Cingular Amzer Smart Keyboard User Manual

Amzer Smart Keyboard

User Guide

for BlackBerry

Devices

Manufacturer’s End-User License Agreement (EULA)

This End-User License Agreement (EULA) is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single

entity) and Amzer, Inc. for the Amzer, Inc. software product in this document, which includes computer software and may include associated media, printed materials, and online or electronic documentation. The software also includes any updates and supplements to the original software provided to you by Amzer. Any software provided along with the software that is associated with a separate end-user license agreement is licensed to you under the terms of that license agreement. By installing, copying, downloading, accessing, or otherwise using the software, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA.

USE

You (an entity or a person) may use the software product identified above (the "software") on ONE HANDSET within your organization.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

The software is provided as is. Technical support is available only for registered users who have purchased the retail product or product downloads from the Internet. Technical support questions can be addressed to

custserv@amzer.com.

RESTRICTIONS

Except as authorized by the user documentation, you may not merge, modify, or adapt the software in any way, including reverse engineering, disassembling, de-compiling, or attempting to enable features that are disabled. You may not loan, rent, lease, license, or otherwise transfer the software or any copy of it to any third party outside your organization.

All intellectual property rights in the software and user documentation are owned by Amzer, Inc. or its suppliers and are protected by United States, Canadian, and international copyright laws, other applicable copyright laws, and international treaty provisions. Amzer, Inc. retains all rights not expressly granted.

NO WARRANTY

Given the nature of this right to use, Amzer, Inc. makes no warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, with respect to the software or related user documentation or technical support, including their quality, performance, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. No Amzer, Inc. dealer, distributor, agent, or employee is authorized to make any modifications or additions to this warranty.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Because software is inherently complex and may not be completely free of errors, you are required to verify your work and make back-up copies. In no event will Amzer, Inc. be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, economic, cover, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the software, user documentation, or technical support, including, without limitation, damages or costs relating to the loss of profits, business, goodwill, data, or computer programs, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states or provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or the limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusion or limitation may not apply to you.

PRERELEASE CODE

The software may contain pre-release code that is not at the level of performance and compatibility of the final, generally available, product offering. These portions of the software product may not operate correctly and may be substantially modified prior to the first commercial shipment. Amzer, Inc. is not obligated to make this or any later version of the software product commercially available.

TERMINATION

Without prejudice to any other rights, Amzer, Inc. may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the software and all of its component parts.

GENERAL

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MANUFACTURER’S END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA)............................................2

PREFACE............................................................................................................................................................5

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................................................................6

HANDHELD - COMPATIBILITY ..................................................................................................................................6

BLACKBERRY® BES (BLACKBERRY® APPLICATION CONTROL) ......................................7

RELEASING THE POWER OF YOUR BLACKBERRY KEYBOARD............................................8

OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................................................. 8

CONVENTIONS ..........................................................................................................................................................8

FEATURES.........................................................................................................................................................9

AMZER – SMART KEYBOARD DRIVER FEATURES................................................................................................... 9

INSTALLATION............................................................................................................................................11

PC INSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................................................11

DEVICE INSTALLATION - BLACKBERRY DESKTOP MANAGER.............................................................................. 12

BLUETOOTH SETUP...................................................................................................................................15

KEYBOARD PAIRING ...............................................................................................................................................15

REGISTRATION ...........................................................................................................................................18

REGISTRATION KEY................................................................................................................................................18

MAIN OPTIONS SCREEN ........................................................................................................................19

DRIVER OPTIONS ...................................................................................................................................................19

MANAGE LAYOUTS.....................................................................................................................................20

MULTI-LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION..................................................................................................................... 20

MANAGE HOTKEYS ....................................................................................................................................21

KEY SUBSTITUTIONS (HOTKEYS).........................................................................................................................21

CREATING & EDITING HOTKEYS...........................................................................................................................22

HOTKEY RANGE: ....................................................................................................................................................22

KEYBOARD SETTINGS .............................................................................................................................23

DRIVER CONFIGURATION OPTIONS......................................................................................................................23

BLACKBERRY

USING KEYBOARD MODES..................................................................................................................................... 25

INTRODUCTION OF BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD.............................................................................26

KEYBOARD FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................ 26

KEYBOARD SETUP...................................................................................................................................................27

& STANDARD KEYBOARD MODE.......................................................................25

KEY LOCATION ............................................................................................................................................28

SPECIAL KEY LOCATION ........................................................................................................................................28

STANDARD CHARACTER KEYS............................................................................................................29

CHARACTER OUTPUT.............................................................................................................................................. 29

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SPECIAL FUNCTION KEYS.....................................................................................................................31

KEY ASSIGNMENTS................................................................................................................................................. 31

APPLICATION KEY USAGE ....................................................................................................................32

CONTACT / CALENDAR / MEMO PAD .................................................................................................................... 32

MESSAGE / TASK ...................................................................................................................................................33

TEXT EDITING KEY USAGE ...................................................................................................................34

CONTACT / CALENDAR / MEMO PAD / TASK ....................................................................................................... 34

BLACKBERRY

APPLICATION CONTROL .........................................................................................................................................35

APPLICATION CONTROL POLICY............................................................................................................................36

TROUBLESHOOTING.................................................................................................................................37

BES CONFIGURATION............................................................................................35

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Preface

The Amzer Bluetooth keyboard manager that runs on BlackBerry® OS™ powered Bluetooth devices and allow a registered user to process keyboard data input wirelessly utilizing this portable keyboard. This unique piece of hardware and software combines state of the art wireless technologies with cutting edge design to deliver a unique end-user experience in mobile computing.

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System Requirements

Handheld - Compatibility

The Amzer Bluetooth keyboard manager has been tested with the following devices. If your device is not list on table below, there is a good possibility that the keyboard manager will work. However, Amzer, Inc. and its suppliers cannot not guarantee the keyboard manager will work with any device(s) not listed in the table below.

Device must have OS & Platform versions equal or higher than what is stated in the table below to be compatible with the Amzer Bluetooth keyboard manager.

Device Model OS Version Platform Version Driver Version

7100g Cingular 4.0.0.219 1.8.0.129 SmartKeyboard 7100t T-Mobile 4.1.0.198 1.8.0.121 SmartKeyboard 7100t T-Mobile 4.1.0.309 1.8.0.146 SmartKeyboard 7100i Nextel 4.1.0.136 2.0.0.44 SmartKeyboard 7105t T-Mobile 4.1.0.309 1.8.0.146 SmartKeyboard 7130e Verizon 4.1.0.117 2.2.0.53 SmartKeyboard 7130e ALLTEL 4.1.0.391 2.2.0.107 SmartKeyboard 7130c Cingular 4.1.0.321 2.1.0.26 SmartKeyboard 7250 Verizon 4.0.0.204 2.0.0.28 SmartKeyboard 7250 Bell / Rogers 4.0.0.204 2.0.0.28 SmartKeyboard 7250 ALLTEL 4.1.0.291 2.2.0.107 SmartKeyboard 7290 T-Mobile 4.0.0.198 1.8.0.121 SmartKeyboard 7290 Cingular 4.0.0.219 1.8.0.129 SmartKeyboard 7520 Nextel 4.0.0.160 1.4.0.27 SmartKeyboard 8700c Cingular 4.1.0.194 2.0.0.90 SmartKeyboard 8700r Rogers 4.1.0.206 2.0.0.97 SmartKeyboard 8700g T-Mobile 4.1.0.284 2.0.0.120 SmartKeyboard 8703e Verizon 4.1.0.344 2.2.0.149 SmartKeyboard 8707 Vodafone 4.1.0.316 3.0.0.41 SmartKeyboard 8100 T-Mobile 4.2.0.42 2.2.0.28 SmartKeyboard 2nd Ed.

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BlackBerry® BES (BlackBerry® Application Control)

The following table shows the Amzer Bluetooth keyboard manager compatible BlackBerry

Device Email

System

BES 4.0 & higher

BES 3.6 No - WAP email Yes No No email system

 Please contact your BES Administrator to configure your device Application

Control Policy to “ALLOW” Smart Keyboard driver to use Injector API.

 Please see BlackBerry

system configuration.

Compatible

Yes Yes

Yes No -

BES Configuration section for details.

Requires

Configuration

Configuration Notes

Amzer driver Application Control Policy must be configured to “ALLOW” Amzer driver to use “Injector API”

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Releasing the Power of Your BlackBerry Keyboard

Overview

Amzer is a BlackBerry® compatible Bluetooth keyboard management utility built on a Bluetooth keyboard driver core. This design enables Amzer to extend the basic Bluetooth keyboard driver functionality by adding a feature rich environment allowing the user to fully control just about every aspect of their BlackBerry from their Professional Bluetooth keyboard.

In order to fully utilize Amzer’s capabilities, one need to understand the many features and functionality of Amzer and how they are used and what they are intended to be used for. Several of Amzer’s features can affect your ability to be productive when using applications that require a high information input from keyboard such as message, text editors, memo, etc.

To help with identifying the important features of Amzer, the following conventions are used throughout this manual that we think will help you better understand how to get the most from the Amzer keyboard management system.

Conventions

A number of different fonts, key words and characters are used to indicate different types of information through out the manual. Here are some examples and what they mean.

[Brackets] are used to point out key steps, features, commands, etc.

Usage: the key word “Usage” is especially important because it identifies what a

specific feature does and how it can be used.

Arrows are used to point focus to features on figures and images.

Note: Notes are used through out the manual and are of high importance. Pay

special attention to these.

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Features

Amzer – Smart Keyboard Driver Features

The table below list the many feature of Amzer.

Features Specifications

Compatible with: 7100t, 7100g, 7100r, 7100v, 7100x, 7100i, 7105t, 7130e, 7250, 7290, 7520, 8700c, 8700r

65 Key Support Graphical Interface Multi-Language Support Multi-Tasking - Switching between applications using keyboard Typematic Rate Control * Repeat Delay - Helps reduce accidental key press * Repeat Rate - Controls speed of repeating characters * Repeating Characters – Enable / Disable Preprogrammed hotkeys * Message (email) application * Contacts (Address book) application * Task (ToDo) application * Calendar application Alt – Special Character Mapping (Similar to BlackBerry keypad) AltGr – International & Extended Character Mapping User Programmable Keys * User defined hotkeys for running applications * User defined hotkeys for quick phone dial * User defined hotkeys for Compose email * User defined hotkeys for Create Memo * User defined hotkeys for Create Task Language Layout Configuration * User defined Hotkey for switching language layouts * User Enable / Disable audible layout switching indicator * User adjustable warning volume control * User adjustable display warning when switching occurs * User selectable language (up to 5 languages can be selected) * User defined default language layout Audible & Visual Keyboard Connect / Disconnect Indicators * Enable / Disable * Volume Control Power Saving Modes * Backlight - On / Off Control * Backlight - Auto On Mode Enable / Disable * Auto On – Enable/Disable Hotkey * Backlight - Duration Timer Settings (1 - 60) minutes Backlight Brightness Control (Device(s) that supports adjustment) * Brightness Control - Hotkey Increase Brightness * Brightness Control - Hotkey Decrease Brightness

Preprogrammed keys are fix and cannot be

changed

A total of 30-Hotkeys

combined can be

programmed using

any key-combo that’s

available from list.

Maximum of (5)

keyboard language

be selected for

hotkey switching

Available on devices

that support

extended sounds.

Available on devices

that support

backlight

adjustments

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Symbol (SYM) Key Simulation (Dedicated Hotkey) Keyboard Emulation Modes

* BlackBerry Mode – BlackBerry key emulation (see notes) √

* Standard Mode - PC style keyboard emulation * Hotkey Mode Switching * Audible & Visual Mode Switching Indicators User Programmable Hotkey Actions KeyPress Sound Simulation * KeyPress Sound – Enable / Disable * KeyPress Sound – Volume * KeyPress Sound – Enable / Disable Hotkey Device Control Hotkey * Fixed Hotkey - Keyboard Disable * Fixed Hotkey - Repeating Characters Enable/Disable * Fixed Hotkey - Auto Backlight On Enable/Disable * Fixed Hotkey - KeyPress Sound Volume Up * Fixed Hotkey - KeyPress Sound Volume Down

Fully supported on

devices that support

full size BlackBerry keyboard. Partially supported on other

Notes:

* 8100 is not supported by “BlackBerry key emulation mode”.

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Installation

Amzer Bluetooth Keyboard Manager Installation

Please follow the instructions below to install the Amzer Bluetooth keyboard manager. onto your BlackBerry Amzer files onto your desktop PC. The second step is to use the BlackBerry Manager Application Loader to install the Amzer keyboard manager onto your handset.

Note:

It is assumed that you have already installed the BlackBerry

that came with your handset and that you have successfully performed at least one synchronization between your BlackBerry are using to install this software. If not, please consult the documentation that came with your BlackBerry with this installation.

device. This is a two-step process. The first is to install the

Desktop software

handset and the computer you

handset and set up your system before continuing

Desktop

PC Installation

In order to install keyboard driver onto your device…

1. Locate the Amzer driver files. This is the files that were provided on some type of media, downloaded from the Internet, or as an attachment through an e-mail.

If the file has the ZIP or RAR file extension, extract the driver file(s) before continuing on to the installation process.

2. Once the driver files have been extracted and saved on you desktop or laptop computer, go to the following section “Handset Installation” to install the driver onto the handset.

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Handset Installation

Device Installation - BlackBerry Desktop Manager

The BlackBerry® Desktop Manager (Provide with handset) used for synchronization of PIM information is used to install the Bluetooth keyboard driver onto your hand set. Simply connect your handset to your desktop PC and run the BlackBerry Manager. The following steps explain the installation process.

1. Before continuing, connect the handset to the PC using the USB cable supplied with the handset.

2. Launch the BlackBerry Icon as shown in the figure on the right.

3. Double click on the [Application Loader] icon to begin the installation process as shown on the left.

Desktop Manager by clicking on the

4. Click on the [Next] icon to begin the installation process.

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Cingular Amzer Smart Keyboard User Manual

Manufacturer’s End-User License Agreement (EULA)

Table of Contents

Preface

System Requirements

Handheld - Compatibility

BlackBerry® BES (BlackBerry® Application Control)

Releasing the Power of Your BlackBerry Keyboard

Overview

Conventions

Features

Amzer – Smart Keyboard Driver Features

Installation

PC Installation

Device Installation - BlackBerry Desktop Manager