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Dive in anywhere to learn all about using your Windows Phone.
The essentials
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Get to know your phone
Get familiar with gestures, icons, the keyboard and the three buttons, plus learn all about Start.
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Keep in touch
Email, text and call people, plus check in with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn from your People Hub.
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Make it your own
Pin things to Start, choose colours and pictures and pick ringtones to make your phone look and sound just the way you like it.
Playtime
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Camera + pictures
Learn all about taking, sharing, synchronising and viewing pictures and videos.
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Applications + games
Make sure your phone's all set up to get applications and games (including Xbox LIVE).
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Music + videos
Get music and videos on your phone – everything you have already or new gems from Marketplace.
Find anything
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Search
Bing brings you so much more than lists of links. Try Local Scout to see what's nearby, Vision search for bar codes and text and Music search to identify songs.
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Maps
Get driving directions, save your favourites, see where you are, check traffic and just generally stay un-lost.
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Speech
With a few simple commands ("Call", "Text", "Open" and "Find") you can get your phone to do your bidding, no hands required.
Make life easier
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Windows Live
Sign in with your Windows Live ID to use SkyDrive, find a lost phone, keep track of your contacts, share your photos and a lot more.
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Office Mobile
Bring your ideas with you. Use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote and SharePoint Mobile, all from your phone.
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Tips + tricks
Find shortcuts, helpful hints and other titbits about maps, email, Facebook, music and all sorts of other things.
