HTC DESIRE™
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The walkthrough guide
HTC DESIRE™
Contents
1. HTC Sense™
-Widgets
-Weather
-Friend Stream
-Scenes
2. Mail
3. Android™ Market
4. Google Maps
5. Facebook
6. Wallpaper
HTC Sense™
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Your HTC Desire is as unique as you are.
Built on a culture of innovation and a passion to enhance peoples lives, HTC shapes the mobile experience around the
individual. HTC Sense delivers on three basic principles: Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.
Make it Mine
Make It Mine is about feeling your HTC phone was created for and by you. To do this, HTC encourages you to
dictate and organize how you want to access the people and content in your life in a way that fits best for you. For
some, this means adding glance-view widgets that push content like twitter feeds, weather, or status updates to the
surface while others may want quick access to business-focused information like email, calendar and world-times.
Stay Close
Today, staying in touch with the people in your life means
managing a variety of communication channels and
applications ranging from phone calls, emails, texts,
photos, status updates and more. HTC Sense takes a different
approach by integrating these communication channels and
applications into one single view enabling you to stay closer
to your important people. With HTC Sense, friends Facebook
status updates and photos along with their Flickr photos are
included along side their text messages, emails and call history
in a single view.
Discover the Unexpected
Many of the most memorable moments in your life are experienced, not explained. HTC Sense is focused on
providing a variety of these simple yet innovative experiences on your HTC phone that will sometimes bring you moments of joy and delight. It can be something as basic as turning the phone over to silence a ring or as simple as improving the smart dialler for making calls quicker.
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HTC Sense - Widgets
Widgets are already added to your home screen for your convenience. But you can add/remove widgets to customize
the phone to you. A wide selection of widgets is available for you to choose from, such as Calendar, Music, Photo Album,
Friend Stream, Twitter, and more. You can also add widgets that allow you to quickly switch on or off certain settings of
your phone, such as Wi-Fi, Mobile Network, Bluetooth, and more.
Removing a Widget
Adding a Widget
1. Long press the widget that you want to remove
until it activates.
1. Tap the + icon or long press the home screen to
open the Add to Home options menu.
2. Drag the widget to the trash.
2. Tap Widget and then select from the list of
widget options.
3. Drag the widget in place.
Note: To download more widgets, tap Get more
HTC widgets from the Add widget menu page.
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HTC Sense - Weather
Weather forecast is updated automatically based on your location, and cinematic animated weather wallpaper.
If you consented to turn location service on when you were setting up your phone for the first time, you’ll see the
weather of your current location right on the HTC Clock widget of your Home screen.
You can also use the Weather application to check the current weather and weather forecasts for the next four days
of the week. In addition to your current location’s weather, this application also displays the weather forecasts of other
cities around the globe.
Checking weather
Weather
Update
Adding a city
Other locations
On the Weather screen,
you’ll first see your
current location’s weather.
To check the weather in
other cities, swipe your
finger up or down the
screen.
The Weather application
automatically downloads
and displays the latest
weather updates. You can
also download the most
recent weather anytime
by tapping the bottom left
icon.
To add up to 15 cities, tap + to
add a new location.
To see more weather
details on the Web, tap
Weather at the bottom
center of the Weather
screen.
As you enter the location, the
list is filtered to show the
possible locations based on
the letters you entered. Tap
the desired city to select it.
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HTC Sense - Friend Stream
You see your friends’ Twitter™ Facebook and Flickr® updates all in one easy place. Plus you can post directly to
Facebook, Twitter, or both. Add the Friend Stream widget so you can update your status simultaneously and view status
updates from your social network accounts right on the Home screen. Press HOME then tap + > Widget > Friend Stream.
Choose the widget style, and then tap Select. Drag the widget to a blank space on the Home screen, and then release.
Friend Stream widget
With the Friend
Stream widget on
your home screen
you can read and
send messages from
the accounts that
you are signed in to,
including Facebook,
Twitter and Flickr.
Simply tap on the
gear icon to select
the accounts you
want Friend Stream
to access.
Tap Share
Your updated
status appears on
both Facebook
and Twitter.
HTC Sense - Scenes
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Set up HTC Scenes and you get different sets of apps and widgets to match your mood, location, whatever. It’s just
like your life — you can have Scenes for work, travel, play and more. To access Scenes, tap Menu > Home, then tap
Scenes. After selecting a preset scene, you can add widgets and other elements, arrange the layout, change the wallpaper, and save the whole Home screen as your personalized scene.
Customize and Save a Scene
1. In the Choose a scene menu, select a preset scene that
already has some widget, or select Clean Slate if you
want to design your own home screen from scratch.
2. Add widgets and other elements to customize your
screen.
3. Change the home screen wallpaper. You can also
change the lock screen image.
4. Arrange the layout of your home screen according to
your preference.
5. When you are done designing your home screen, tap
HOME > MENU, and then tap Scenes again.
6. Under My scenes, make sure the Current (unsaved)
option is selected and then tap Save.
7. Enter a new Scene name and then tap Done. Or if you
already created a scene, enter the same Scene name, tap
Done and then tap Replace.
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Mail
The Mail application lets you send and receive email from your Exchange ActiveSync email, webmail or other accounts,
using POP3 or IMAP. You can also organize and filter your email using your mailbox tabs.
Logging in for the first time
1. To add an account for the first time
in Mail, tap Other (POP3/IMAP) on
the Choose a Mail Provider Screen.
2. Enter your email address and
password.
3. Next fill in an account name.
4. Welcome to your inbox.
Mail tabs and filters
Unread — Displays unread messages.
Received tab — Displays emails as individual items.
Conversations — Displays messages as conversations, grouped according to the subject line. Tap a subject in the list to show the email
conversation.
VIP group — Displays messages from contacts in your VIP group.
To add contacts to the VIP group from this tab, tap Add contact to
group, select the contacts you want to add, and then tap Save.
Marked (Exchange ActiveSync only) — Displays all flagged
messages.
Meeting invitations (Exchange ActiveSync only) —
Displays meeting invitations that you have not yet
accepted or declined.
Attachments — Displays messages with attachments
Android™ Market
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The place to go to find new apps for your phone.
Choice
Choose from a wide variety of free and paid apps ranging from productivity apps, entertainment, to games. When
you find an app you want, you can easily download and install it on your phone with just a few taps of your finger.
Google Checkout
You must have a Google Checkout account associated with your Google Account to access and purchase items from
Android Market. You can set up a Google Checkout account at checkout.google.com, or the first time you use your
phone to buy an item from Android Market.
Google Maps™
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Google Maps lets you track your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and receive detailed directions to your
destination. It also provides a search tool where you can locate places of interest or an address on a vector or aerial map,
or view locations in street level.
How to
Turn on location services
Before you open Google Maps and find your location or
search for places of interest, you must enable location
sources.
Press HOME > MENU and then tap Settings > Location.
Select Use wireless networks, Use GPS satellites, or both.
Find your location
Press HOME , and then tap > Maps. On the Google Maps
screen, press MENU and then tap My Location. Your location
is shown on the map as a blinking blue dot.
Move on the map
Swipe your finger on the screen or the optical joystick to
view other areas of the map.
Zoom in or out of a map
Tap + to zoom in; tap - to zoom out.
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Google Maps™
Search in plain English. No need to know the address. You can type a business name or even a kind of a business.
Navigation
Search by voice
Satellite view
Speak your destination instead of typing.
View your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with
Google’s high-resolution aerial imagery.
Search along route
Search for any type of business along your route, or
turn on popular layers such as gas stations, restaurants,
or parking.
Traffic view
An indicator glows green, yellow, or red based on the
current traffic along your route. Touch it to see traffic
ahead of you.
Street View
Visualize turns with Street View imagery. Navigation
automatically switches to Street View as you approach
your destination.
Car dock mode
Makes it easy to use your device at arm’s length.
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Facebook
Using the Facebook for Android application is simple. You’ll be viewing and making status updates in no time.
Getting Started
Helpful Tips
Live Feed
General usage tips for first time users of this application
View what’s going on with your friends or share what’s
on your mind.
Logging in
Just enter your login email address and password, or tap
the green Sign Up icon to set up a new account.
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Wallpaper
Personalizing your Home screen wallpaper with your favorite photo is a quick and easy way to change the feel of your
phone and give it a fresh look. Browse the collection of wallpapers included in your phone or choose from photos that
you have taken with the camera. You can also change your Home screen to use an animated wallpaper.
How to change your wallpaper
Wallpapers
My Photos
Press HOME > MENU, and then tap Wallpaper and then
try one of the following options:
Tap My photos to select a photo that you have taken
Live Wallpapers
Tap Live wallpapers to choose from preset animated
wallpapers.
using the camera or copied to your storage card. Crop
the photo and then tap Save.
HTC Wallpapers
Choose from HTC wallpapers.