39Section 4: Contacts and AccountsThis section explains how to manage your contacts andaccounts.AccountsYour phone provides the ability to synchronize information from avariety of accounts, including Google, a Corporate Exchangeserver, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter,MySpace, AIM, Windows Live, and Yahoo. With synchronization,you can ensure that information on your phone is updated withany information that changes in your accounts.Synchronize contacts with your Facebook, Twitter and MySpaceaccounts.Note: You must register your phone with your social network site beforeusing the phone to access the networks.With Corporate Exchange and Google accounts you cansynchronize Calendar events and Contacts.Tip: For more information on setting up your email, visit the SmartphoneResource Center at https://smartphones.verizonwireless.com, click on theSmartphone Support tab and select your phone.Synchronizing your accountsYou can choose to have your phone 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, press the Menu Key, thentouch 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.