HTC Acquire User manual

Your HTC Acquire

User guide

Contents

Getting started

Inside the box 8

HTC Acquire 8

Bottom cover 10

Battery compartment door 10

Storage card 11

Battery 12

Switching the power on or off 14

Finger gestures 14

Setting up HTC Acquire for the first time 15

Ways of getting contacts into HTC Acquire 15

Home screen 16

Basics

Adjusting the volume 18

Sleep mode 19

Status and notifications 20

Notifications panel 23

Connecting HTC Acquire to a computer 24

Copying files to or from the storage card 25

Copying text, looking up information, and sharing 26

Printing 27

Personalizing

Making HTC Acquire truly yours 28

Personalizing HTC Acquire with scenes 28

Changing your wallpaper 29

Applying a new skin 30

Personalizing your Home screen with widgets 30

Adding icons and other shortcuts on your Home screen 32

Adding folders on your Home screen 32

Rearranging or removing widgets and icons on your Home screen 33

Rearranging the Home screen 34

Using sound sets 34

Rearranging or hiding application tabs 36

Customizing the lock screen 37

Phone calls

Different ways of making calls 38

Making a call on the Phone dialer screen 38

Using Speed dial 39

Calling a phone number in a text message 39

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Calling a phone number in an email 39

Making an emergency call 40

Receiving calls 40

What can I do during a call? 41

Setting up a conference call 42

Internet calls 43

Using Call history 44

Call services 45

Turning Airplane mode on or off 46

Global Phone 46

Messages

Opening Messages 48

Sending a text message (SMS) 48

Sending a multimedia message (MMS) 49

Resuming a draft message 51

Viewing and replying to a message 51

Forwarding a message 52

Viewing and saving an attachment from a multimedia message 53

Push messages 53

Managing message conversations 54

Setting message options 55

Search and Web browser

Searching HTC Acquire and the Web 57

Using the web browser 58

Downloading from the Web 60

Viewing bookmarks and previously visited pages 61

Setting browser options 62

Camera

Camera basics 64

Taking a photo 65

Recording video 66

Adding effects 67

After capturing 67

Changing camera settings 67

Photos, videos, and music

Gallery 69

Music 77

Connected Media 83

HTC services

HTC Watch 85

HTCSense.com 89

Accounts and sync

About online accounts 92

Synchronizing with a Google Account 92

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Adding a social network account 93

Managing your online accounts 93

People

About the People app 95

Setting up your profile 96

Adding a new contact 97

Importing a contact from an Exchange ActiveSync account 97

Merging contact information 98

Filtering your contacts list 99

Backing up your contacts to the storage card 100

Contact information and conversations 100

Sending contact information as a vCard 101

Contact groups 102

Adding People widgets 104

Social

Facebook for HTC Sense 106

Twitter for HTC Sense 107

Tweeting on the go using Peep 108

Using Friend Stream 110

Chatting in Google Talk 112

Gmail 115

Mail 116

Calendar

About Calendar 124

Creating an event 124

Changing Calendar views 125

Managing Calendar events 126

Accepting or declining a meeting invitation 127

Dismissing or snoozing event reminders 127

Showing or hiding calendars 128

Changing Calendar settings 128

About the Calendar widget 129

Maps and location

Location settings 130

Google Maps 130

Android Market and other apps

Finding and installing apps from Android Market 135

Using the Clock 137

Checking Weather 140

Reading news feeds 141

Reading eBooks 143

Keeping track of your stocks 146

Working on documents 147

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Watching videos on YouTube 148

Listening to FM Radio 149

Recording your voice 150

Using Flashlight 151

Sharing games and apps 152

HTC Sync

About HTC Sync 153

Installing HTC Sync 154

Setting up HTC Sync to recognize HTC Acquire 154

Getting to know the workspace 155

Setting up synchronization 155

Synchronizing HTC Acquire 159

Installing an app from your computer to HTC Acquire 159

Downloading maps or purchasing services 160

Synchronizing another device with your computer 160

Downloading the latest HTC Sync upgrade 161

Keyboard

Using the onscreen keyboard 162

Entering words with predictive text 163

Entering text by speaking 165

Entering text by tracing 166

Editing text 166

Choosing between Swype and the Onscreen Keyboard 167

Using Swype 167

Entering text using Swype 168

Entering text by typing 168

Adjusting Swype settings 169

Adjusting input settings 169

Internet connections

Data connection 170

Wi-Fi 170

Connecting to a virtual private network (VPN) 171

Using HTC Acquire as a modem (USB tethering) 173

Connecting HTC Acquire to the Internet through a computer (Internet Pass-through) 173

Creating a Wi-Fi hotspot 174

Bluetooth

Bluetooth basics 175

Connecting a Bluetooth headset or car kit 175

Disconnecting or unpairing from a Bluetooth device 176

Sending information using Bluetooth 177

Receiving information using Bluetooth 178

Security

Protecting HTC Acquire with a screen lock pattern, PIN, or password 180

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Settings

Settings on your phone 182

Changing display settings 183

Changing sound settings 185

Changing the language 186

Optimizing battery life 186

Managing memory 187

Checking information about your phone 188

Reset

Restarting HTC Acquire 189

Resetting HTC Acquire 189

Trademarks and copyrights

Index

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Conventions used in this guide

In this user guide, we use the following symbols to indicate useful and important

information:

This is a note. A note often gives additional information, such as what happens

when you choose to do or not to do a certain action. A note also provides

information that may only be applicable to some situations.

This is a tip. A tip gives you an alternative way to do a particular step or procedure,

or lets you know of an option that you may find helpful.

This indicates important information that you need in order to accomplish a certain

task or to get a feature to work properly.

This provides safety precaution information, that is, information that you need to be

careful about to prevent potential problems.

7 Conventions used in this guide

Getting started

Inside the box

You will find the following inside the box:

§HTC Acquire

§Battery (preinstalled)

§microSD™card (preinstalled)

§USB cable

§3.5mm stereo headset

§Power adapter

§Quick start guide

§Safety and regulatory guide

HTC Acquire

Front panel

1. HOME

2. MENU

3. BACK

4. SEARCH

5. Touch screen

6. Proximity sensor

7. Notification LED

8. Front camera

9. Earpiece

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Top panel

1. 3.5mm headset jack

2. POWER

Left panel

1. VOLUME UP

2. VOLUME DOWN

3. USB connector

Back panel

1. LED flash

2. Speaker

3. 5 megapixel camera

4. Bottom cover

5. Microphone

9 Getting started

Bottom cover

Removing the bottom cover

Remove the bottom cover to access the battery, SIM card slot, and storage card slot.

1. Turn off HTC Acquire and hold it securely with the front facing down.

2. With your right and left thumbs, push the bottom cover out to remove it.

Replacing the bottom cover

1. Slide the bottom cover onto the exposed area of your phone’s back panel.

2. Push the bottom cover towards the phone. You’ll hear a click when the bottom

cover is locked in place.

Your phone’s antenna is placed underneath the bottom cover. We recommend that

you secure the bottom cover to the phone’s back panel to get the best radio

reception for your phone.

Battery compartment door

Opening the battery compartment door

Open the battery compartment door by flipping it open from the right side.

10 Getting started

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