User's Guide

Accounts and Messaging 80

Accounts and Messaging

With Sprint service and your phone’s messaging capabilities, you have the opportunity to share

information through many different channels and accounts.

Gmail

Text Messaging and MMS

Social Networking Accounts

Google Talk

Gmail

You will need a Google Account to access several phone features such as Gmail™, Google

Maps™, Google Talk™, and Google Play™ applications. Before you can access Google

applications, you must enter your account information. These applications sync between your

phone and your online Google Account.

Create a Google Account

Access Gmail

Send a Gmail Message

Read and Reply to Gmail Messages

Create a Google Account

If you do not already have a Google Account, you can create one online or by using your phone.

Note:

Although you need a Gmail account to use certain features of your phone, such as

Google Play, you do not need to use Gmail as the default account for your phone.

Create a Google Account Online

1. From a computer, launch a Web browser and navigate to google.com.

2. On the main page, click

Create an account for free

3. Follow the onscreen prompts to create your free account.