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Ensure that your mobile phone has an active data connection (3G/GPRS)
before you sign in to your Google account.
If you already have a Google account, touch
Sign in
and enter your username and
password.
9.1 Creating a Google Account
If you do not have a Google account, you can create one:
1. After reading the setup information, touch
New
.
2. Enter the first name, last name, and then touch
Next
.
3. Enter the user name for your Google account, and then touch
Next
. The mobile
phone will connect to a Google server to check whether the username is available.
If the username you entered is already in use, you will be prompted to choose
another one or select one from a list.
4. Enter and confirm your Google account password, and then touch
Next
5. Select a security question from the drop-down menu, and then enter the answer,
and then touch
Next
.
6. When the
Finish creating account
screen appears, touch
I accept
.
7. Enter the characters that appear on the screen, and then touch
Next
.
To use another Google account, go to the
Accounts & sync
screen, and touch
ADD ACCOUNT
to select which type of accounts you want to add.
9.2 Gmail
Gmail
is Google’s web-based email service. When you first set up your phone, you
may have configured it to use an existing
Gmail
account or create a new account.
The first time you open the
Gmail
application on your phone, your
Inbox
will contain
the messages from your
Gmail
web account.
9.2.1 Opening Gmail
On the Home screen, touch >
Gmail
. The
Inbox
mail list appears. Any emails
you decide to keep on your mobile phone will go to your
Inbox
folder.