or more people to an ongoing conversation by replying to all and then adding the new people’s addresses to the reply. All of the messages in the conversation, up to the one you are replying to or forwarding, are included in the new message;...

  • Page 132: Working With Conversations In Batches

    Gmail Working with conversations in batches You can archive, label, delete, or perform other actions on a batch of conversations at once, in your Inbox or in another labeled list of conversations. In the Inbox or other conversation list, check the conversations that you want to work with as a batch.

  • Page 133: Labeling A Conversation

    Gmail Labeling a conversation You organize conversations by labeling them. Gmail has several built-in labels. You can add your own labels and assign them colors by using Gmail on the web (custom label colors you create on the web are not supported in Gmail on the phone). Viewing labeled conversations is described in “Viewing conversations by label”...

  • Page 134: Starring A Message

    Gmail Starring a message You can star an important message to make it easy to locate again. Conversations with starred messages display a star in your Inbox and other conversation lists. To view just conversations with starred messages, see “Viewing conversations by label” on page 133.

  • Page 135: Viewing Conversations By Label

    Gmail Viewing conversations by label You can view a list of the conversations that have the same label, including conversations with starred messages. You can control how many conversations are kept current on your phone, by label and by time, as described in “Synchronizing your messages” on page 138. See “Labeling a conversation”...

  • Page 136: Copying Text From Messages

    Gmail Copying text from messages You can copy text from messages you receive, so you can paste it into the message you compose or into text fields in other applications. When you’re composing a message, you select, cut, copy, and paste text using basic editing techniques, as described in “Editing text”...

  • Page 137: Reporting Spam

    Gmail Reporting spam The Gmail webmail service is quite effective at preventing spam ( junk mail) from reaching your Inbox. But when spam does make it through, you can help improve the Gmail service by reporting the conversation as spam. To report a conversation as spam and touch More >...

  • Page 138: Searching For Messages

    Gmail Searching for messages You can search for messages that contain one or more words in their contents or in their addresses, subjects, labels, and so on. When you search for messages, all of the messages in your Gmail account on the web are included (except those labeled Trash or Spam), not just those that you’ve synchronized onto your phone.

  • Page 139: Archiving Conversations

    Gmail Archiving conversations You can archive conversations, to move them out of your Inbox without deleting them. Archived conversations are assigned the All Mail label, and they retain any other labels you’ve assigned to them. See “Viewing conversations by label” on page 133. They’re also included in search results.

  • Page 140: Synchronizing Your Messages

    Gmail Synchronizing your messages The Gmail webmail service has the resources to store all the messages you’ve ever sent or received; your phone does not. To save space, Gmail downloads only some of your messages to your phone. You can set which conversations’ messages are kept current on your phone, by label, and what portion of those conversations, by time.
  • Page 141 Gmail To set how many days of conversations to synchronize Open your Inbox. and touch More > Settings > Labels. Press Menu Touch Number of days to sync. Enter the number of days and touch OK. AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 142: Appending A Signature To Your Messages

    Gmail Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” Open your Inbox or another labeled list of conversations. and touch More >...

  • Page 143: Changing Gmail Settings

    Gmail Changing Gmail settings You can change a number of settings for Gmail. Each Gmail account has its own settings, so your changes affect only the current account. See “To switch accounts” on page 122. Notification volumes and some synchronization settings are changed in the Settings application.

  • Page 144: Notification Settings

    Gmail Notification settings Email notifications When checked, you receive a notification when you have new email. See “Managing notifications” on page 29. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive a new email notification, including the phone’s default ringtone and a silent option.

  • Page 145: Calendar

    Calendar Calendar on the phone works with the web-based Google Calendar calendaring service for creating and managing events, meetings, and appointments. It also works with the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync calendaring service. Calendar on the phone is optimized for the phone. Some Calendar features, such as creating Calendars, are only available in Google Calendar on the web.

  • Page 146: Viewing Your Calendar And Events

    Calendar Viewing your calendar and events Open Calendar to view events you’ve created or that others have invited you to. When you first set up your phone, you configured it to use an existing Google Account, or you created a new account. The first time you open the Calendar application on your phone, it displays any existing calendar events from your Google Account on the web.
  • Page 147 Calendar Agenda view Day view Week view Month view In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. Touch a day in Month view to open that day’s events. To change your calendar view and touch Agenda, Day, Week, or Month. Press Menu Each view displays the events in your calendar for the period of time that you specify.

  • Page 148: Working In Agenda View

    Calendar Working in Agenda view Agenda view is a list of your events in chronological order. All-day and multiday events are listed at the start of each day. To switch to Agenda view and touch Agenda. Press Menu Touch an event to view its details. Drag up or down to view earlier or later events.

  • Page 149: Working In Day View

    Calendar Working in Day view Day view displays a chart of the events of one day, in a table of one-hour rows. A red line indicates the current time. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. Part of the title of each event is displayed in the rows that correspond to when it occurs.

  • Page 150: Working In Week View

    Calendar Working in Week view Week view displays a chart of the events of one week. All-day and multiday events are displayed at the top. To switch to Week view and touch Week. Press Menu An all-day event. Touch & hold a time slot or an event to create a new event at that time.

  • Page 151: Working In Month View

    Calendar Working in Month view Month view displays a chart of the events of the month. Segments of each day with scheduled events are blue in the day’s vertical bar. To switch to Month view and touch Month. Press Menu Drag up or down to view earlier or later months.

  • Page 152: Viewing Event Details

    Calendar Viewing event details You can view more information about an event in a number of ways, depending on the current view. To view information about an event In Agenda, Day, or Week view, touch an event to view its details. In Month view, touch a day to switch to Day view.

  • Page 153: Creating An Event

    Calendar Creating an event You can use Calendar on your phone to create events that appear on your phone and in Google Calendar on the web. To create an event and touch New event to open an Event In any Calendar view, press Menu details screen for a new event.

  • Page 154: Editing Or Deleting An Event

    Calendar Editing or deleting an event You can an edit or delete an event that you created on the phone or on the web. You can also edit or delete events created by others, if they have given you permission. To edit an event Open the summary of the event.

  • Page 155: Setting An Event Reminder

    Calendar Setting an event reminder You can set one or more reminders for an event, whether or not you created the event or have permission to edit its other details. To set an event reminder Open the event summary. See “Viewing event details” on page 150. If you already have a reminder set, touch the Plus button to add a reminder.

  • Page 156: Responding To An Event Reminder

    Calendar Responding to an event reminder If you set a reminder for an event, the Upcoming Event icon appears in the Notifications area of the Status bar when the reminder time arrives. See “Managing notifications” on page 29. To respond to an event reminder If you receive notifications in the Status bar, drag the Status bar down to open the Notifications panel.

  • Page 157: Synchronizing And Displaying Calendars

    Calendar Synchronizing and displaying calendars When you add a Google Account or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync account to your phone that includes a calendar service, and you configure that account to synchronize calendar events to the phone, the events from that calendar are added and kept up to date in Calendar on the phone.

  • Page 158: Changing Calendar Settings

    Calendar Changing Calendar settings You can change the following settings for how Calendar displays event and how it notifies you of upcoming events. To change Calendar settings, open a Calendar view, press Menu , and touch More > Settings. Hide declined events Check if you don’t want to see events to which you’ve declined invitations.

  • Page 159: Google Voice

    Google Voice You can use Google Voice for your voicemail service, in place of your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. Google Voice gives you a visual interface to all of your voicemail messages—you can access your messages in the order you want, read transcripts of your messages, and listen to your messages, using a karaoke-style interface that makes it easy to replay any part.

  • Page 160: Opening Google Voice And Your Inbox

    Google Voice Opening Google Voice and your Inbox You can check your Google Voice Inbox, exchange messages, and perform other tasks with Google Voice. You don’t use the Voice application to place calls—you do that with the Phone application. See “Placing calls with Google Voice” on page 167. The first time you open Google Voice, you are prompted to configure it, as described in “Configuring Google Voice”...
  • Page 161 Google Voice To open your Inbox You can return to your Inbox from any Google Voice screen. Press the Back button until the Inbox screen appears. To check your account balance When you first create a Google Voice account, you have a balance of US$0.10 for toll calls.

  • Page 162: Reading Or Listening To Your Voicemail

    Google Voice Reading or listening to your voicemail Your Google Voice inbox contains a list of the voicemail messages you’ve received. You can also listen to your voicemail with the Phone application, just as you would listen to voicemail from your mobile carrier’s voicemail service. See “Listening to your voicemail”...
  • Page 163 Google Voice To listen to your voicemail Open Google Voice and your Inbox. Touch a message to listen to it. The controls for listening to the voicemail are at the bottom of the screen. Touch the Play icon to listen to the message. The message plays through the earpiece or the speaker, depending on the preference you set.

  • Page 164: Exchanging Text (Sms) Messages

    Google Voice Exchanging text (SMS) messages You can use Google Voice to send and receive text (SMS) messages. To send a text message Open your Inbox. and touch Compose. Press Menu Enter the phone number to which you want to send the message. You can also enter the name of a contact with a mobile number.

  • Page 165: Starring Messages

    Google Voice Starring messages You can star voicemail and text messages to make them easy to keep track of. To star a message While viewing a list of messages in your Inbox or other folder, touch a message’s star. The star turns gold To unstar a message Touch its star again.

  • Page 166: Viewing Messages By Label

    Google Voice Viewing messages by label You can view a list of the messages that have the same label, such as Voicemail, SMS (text messages), Placed, Received, and so on. While viewing your Inbox or another folder of messages, press Menu and touch Labels.

  • Page 167: Configuring Google Voice

    Google Voice Configuring Google Voice The first time you open Google Voice, a wizard helps you to configure Google Voice services on your phone. If you sign out, the wizard reappears the next time you start Google Voice. You can also change the services to use at any time, by changing the Google Voice settings.
  • Page 168 Google Voice If requested, touch Next to verify your phone number via SMS. Google Voice uses this step to ensure that it can communicate with your phone. Enter a voicemail PIN. This is the code you use to check your voicemail from the Phone application. Choose which calls you want to make using Google Voice.

  • Page 169: Placing Calls With Google Voice

    Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice Placing calls with Google Voice is almost the same as placing calls via your mobile carrier, depending on whether you have a Google number and how you have configured Google Voice on the phone. Call a contact just as you would without Google Voice.

  • Page 170: Changing Google Voice Settings

    Google Voice Changing Google Voice settings You can change a number of Google Voice settings, including which services you want to use on your phone and how you want to be notified of new messages. To change all Google Voice settings except which voicemail service to use, open , and touch Settings.

  • Page 171: Sync And Notifications Settings

    Google Voice Sync and notifications settings Synchronize inbox Check to receive notifications from Google Voice as soon as new messages arrive in your Inbox. You must have background data checked in the Accounts & Sync settings to use this feature (see “Accounts & sync settings” on page 345).
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  • Page 173: Google Talk

    Google Talk Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging service. You can use it to communicate in real time with other people who also use Google Talk, on a phone, on the web, or with a desktop application. In this section “Signing in and opening your Friends list”...

  • Page 174: Signing In And Opening Your Friends List

    Google Talk Signing in and opening your Friends list You sign into Google Talk to chat with your friends. You remain signed in, even when you’re using other applications, until you deliberately sign out. To open Google Talk and sign in Touch the Google Talk icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.

  • Page 175: To Sign Out Of Google Talk

    Google Talk To sign out of Google Talk You can sign out of Google Talk—for example, if you want to switch the focus of all chats and invitations to Google Talk on a computer. Signing out can also extend your battery life.

  • Page 176: Chatting With Friends

    Google Talk Chatting with friends To chat with a friend Touch a friend in your Friends list. If you’re already chatting with someone, you can press Menu and touch Friends list to invite another friend to chat. The chat screen opens. Enter your message and touch Send.
  • Page 177 Google Talk To accept an invitation to chat When a friend sends you a Google Talk message, you receive a notification. Their entry in the Friends list jumps to the top and displays the message. Touch the friend in your Friends list. Open the Notifications panel and touch the chat notification.
  • Page 178 Google Talk To chat on or off the record Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail. But if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off the record.

  • Page 179: Changing And Monitoring Online Status

    Google Talk Changing and monitoring online status Icons in Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, and other applications indicate your and your friends’ Google Talk status. Available: Signed into Google Talk and available to chat Away: Signed into Google Talk but not active Busy: Signed into Google Talk but too busy to chat Signed out of Google Talk Invisible: Signed into Google Talk but appear signed out to others...
  • Page 180 Google Talk Touch a status in the dialog. Touch Done. Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed. To change your status message Touch your own entry at the top of your Friends list. In the screen that opens, enter a status message or if you already have one, edit it.

  • Page 181: Managing Your Friends List

    Google Talk Managing your Friends list Your Google Talk Friends list contains the friends you’ve invited or accepted invitations from, to become friends in Google Talk. Friends can invite each other to chat in Google Talk and see each others’ online status in Google Talk and other applications, such as in Gmail and Maps.
  • Page 182 Google Talk To view all friends or only those most popular with you By default, only the friends that you frequently chat with—the most popular with you— are shown in the Friends list. But you can view all friends instead. and touch All friends.

  • Page 183: Changing Google Talk Settings

    Google Talk Changing Google Talk settings You can configure Google Talk to send you a notification with the contents of each message that you receive in a chat, and also to sound a ringtone or vibrate the phone. You can also configure Google Talk to sign you in automatically when you turn on your phone, and you can set whether the mobile indicator is displayed next to your name in other people’s Friends lists.
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  • Page 185: Email

    Email You use the Email application to read and send email from services other than Gmail. Email includes a wizard that makes it easy to configure it for several popular email service providers. In this section “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 184 “Reading your messages”...

  • Page 186: Opening Email And The Accounts Screen

    Email Opening Email and the Accounts screen You use the Email application to read email from services other than Gmail. To open Email Touch the Email icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
  • Page 187 Email Touch to open your Combined Inbox, with messages sent to all of your accounts. Touch to open a list of just your starred messages. Touch an account to open its Inbox. Touch to open a screen listing the account’s folders. Each folder and account on the Accounts screen displays the number of unread messages in green, or the total number of messages in gray.
  • Page 188 Email An unread message. A previously read message. Messages are color coded according to the account to which they were sent. Only some of your account’s recent email is downloaded to your phone. To download earlier messages in batches for IMAP or POP3 accounts, touch Load more messages at the bottom of the list of email.

  • Page 189: Reading Your Messages

    Email Reading your messages You can read messages in your Combined Inbox or in the Inbox or other folders for individual accounts. When you receive a new message, you also receive a notification in the Status bar, unless you’ve turned off Email notifications using the Email Account settings, where you can also set whether Email notifications vibrate the phone and pick a ringtone.

  • Page 190: Responding To A Message

    Email Responding to a message You can reply to or forward a message that you receive. You can also delete messages and manage them in other ways. To reply to or forward a message While reading a message, touch Reply or Reply all. and touch Reply, Reply all, or Forward.

  • Page 191: Starring Messages

    Email Starring messages You can star an important message to make it easy to keep track of. Once you star a message, a Starred folder is added to the Accounts screen. You can also star a batch of messages (see “Working with message in batches” on page 190). To star a message While reading a message, touch the star in its header.

  • Page 192: Working With Message In Batches

    Email Working with message in batches You can delete, star, or mark unread a batch of messages at once. In the Inbox or mailbox, check the messages that you want to work with as a batch. When you check one or more messages, the Mark unread, Add star, and Delete buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 193: Composing And Sending Email

    Email Composing and sending email You can send email to your contacts or to other people or groups. To compose and send a message and touch Compose. Press Menu Address the message. As you enter text, matching addresses are offered from your Contacts. You can touch a suggested address or enter a new one.

  • Page 194: Working With Account Folders

    Email Working with account folders Each account has Inbox, Outbox, Sent, and Drafts folders. Depending on the features supported by your account’s service provider, you may have additional folders. To view an account’s folders Open the Accounts screen. Touch an account’s folder icon. You can also open an account’s folders while viewing its Inbox or other folder, by and then touching Folders.

  • Page 195: Appending A Signature To Your Messages

    Email Appending a signature to your messages You can append one or a few lines of text to every message you send from an account, such as your name, contact information, or even “Sent by an android.” Open the Accounts screen. Touch &...

  • Page 196: Adding And Editing Email Accounts

    Email Adding and editing email accounts The first time you open Email, you are prompted to set up an email account. After that, you can configure Email to send and receive email from additional accounts. The accounts that you configure are displayed in the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen”...

  • Page 197: To Add An Email Account

    Email To add an email account Open the Accounts screen. See “Opening Email and the Accounts screen” on page 184. and touch Add account. Press Menu In the Setup Email screen, enter your email address and password. If you’re adding a second or subsequent email address, you can also check the option to use the new account to send all outgoing messages.

  • Page 198: To Delete An Email Account

    Email To change an account’s settings You can change a number of settings for an account, including how often you check for email, how you’re notified of new mail, and details about the servers the account uses to send and receive mail. Open the Accounts screen.

  • Page 199: Changing Email Account Settings

    Email Changing email account settings You can change the following settings for each email account when you create it or at any later time. See “Adding and editing email accounts” on page 194. These settings apply only to the account you’re working with. To change the settings for another email account, you must switch accounts;...

  • Page 200: Incoming Server Settings

    Email Outgoing settings Opens a screen where you can configure settings for how you send email from this account. (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync accounts do not have separate outgoing server settings.) See “Outgoing server settings” on page 200. Sync contacts For accounts that can sync contacts, check to sync contacts from this account to your phone.
  • Page 201 Email Username Depending on the requirements of your email service provider, your full email address or just your username (that is, the part before @exam- ple.com in your email address). Password The password for your email account. IMAP server The fully resolved domain name of your email service provider’s IMAP server, for example, imap.example.com.

  • Page 202: Outgoing Server Settings

    Email Port Set the Security type first to enter the typical server port number in this field automatically. Or enter a different port number if your email service provider requires it. Security type Select the security type required by your email service provider.
  • Page 203 Email Require sign-in Check this option to enter a username and password for your SMTP server, if your email service provider requires that you enter them to send email. Username Your username on the SMTP server (this may not be the same as your username on the POP3 or IMAP server for incoming mail).
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  • Page 205: Messaging

    Messaging You can use Messaging to exchange text messages (SMS) and multimedia messages (MMS) with your friends on their mobile phones. In this section “Opening Messaging” on page 204 “Exchanging messages” on page 205 “Changing Messaging settings” on page 210 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 206: Opening Messaging

    Messaging Opening Messaging To open Messaging Touch the Messaging icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 to learn more about opening and switching applications. The Messaging window opens, where you can create a new message or open an ongoing message thread.

  • Page 207: Exchanging Messages

    Messaging Exchanging messages You can send text (SMS) messages of up to 160 characters to another mobile phone. If you keep typing after the limit, your message is delivered as a series of messages. Multimedia (MMS) messages can contain text and a picture, a recorded voice, an audio file, a video, or a picture slideshow.
  • Page 208 Messaging Enter a mobile phone number or the name of a contact with a mobile number. Enter a phone number or the name of a contact who has a mobile number. You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by touching & holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley.
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  • Page 210: To Create And Send A Multimedia Message

    Messaging To create and send a multimedia message On the Messaging screen, touch New message. Enter a mobile phone number or email address in the To field. As you type, matching contacts appear. You can touch a suggested contact or continue typing.

  • Page 211: To View Details About A Message

    Messaging If the message contains a media file, touch Play to view, watch, or listen to it. Touch & hold the media file to open a menu with an option for saving the message on your SD card. Touch & hold a message to open a menu with number of options for working with the message and its sender’s information.

  • Page 212: Changing Messaging Settings

    Messaging Changing Messaging settings You can change a number of Messaging settings. To change Messaging settings, open the Messaging window, press Menu , and touch Settings. Storage settings Check to delete older messages in a thread when the Text Delete old messages message limit or Multimedia message limit is reached.

  • Page 213: Notification Settings

    Messaging Notification settings Notifications Check to receive a notification whenever you receive a new message. See “Managing notifications” on page 29. Select ringtone Opens a dialog where you can select the ringtone to sound when you receive new message notifications. Vibrate Opens a dialog where you can set the phone to vibrate whenever you receive a new message notification, only in Silent mode, or never.
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  • Page 215: Browser

    Browser You use Browser to view webpages and to search for information on the web. In this section “Opening Browser” on page 214 “Navigating within a webpage” on page 217 “Navigating among webpages” on page 219 “Working with multiple Browser windows” on page 221 “Downloading files”...

  • Page 216: Opening Browser

    Browser Opening Browser Use Browser to surf the web. Some websites have two versions of their sites: full-size for computer-based web browsers and another for mobile devices. They may allow you to switch back and forth. Full-size sites are often harder to navigate on a mobile browser than sites designed for use on mobile devices.
  • Page 217 Browser To go to a webpage or search the web Touch the URL box at the top of the Browser screen. If the URL box isn’t visible, press Menu or just drag the page down until the URL box comes into view. Enter the address (URL) of a webpage.
  • Page 218 Browser To set your home page Your home page opens when you open a new Browser window, and when you start Browser after restarting your phone or after not using it for a while. Browse to the page you want to set as your home page. and touch More >...

  • Page 219: Navigating Within A Webpage

    Browser Navigating within a webpage Webpages that are optimized for mobile devices typically open at a size appropriate for your phone. Often, you can’t zoom or even scroll their contents. Webpages that aren’t designed specifically for mobile devices typically open in overview mode—the page is zoomed out so you can get the big picture.
  • Page 220 Browser To find text on a webpage and touch More > Find on page. Press Menu Enter the text you’re looking for. As you type, the first word with matching characters is highlighted on the screen, and subsequent matches are boxed. Touch to jump to the previous or next matching word.

  • Page 221: Navigating Among Webpages

    Browser Navigating among webpages You can open links on a webpage, navigate back and forward, and review your browsing history, just as in any web browser. You can also take advantage of some shortcuts for working with links and other kinds of information. To open a link Touch a link to open it.
  • Page 222 Browser To view your most frequently visited pages Touch the bookmarks icon at the top right of the screen. Touch the Most visited tab. The pages you’ve visited most frequently are listed in order. Bookmarked pages have a gold star. Touch a star to add or remove that page from your bookmarks. Touch &...

  • Page 223: Working With Multiple Browser Windows

    Browser Working with multiple Browser windows You can open up to eight Browser windows at once and switch among them. To open a new Browser window and touch New Window. Press Menu and touch Windows. In the screen that opens, touch New Press Menu window.

  • Page 224: Downloading Files

    Browser Downloading files You can download files and even applications from webpages. The files that you download are stored on your SD card. See “Connecting to a computer via USB” on page 56 to learn more about SD cards. To allow installing applications from the web or email By default, your phone is configured to prevent you from installing applications that you download from the web or receive with an email message.
  • Page 225 Browser To view the files you’ve downloaded and touch More > Downloads. Press Menu The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order. Touch a file to open it. To delete a file you’ve downloaded and touch More > Downloads. Press Menu The files you’ve downloaded are listed in order.

  • Page 226: Working With Bookmarks

    Browser Working with bookmarks You can bookmark webpages so that you can quickly return to them. To bookmark a webpage Open the webpage to bookmark. Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen (or press Menu touch Bookmarks) and at the top of the Bookmarks screen, touch Add. and touch More >...

  • Page 227: To Share A Bookmark

    Browser To share a bookmark Touch the bookmark icon at the top of the screen. and touch Bookmarks. Or press Menu Touch & hold the bookmark to share. Touch Share link in the menu. Touch the application you want to use to send the bookmark. The application opens with the bookmark’s address entered.

  • Page 228: Changing Browser Settings

    Browser Changing Browser settings You can configure a number of Browser settings, including several that you can use to manage your privacy. and touch More > To open the Browser settings screen, press Menu Settings. Page content settings Text size Opens a dialog where you can increase or decrease the size of the text that Browser uses when displaying webpages.

  • Page 229: Privacy Settings

    Browser Open in background Check to open new windows in the background when you touch & hold a link and touch Open in new window. This is useful when you are working with windows that take a long time to download and display. Press Menu touch Windows, and then touch the new window to view it.

  • Page 230: Security Settings

    Browser Security settings Remember passwords Browser can remember your passwords for some webpages that require you to sign in, to make it quicker to sign into those pages on repeat visits. Uncheck to prevent Browser from storing passwords. Clear passwords Touch to delete any passwords that Browser has stored.

  • Page 231: Maps

    Maps You use Maps to find your current location; to view real-time traffic conditions; to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions, using the Google Maps Navigation (beta) service. You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a landmark, and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the street.

  • Page 232: Opening Maps And Viewing Your Location

    Maps Opening Maps and viewing your location You must turn on location services to use information about your location when navigating and searching in Maps. Then open Maps to view your location. To use location services with Maps You must have location services turned on to view your location in Maps and to use your location to find local resources.
  • Page 233 Maps Drag the map to move in any direction. Your location. Zoom in or out. To move the map Drag the map with your finger. To zoom in and out of a map Touch the plus or minus side of the Zoom control Double-tap a location on the map with one finger to zoom in to that location;...

  • Page 234: Obtaining Details About A Location

    Maps Obtaining details about a location You can obtain the address and other information about an area on a map. The amount of information depends on the location. To get the address and additional details about a location Touch & hold a location, star, or labeled feature on the map. A balloon opens over the location, with the address and a thumbnail from Street View, if available.
  • Page 235 Maps Touch a balloon to open a screen with tools for learning more about the location. The address and other summary information about the location. These tools are described in this section and on http://maps.google.com . AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 236: Starring A Location

    Maps Starring a location You can star a location on a map, to make it easy to spot when you’re signed into Google Maps on your phone or on the web. You can also open a list of the locations you’ve starred, so you can quickly view them on a map.
  • Page 237 Maps To view a list of starred items You can open a list of your starred locations, so you can quickly go to a starred location on the map. The list includes locations you’ve starred when signed into Maps on the phone or the web. and touch More >...

  • Page 238: Changing Map Layers

    Maps Changing map layers Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. You can also view a satellite image of a location, check on traffic, and even look at a location as if you were standing on the street. And you can view maps that you’ve created in Google Maps on the web. These and many other layers are available in Google Maps.
  • Page 239 Maps For information about Latitude, see “Finding your friends with Google Latitude” on page 247. For information about the other features of Google Maps, visit Google Maps on the web. Not all locations have information to support all Map layers or all zoom levels. Visit Google Maps on the web to learn more about layers.

  • Page 240: Searching For Locations And Places

    Maps Searching for locations and places You can search for a location and view it on a map. You can also search for places on the map that you’re viewing. To search for a location and touch Search. Or press the While viewing a map, press Menu Search button In the search box, enter the place you’re looking for.

  • Page 241: Getting Directions

    Maps Getting directions Maps can provide directions for travel by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car. You can add a shortcut to a destination to your Home screen, so that you can simply touch the shortcut to get directions to that location from wherever you are. For example, a shortcut to your home or work makes it easy to get directions there from wherever you travel.
  • Page 242 Maps You can read the directions or show them on the map. If you requested driving directions, you can also touch Navigate to get spoken, turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps Navigation, as described in “Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions” on page 241. Press press Menu for options relevant to the directions you requested, such as reversing directions, routes that avoid freeways or tolls, or to report a problem with...

  • Page 243: Navigating With Spoken, Turn-By-Turn Directions

    Maps Navigating with spoken, turn-by-turn directions You can use Google Maps Navigation (beta) to get turn-by-turn driving directions, both spoken and displayed on your screen. To navigate with turn-by-turn directions Touch the Navigation icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. Then touch the option for how you want to set your destination or touch a previous destination in the lower part of the screen.
  • Page 244 Maps Maps downloads and temporarily stores a copy of the directions and other information about your route on the phone, so if you lose your connection to a data network, you can still navigate to your destination. A compass indicates north. Your current location and direction.
  • Page 245 Maps Press Back to return to Navigation View. To return to Navigation View If you are navigating to a destination and then use Maps to explore other areas, you can quickly return to your current location in Navigation View. Open the Notifications panel and touch the navigation ongoing alert. See “Managing notifications”...
  • Page 246 Maps and touch Route Info for a high-level summary view of your Press Menu route, with options for picking a new route, traffic information, and so on. See “To change views of your route” on page 243 and “To get an alternate route to your destination”...
  • Page 247 Maps To preview your route You can preview each turn in your route in Navigation, Satellite, and other views. Touch the direction at the top of the screen. Left and right arrows appear. Touch a left or right arrow to preview the next or previous leg of your route. When previewing a route, touch to switch to a street-level view of your route.
  • Page 248 Maps To view traffic conditions on your route At the lower-left corner of navigation View, a traffic light indicates the overall traffic conditions on your route, next to the estimated time until you arrive at your destination. You can also view the traffic conditions on each segment of your route. Touch the traffic light at the lower left of the Navigation View.

  • Page 249: Finding Your Friends With Google Latitude

    Maps Finding your friends with Google Latitude Google Latitude lets you and your friends view each others’ locations on maps and share status messages with each other. In Latitude you can also send messages and emails, make phone calls, and get directions to your friends’ locations. Your location is not shared automatically.
  • Page 250 Maps To respond to an invitation When a friend invites you to share your location in Latitude, you can respond in the following ways. Accept and share back You and your friend can see each other’s locations. Accept, but hide my location You can see your friend's location, but they can’t see yours.
  • Page 251 Maps Hide from this friend Stop sharing your location with this friend in Latitude, in a list or on a map. To share your location with this friend again, touch Unhide from this friend. Share only city level location Share only the city you are in, not your street- level location.
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  • Page 253: Camera

    Camera Camera is a combination camera and camcorder that you use to shoot and share pictures and videos. Pictures and videos are stored on the phone’s SD card, so you must install one to use Camera, as described in your phone’s owners’ guide. You can copy your pictures and videos from the SD card to a computer, as described in “Connecting to a computer via USB”...

  • Page 254: Opening Camera And Taking Pictures

    Camera Opening Camera and taking pictures You take pictures and shoot videos with Camera. Camera’s many settings are described in “Changing Camera settings” on page 255. You can also view your pictures with the Gallery application, as described in “Gallery” on page 259.
  • Page 255 Camera To take a picture If necessary, drag the control to the Camera position. Adjust your exposure, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 255. The preview image changes as you change the settings.
  • Page 256 Camera To shoot a video If necessary, drag the control to the Video position. Adjust the quality, color effect, flash, and other settings if you wish. Or leave them on automatic. See “Changing Camera settings” on page 255. The preview image changes as you change the settings.

  • Page 257: Changing Camera Settings

    Camera Changing Camera settings Camera has automatic settings that you can use to take quick point-and-shoot photographs and videos. But Camera also offers a number of ways to control your exposures, including controlling the focus, turning the flash on and off, and adjusting the white balance.

  • Page 258: Camera Mode Settings

    Camera Camera mode settings When in Camera mode, Camera settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: Focus mode Touch to set Camera to use its Autofocus feature (Auto), or to more quickly take pictures focused at infinity (Infinity). Exposure Touch to adjust the exposure in the range of +2 to -2.

  • Page 259: Video Mode Settings

    Camera Video mode settings As in Camera mode, Video mode settings are displayed on screen. Settings Touch to open a scrolling list of settings: Color effect Touch a special effect for your videos, such as monochrome, sepia tone, or negative. Restore to defaults Touch to restore all of Camera’s settings to their default values.
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  • Page 261: Gallery

    Gallery You use Gallery to view pictures and play videos that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, or copied onto your SD card. You can also view pictures in a Picasa web album. You can perform basic editing tasks on pictures and set them as your wallpaper or contact picture. You can also share your pictures and videos with friends, via email or messaging, or by uploading them to the Picasa and YouTube web sites.

  • Page 262: Opening Gallery And Viewing Your Albums

    Gallery Opening Gallery and viewing your albums Open Gallery to view albums of your pictures and videos. To open Gallery and view your albums Touch the Gallery icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. Open Gallery from Camera by touching the thumbnail image at the top right. and touching Gallery.
  • Page 263 Gallery Touch an album to open it and view its contents. The pictures and videos in the album are displayed in chronological order. See “Working with albums” on page 262. Peek into an album stack by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart.

  • Page 264: Working With Albums

    Gallery Working with albums Albums are groups of images and videos in folders on your SD card or in Picasa web albums. To open an album and view its contents Open Gallery and touch the album whose contents you want to view. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums”...
  • Page 265 Gallery To change how the contents of an album are displayed You can view the images and videos in your albums in a chronological grid or in stacks, sorted by the date and the location where they were taken. You switch album views with the Album View switch at the top right of the screen.
  • Page 266 Gallery To work with batches of pictures or videos In addition to working with whole albums and with individual pictures, you can select one or more pictures or videos in an album to work on them in batches—for example, to send a few pictures from an album to a friend. Open the album to view the pictures and videos to work with.
  • Page 267 Gallery To get details about an album Open the main Gallery window. See “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums” on page 260. Press Menu twice. Check or uncheck the albums you want to want details about. Touch More at the bottom of the screen. In the menu that opens, touch Details. To delete an album You can delete an album and its contents from your SD card.

  • Page 268: Working With Pictures

    Gallery Working with pictures Use Gallery to view pictures that you’ve taken with Camera, downloaded, copied onto your SD card, or that are stored in Picasa web albums. You can also edit the pictures on your SD card and share them with friends. To view and browse pictures Open a Gallery album and touch a picture.
  • Page 269 Gallery To rotate a picture Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. Touch More. A menu opens with tools for working with the picture. Touch Rotate left or Rotate right. The picture is saved with the new orientation. To use a picture as a contact icon or as Home screen wallpaper Touch the picture to view the controls and touch Menu.
  • Page 270 Gallery To crop a picture You can save a zoomed-in portion of a picture by cropping it. You can only crop pictures that are on your SD card (not those, for example, in a Picasa web album). Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu. Touch More.
  • Page 271 Gallery To view the location of a picture in Google Maps If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures (see “Changing Camera settings” on page 255), you can view the location where you took the picture in Google Maps.

  • Page 272: Working With Videos

    Gallery Working with videos Use Gallery to play videos that you’ve taken with Camera and to share them. To play videos Open a Gallery album and touch a video. The video plays, with the orientation (portrait or landscape) you shot it in. Opening albums is described in “Opening Gallery and viewing your albums”...
  • Page 273 Gallery To delete a video While viewing an album, press Menu twice. Check the videos or pictures to delete. Touch Delete. Touch Confirm Delete. AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...
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  • Page 275: Goggles

    Goggles Use Goggles to search the web by taking pictures, instead of by typing or speaking. You can also use Goggles to get information about businesses and other nearby places. In this section “Opening Goggles and searching with pictures” on page 274 “Working with your search history”...

  • Page 276: Opening Goggles And Searching With Pictures

    Goggles Opening Goggles and searching with pictures You use Goggles to take a picture and search the web for information about it. You can also use Goggles to learn about nearby businesses and other local features. To open Goggles Touch the Goggles icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
  • Page 277 Goggles To get information about nearby places Goggles offers labels for nearby places when you point the phone at locations Goggles has information about. Open Goggles. Orient the screen sideways (with the shutter button to the right), and level the camera at your surroundings.

  • Page 278: Working With Your Search History

    Goggles Working with your search history If you have the Goggles search history enabled, you can view the pictures you’ve previously searched for with Goggles and use them to search again. You can also enable or disable the Goggles search history. To review your search history and touch Search history.

  • Page 279: Youtube

    YouTube YouTube is Google’s online video streaming service for viewing, discovering, and sharing videos. In this section “Opening YouTube and watching videos” on page 278 “Discovering videos” on page 281 “Rating videos” on page 283 “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 284 “Working with playlists”...

  • Page 280: Opening Youtube And Watching Videos

    YouTube Opening YouTube and watching videos You can browse, search for, view, upload, and rank YouTube videos on your phone with the YouTube application. Open YouTube and the YouTube home screen Touch the YouTube icon in the Launcher or on the Android Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications”...

  • Page 281: Watch Videos

    YouTube Watch videos On a YouTube screen, touch a video to start playing it. The video starts playing in its watch screen. The watch screen is where you interact with videos in many ways, in addition to watching them. See “Rating videos” on page 283, “Uploading and sharing videos” on page 284, and the other sections in this chapter.
  • Page 282 YouTube Touch the video to view the controls. Touch it again to pause or resume play. Drag the scrubber to jump to a different part of the video In full-screen view, touch the video to view the controls; touch it again to pause or resume play.

  • Page 283: Discovering Videos

    YouTube Discovering videos You can discover YouTube videos in many different ways, including browsing by category, searching, and by exploring information about a video on its watch screen. Viewing the channels of people who have uploaded a video you like is also a great way to discover videos: see “Working with channels”...
  • Page 284 YouTube Explore related videos Each video’s watch screen includes information about that video that you can use to discover related videos. Touch the Related videos tab. Touch the name of the uploader in the Info tab, to open their channel and view a list of other videos they’ve uploaded.

  • Page 285: Rating Videos

    YouTube Rating videos You can rate videos by giving them a thumbs up or down. You can also add a video to your favorites and even report videos you think are inappropriate. Use the web version of YouTube to share your written comments about videos. Give a video the thumbs-up or thumbs-down On a video’s watch screen, touch the thumbs-up icon or thumbs-down...

  • Page 286: Uploading And Sharing Videos

    YouTube Uploading and sharing videos You can upload your own videos on YouTube, where they appear on your My Channel page. You can also share videos, by sending the web address (URL). Shoot a new video and upload it to YouTube Touch the movie camera icon at the top of the YouTube home screen.
  • Page 287 YouTube and touch My channel. Press Menu Touch the Uploads tab. You may need to drag the tab into view. Touch & hold the icon next to the video you want to delete. Touch Delete. Share a video When viewing a video’s watch screen, touch More and then touch Share. Touch the application you want to use to share the video.

  • Page 288: Working With Playlists

    YouTube Working with playlists A playlist is a collection of videos you can watch on YouTube. Your playlists are available on your My Channel screen (see “Working with channels” on page 287). You can add videos to your playlist. You can also watch other people’s playlists. Visit YouTube on the web to learn how to create and edit playlists.

  • Page 289: Working With Channels

    YouTube Working with channels A channel is a collection of a person’s videos, playlists, and other YouTube information. You can create you own channel and invite other people to subscribe to all or parts of it, so they can enjoy your contributions to YouTube. You can also view and subscribe to other people’s channels.

  • Page 290: Changing Youtube Settings

    YouTube Changing YouTube settings You can change the following settings for YouTube on your phone. , and touch Settings. To change YouTube settings, press Menu High quality video on mobile Check if you prefer to watch videos in high- quality by default when connected to mobile networks, to reduce startup time and data use.

  • Page 291: Music

    Music You use Music to organize and listen to music and other audio files that you transfer to your SD card from your computer. In this section “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 290 “Opening Music and working with your library” on page 291 “Playing music”...

  • Page 292: Transferring Music Files To Your Phone

    Music Transferring music files to your phone Music plays audio files that are stored on your phone’s SD card, so before you open Music, you must copy audio files from your computer onto the SD card. Music supports a wide variety of audio file formats, so it can play music that you purchase from online stores, music that you copy from your CD collection, and so on.

  • Page 293: Opening Music And Working With Your Library

    Music Opening Music and working with your library After you’ve copied some music onto your SD card, as described in “Transferring music files to your phone” on page 290, or downloaded music from another source, you can open Music and see your library of music files, sorted in one of four ways. To open Music and view your music library Touch the Music icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen.
  • Page 294 Music To search for music in your library Open the main Library screen and press the Search button Start typing the name of the artist, album, or track you’re looking for. Matching songs are displayed in the list below the search box. Touch a matching song to play it.

  • Page 295: Playing Music

    Music Playing music You can listen to music by using the phone’s built-in speaker, through a wired headset, or through a wireless Bluetooth stereo headset that supports the A2DP profile. See “Connecting to Bluetooth devices” on page 53 and refer to your phone’s owner’s guide for more information about the headset that comes with your phone.
  • Page 296 Music To control playback The Playback screen contains several icons that you can touch to control the playback of songs, albums, and playlists: Touch to pause playback. Touch to resume playback. Touch to skip to the next track in the album, playlist, or shuffle. Touch to skip to the previous track in the album, playlist, or shuffle.
  • Page 297 Music Add a track to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist by touching & holding the name of a track in your library. In the menu that opens, touch Add to playlist and then Current playlist. The track is added to the end of the Party Shuffle playlist. and touching Party shuffle off.

  • Page 298: Working With Playlists

    Music Working with playlists You can create playlists to organize your music files into sets of songs, which you can play in the order you set or in a shuffle. To create a playlist When viewing a list of songs in the library, touch & hold the first song you want to add to the new playlist.
  • Page 299 Music To remove a song from a playlist Open a playlist. Touch & hold a song and then touch Remove from playlist. Or press Menu and touch Clear playlist to remove all the songs from the playlist. The song isn’t deleted from the SD card or other playlists; it’s removed only from the playlist you’re working with.
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  • Page 301: News & Weather

    News & Weather You can check the weather and top news stories with News & Weather, a widget for your desktop that is backed by a full-featured application. In this section “Checking the news and weather” on page 300 “Changing News & Weather settings” on page 303 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 302: Checking The News And Weather

    News & Weather Checking the news and weather News & Weather offers weather forecasts and news stories about common topics. You can also customize the news topics that are displayed. This information is summarized in the News & Weather widget, which you can place on your Home screen, and is presented in greater detail in the News &...
  • Page 303 News & Weather To get details about the news and weather When you open News & Weather, you view a summary of the weather or headlines. Touch a tab in the scrolling list of tabs at the top of the screen to view the weather or top stories by category.
  • Page 304 News & Weather Touch a headline to read the full story. Touch a headline to read the full story. Swipe left or right to change news categories. Swipe left or right to change news categories. and touch Refresh While viewing the weather or news headlines, press Menu to get the latest information.

  • Page 305: Changing News & Weather Settings

    News & Weather Changing News & Weather settings You can configure a number of settings for News & Weather. The location and related settings also affect the display of the News & Weather widget and the Clock application. To open the News & Weather settings screen, press Press Menu and touch Settings.

  • Page 306: Refresh Settings

    News & Weather improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges. Prefetch images Check to prefetch news images in addition to news text, when the headlines are downloaded. Prefetching images improves performance at the expense of more data use and decreased battery life between charges.

  • Page 307: Clock

    Clock In addition to displaying the date and time, the Clock application displays information about the weather and your phone. You can also use Clock to turn your phone into an alarm clock. Clock is designed to work with a desktop dock, though you don’t need a dock to use Clock.

  • Page 308: Viewing The Date, Time, And Other Information

    Clock Viewing the date, time, and other information You use Clock to monitor several kinds of information at once, in addition to the current date and time. To open the Clock application Insert the phone into a desktop dock. Touch the Clock icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher.
  • Page 309 Clock To play a slideshow You can play a slideshow of the pictures in your Gallery albums, in place of the date and time. Touch the Slideshow icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. Press Back to end the show. To play music You can play music while the Clock is displayed.

  • Page 310: Setting Alarms

    Clock Setting alarms You can set an alarm by modifying an existing alarm or by adding a new one. To set an alarm Touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen. Touch to add an alarm. Touch to turn an alarm on or off. Touch to open a screen where you can set the alarm’s time and other attributes.
  • Page 311 Clock Touch Time to set the time of the alarm. In the dialog that opens, you change the time by touching the + or - buttons and the AM or PM buttons. Or touch a time to type the time you want. Touch Ringtone to select a ringtone for the alarm.

  • Page 312: Changing Clock Alarm Settings

    Clock Changing Clock alarm settings You can change a number of settings for the alarms you set. You can also change how times are displayed in Clock in the Settings applications. See “Date & time settings” on page 353. To change Clock alarm settings, touch the Alarm icon at the bottom of the Clock screen.

  • Page 313: Car Home

    Car Home Car Home makes the applications that are most useful when you’re driving accessible with the touch of a button. Car Home is designed to work with a car dock, though you don’t have to own a dock to use it. In this section “Opening Car Home”...

  • Page 314: Opening Car Home

    Car Home Opening Car Home You can use Car Home whether or not you have a car dock. Open Car Home Insert the phone into a car dock. Bring your phone near a Bluetooth device you have configured to start Car Home. See “Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device”...
  • Page 315 Car Home Touch a button to access that application or service while driving. Touch an arrow (or swipe) to switch to Car Home’s other screens. Touch to exit Car mode. Touch an empty spot to add a shortcut button, or drag an existing button to an empty spot to move it there.

  • Page 316: Customizing Car Home

    Car Home Customizing Car Home You can add your own shortcuts to the empty spots on Car Home screens and you can move shortcuts or delete them. You can also use the Brightness and Settings buttons (on the second Car Home screen by default) to customize Car Home in other ways, as described in this section and in “Changing Car Home settings”...
  • Page 317 Car Home Change Car Home wallpaper Initially, Car Home uses the same wallpaper for its background as you set on the Home screen, but you can pick a different wallpaper for Car Home. Touch the Settings button Touch Wallpaper. Touch Same as Home Screen or Select from Gallery. Touch a photo from Gallery and touch Set wallpaper.

  • Page 318: Starting Car Home With A Bluetooth Device

    Car Home Starting Car Home with a Bluetooth Device If you have a Bluetooth device in your car, such as a speakerphone or integrated hands-free system, you can set Car Home to start when it detects that device. You must first pair your phone with a device before you can configure it to start Car Home;...

  • Page 319: Changing Car Home Settings

    Car Home Changing Car Home settings You can configure a number of Car Home settings, including the color of Car Home buttons, the wallpaper, and the Bluetooth devices that start Car Home automatically. These and other ways to customize Car Home are described in this section and in “Customizing Car Home”...
  • Page 320 Car Home AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 321: Calculator

    Calculator Use Calculator to solve simple arithmetic problems or use its advanced operators to solve more complex equations. In this section “Using the Calculator” on page 320 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 322: Using The Calculator

    Calculator Using the Calculator Use Calculator to solve math problems. To open and use the Calculator Touch the Calculator icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 to learn more about opening and switching applications.

  • Page 323: Market

    Market Android Market provides direct access to applications and games to download and install on your phone. In this section “Opening Android Market and finding applications” on page 322 “Downloading and installing applications” on page 325 “Managing your downloads” on page 327 AUG-2.2.1-101 Android User’s Guide...

  • Page 324: Opening Android Market And Finding Applications

    Market Opening Android Market and finding applications Open Android Market to browse and search for free and paid applications. To open Android Market Touch the Market icon in the Launcher or on the Home screen. See “Opening and switching applications” on page 38 to learn more about opening and switching applications.
  • Page 325 Market To browse for applications You can browse applications by category and sort them in different ways. On the Android Market home page, touch a top-level category, such as Apps or Games. Touch a subcategory to view its list of applications. Scroll to view subcategories and touch the one you want to explore.
  • Page 326 Market To open a screen with details about an application At any time while browsing Android Market, touch an application to open a screen with details about it. Application details screens include a description, ratings, and related information about the application. The Comments tab includes comments from people who have tried the application.

  • Page 327: Downloading And Installing Applications

    Market Downloading and installing applications When you find an application you want, you can install it on your phone. To download and install an application Before you can download a paid application, you must set up a billing arrangement, as described in “To create a Google Checkout account”...
  • Page 328 Market Touch Install (for free applications) or Buy (for paid applications). Paid applications are not offered in all areas by all carriers. If the application requires access to your data or control of any functions on your phone, you are asked to review and grant permission before downloading. Warning! Read this screen carefully.

  • Page 329: Managing Your Downloads

    Market Managing your downloads After you’ve downloaded and installed an application, you can rate it, view it in a list with your other downloaded applications, and so on. To view your downloaded applications You can view a list of the applications you’ve downloaded from Android Market, and use the list for a number of purposes.
  • Page 330 Market If the application is not set to update automatically, or if the update changes the permissions it requires, you’re notified you have updates available. Touching the notification opens the Downloads screen in Market. Each application you’ve downloaded that has an update available has an Update or Update (manual) label.
  • Page 331 Market To uninstall an application and touch Downloads. On the Android Market home screen, press Menu Touch the application to uninstall. The details screen for the application opens. Touch Uninstall. Touch OK in the confirmation dialog. Touch the explanation that best matches why you’re uninstalling and touch OK. The application is uninstalled.
  • Page 332 Market To rate an application You can award an application from one to five stars and share what you think about the application with other shoppers. Open the details screen for an application. You can do this by browsing or searching for the application and then touching it; or if you’ve downloaded the application, by touching it in the list of your downloaded applications.

  • Page 333: Settings

    Settings You use the Settings application to configure how your phone looks, sounds, communicates, protects your privacy, and operates in many other ways. Many applications also have their own settings; for details, see the sections about individual applications. In this section “Opening Settings”...

  • Page 334: Opening Settings

    Settings Opening Settings The Settings application contains most of the tools for customizing and configuring your phone. To open Settings , and touch Settings. Press Home , press Menu Touch the Settings icon on the Home screen or in the Launcher. See “Opening and switching applications”...

  • Page 335: Wireless & Networks

    Settings Wireless & networks Use Wireless & Network settings to configure and manage connections to networks and devices by using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile networks. You also use Wireless & Network settings to configure connections between your phone and virtual private networks (VPNs), to connect your computer to the Internet using your phone, and to turn off all radios with Airplane mode.

  • Page 336: Advanced Wi-Fi Settings Screen

    Settings Wi-Fi networks Displays a list of Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously configured and those detected when the phone last scanned for Wi-Fi networks. See “Connecting to Wi-Fi networks” on page 50. Add Wi-Fi network Opens a dialog where you can add a Wi-Fi network by entering its SSID (the name it broadcasts) and security type.

  • Page 337: Tethering & Portable Hotspot Settings Screen

    Settings Tethering & portable hotspot settings screen For details about these settings, see “Sharing your phone’s mobile data connection” on page 58. USB tethering Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection with your computer, via a USB connection. Portable Wi-Fi hotspot Check to share your phone’s mobile network data connection as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
  • Page 338 Settings policy if you exceed the data threshold for the period. Contact your carrier for more information about its mobile network data use policy. Access Point Names Opens the APNs screen, where you can select mobile access point configurations; or press Menu to add a new APN.

  • Page 339: Call Settings

    Settings Call settings Use Call settings to configure phone call settings, such as call forwarding, call waiting, and other special features offered by your carrier. You can also use Call settings to configure the phone so that it can place outgoing calls only to a fixed set of phone numbers.

  • Page 340: Fixed Dialing Numbers Screen

    Settings Fixed Dialing Numbers screen Use the settings on this screen to configure your phone so it can place outgoing calls only to the fixed dialing numbers (FDN) that you save on the phone’s SIM card. Enable FDN Opens a dialog that prompts you to enter your PIN2and then places Disable the phone in FDN mode.

  • Page 341: Sound Settings

    Settings Sound settings Use the Sound settings to configure how and at what volume the phone rings, vibrates, or the Trackball light pulses when the phone rings, you receive a notification, an alarm sounds, or when you play music or other media with audio, as well as some related settings.

  • Page 342: Display Settings

    Settings Display settings Use the Display settings to configure brightness and other screen settings. Brightness Opens a dialog for adjusting the brightness of the screen. You can check Automatic brightness to set the phone to adjust the brightness automatically, using the phone’s built-in light sensor. Or uncheck that option to use the slider to set a brightness level you want at all times when using the phone.

  • Page 343: Location & Security Settings

    Settings Location & security settings Use the Location & Security settings to set your preferences for using and sharing your location when your search for information and use location-aware applications, such as Maps. You can also configure settings that help secure your phone and its data.
  • Page 344 Settings Set up SIM card lock Opens a screen where you can configure the phone to require entering the SIM PIN to use the phone, and where you can change the SIM PIN. Visible passwords Check to briefly show each character of passwords as you enter them, so that you can see what you enter.

  • Page 345: Applications Settings

    Settings Applications settings You use the Applications settings to view details about the applications installed on your phone, to manage their data and force them to stop, and to set whether you want to permit installation of applications that you obtain from web sites and email. Applications settings screen Unknown sources Check to permit installation of applications that you obtain...

  • Page 346: Development Screen

    Settings Storage Gives details about the amount of phone storage that an application uses. If you installed the application from Android Market or another source, includes an Uninstall button that you can use to remove the application and all of its data and settings from the phone.

  • Page 347: Accounts & Sync Settings

    Settings Accounts & sync settings Use the Accounts & Sync settings to add, remove, and manage your Google and other supported accounts. You also use these settings to control how and whether applications send, receive, and sync data on their own schedules, and whether applications can synchronize user data automatically.

  • Page 348: Privacy Settings

    Settings Privacy settings You use the Privacy settings to manage your personal information. Back up my data Check to back up some of your personal data to Google servers, with your Google Account. If you replace your phone, you can restore the data you’ve backed up, the first time you sign in with your Google Account.

  • Page 349: Sd Card & Phone Storage Settings

    Settings SD card & phone storage settings Use the SD Card & Phone Storage settings to monitor the used and available space on your phone and on your SD card and to manage your SD card. SD card, Total space and Available space Lists the amount of space on any SD card installed in your phone and the amount you have used to store photos, videos, music, and other files.

  • Page 350: Language & Keyboard Settings

    Settings Language & keyboard settings Use the Language & Keyboard settings to select the language for the text on your phone and for configuring the onscreen keyboard, including words that you’ve added to its dictionary. Language & Keyboard screen Select language Opens the Language screen, where you can select the language to use for the text on your phone.

  • Page 351: Device Keyboard Settings Screen

    Settings Quick fixes Check to automatically correct some common misspellings as you type. Show suggestions Check to show suggested words in a strip above the onscreen keyboard as you type. See “Using the onscreen keyboard” on page 31. Auto-complete Check to automatically enter a suggested word, highlighted in orange in the strip above the keyboard, when you enter a space or punctuation.

  • Page 352: Voice Input & Output Settings

    Settings Voice input & output settings You use the Voice Input & Output settings to configure the Android voice input feature, described in “Entering text by speaking” on page 34, and the text-to-speech synthesizer, for applications that can take advantage of it, such as TalkBack, which is described in “Accessibility settings”...

  • Page 353: Accessibility Settings

    Settings Accessibility settings You use the Accessibility settings to configure any accessibility plug-ins you have installed on your phone. Accessibility Check to enable all installed accessibility plug-ins. KickBack Check to have the phone vibrate briefly as feedback as you navigate the user interface, press buttons, and so on.

  • Page 354: Dock Settings

    Settings Dock settings If you have a car dock or desktop dock, you can use the Dock settings, to set your preferences for how the phone and the dock interact. For more information about the applications that open when you insert the phone in a dock, see “Car Home”...

  • Page 355: Date & Time Settings

    Settings Date & time settings Use Date & Time settings to set your preferences for how dates are displayed. You can also use these settings to set your own time and time zone, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network. Automatic Uncheck to set the date, time, and time zone on the phone manually, rather than obtaining the current time from the mobile network.

  • Page 356: About Phone

    Settings About phone About Phone includes information about your phone. About Phone screen System updates Opens a screen that reports on the availability of Android system software updates. Status Opens the Status screen with a long list of information about your battery, mobile network connection, and other details.
  • Page 357 7.8 Alarm You can set three types of alarm clock time if required. Then the alarm icon will be displayed on the idle screen. Touch alarm for settings. You can set whether to enable the alarm, the ring time, repetition mode, audio options, snooze minutes and alert type. Touch Menu for genral settings. 7.9 Calculator Enter the amount to be calculated, choose method and get the result.
  • Page 358 7.11 YouTube 7.12 Twitter Discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world with the official Twitter for Android app. Realtime search, trending topics and maps show whats happening now. Tweet, send DMs, share photos, videos and links to your friends and the world.
  • Page 359 7.13 Talking Tom Talking Tom is your pet cat, who responds to your touch and repeats your every word with his funny voice. You can pet him, poke him or grab his tail. Paid features: extra animations of cymbals, cake, bird, farting + no ads.
  • Page 360 7.15 Maps Use Maps to find your curren location; to view real-time traffic conditions; to get detailed directions by foot, public transportation, bicycle, or car; and to navigate by using spoken, turn-by-turn driving instructions, using the Google Maps Navigation 8beta) service. You can search on a street map or a satellite image to locate an address or a landmark, and you can view some locations as if you were strolling down the street.
  • Page 361 7.17 Ringdroid Create your own ringtone, alarm, or notification sound from an existing audio file, or record a new one directly on the device. 7. 18 SMS Speak SMS Speak allows you to listen to your SMS messages, as well as read them. It's as simple as: 1.

  • Page 362: Barcode Scanner

    7.19 APKoptic APKoptic is an application manager that enables you to launch or uninstall applications. You can also create a backup of the application on SD card as well as restore or install the APK from SD card. 7.20 APKInstaller Programme to install applications.
  • Page 363 7.22 Palmary Weather One of the most advanced weather application. 68000 locations. 12-hour, 48-hour, 2-day, 7-day and 15-day forecast, maps, charts, airport delays, weather alerts. Different widgets. Temperature on status bar. Determine location by GPS. Forecast is provided by leading weather provider CustomWeather Inc.
  • Page 364 7.24 IM Plus Chat with IM+ All-in-One instant messenger on Skype, Facebook, AIM® iChat, Windows Live™ Messenger, Yahoo!®, ICQ®, Jabber®, Google™ Talk and MySpace IM in real-time. No cost per message, IM+ doesn't use SMS to send messages! 7.25 IMDb MDb is the world's largest collection of movie, TV and celebrity information.
  • Page 365 8. Market Use Android market to browse and search for free and paid applications.
  • Page 366 9. Maintenance card Mobile phone maintenance card (For customer) User name:_________________________________________________________________________ User address:_______________________________________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________________________________________________________ Handset model:_____________________________________________________________________ IMEI:______________________________________________________________________________ Selling machine unit:_________________________________________________________________ Buying machine date:_________________________________________________________________ Bill number:________________________________________________________________________ Stamps Mobile phone maintenance card (For monopoly agency) User name:_________________________________________________________________________ User address:_______________________________________________________________________ Telephone:_________________________________________________________________________ Handset model:_____________________________________________________________________ IMEI:______________________________________________________________________________ Selling machine unit:_________________________________________________________________ Buying machine date:_________________________________________________________________...
  • Page 367 Charger Stand with back up Battery 4800mAh giving this product a real 24 hour life operation time SIZE: 75X65X42.7MM Main Office: Neoi Technology Pte. Ltd. ( UEN: 200919486C), 9 Temasek Boulevard, #19-05 , Suntec Tower 2, Singapore 038989 - Phone: +65-65249086, Fax: +65-312 57136 , eMail: info@neoi- technology.com http://www.neoi-technology.com...

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