Blackberry Curve User Manual

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® Curve™

Table of Contents

Welcome to AT&T 5

What’s in the Box? 5

Set up Your BlackBerry Curve 6

Insert a Memory Card 6 Insert the Battery 7 Charge the Battery 7 Learn to Navigate 8 Setup Wizard 9 Email Setup 12

Send an Email 15

Use the Phone 16

Make a Phone Call 16 Set up Voice Mail 17 Check Your Voice Mail Messages From Your BlackBerry

Send an SMS Text Message 18

Take and Send a Picture Using MMS 19

Browse the Web 20

Go to Web Pages 21

Curve 17

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Manage Appointments and Contacts 22

Schedule an Appointment 22 Add a Contact 23

Use Push To Talk 24

Set up Push to Talk 24 Confirm Push to Talk is On 24 Add a Push to Talk contact 25 Make and Receive a Push to Talk Call 26

Load and Play Music and Videos and Shop Online 27

Load MP3 and Video Files 27 Play MP3 Files 28 AT&T Mobile Music

AT&T Mall 30

TeleNav GPS Navigator 31

TeleNav GPS Navigator v5.1 for BlackBerry Curve 31 Download and Installation Instructions 32 Login Instructions 33 Generate A Route 34 Exiting TeleNav GPS Navigator 34

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Use Bluetooth® Services 35

Pair a Bluetooth Accessory

Synchronize Your BlackBerry Curve With Your Computer 36

BlackBerry® Desktop Software 36 What You Need 36 Setup instructions 37

Synchronize Data Between Your BlackBerry Device 40 and Your Computer

Troubleshooting 41

Tips and Tricks 45

Accessories 47 Icons and Indicators 50 BlackBerry Curve Key Functions 52 Applications 53 Find More information 54

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Welcome to AT&T

What’s in the Box?

Remove the following items from the box to help you set up your BlackBerry Curve.

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® Curve™

Getting Started Guide

BlackBerry® User Tools CD

Includes User Guide, BlackBerry End User/Software License Agreement and warranty information for your BlackBerry Curve.

BlackBerry Curve

Travel Charger

USB Sync Cable

Stereo Headset

Rechargeable Battery

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Steps?

Takes?

1 minute

NOTE: A microSD memory card is strongly recommended for storing media files like your music, photos, videos to help optimize memory management and avoid memory shortages that result in deletion of emails and calendar entries.

Set Up Your BlackBerry Curve

Insert a Memory Card (Optional)

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Use a microSD memory available on your BlackBerry Curve for storing media files such as your ring tones, videos, pictures, or songs*.

1. Slide off the battery cover.

2. Slide the memory card holder door toward its hinges to unlock it.

3. Lift the memory card holder door.

4. Insert the memory card into the slots in the memory card holder door so that the metal connectors on the card align with the metal contacts on your BlackBerry Curve when the memory card holder door is closed.

5. Close the memory card holder door.

6. Slide the memory card door away from its hinges to lock it.

*Additional charges may apply for downloadable content. Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for those products or services. Any third party products or services that are provided with RIM’s products and services are provided “as is” RIM and/or AT&T make no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to the third party products and services and assume no liability whatsoever in relation to the third party products and services even if RIM and/or AT&T have been advised of the possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages. microSD is a SanDisk trademark.

memory card to extend the

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Insert & Charge the Battery

Insert the Battery

1. Press the battery cover release button on the back of the BlackBerry Curve and slide off the battery cover.

2. Insert the battery so that the metal contacts on the battery align with the metal contacts on your BlackBerry Curve.

3. Slide the battery cover back onto the BlackBerry Curve so that the cover lies flat and clicks into place.

Charge the Battery

4. Pull the plug blades down on the travel charger.

5. Connect the small USB end of the travel charger cable to the USB port on the side of your BlackBerry Curve.

6. Plug the travel charger into a power outlet.

7. Charge the battery to full power.

CAUTION: Use only those accessories approved by Research In Motion (RIM). Using any accessories not approved by RIM for use with this particular BlackBerry device model might invalidate any approval or warranty applicable to the device might result in the nonoperation of the device and might be dangerous.

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If the battery is charged, the BlackBerry Curve should turn on. If the device does not turn on, charge the battery. Charging the battery can take an hour or longer.

If you have an available USB port on your computer and you have installed the BlackBerry Desktop Software, you can use the USB cable that came with your device to connect your device to your computer for charging. For more information, see the “Sync your BlackBerry Curve with your Computer” topic.

Note:

To save battery power your BlackBerry Curve screen is set to Timeout (go dark or dim) after 30 seconds. If the screen goes dark or dims simply press any key to view the screen again.

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Learn to Navigate

Learn How to Use the Keys on Your BlackBerry Device

1. To move the cursor in any direction and highlight items, roll the Trackball.

2. To select an item or follow a link, click the Trackball.

3. To open a menu, press the Menu key .

4. To close a menu or move back a screen, or press the Escape key .

5. To leave an application and return to the Home screen, press the End key . The next time that you open the application, you are returned to the same location in the application.

6. To open a menu of all the available actions for a highlighted item in an application, press the Menu key .

7. If you click an item with more than one common available action, a short menu of these available actions appears. To view more available actions for the highlighted item, press the Menu key or click Full Menu. To close the short menu, press the Escape key .

Menu key

Open the menu in

an application

Open the phone. Call a

highlighted phone number

Send key

Trackball

Roll to move around a screen Click (press) to select an item

Escape key

Move back a screen Close a menu

End/Power key

End a call. Turn off the device. Return to the Home screen

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Setup Wizard

The BlackBerry Curve contains a Setup Wizard designed to help you quickly and easily set up and personalize your BlackBerry Curve.

Introduction to BlackBerry Curve

Progress indicator

More indicator

Roll the trackball down to see more text on the screen

Close, Back and Next buttons

Click to move between screens in the Setup Wizard

The introduction to the BlackBerry Curve section of the Setup Wizard will help you choose your language, set up the date and time, and orient you to some of the important keys/functions on your BlackBerry Curve.

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5 - 10 minutes

Note:

As you complete the Setup Wizard, look for the progress indicator to tell you how many screens you have completed. The more indicator tells you if there is more to see on the screen and the buttons along the bottom allow you to navigate through the Setup Wizard.

Note:

You can exit the Setup Wizard at any time and return to where you left off by selecting BlackBerry

Setup from the Home screen and

then choosing

Setup Wizard.

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Setup Wizard

1. If the Setup Wizard did not launch automatically, on the Home screen, click BlackBerry Setup. Click Setup Wizard.

2. In the Setup Wizard, use the trackball to scroll up and down on the screens and highlight input fields or buttons. Click (press) the trackball to select fields or buttons.

2. Click Yes if asked if you want to connect to the wireless network.

3. Select a language.

4. To set your time zone, highlight the current time zone and click the trackball. Scroll to find your time zone and click again to select it.

5. Review the navigation keys and click Next.

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Setup Wizard

6. Enter your owner information and click Next.

7. Select the display font and click Next.

Note:

If your SIM card currently has contacts saved to it, you will be prompted to import them to the BlackBerry Curve. To import the contacts click Yes then click Next.

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10 - 15 minutes

Note:

To set up your BlackBerry® Internet Service email using a web browser on your computer, visit

att.com/blackberrystart.

Email Setup

Email Set Up

1. To access email setup directly, on the Home screen, click BlackBerry Setup. Click Personal Email Setup. Verify that you have turned on the connection to the wireless network.

2. Click Next.

3. To view the terms of the BlackBerry® Internet Service end user agreement, click Click Here.

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Email Set Up

4. Please read the terms and conditions carefully. To accept the terms of the license agreement, select the Yes option. Click I Agree.

5. Type the email address information for the existing supported email account that you want to add and click Next.

6. After the confirmation displays, click OK.

Typing Tips: To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears or press the such as @ and period [.], press the ALT key and press the appropriate letter key.

Right Shift key and press the appropriate letter key. To insert symbols

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Email Setup

7. On the summary screen perform one of the following actions:

To create a new email address for

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your BlackBerry Curve, click Create A BlackBerry Email Address.

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To add another existing supported email address (up to 10) click Add An Email Account.

To exit the email setup website,

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press the Menu key . Click Close.

8. You have now completed the Setup Wizard. On the Setup Wizard Complete screen perform one of the following actions:

• To read shortcuts and information about

personalizing your device, click Next.

• To exit the Setup Wizard, click Close.

Note: Once you add a supported email account (up to 10) using the email setup application, messages sent to that account will also appear in the messages list on your BlackBerry Curve. Also, when you send a message from your device, it will be sent using the email address of that account.

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Send an Email

Make sure that you have set up an email account using the Setup Wizard.

1. On the Home screen, click Messages .

2. Press the Menu key .

3. Click Compose Email.

4. In the To field, perform one of the following actions:

Type an email address.

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Type a contact name.

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Type part of a contact name.

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Click a contact.

5. Type a message.

6. Click the Trackball.

7. Click Send.

If you have associated your BlackBerry Curve with more than one supported email address, use the Send Using field (found by pressing the Menu key) to select the email address that you want to use to send the email message.

Note: You must set up an email account on your BlackBerry Curve device to send email. To learn how to set up a supported email account, refer to Email Setup in the Setup Wizard.

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Note: To insert

symbols such as @ and period [.], press the ALT key and press the appropriate letter key.

More Info

To learn more about

Email Features, while

in Messages, press the Menu key. Click Help.

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Note:

To turn the speakerphone on or off during a call, press the

Speakerphone

key, or click the

trackball and then

click Activate

Speakerphone/ Handset.

Make a Phone Call

1. On the Home screen or in the Phone application, perform one of the following actions:

Type a phone number

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Type part of a contact name.

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Highlight a contact or phone number.

2. Press the Send key .

3. To end the call, press the End key .

Use the Phone

Make a Phone Call

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Set up Voice Mail

Set Up Voice Mail

1. Press and hold the 1 key on your BlackBerry Curve to connect to the AT&T voice mail system.

2. Create your password.

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3. Record your name.

4. Record a greeting.

Check Your Voice Mail Messages From Your BlackBerry Curve

1. Press and hold the 1 key .

2. Follow the voice prompts.

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More Info

To learn more about

Voice Dialing features,

while in Voice Dialing, press the Menu key. Click Help.

Note: There is no

need to hold down the Left Shift key or

ALT key when dialing

a phone number.

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