25Synchronizing your accountsYou can choose to have your device automatically maintainsynchronization with your accounts, or manually synchronizeeach account when you want to check messages.You may also choose to limit automatic or backgroundsynchronization to extend battery life.1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Settings➔ Accounts & sync.2. Set synchronization options:• Background data: When enabled,applications can sync, send, andreceive data at any time.• Auto-sync: When enabled, applications can sync dataautomatically, at any time. You can manually sync accounts with theSync option available in the accounts.Contacts1. From the Home screen, touch Apps ➔Contacts.2. The first time you access Contacts, you can choose anoption:• Create a new contact:Add new contacts to be stored on thedevice.• Sign in to an account: Set up an account on your device, to synccontacts from the account on your device.• Import contacts from a file: Bring contacts in from a file youpreviously exported, such as from another device.• Import from SIM card: Copy contacts stored on your SIM card toyour device.3. Follow the prompts to complete the action.