Dell Mobile Streak 7 User Manual

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Dell™ Streak 7

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User's Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

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better use of your device.

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of data if instructions are not followed.

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personal injury, or death.

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December 2010 A00

Contents

1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features. . . . . . . 7

2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7

Tab le t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11

Turning On Your Device

Turning Off Your Device

Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

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3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7

Tab le t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Out-Of-Box Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Screen Orientation

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

The Dell™ Stage Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Dell™ Stage Widgets

Status Bar

Quick Buttons

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Navigating the Applications

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Contents 3

4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet. . . . 36

Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Messaging

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Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Android Keyboard

Google Search

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Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Managing Your Device Settings

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5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

E-mail

Web Applications

Synchronizing Your Google Data

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6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7

Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

4 Contents

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Sound and Ringtone Settings

Date, Time, and Time Zone

Language Settings

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7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7

Tab le t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern

Protect Your Device Data With a PIN . . . . . . 115

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Protect Your Device Data With a Password

. . 116

Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password

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8 Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Copying Files to and From the Device . . . . . 120

Bluetooth®

Gallery

Music

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Clock

Calculator

Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

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Contents 5

9 Synchronizing Your Dell Streak 7

Tablet and Computer Using

Dell Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 140

6 Contents

Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features

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This section provides information about the features available on your device.

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

1 Headphone connector Connects to headphones.

2 Speaker Provides audio output for video and music

playback.

3 TV antenna

(available on select models only)

4 Volume up button • Press to increase the media volume by

5 Volume down button • Press to decrease the media volume by

Used for improving the reception of television signals.

one level.

• Press and hold to continuously increase the media volume.

one level.

• Press and hold to continuously decrease the media volume.

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Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

6 Power and Sleep/Wake button • Press and hold to turn on the device.

• Press to turn the screen on or off.

• While the device is on, press and hold to select one of these options:

–Silent mode: The device is set to

vibrate mode; all sounds are disabled except for alarms.

–Airplane mode: Disable all wireless

connections.

–Power off: Turn off the device.

7 Battery status light Indicates the battery charge status and

pending notifications. The different lights indicate the following:

• Solid green — Battery is fully charged when connected to power.

• Solid amber — Battery is charging.

• Solid red — Battery charge is low and the battery is charging.

• Blinking red — Battery charge is low.

• Blinking green — Indicates pending notifications.

8 Back button

Touch to return to the previous screen, close a dialog box, menu, or pop-up message, and to dismiss the keyboard.

9 Menu button

Touch to open or close options menus that display available tools for the current application or actions that you can perform on the current screen.

10 Home button

• Touch to open the central Home screen.

• Touch and hold for quick access to the most recently used applications.

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1 30-pin connector • Connects to the supplied USB cable for

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transferring files to and from a computer.

• Connects to the supplied USB cable and USB wall charger adapter to charge the device.

2 Touch screen Touch the screen to use on-screen controls

including buttons, menu items, and the keyboard.

3 Force-power-off button Push the button to force power off the device.

4 SD card slot Holds the SD card in place.

5 SIM card slot

Holds the SIM card in place. (available on select models only)

6 Slot door Provides access to the SIM card and SD card

slots.

7 Speaker Provides audio output for video and music

playback.

8 Microphone Used for making video calls with supportive

web applications, such as Skype.

9 Front-facing camera • Used for capturing a front view picture, for

example, a self-portrait.

• Used for making video calls with supportive web applications, such as Skype.

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1 Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.

2 Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and

videos in dimly lit environments.

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Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7

Tablet

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Insert the SIM card

1 Pull out the slot door.

2 Hold the SIM card with the metal contacts facing down, and follow the

SIM card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot.

Insert the SD card

1 Pull out the slot door.

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2 Hold the SD card with the metal contacts facing down, and follow the

SD card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SD card into the SD card slot.

Charge the battery

NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between

0°C and 45°C.

NOTE: The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.

1 Connect the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector into the 30-

pin connector on the device.

2 Connect the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall

charger adapter.

3 Connect the USB wall charger adapter into an electrical outlet

and charge the device until the battery is fully charged.

NOTE: When charging the battery by connecting the device to an

electrical outlet, the battery requires about 4 hours to be fully charged.

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Turning On Your Device

NOTE: Use this device in an environmental temperature between -10°C

and 55°C.

1 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button to turn on

your device. The operating system starts up.

2 If the screen is locked automatically, flick the icon up to

unlock the screen.

3 If your SIM card is locked by a Personal Identification Number

(PIN), type the PIN by touching the corresponding number keys using the on-screen keypad. Touch the OK button to confirm your input.

The device is ready for use when the Home screen is displayed.

Turning Off Your Device

1 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button .

2 Tou c h th e Power off option on the screen.

Turning Off the Screen

If both the device and the screen are on, press the Power and Sleep/Wake button once to turn off the screen.

NOTE: If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the Power and

Sleep/Wake button once to turn on the screen. For information on unlocking the screen, see "The Screen Lock Wallpaper" on page 35.

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Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet

Out-Of-Box Wizard

To view the on-screen Out-Of-Box Wizard for basic controls of your

device, touch the Home button 

welcome

You can play the wizard videos to get a quick overview of the device.

At any point during the video, you can touch CONTINUE and PREVIOUS to go to the next or previous page.

After viewing the last page, touch DONE to return to the Home screen.

, and follow the instructions to proceed.

the Launcher button 

Touch Screen

Your device has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the surface of the screen to operate the device.

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touc h

Tap gently on the screen with your fingertip.

• Select the items on the screen including options, entries, images, and icons.

• Start applications.

• Press the buttons on the screen.

• Input text using the on-screen keyboard.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touch and hold

Touch and hold your finger on the screen.

• Enable the moving mode of an item on the Home screen.

• Open the context menu.

Drag

1 Touch and hold your finger on an

item on the screen.

2 Keeping your finger in contact with

the screen, move your fingertip to the desired location.

3 Take your finger off the screen to

• Move items such as images and icons on the screen.

• Scroll through Home screens, web pages, lists, entries, photo thumbnails, contacts, and so on.

drop the item in the desired location.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Flick or swipe

Move your finger in a vertical or horizontal direction on the screen.

Zoom out

Move two fingers close together on the screen.

Quickly scroll through Home screens, web pages, lists, entries, photo thumbnails, contacts, and so on.

Reduce the view of an image or web page (zoom out).

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Zoom in

Move two fingers apart on the screen. Enlarge the view of an image or web

page (zoom in).

Screen Orientation

For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes automatically to portrait or landscape format depending on how you hold the device.

NOTE: Applications downloaded from the Android Market may not

support automatic screen rotation to portrait or landscape format.

NOTE: To modify the default rotating behavior, open the rotation

settings by touching the Home button  Menu button 

Settings

 Display Auto-rotate screen.

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

Application — Software which allows you to perform a specific task.

Your device is preloaded with a variety of applications, and additional applications can be downloaded from the Android Market.

Widget — A small application which resides on the Home screen and provides quick and easy access to information. For example, the Facebook widget allows you to read posts on your wall and update your status.

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Shortcut — A link that you can create on your Home Screen to provide

Home screen

quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks.

The Dell™ Stage Desktop

The Dell Stage desktop is composed of multiple screens including the Home screen. The desktop displays predefined Stage widgets, shortcuts, and widgets to give you quick and easy access to frequently-used applications, Twitter or Facebook postings, music, pictures, and more.

You can personalize the Stage desktop by adding your own shortcuts or widgets, or by displaying your favorite picture as the desktop wallpaper.

NOTE: The desktop screens are fixed, and cannot be added or deleted.

NOTE: For more information on using Dell Stage widgets, see "Dell™

Stage Widgets" on page 21.

NOTE: To return to the Home screen from anywhere, touch the Home

screen button .

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To navigate across the desktop

Flick the desktop horizontally until the desired Home screen is displayed.

To navigate the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails

The Home screen thumbnails act as shortcuts to their individual Home screens. The icon of the thumbnail represents the Stage widget.

• To view the Home screen thumbnails:

1 Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons, as illustrated

in red.

Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the thumbnails.

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• To control the Home screens using the thumbnails, either:

Home screen thumbnails

– Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired

screen.

– To quickly pan through the Home screens, drag your finger

horizontally across the thumbnails, until the desired Home screen appears.

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Dell™ Stage Widgets

The Dell™ Stage widgets give you direct access to your most recently used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook & Twitter updates, and frequently viewed websites.

You can create your own Stage widgets on free Home screens to access the desired items.

Adding a Stage Widget

1 Flick to the desktop screen where you want to add a Stage

widget.

2 To reserve enough space for the widget, remove unwanted items

from the screen (see "To remove a Home screen item" on page 28).

3 To a c ces s th e Add to Home screen menu, either:

• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen.

• Touch the Menu button and then touch the Add option.

4 Tou ch Stage Widgets.

5 From the Select Stage Widget menu, touch to select the Stage

widget you want to add to the screen.

Deleting a Stage Widget

1 Touch and hold the Stage widget.

2 Drag the widget over the icon.

3 When the widget turns red, release your finger from the screen to

delete the widget.

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Using Stage Widgets

Touching the label of any Stage Widget opens the supporting application in its default screen. For example, touching the label of the MUSIC widget opens the Music player in the same manner as it would by touching the Music icon in the application drawer.

To use the HOME Stage Widget

From the HOME Stage widget, you can touch application shortcuts to access your most recently-used applications.

To use the CONTACTS Stage Widget

From the CONTACTS Stage widget, you can view your existing contacts or add a new contact quickly.

• Touch the tile of an existing contact and select the action to proceed with the contact.

•Touch the ADD tile to add a new contact.

To use the EMAIL Stage Widget

From the EMAIL Stage widget, you can read your e-mails in your email account or compose a new e-mail. If you have not set up an email account, touch Add an Account and follow the instructions on the screen to complete your e-mail configuration.

To use the GALLERY Stage Widget

From the GALLERY Stage widget, you can view thumbnails of your recent pictures and videos from the Gallery application. Touch the thumbnail of a picture or video to view or play it.

To use the MUSIC Stage Widget

From the MUSIC Stage widget, you can view the music albums or playlists created on your device.

• Touch a music album to browse for its songs. Touch a song to start playback.

• Touch a playlist to view the playlist you created. Touch a song to start playback.

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To use the SOCIAL Stage Widget

The SOCIAL Stage widget provides widgets to display the latest postings from your Twitter or Facebook account. To use the Twitter and Facebook widgets, you need to sign in to your Twitter or Facebook account with your e-mail address and password.

NOTE: The SOCIAL Stage Widget displays either Facebook or Twitter. If

you want to display both applications on the Home screen, add another SOCIAL widget to a different screen and sign in to the appropriate service there.

To use the Twitter widget

1 Flick through the tweets (Twitter messages) posted by all the

authors you follow.

2 Touch a tweet to view the other tweets posted by the same

author.

3 To post your tweet, touch the text box, type your tweet, and then

touch the Update button. You can also touch the Update button to compose and post your tweet.

NOTE: For more information on using Facebook and Twitter, see

"Facebook" on page 68 and "Twitter" on page 72.

To use the WEB Stage Widget

The WEB Stage widget shows your recently-visited websites and bookmarks. Touch the website you want to visit, or touch MORE BOOKMARKS to select a website to visit.

To find information on the Internet, you can also:

• Touch the Google search text box on the top of the widget, enter

the name or keyword of the topic you are looking for, and touch

the key on the keyboard or the search icon on the search box.

• Touch that appears beside the search box, and say the name

or keyword of the topic you are looking for.

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Customizing Your Home screen

To add an item to a Home screen

1 Touch the Home button .

2 Flick to the screen where you want to add the item.

3 To ac c ess t h e Add to Home screen menu, either:

• Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen.

• Touch the Menu button and then touch the Add option.

4 Touch the item you want to add on the Home screen:

Items Steps

Shortcuts

Add shortcuts for items that you want to access directly from the Home screen.

Applications:

1 Scroll through the application

menu to locate the desired application.

2 Touch the desired application to

create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

Bookmark:

1 Flick through the Bookmarks list to

locate the desired bookmark.

2 Touch the desired bookmark to

create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

Contact:

1 Flick through the Contacts entries

to locate the desired contact.

2 Touch the desired contact entry to

create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

Direct message: Touch the desired phone number to create the shortcut on the Home screen. You can touch the shortcut to compose and send a message to the number.

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Items Steps

Shortcuts Directions & Navigation: Create a

shortcut that you can touch to open Google Maps and view directions to a location.

1 Type your destination in the text

box.

2 Choose how you want to get to

your destination by touching the driving, public transportation, or walking icon (from left to right).

3 Enter a name for the shortcut. 4 Touch the shortcut icon that you

want to use for the shortcut.

5 Touch the Save button.

NOTE: For more information on

getting directions using Google Maps, see "To get directions" on page 88.

Gmail label: Touch to create a desired Gmail label shortcut so that you can access your e-mails with that label from the desktop.

Latitude: Create a shortcut that you can touch to open Google Latitude to share locations with your friends and family who have signed in to the service with their Google accounts.

Music playlist: Create a Play all or a Recently added shortcut that you can

touch to play all songs or recently added songs.

Settings:

1 Scroll through the settings to

locate the desired setting.

2 Touch the desired setting to create

the shortcut on the current Home screen, where you can touch the shortcut to access the setting.

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Items Steps

Widgets

Add widgets to display active Home screen windows or controls for your favorite applications or web-based services, such as

an analog clock, the music player, the Google Quick Search Box, or a calendar showing upcoming

events

1 Touch and hold an empty area on a

Home screen.

2 To uc h Widgets in the Add to Home

screen menu that appears.

3 Flick through the available

applications or services to locate the desired application or service.

4 Touch the desired widget to add it

on the Home screen.

Folders

You can create the following folders:

New folder: Add a folder where you can store your Home screen shortcuts.

All contacts: Add a shortcut to all your contacts stored in the Contacts

Touch the desired folder to create one on the Home screen.

Once the folder is on your Home screen, you can drag and drop an item on top of the folder in order to add it to the folder.

application.

Bluetooth received: Add a shortcut to access files received through

Bluetooth

Contacts with tablet numbers: Add a shortcut to the contacts with tablet numbers.

Facebook Phonebook: Add a shortcut to the Facebook contacts with phone numbers.

Starred contacts: Add a shortcut to the contacts marked with a star.

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Items Steps

Wallpapers

Change the wallpaper of your Home screen.

Gallery: Open the Gallery application and select a saved picture as a

wallpaper, or touch to open

the camera application and capture a picture that you can set as a wallpaper.

1 Touch a picture category from your

collection, such as Camera, downloaded, and so on.

2 Flick the picture thumbnails

horizontally to locate the desired picture.

3 Touch the picture to display it. 4 To cut a portion of the picture as

the wallpaper, move the crop frame and drag the angles to locate the desired part.

5 Touch the Save button to set the

wallpaper.

Live wallpapers: Select an animated and interactive wallpaper.

Wallpapers: Flick to or touch a picture thumbnail to display a picture, then touch Set wallpaper to set it as a wallpaper.

NOTE: You can also touch the Home

button  the Menu button  Wallpaper to change your Home

screen wallpaper.

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To add an application shortcut from the main applications view

1 Touch the Launcher button at the bottom of the screen to enter

the main applications view.

2 On the main applications view, touch and hold a desired application and

drag it onto the current Home screen. The application’s icon appears on the Home screen.

To move a Home screen item

1 Touch and hold the item you want to reposition until it magnifies

and becomes movable. The device vibrates to indicate that the item’s moving mode is activated.

NOTE: To disable the item’s moving mode, release the item.

2 With your finger remaining in contact with the item on the screen,

drag the item to another location on the screen.

3 Release the item in the desired location.

To remove a Home screen item

1 Touch and hold an item such as a widget, shortcut, or folder that

you want to remove, until it magnifies and becomes movable.

2 Drag the item onto the top of the Trash icon , and when the

item turns red release it.

To open a Home screen folder

1 Touch the folder to open a panel displaying the contents of the

folder.

2 Touch the desired application shortcut to run the application.

To close a Home screen folder

Touch the Close icon to close the panel.

To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder

1 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

2 Drag and drop the shortcut into a folder on the Home screen.

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NOTE: Widgets and folders cannot be moved inside a folder.

To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder

1 Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents.

2 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable. The shortcut pops

out and the folder closes automatically.

3 Drag the shortcut to another location on the Home screen.

To rename a Home screen folder

1 Touch a folder to open the folder panel.

2 Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel

, until the Rename

folder menu opens.

3 Tou c h th e Folder name text box to type the name using the on-

screen keyboard.

4 Tou ch OK to confirm.

Status Bar

The status bar at the top of the Home screen displays the notification, status, and time areas.

1 Notification area • The notification area displays notification

icons to inform you of new e-mail, messages, and so on.

• Touch and drag down the status bar to view the notifications listed in the order of arrival time, and then touch a notification to view the desired message, and e-mail.

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2 Status area • Displays status icons to show the current state

of your device, such as battery power, charging progress, alarms set, network connections, and so on.

• Touch and drag down the status bar to view the information regarding the carrier currently in use, remaining battery charge, and so on.

3 Time area Displays the current time.

The status area may also display some of the following icons:

UMTS data network is

Alarm is set

connected (only available for carrier-specific versions)

UMTS data network is in use

Battery status — 100% full

(only available for carrierspecific versions)

Battery is low and needs to be charged

Battery is extremely low and needs to be charged immediately

Battery is charging

HSPA+ data network is connected (only available for carrier-specific versions)

HSPA+ data network is in use (only available for carrierspecific versions)

GPRS data network is connected

Vibrate mode is enabled GPRS data network is in use

Silent mode is enabled

EDGE data network is connected

Signal strength — strong EDGE data network is in use

No signal

Roaming signal strength — strong

Airplane mode is enabled Connected to a Wi-Fi network

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Ongoing data synchronization Bluetooth is enabled

GPS satellites function is enabled

Receiving location data from GPS satellites

The headphone is connected

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

No SIM card is inserted

The notification area may also display some of the following icons:

Problem with sign-in or sync New e-mail message

SD card is full Download in progress

A Wi-Fi network is found Download complete

USB cable is connected Application update available

Some notifications not displayed

New Gmail message Preparing the SD card

The SD card is safe to remove

New SMS/MMS Song is playing

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

New voicemail Upcoming calendar event

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New Google Talk message

Quick Buttons

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The quick buttons at the bottom of the Home screen allow you to quickly access the application drawer and some main functions.

1 Home screen dots

2 Email button Touch the Email button to open the Email

3 Launcher button • Touch the Launcher button to display

4 Browser button Touch the Browser button to open the

5 Home screen dots

• Touch the dots screen to display the Home screen thumbnails.

• Double-tap the dots at the bottom left of the screen to move to the first Home screen.

application. For more information on using Email, see "E-mail" on page 65.

the application drawer.

• Touch and hold the Launcher button to

display the Home screen thumbnails.

Browser application.

• Touch the dots screen to display the Home screen thumbnails.

• Double-tap the dots at the bottom right of the screen to move to the last Home screen.

at the bottom left of the

at the bottom right of the

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Navigating the Applications

You can find applications available on your device in these screen elements:

Application Drawer

The application drawer can be accessed from any home screen and contains all of the applications installed on the device, including those you have downloaded from the Android Market.

To open the application drawer

1 Touch the Home button to display the default Home screen

on the desktop.

2 From any of the desktop Home screens, you can:

• Drag up in the lower area of the screen.

• Touch the Launcher button .

To navigate pages of applications

Flick the applications drawer horizontally and touch an application to run it.

To close the application drawer

• Drag down anywhere within the application drawer.

• To return to the default Home screen, touch .

• To return to the current Home screen, touch .

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Application Shortcuts

To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to the folder that you created on the Home screen. For more information, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 24.

To open an application using the application shortcuts

1 Touch the Home button .

2 If the desired application shortcut displays on the Home screen,

touch the shortcut to run the application. If the desired application is stored in a folder on the Home screen, touch the folder to display the contents of the folder, and then touch the desired application shortcut.

Recent Applications

To open a recently used application

1 Touch and hold the Home button to view the recently used

applications, or create the screen which contains the most recently used applications (see "Adding a Stage Widget" on page 21).

2 Touch the desired application shortcut to run the application.

HOME Stage Widget on the Home

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The Screen Lock Wallpaper

You can set the display to turn off automatically after a timeout period of inactivity, or turn it off manually by pressing the power button .

When you press the power button to wake up the display, the screen lock wallpaper appears to help prevent unintentional touch of the screen.

1 Drag or flick this button downward to enable or disable the vibration

mode.

2 Drag or flick this button upward to unlock the screen.

NOTE: To set the duration the screen remains on before turning off after

the last operation, touch the Home button  Menu button 

Settings

 Display Screen timeout.

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Managing Contacts

To view and manage your contacts, touch  Contacts

To add a new contact

1 Touch the Menu button  New contact.

2 Select the account where you want to add this contact, such as

your Gmail account.

1 This area shows the account in which the new contact is stored.

2 Touch to take a photo or select a photo from the Gallery application to

use as the contact’s visual caller ID.

3 Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard. Scroll the

screen to find more items to fill.

4 Touch to replace a default information label with another label that you

can choose from the Select label list. For example, you can change the label from Mobile phone number to Home phone number.

5 To uc h Done to save the new contact to your Contacts list.

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6 Tou ch Revert to return to your Contacts list.

7 Touch to remove an item from the current information category.

8 Touch to add a new item to the current information category. For

example, you can add a second phone number.

9 Touch to fill more information about the contact.

To find a contact

1 To locate a contact, you can either:

• Flick the contact list until you find the contact.

• Touch the Menu button  Search, and then type either the contact’s full name or only the first letters of it into the Search

contacts text box. The screen displays the matching contacts.

2 Once the contact is located, touch the contact’s entry to view the

contact’s details.

To e-mail or send a message to a contact

1 On the Contacts list, find a desired contact.

2 Do one of the following:

• Touch the photo icon of the contact. The icons that represent

the actions you can do such as e-mail or address search

on Maps appear. Touch the action you want to perform.

• Touch the contact entry to view the contact details, and then touch Email to send e-mail using the e-mail accounts you

have set up on your device, or touch to send a message.

To edit or share a contact

1 On the Contacts list, find the desired contact.

2 Touch the contact entry to view the contact details.

3 Touch the Menu button , and then touch Edit contact to edit

the contact details, or touch Share to share the contact information with your friends through e-mail or Bluetooth.

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NOTE: For information about composing and sending messages, see

"Messaging" on page 39. For information about using the e-mail applications, see "Gmail" on page 76 and "E-mail" on page 65.

Contacts settings

In Contacts

Display options Choose from which accounts you want to

Accounts

NOTE: If you want to

synchronize individual data manually, clear Auto-sync, and then from your account, touch a data item to start synchronization of that data.

While data is syncing, the

sync icon appears on

the status bar, and the sync

icon appears on the option of the data being

synced.

Import/Export You can import contacts from your SIM/SD card

touch the Menu button .

display the contacts, or set your device to only display the contacts who have phone numbers.

Contacts stored on your device can be synchronized with a computer using Dell Mobile Sync; contacts stored on your personal e-mail account such as Gmail can be synchronized through an Internet connection.

• To select the data to synchronize:

1 Select Background data to make all the sync

options available.

2 Select Auto-sync to let the device

automatically synchronize the selected data in your e-mail account, which may include Contacts, Gmail, Calendar, Picasa Web Albums, or Twitter data.

• To select the data to sync from your e-mail account:

1 Touch your e-mail account to open the Data

& synchronization list.

2 Select the data that you want the device to

synchronize automatically, such as Sync Contacts, Sync Gmail, Sync Calendar, Sync Picasa Web Albums, and Sync Twitter data.

to your device, export contacts from your device to your SD card, and share visible contacts using Bluetooth or Gmail.

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Messaging

To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS)

messages, touch Messaging . The Messaging screen

opens with a list of messages or message threads representing all the received, sent, and draft messages.

NOTE: For information about the message thread, see "Receiving text

and multimedia messages" on page 43.

To compose and send a text message

1 On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The

composer screen opens.

2 In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact

name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear below the To field. Touch a matched contact to enter the contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone number.

3 Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you want to send

the message to multiple mobile phone users.

4 If you want to add a subject line to the message, touch

the Menu button  Add subject.

5 Tou c h th e Type to compose text field to start composing your

message.

6 Tou c h th e Send button to send the text message.

7 To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging,

you can continue to compose and send messages to the same recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.

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To compose and send a multimedia message

1 In the To field, type the recipient’s mobile phone number, e-mail

address, or contact name. Matching contacts with their mobile numbers or e-mail addresses appear below the To field. Touch a matched contact, or continue typing the desired phone number or e-mail address.

2 Touc h t he Type to compose text field to start composing your

message.

3 While editing your message, you can touch the Menu button 

Attach to insert media items into the message. See the following

table for more information.

4 When you have completed editing the multimedia message,

touch the Send button to send the message.

You can attach any of the following items to a multimedia message:

Picture Open the Gallery application and touch a picture

file to attach it to your message.

Capture picture Open the Camera application to capture a

picture, and then attach it to your message. For more information about the Camera application, see "Camera" on page 118.

Video Open the Gallery application and touch a video

clip to attach it to your message.

Capture video Open the Camcorder application to capture a

video clip, and then attach it to your message. For more information about the Camcorder application, see "Camera" on page 118.

Audio Open the Select music track menu. Touch a

desired audio file, and then touch OK to attach the file to your message.

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Ringtone Open the Select audio menu. Touch a desired

preloaded ringtone, and then touch OK to attach it to your message.

You can also manually copy new ringtones to the SD card and attach a ringtone to your MMS. To do so, follow the steps below:

1 Create a folder named Ringtones in the SD

card.

2 Open the Ringtones folder. 3 Copy the ringtone you want to attach to your

MMS into the Ringtones folder.

4 On the MMS composer screen, touch the

Menu button  Attach Ringtone.

5 Select the ringtone to attach it to your MMS.

Record audio • Open the Music application and select a music

file from the list.

• Open the Sound Recorder application to

record an audio clip: –Touch –Touch

to start recording. to stop recording.

–Touch to listen to the recording. –Touch Use this recording to attach the

recording to your message.

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Slideshow Open the Edit slideshow screen to create a slide

show and attach it to your message.

1 To uc h Add slide to create new slides.

2 Touch a created slide such as Slide 1 to open

the slideshow editor screen.

3 To uc h Add picture, and then select the picture

you want to add to the slide.

4 You can touch the text field at the bottom of

the screen to compose a caption for the displayed slide.

5 Touch the Menu button to preview the slide,

remove the picture, add a music to the current slide, add a new slide, or change the slide duration or the text and picture layout.

6 When editing multiple slides, touch to edit

the next slide; touch to return to the

previous slide.

NOTE: You can create a slideshow of up to

ten slides.

7 To replace a picture, on the slideshow editor

screen, touch the Replace picture button and select a new picture to replace. To remove the current slide, touch the Remove Slide button. To preview the slideshow, touch the Preview button.

8 When complete, touch the Done button to

attach the slideshow to your message.

9 On the message composer screen, touch the

slideshow attachment icon to play back

the slide show; touch Edit to modify the slideshow.

10 To remove the slideshow attachment from

your message, touch Edit Menu button

 Discard slideshow.

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Receiving text and multimedia messages

Depending on your notification settings, the device rings, vibrates, or displays a message briefly in the status bar as a new text or multimedia message is received.

A new message icon

appears and stays in the notifications area of

the status bar to remind you of a new message.

NOTE: To alter the notification settings for new messages, in the

Messaging application, touch the Menu button  Settings Notification settings. You can then decide whether to display a text notification in the status bar when a new message arrives, select a ringtone that rings on the arrival of a new message, or let the device vibrate to notify a new message.

Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from the same contact or a number are grouped into message threads similar to text conversations of an online chat. You can see all of the messages exchanged between you and the contact. Message threads are listed according to when they are sent or received, with the latest message at the top.

To read a text message

• Touch and drag down the status bar where the new message icon

is displayed. A list of notifications is displayed. Touch a new

message notification to open and read the message.

•Touch Messaging to open the message list, and

then touch a text message or message thread to open and read it.

If the message includes a:

• Website link — touch the link to open the Browser application

and visit the website.

• E-mail address — touch the e-mail address to open the

Email/Gmail application and compose an e-mail to send to the address.

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To forward the mess a g e

1 Touch and hold the message. The Message options menu pops

up.

2 Select Forward to forward the message.

To view a multimedia message

1 Touch and drag down the status bar where the new message icon

is displayed. A list of notifications opens. Touch a new

message notification to open the message. Or

Touc h Messaging to open the message list, and

then touch a multimedia message or message thread to open the message.

2 Touch the thumbnail of the attached picture to display the

picture; touch the Play button to play the attached video.

NOTE: Touch the Download button, to manually download the media

file in the message.

NOTE: To save the attached media item to your SD card, touch and hold

the message until the Message options menu opens. Touch Copy attached to SD card.

To reply to a text or multimedia message

1 Touch a message or message thread to open it.

2 Type your reply message into the Type to compose text field.

3 Touc h Send to send your message to the sender.

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To delete a message or a message thread

1 In the Messaging list, touch and hold the message thread that you

want to delete.

2 To delete the entire thread, touch Delete thread and then touch

Delete to confirm deletion.

To delete a message within a thread, touch and hold the message to delete, and then touch Delete message on the Message options menu. Touch Delete to confirm deletion.

NOTE: To delete all messages in the Messaging list, touch the Menu

button  Delete threads.

To edit message settings

In the Message application, touch the Menu button  Settings. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the text or multimedia message settings.

Pop-up Menu

Touch the available options for the current application, or actions that you can perform on the current screen.

To select an option or item on the pop-up menu

1 Touch the Menu button to open the pop-up menu.

2 Touch the desired item on the pop-up menu.

3 Touch the Menu button again to close the pop-up menu.

Menu button

to open or close the pop-up menu that lists

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Android Keyboard

You can type text using the Android on-screen keyboard. The keyboard automatically rotates to either the portrait or landscape mode based on the device orientation.

To open the Android keyboard

Touch a text box, or touch and hold the Menu button .

To close the keyboard

Touch the Back button or touch and hold the Menu button .

Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail

1 • Touch to type letters into the text box where the cursor appears.

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• Touch and hold to type accented letters for applicable languages.

2 • Based on the letters being typed, the keyboard shows suggested

words along the top of the keyboard with the most probable word highlighted in color.

• You can touch a suggested word to enter it into the text box.

3 • Touch once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing a capital

letter.

• Touch twice to enable the Caps Lock mode.

• Touch to change back to the lowercase keyboard.

4 • Touch to show the keyboard for typing numbers, punctuation marks,

and symbols other than the period.

• Touch to switch back to the alphabet keyboard.

• Touch and hold to select the following option:

–Android keyboard settings: Configure the keyboard settings.

5 Touch to use voice input. Say the words you want to enter in the

microphone. The device enters the words that it can recognize from your voice.

6 Touch to enter a line feed.

7 • Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.

• Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text.

• Touch to see more suggested words.

To configure the keyboard settings

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Language & keyboard Android keyboard. Or from the Android

keyboard, touch and hold to open the Android keyboard context menu Android keyboard settings.

2 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check

box ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the

check box .

Available keyboard settings

Vibrate on keypress The device vibrates when you touch a key.

Sound on keypress The device beeps when you touch a key.

NOTE: To activate this item, you also need to

select Settings

 Sound Audible selection.

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Auto-capitalization The first letter of the word in a new sentence is

capitalized.

Voice input Turn on the microphone to enable voice input for

the main keyboard or symbols keyboard.

Word suggestion settings

Quick fixes Mark and correct wrong spellings and typos.

Show suggestions Show suggested words as you type.

Auto-complete Touching the space bar or a punctuation key

automatically inserts a highlighted word suggestion.

Create your personal dictionary

The keyboard displays suggested words as you type using the default dictionary. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not found in the main dictionary. Word suggestions also appear from your personal dictionary, if you have created it.

To add a word to the dictionary

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Language & keyboard User dictionary.

2 Touch the Menu button  Add.

3 Type a desired word into the Add to dictionary text box.

4 Touc h OK.

To edit a word in the dictionary

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Language & keyboard User dictionary.

2 Touch a desired word.

3 Touc h Edit.

4 Edit the spelling of the word in the Edit word text box.

5 Touc h OK.

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To delete a word from the dictionary

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Language & keyboard User dictionary.

2 Touch the word to delete.

3 Tou ch Delete.

Google Search

You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and information on Google, applications installed on your device or available from Android Market, and contacts stored in your Contacts list.

To searc h b y ty ping

1 From the Google Search widget you created on the Home screen,

touch to select the type of your search: All, Web, Apps or Contacts.

2 Touch the Google Quick Search Box. The on-screen keyboard

opens.

3 Type a keyword or text into the box using the keyboard. As you

type, the search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box.

4 Scroll the listed search results and touch the desired result. If you

only want to view matching web links on Google, either touch the

key on the keyboard or the search icon on the

search box.

5 The matching application or the browser with matching web links

opens.

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6 Touch the desired link if you want to view a web page.

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To search by voice

1 Touch that appears beside the search box.

2 Say the name or keyword of the item you want to search.

3 The browser with matching web links opens.

NOTE: You can also access the Voice Search function by touching the

Launcher button  Voice Search .

Power Control Widget

NOTE: To use the Power Control widget, you need to add it on the

Home screen of your device. For information on adding widgets to the Home screen, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 24.

NOTE: To conserve battery charge, you may choose to disable one or

more of these modes when not in use.

1 Indicates if the appropriate mode is enabled or disabled.

2 Touch to enable or disable Wi-Fi connection.

Touch to enable or disable Bluetooth

4 Touch to enable or disable the Use GPS satellites mode, which allows

you to pinpoint locations down to the street-level. This mode requires a clear view of the sky and consumes more battery power.

5 Touch to enable or disable the Auto-sync mode, which lets your device

automatically sync your Gmail, Twitter, Facebook, Outlook data, or the data from other accounts you set up on the device.

6 Touch repeatedly to adjust the brightness of your display backlight.

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Managing Your Device Settings

To check storage spaces

Touch the Home button

Device storage

The screen displays the total and available space on

 Menu button 

Settings

SD card &

the device and on the SD card.

To erase unwanted application data to free storage space

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button 

Settings



Applications Manage applications.

2 From the Manage applications list, touch the application whose

cache or data you want to remove.

3 In the Application info screen, touch Clear data under Storage to

erase unwanted application data; touch Clear cache under Cache to erase unwanted cache.

To format the SD card

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings SD

card & Device storage.

2 Tou ch Unmount External SD card to enable the Format SD card

option.

CAUTION: Formatting a SD card erases all data and downloaded

applications stored on it. Ensure that you back up the data that you require before formatting your SD card.

3 Tou ch Format External SD card Format SD card button.

To remove the SD card safely

CAUTION: Removing the SD card while the device is working may

cause data loss or result in application errors.

CAUTION: It is strongly recommended that you unmount the SD card

before removing it.

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1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings SD

card & Device storage.

2 Touc h Unmount External SD card.

3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button and then

touch the Power off option to turn off the device.

4 Pull out the slot door and then remove the SD card from your

device as illustrated.

To erase all data from your device

CAUTION: The following steps will erase all the data including your

Google account and downloaded applications from your device. Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed.

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Privacy Factory data reset.

2 Touc h Reset tablet.

NOTE: You must draw your screen unlock pattern if it is enabled.

3 Touc h Erase everything after you read the warning.

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To force power off your device

Force-power-off button

1 Pull out the slot door.

2 Push the force-power-off button using a paper clip or other

similar pointed objects.

3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button to turn on

your device.

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Internet

Connecting to the Internet

To browse the web and access web-based utilities such as instant messaging, one of the following data networking connections must be available:

•GPRS

• EDGE

•3G

•4G

•HSPA

•Wi-Fi

GPRS/EDGE/3G/4G/HSPA

To connect to the Internet using GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA

Your device is configured with the GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA network available with the service provider of the SIM card installed in your device. However, this is only limited to text messaging. If a Wi-Fi connection is currently available, the device automatically uses the WiFi connection to access the Internet. The Internet connection through GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA becomes temporarily inactive, until the Wi-Fi connection ends.

If you want to connect to the Internet using a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA data network:

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks, then touch Wi-Fi to disable it.

2 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks Mobile networks, then touch Data enabled to enable it.

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NOTE: Depending on whether a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA network

is currently in use, a corresponding data network icon appears on the status bar after a data connection is established. For information about the data network icons, see "Status Bar" on page 29.

You can set the device to search for available networks if you are outside your home network or want to register to a different network.

To manually select a new network

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks Mobile networks Network operators Search networks. The list of networks currently available is

displayed.

2 Touch to select a network from the network list.

To automatically select a new network

Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings Wireless & networks Mobile networks Network operators Select

automatically.

Wi-Fi

You can connect your device to the Internet using Wi-Fi.

To connect to a Wi-Fi network, you need access to a wireless point or “hotspot” within a distance of up to 300 feet (100 meters).

NOTE: The range and quality of the Wi-Fi signal is affected by the

number of connected devices, infrastructure, and objects through which the signal is transmitted.

To turn on Wi-Fi and connect to a network

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks Wi-Fi to select the Wi-Fi check box. The

device scans for available wireless networks.

2 Tou ch Wi-Fi settings. The network names and security settings

(Open network or Secured with WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS) of discovered Wi-Fi networks display in the Wi-Fi networks list.

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3 Flick the list and touch to select a Wi-Fi network you want to

connect to.

4 Enter a password (if necessary), then touch Connect to connect

to the Wi-Fi network.

NOTE: To connect to a network protected by Wired Equivalent Privacy

(WEP), Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), WPA2, or Wireless Protected Setup (WPS), you must enter the WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS security key to obtain authorized access to the network. The next time your device connects to a previously accessed secured wireless network, you will not be asked to enter the WEP/WPA/WPA2/WPS key again, unless you reset your device to its factory default settings.

NOTE: Your device has the ability to maintain a constant Internet

connection through Wi-Fi or data networks (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA). However, Wi-Fi connection has priority over mobile network connection if both are available.

To check the current Wi-Fi network connection

From the status bar:

When your device is connected to a wireless network, the Wi-Fi icon

in the status bar indicates the signal strength (number of bands

that light up). If Wireless & networks Wi-Fi settings Network

notification is enabled, the icon appears in the status bar as the device discovers an accessible Wi-Fi network within range.

From the Wi-Fi network:

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks Wi-Fi settings.

2 Touch the Wi-Fi network that the device is currently connected to

(labeled Connected). A window opens displaying the Wi-Fi network’s name, status, security info, signal strength, link speed, and IP address.

NOTE: If you want to disconnect the Wi-Fi network from your device,

touch Forget on this window. You will need to configure the Wi-Fi settings again if you want to restore connection to this wireless network.

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To connect to another Wi-Fi network

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Wireless & networks Wi-Fi settings. The detected Wi-Fi

networks are displayed in the Wi-Fi networks list.

NOTE: To start a new search for available Wi-Fi networks, on the Wi-Fi

settings screen, touch the Menu button

 Scan.

2 Flick through the Wi-Fi networks list and touch the name of the

network you want to connect to.

NOTE: If the wireless network you want to connect to is not in the list of

detected networks, flick to the bottom of the list to touch Add Wi-Fi

network. Enter the Wi-Fi network settings, and then touch Save.

Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode

Selecting the Airplane mode disables all mobile and Wi-Fi connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane.

Touc h th e

networks

Home button  Menu button 

Settings

Wireless &

 Airplane mode to enable or disable the Airplane mode.

Browsing the Internet

To open the browser

Touch the Browser button or touch the Launcher button 

Browser .

To use the browser controls bar

1 Touch the web page address field and type the address of the web page

you want to go to.

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2 Touch to view bookmarks, most visited web pages, and browsing

history.

To go to a web page

1 On the browser screen, touch the web page address field on the

screen.

2 Type the web page address using the on-screen keyboard. As you

type the address, matching web page addresses appear.

3 Touch an address displayed on the screen to go directly to that

web page, or complete typing the web page address and then

touch either the key on the keyboard or on the browser controls bar.

To set up your home page

To manually enter a home page:

1 Touch the Menu button  MoreSettings Set home page.

2 Enter the address of the website you want to use as your home

page and then touch OK.

To set the current page as the home page:

1 Go to the web page that you want to set as the home page.

2 Touch the Menu button  More Settings Set home page.

3 Touc h Use current page OK.

To select a home page from bookmarks:

1 Touc h f r o m th e brow s er c o ntro l bar to call up the lists of

bookmarks, most visited sites, and browsing history.

2 Touch and hold a desired bookmark to call up the commands

menu Set as homepage.

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Viewing Web Pages

To navig a t e on a web pa g e

Flick your finger horizontally or vertically on the screen to scroll and view desired areas of a web page.

To zoom in on a web page

Pinch-out a desired area of a web page by moving two fingers apart on the screen.

To zoom out on a web page

Pinch-in a desired area of a web page by bringing two fingers closer together on the screen.

NOTE: You can also double-tap the desired area of a web page to

switch between the zoom-in and zoom-out views of the area.

To view the next or previous page

Touch the back button to view the previous page; touch Menu button  MoreForward to view the next page.

To open a new window

Touch the Menu button  New window. A new browser window opens and displays the home page.

To switch between browser windows

You can open multiple browser windows to easily switch from one web page to another.

1 On a browser window, touch the Menu button  Windows.

2 Touch the web address of a desired web page. The window opens

displaying the page in full screen.

3 To close a browser window, touch on the browser window.

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To find text within a web page

1 When viewing a web page, touch the Menu button  More

Find on page.

2 Type the search item in the search bar.

3 Touch or to go to the previous or next matching item.

NOTE: To uc h to close the search bar.

To copy text on a web page

You can copy and paste text from a web page to your e-mail or text messages.

1 Go to the web page from where you want copy the text.

2 Locate the text you want to copy and then touch the Menu

button  MoreSelect text.

3 Position your finger at the start of the text you want to copy and

then drag to the end of the text you want to copy. The copied text is highlighted in pink.

4 Release your finger from the screen.

5 To paste text on an e-mail or text message, touch and hold the

text field on a message or e-mail screen and then touch Paste on the context menu.

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Using Web Links, History, and Downloads

To select a link on a web page

Move to a link you want on a web page. The link is framed by an orange box when you touch it.

Link type Functionality

Web page address • Touch the link to open the web page.

• Touch and hold the link to open a context menu that allows you to open, bookmark, and save the link, copy the link of the web page to the clipboard, or share the link through Bluetooth, e-mail, Facebook, text messaging, or Twitter.

E-mail address • Touch to send an e-mail to the e-mail address.

• Touch and hold till a context menu appears. –Touch Send email to send an e-mail to the

e-mail address.

–Touch Copy to copy the e-mail address to

the clipboard. You can paste the e-mail address later to a new contact or while composing a new e-mail.

To check the history of visited web pages

1 On the browser screen, touch , or touch the Menu button

 Bookmarks.

2 Tou c h th e History tab.

3 Touch the day when your desired web page was last visited.

4 Touch a web address to open the web page.

NOTE: To check your most visited web pages, touch the Most visited

tab.

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To allow download of web applications

CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from

unknown sources. To protect your device and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market.

To download web applications, enable your device’s downloading feature.

1 Touch the Home button  Menu button  Settings

Applications.

2 Touc h Unknown sources to select the check box.

3 When the Attention dialog box opens, touch OK.

To install an application

1 On the browser screen, touch the application you want to

download.

2 The application details screen opens. Read details about the

application, such as its cost, overall rating, comments by users, the developer contact info, and more.

3 To install the application, select either Install if the item is free or

Buy if it requires purchase.

To check downloads

On the browser screen, touch the Menu button  More Downloads.

Manage Bookmarks

You can store as many bookmarks as you want on your device.

To bookmark a web page

1 On the browser screen, go to the web page you want to

bookmark.

2 Touch or touch the Menu button  Bookmarks. The

Bookmarks window opens.

3 On the Bookmarks tab, touch the Add thumbnail .

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4 Type the bookmark name or edit the web address as needed.

5 Tou ch OK to save the web page as a bookmark.

To open a bookmark

1 On the browser screen, touch or touch the Menu button 

Bookmarks. The Bookmarks window opens.

2 On the Bookmarks window, you can either:

• Touch the bookmark you want to open in the same browser window.

• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to open, then on the context menu touch Open to open the bookmark in the same browser window, or touch Open in new window to open the bookmark in a new window.

To manage your bookmarks

1 On the browser window, touch or touch the Menu button

 Bookmarks.

2 On the Bookmarks window, touch and hold a desired bookmark

to open the context menu that provides the following options:

Open Open the bookmarked website in the same browser

window.

Open in new window Open the bookmarked website in a new window.

Edit bookmark Touch to open the Edit bookmark window. Enter the

bookmark’s name and address and touch OK.

Add shortcut to Home Touch to create the bookmark’s shortcut on the

current Home screen. You can touch the shortcut on the Home screen to start the browser and go directly to the bookmarked page.

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Share link Touch to share the bookmark’s address through

Bluetooth, e-mail, Facebook, Gmail, text messaging, or Twitter.

• Bluetooth: Turn on Bluetooth. If your device is not listed under Bluetooth devices, touch Scan for devices. Touch the device you want to share the link with.

• Gmail, Email: Touch to open the composing window with the bookmark’s address automatically pasted on the text field. Send the bookmark’s address to others with an e-mail.

• Messaging: Touch to open the message composer with the bookmark’s address automatically pasted on the text field. Send the bookmark’s address to others with a text message.

• Facebook, Twitt er: Touch to open the message composing window with the bookmark address pasted. Post the bookmark onto Facebook or Twitter where your online friends can see it.

Copy link URL Copy the web address of the bookmarked website to

the clipboard.

Delete bookmark Touch to delete the selected bookmark.

Set as homepage Set the bookmarked website as your browser

homepage.

To configure browser settings

On the browser screen, touch to adjust the browser settings.

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the Menu button

More Settings

E-mail

You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange e-mail accounts from webbased e-mail services on your device.

To open the e-mail application

Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button 

To set up a n e - mail acc o u n t

1 On the Set up email screen, type the e-mail address and

password of the e-mail account you want to add and then touch Next.

NOTE: If the e-mail account you want to set up is not in the device's e-

mail database, you will be asked to manually enter the e-mail account settings, including the e-mail server, protocol, and so on after touching

Next.

NOTE: Tou ch Manual setup rather than Next to directly enter incoming

and outgoing settings for the account being set up.

2 Enter the name for the account and the name you want displayed

in outgoing e-mails and then touch Done.

After creating an e-mail account, touch the Menu button  Add account if you need to create another e-mail account.

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To view your e-mails

Carrier

1 The Combined Inbox contains all e-mails received in all your accounts.

2 E-mail not sent and saved as drafts are stored in the Drafts folder.

3 Select an account to view e-mails received in the inbox of the account.

4 The number of new e-mails received in this account.

5 The check symbol indicates that this account is the default account for

sending e-mail.

6 Touch to view e-mails in the other folders of this account.

To select an account as default for sending e-mail

1 Touch an account Menu button  Account settings, or

2 Touc h Default account to select the check box.

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touch and hold the account, then touch Account settings from the context menu.

To compose and send e-mail

1 Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button

 Email .

2 Select an email account to use if you have set up more than one

account on your device.

NOTE: If you do not select an account, the account marked as default

by a check symbol will be the one used for sending e-mail.

3 In an e-mail account inbox, touch the Menu button 

Compose.

4 Type the recipient’s e-mail address in the To field. As you type

information, matching contacts appear on the screen. Touch the recipient to automatically add the e-mail address, or continue typing the e-mail address manually. If you are sending the e-mail to multiple recipients, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. You can add as many recipients as you need.

5 Type the subject.

6 Compose your message.

7 Touch the Menu button  Send.

NOTE: If you want to save the message as a draft and modify it later,

touch or touch Save as draft.

To dele t e a n e-mai l

1 On the e-mail account inbox, touch and hold the e-mail you want

to delete.

2 On the context menu, touch Delete.

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To delete or edit an e-mail account on your device

1 Touch the Email button , or touch the Launcher button

 Email .

2 Touch the Menu button  Accounts.

• To delete an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you

want to remove under the Accounts bar and then touch Remove account on the context menu. When asked to confirm deletion, touch OK.

• To edit an e-mail account, touch an account Menu button 

Account settings, or touch and hold the account and then touch Account settings on the context menu.

Web Applications

NOTE: To use the following applications, you require an active Wi-Fi or

mobile data network connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA). For more information about configuring your device for Internet connectivity, see "Connecting to the Internet" on page 54.

NOTE: Not all applications are available in all versions of this product.

Facebook

Touch the Launcher button 

Facebook is a social networking website where you can post your personal profile and pictures, find and contact your friends, classmates or work associates, and exchange messages with them.

To log in to Facebook

1 Type your e-mail address and password with which you registered

your Facebook account.

2 T

ouch the

If you do not have a Facebook account, touch the Sign up button and follow the instructions on the screen to create an account.

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To use Facebook on your device

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Once logged in, you can touch the Back button to go to your Facebook main page.

1 Tou ch Events to view the events associated with your friends, such as

their birthdays.

2 To uc h Messages to view messages sent between you and your friends.

Touch the desired message to read it.

• To delete a message, touch the check box next to the message and

then touch the Delete button.

• To reply to the message, type your reply into the text box at the

bottom and then touch the Send button.

• To compose a new message, touch the button, or touch the

Menu button

 Compose.

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3 To uc h News Feed to view the messages and pictures you and your

friends have posted. From here you can also:

• Type the message you want your friends to know into the What’s on your mind? text box and then touch the Share button to post the message on the Wall of your Facebook Profile page.

• Touch to capture a picture and then touch the Upload button to

post it to your Facebook account for your friends to see.

4 To uc h Profile to view your Facebook Profile page.

• Touch the Wall tab to view your Facebook wall, where you can see the messages and pictures you and your friends have posted.

• Touch the Info tab to view your account details.

• Touch the Photos tab to view the pictures you have posted.

5 Touch to compose and post your messages or pictures.

6 Touch to search for your friends on Facebook.

7 To u ch Friends, type the name of a friend you are looking for on

Facebook, and touch the name of the friend you found to:

• View the friend’s wall, info, and pictures on their profile page.

• Type a message into the Write something... text box on your friend's wall screen. Touch Share to post your message on their wall.

8 To uc h Places to share your location by “checking in” to a place and

letting friends know where you are.

NOTE: This feature is only available currently in the U.S.

9 To uc h Groups to view the groups you created and share posts with

small groups of friends.

10 To uc h Requests to view invitations or requests from your friends.

11 To uc h Photos to view the pictures you posted.

12 Touch the reel to view your friends' pictures and videos easily.

13 Touch or drag Notifications to view notifications of your friends’ wall

postings.

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The Facebook widget

From the Facebook widget you created on the Home screen, you can view your friends’ wall postings.

1 Touch to view a Facebook friend's wall postings.

2 To respond to this friend’s postings, touch the text box then type the

message you want to post on this friend’s wall.

3 To uc h Share to post your message on this friend’s wall.

4 Touch the arrow buttons to scroll and view other friends’ postings.

NOTE: For more information on using Facebook, visit

facebook.com/help.

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Twitter

Touch the Launcher button 

Twitter

Twitter is a social networking service application that allows you to view short messages called Tweets posted by Twitter users. You can also post your own Tweets for others to read.

To sign in to Tw i t t e r

You must have a Twitter account to use Twitter. To set up a Twitter account, touch Sign up now and follow the instructions on the screen.

1 To sign in to Twitter, type your user name or e-mail address and

your password, and then touch Sign in.

2 Choose whether to sync the people you follow in your Twitter

account to your Contacts list, then touch the Done button.

NOTE: See "To use the Twitter widget" on page 23 as an alternative way

of using Twitter.

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To use Twitter on your device

1 Touch to compose and post your tweet. See "To create a tweet" on

page 75.

2 Touch to read the tweets from authors you choose to follow.

• Touch an author’s picture to view the profile of the author and the tweets from the author.

•Touch (Retweet) the tweet to your followers on Twitter, add the author to

on a tweet and choose to reply to the author, forward

your favorites list, or share the tweet through Facebook, e-mail, Messaging, or Twitter.

3 Tweets that contain “@username” in the body of the tweet are collected

in here as “Mentions”.

4 Touch to send private tweets, called direct messages, to people you

follow. From the Direct messages screen, touch to compose and

send your message. Touch and choose the person you want to send your message.

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5 View the most popular trending topics at the moment.

• Touch the Current, Daily, and Weekly tabs to view the lists of current,

daily, and weekly trending topics.

• Touch a trending topic to view the tweets related to that topic.

6 • Touch to search for tweets about a desired topic, or tweets sent by

authors around your location. –To search for tweets about a topic, type the topic or keyword into

the Search Tweets text box and then touch .

–To search for tweets around your location, touch or drag to

turn Location on and then touch to display available tweets around.

• Touch to find people who use Twitter.

–Touch . From the pop-up menu, touch . Type a name in the

Search people text box, and then touch .

7 Touch to view your profile and the tweets you posted. To post your

profile picture onto Twitter, touch the Menu button

 Change

profile photo, and then select a desired picture from Gallery.

8 Touch to read the tweets forwarded by you or by the people you follow.

9 Organize users you follow into listed groups. To create a list:

1 Touch or the Menu button  Create list.

2 Give the list a name and description. 3 Choose to make the list public (everyone can see it) or private (only

you can see it).

4 Touch the Create list button to create the list.

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To create a tweet

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1 Type your tweet message here.

2 Touch the Update button to post your tweet.

3 Touch the Cancel button to quit composing your tweet.

4 Touch to view the people you follow, then select who you want to talk

to in your tweet. Their names will appear in your tweet as “@name”.

5 Touch to launch the camera and capture a picture to post along with

your tweet.

6 Touch to open Gallery and select a picture to post along with your

tweet.

7 Shows the number of remaining characters allowed in your tweet.

NOTE: For more information on using Twitter, visit Twitter.com/Help.

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Gmail

Gmail is a web-based e-mail service provided by Google.

To open Gmail

Touch the Launcher button  Gmail .

To set up your Google account

You need to sign in to a Google account to use Google applications and services such as Gmail, Google Talk, and Android Market. Signing in to your Google account also synchronizes all e-mails and contacts on your Google account with your device.

NOTE: You will not be required to sign in with your Google account if

you have already signed in when previously using an application that requires signing in to your Google account.

1 On the Add a Google account screen, touch the Next button to

proceed.

2 Touc h t he Sign in button. Enter your Google user name and

password, and then touch the Sign in button.

NOTE: If you need to use another Google account with a different user

name and password on your device, touch the Menu button 

Accounts name and password and then touch the Sign in button.

NOTE: Signing in to your Google Account requires an Internet

connection. Ensure that your device has an active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 4G, or HSPA) before you sign in. For more information on setting up a data connection, see "Connecting to the Internet" on page 54.

 Add account Next Sign in. Enter your Google user

NOTE: Touch the Create button if you do not have a Google Account.

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Your Gmail inbox opens as the default Gmail view. All your received e-

mails are delivered to your inbox.

1 Folder (or Label) and number of unread e-mails.

2 Touch the check box to select the e-mail thread. To use this feature,

touch the Menu button

operations.

3 To uc h Archive to store the selected e-mail thread in the All Mail folder.

4 To uch Delete to delete the selected e-mail thread.

5 To uc h Labels to label the selected e-mail thread.

6 Starred e-mail. Touch the star to add or remove the star.

7 The number of e-mails grouped under the same subject.

 More Settings, then enableBatch

To refr e s h G m ail

Touch the Menu button  Refresh to send or receive e-mails and to synchronize your e-mails with your Gmail account on the Internet.

To view e-mails in different folders or with labels

To view e-mails stored in the folders other than the inbox, such as in the Sent or All Mail folders, or to view labeled or starred e-mails:

1 Touch the Menu button  Go to labels.

2 Touch the folder that stores the e-mails you want to view, or

touch the label with which the e-mails are marked.

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To read e-mails

• When you receive a new e-mail, the e-mail icon appears on the status bar to alert you of a new e-mail. Drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel and touch the new e-mail to view it.

• While in the inbox or in any other folder, scroll the e-mail threads on the screen, and then touch an e-mail thread to view the emails inside.

1 Touch to view previous e-mails with the same subject.

2 Touch to read the next or previous e-mail thread.

3 Touch to open or close the Reply all and Forward buttons.

4 To uc h Reply to reply to the contact.

To uc h Reply all to reply to all contacts in the mail loop.

To uc h Forward to forward the e-mail to another contact.

5 Touch to star an e-mail. To check the starred e-mails, in the Inbox,

touch the Menu button

 Go to labels Starred.

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To create and send an e-mail

1 Touch the Menu button  Compose.

2 Type the contact’s e-mail address in the To field. To send e-mail

to multiple contacts, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. To send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc),

touch the Menu button  Add Cc/Bcc.

3 Type the e-mail subject.

4 Compose your e-mail. To attach a picture, touch the Menu

button  Attach. Select the picture you want to attach from the Gallery application.

NOTE: Touch to remove an attachment.

5 Tou ch Send to send the e-mail.

Google Talk

Google Talk is an instant messaging program provided by Google.

To activate Google Talk

1 Touch the Launcher button  Talk .

2 Sign in to Google Talk with your Google account. If you do not

have a Google account, follow the instructions on the screen to create an account (see "To set up your Google account" on page 76).

3 The Google Talk window opens with your friends list.

To sign in automatically

You can sign in to your Google Talk account automatically whenever you turn on the device.

1 In the friends list, touch the Menu button  Settings.

2 Select Automatically sign in.

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To add a new friend to your friends list

NOTE: You can only add users who have a Google Account.

1 In the friends list, touch the Menu button  Add friend.

2 Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Gmail address of

the friend you want to add to your friends list.

NOTE: When you type the instant messaging ID of a friend who is

already a contact saved in Contacts with the same ID, this matching contact will display on the screen before you finish typing. You can touch the contact whose ID is then entered automatically.

3 Touc h Send invitation.

To view and accept an invitation

1 In the friends list, touch the Menu button  MoreInvites. All

chat invitations you have sent or received but have not been answered are listed on the pending invitations screen.

2 Touch a pending invitation.

3 Touc h Accept or Cancel.

When a friend accepts your chat invitation, the pending invitation disappears from the list.

To change your online status and message

1 Touch the online status icon next to your name.

2 Select the status you want from the Set Status menu.

3 To enter your status message, touch the text box and enter your

message.

4 To change your ID photo, touch the photo icon to open Gallery,

then select the photo to use.

5 Touc h Done.

To start a conversation

1 Touch to select a friend in the friends list.

2 Type your message in the text box.

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3 Tou c h th e Send button to send the message.

To add a friend to an active conversation

1 On the chat screen, touch the Menu button  Add to chat

2 Select the friend you want to invite to the current conversation.

To disable the chat log

On the chat screen, touch the Menu button  Chat off record. The subsequent chat conversations will not be recorded. To resume the chat log, touch Chat on record.

To switch between active conversations

1 While on a chat screen or in the friends list, touch the Menu

button  Switch chats.

2 In the panel that opens, touch the name of the friend you want to

chat with.

To close a conversation

• In your friends list, touch and hold the name of a friend with an

active chat. Touch End chat on the menu that pops up.

• On a chat screen, touch the Menu button  End chat.

To display all friends in your friends list

Only the friends that you chat with most frequently are listed as the most popular ones. If you want to display all your friends,

Menu button

To display a friend in the most popular list

 All friends.

touch the

1 In the friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the

options menu.

2 Tou ch Show friend.

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To always show a frien d in most popular list

You can let a friend always appear in your most popular friends list.

1 In the friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the

options menu.

2 Touc h Always show friend.

NOTE: To remove a friend from the most popular list, in the friends list,

touch and hold the friend you want to remove from the list, and then touch Auto show friend in the options menu.

NOTE: To keep a friend from appearing in the most popular list, touch

and hold the friend’s name, and then touch Hide friend in the menu.

To block a friend from sending you messages

1 In the friends list, find the friend to block.

2 Touch and hold the friend’s name, and then touch Block friend.

Your friend is removed from your friends list and is added to the blocked friends list.

NOTE: To unblock a friend, in the friends list, touch the Menu button

 More Blocked. In the blocked friends list, touch the name of the

friend to unblock, then touch OK.

To permanently remove a friend

1 In the friends list, find the friend to remove.

2 Touch and hold the friend’s name, and then touch Remove

friend.

To find out what device your friend uses to chat on Google talk

1 In the friends list, ensure that the Menu button  Settings

Mobile indicator is selected.

2 In the friends list, check the image that appears to the right of

your friend’s name. For example, if your friend is using an Android phone, the Android image will appear. If no image is displayed, it indicates that your friend has signed in to Google using a computer.

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To sign out from Google Talk

In the friends list, t

ouch the Menu button 

Sign out.

Maps

Google Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also use the search tool to locate addresses or places of interest on a map or in a street view.

NOTE: The Google Maps application does not completely cover every

location.

To enable location source

To search for desired places or find your current location using Google Maps, you need to enable My location sources:

1 Tou c h Ho me b u tt o n  Menu button Settings Location

& security.

2 Select Use wireless networks, Use GPS satellites, or both.

NOTE: Selecting Use GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint locations

down to the street-level. However, this mode requires a clear view of the sky and consumes battery power.

To open Google Maps

Touch the Launcher button  Maps .

To see your location on a map

On the Maps screen, touch . Your location is marked on the map with a blinking blue dot.

NOTE: Enabling GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint your current

location down to the street-level. However, this mode requires a clear view of the sky and consumes more battery power.

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To find a location on the map

1 On the Maps screen, touch the Menu button  Search.

2 To search by typing:

a Type the place you want to find in the search box. You can

enter an address, a city or country, or a type of business or organization such “restaurant” or “school”.

b Touch the search key on the keyboard or the search

icon on the search box.

To search by voice:

a Tou c h .

b Say your destination.

NOTE: As you enter information, previous searches or matching

locations appear below the search box. You can touch a place name or address to show the location on the map.

3 The search results are marked on the map by lettered balloons.

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1 Touch the place name to view the address, details, and reviews for the

place if the information is available (For more information, see "To view the details of a place" on page 85).

2 Touch to show the list of search results.

3 Touch to zoom in or out on the map.

4 The search result is marked by a lettered marker. Touch the marker to

display the name of the place.

To view the details of a place

1 Touch to display the map view.

2 Touch to obtain directions. (For more information, see "To get

directions" on page 88).

3 Touch to switch to street view for the location. (For more information,

see "To view a map in street view" on page 87).

4 Touch the photo thumbnail to open the browser and find more

information about the location on Google.

5 • Touch to view the address, details, and reviews for the place if the

information is available.

• Select the action you can do with the location. You can select Buzz

about this place to post your opinions about the place, or select Share this place to share the address and contact information about

the place using e-mail, Twitter, Facebook, Bluetooth, and more. Scroll down the list to find more actions you can do.

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To move around a map

1 Flick or drag the map in any direction on the screen to view

desired areas.

2 If you spot a place of interest while navigating the map, touch and

hold the place to display the address (a picture thumbnail is also displayed if the street view for the location is available).

To zoom in or out on a map

• Touch to zoom out and touch to zoom in.

• Move two fingers close together on the screen to zoom out; move two fingers further apart to zoom in.

To change map layers

Google Maps opens with the default map layer. You can apply different types of layers to view additional information or images on the map.

1 Touc h .

2 From the Layers menu, touch the desired layer to display it on the

map.

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Map layer

The map layer displays streets, highways, buildings, main establishments, mass transit stations, parks, rivers, lakes, mountains, boundaries, and so on.

Traffic layer

The traffic layer displays colored lines along the roads where real-time traffic data can be collected. Green lines indicate good traffic speeds, yellow lines indicate slower speeds, and brown lines indicate congested traffic.

indicates where construction work is taking place; indicates where the

road is blocked.

Satellite layer

The satellite layer displays the map in non-real-time satellite view.

Terrain layer

The terrain layer combines street maps with visual information about terrains.

Transit Lines layer

The transit lines layer displays mass-transit routes around the area.

NOTE: To uc h  More Layers to find more layers that you can apply

to the map. For information about the other layers, visit

maps.google.com.

NOTE: To remove all of the layers other than the map layer, touch 

Clear Map.

To view a map in street view

You can switch to street view for the location that you found on the map. The street view is composed of imagery captured from the streets.

1 Locate a place of interest on the map. For more information, see

"To find a location on the map" on page 84 and "To move around a map" on page 86.

2 On the map, touch the name or address of the place.

3 On the location details screen, touch .

4 To view the 360-degree panorama of the area around the place,

turn the view on the screen with your finger.

5 To move the view along the street, touch the arrows displayed on

the screen, or touch the Menu button 

Step forward or Step

backward.

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NOTE: While viewing a street view of a location, touch the Menu button

 Compass mode to enable the compass mode, which allows you to

view the area around the selected location by tilting or turning your device, rather than by moving the view on the screen with your finger.

To get directions

Use Google Maps to obtain directions to your destination.

1 When viewing a map:

touch the Menu button  Directions.

When a place is found:

a Touch the place’s name or address displayed on the map.

b On the location details screen, touch .

2 Enter the starting point in the first text box and your destination in

the second text box.

NOTE: By default, your current location is the starting point, and the

place you found on the map is your destination.

1 Starting point

2 Destination

3 Choose how you want to get to your destination: driving, public

transportation, or walking.

4 Touch to render directions.

5 Touch to set your current location, a contact address, or a place on the

map as the starting point or destination.

3 Touc h Go. The directions to your destination are listed.

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4 Tou ch Show on map, or touch a direction instruction on the list to

show the directions or routes on the map.

NOTE: To obtain driving directions using the Google GPS navigation

services, touch Navigate. For more information, see "Navigation" on page 94.

To clear a m a p

Tou ch

the Menu button

 Clear Map. All the search results,

directions and traffic indicators are deleted from the map.

Using Google Latitude

NOTE: To use Google Latitude, you will be required to sign in to a

Google account.

The Google Latitude location service allows you to share locations with your friends and family who have signed in to the service with their Google accounts. You can also send instant messages and emails, and get directions to your friends’ locations.

To let your friends view your location and accept their invitations, you need to enable Latitude.

1 While viewing a map in any mode, touch the Menu button 

Join Latitude.

2 Sign in to Google Latitude with your Google account. If you do

not have a Google account, follow the instructions on the screen to create an account (see "To set up your Google account" on page 76).

NOTE: If you have set up two or more Google accounts on your device,

and want to use Latitude with another account, touch the Menu button

 MoreSwitch Account.

3 Read the privacy policy. If you accept, touch Agree & Share.

To launch Latitude

While viewing a map, touch

the Menu button

 Latitude.

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To invite friends to share locations

1 On the Latitude screen, touch the Menu button  Add friends.

2 Choose the friends you want to share locations with:

• Select from Contacts: Select friends from your contacts.

Friends already using Latitude have an icon next to their names.

• Add via email address: Enter an e-mail address.

3 Touc h Add friends and then touch Yes.

4 Your friends already using Latitude receive an e-mail request and

a notification on Latitude requesting them to share locations. If they have not yet joined Latitude, they receive an e-mail that requests them to sign in to Latitude with their Google accounts.

To accept an invitation

When you receive a request to share your location with a friend on Latitude, touch the request and choose how you want to respond:

• Accept and share back: You can see your friend’s location, and your friend can see yours.

• Accept, but hide my location: You can see your friend’s location, but they cannot see yours.

• Don’t accept: Reject the sharing request. No location information is shared.

To show your friends

You can show your friends on the map or in the list view.

• Map view

When you open Google Maps, it displays the locations of your friends. Each friend is marked by a photo icon with an arrow that indicates their location. To see a friend’s profile and communicate with them, touch the photo, then touch their location callout right above their photo. To see other friends, touch either one of the arrow buttons next to the callout.

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To show a list of your friends, touch the Menu button  Latitude. To see a friend’s profile and communicate with them,

touch the friend’s name from the list.

To connect with your friends

Touch a friend’s name in map view or list view to open the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can send messages to your friend and configure privacy options.

1 Switch to street view of the friend’s location.

2 Get directions to the friend’s location.

3 See a friend’s location on the map.

4 Sharing options:

• Share best available location: Share street-level location with your

friend.

• Share only city level location: Share only the city or the approximate

area you are in, not the street-level location. Your friend can see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are in.

• Hide from this friend: Stop location sharing with this friend. Your

friend cannot see your photo icon on the map.

5 Remove this friend: Remove this friend from your list and end all location

sharing.

6 Touch the thumbnail to open the pop-up menu. Depending on available

settings, you may use Messaging and Gmail services to send a message to your friend.

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To control what to share and change your public profile

1 In Maps, touch the Menu button  Latitude.

2 Touch your name on the list of friends to open your public profile

window.

3 Set the following options to your preferences.

Change your photo Change the picture that your friends see on the

map or in their list of friends.

You can take a picture using the Camera application, or select a picture stored in Gallery.

Send location to others Send the address of your current location using

Twitter, Facebook, Bluetooth, text messaging, or e-mail.

Edit privacy settings Manage how your location is shared with your

friends:

• Turn off Latitude: Disable Latitude and end

location sharing.

• Detect your location: Latitude automatically

detects and updates your current location.

NOTE: To let Latitude report your location, you

must enable My location sources. For more information, see "To enable location source" on page 83.

• Set your location: Select a location from the

map, contact addresses or nearby places, or type an address.

• Hide your location. All of your friends will not

be able to see your location on their maps.

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Places

Touch the Launcher button  Places .

Places automatically detects your current location and offers guide to nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, hotels, attractions, ATMs, gas stations, and more.

1 Touch to select a category.

2 From the list of places, touch the desired place to view more

details. For more information on using the controls on this screen, see "To view the details of a place" on page 85.

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Navigation

NOTE: Google Maps Navigation is only available for use in the United

States at this time.

WARNING: It is your sole responsibility to use this application in a safe

and responsible manner. You must obey local traffic laws, posted road signs, and safety regulations. Do not operate the device while driving.

Touch the Launcher button  Navigation .

Google Maps Navigation is an Internet-connected GPS satellite navigation system with voice guidance. Navigation provides the following features:

Feature Description

Searching in plain language Type the name or address of the place, the

business, or the organization you want to find.

Searching by voice Name your destination using Google Search

by voice (English only).

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Feature Description

Traffic view Traffic view provides live traffic data and

displays up-to-date traffic conditions on the

screen. Press the Menu button

 Traffic to turn on Traffic view.

Layers

Searching along route Search for any kind of business along your

route. Press the Menu button access popular types of places.

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 Layers to

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Feature Description

Satellite View Satellite view allows you to view your route

overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google's high-resolution aerial imagery. Press the

Menu button  Layers Satellite to turn on Satellite view.

Street View Street view helps visualize turns with Street

View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination.

Car dock mode Place your device in a car dock to access

Navigation and Voice Search easily.

Navigation shortcut • Speak Destination: Say your destination

using Google voice search.

• Type Destination: Type your destination.

• Contacts: Select a destination from the

location of your contacts.

• Starred Places: Select a desalination from

the list of Starred Places.

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Feature Description

Walking navigation Get voice-guided navigation for walking

directions. Your device vibrates for turn notifications.

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News and Weather

Touch the Launcher button  News and Weather .

Weather

The Weather service automatically detects your current location and shows the local weather information.

1 • Current weather.

• Touch this area to view temperatures, wind speed, and humidity data within the next 24 hours.

2 Weather forecast for the next 6 days.

3 Touch the The Weather Channel icon to start the browser and visit The

Weather Channel website to find more weather information.

If your current location is temporarily unavailable, you need to set your location manually as follows.

1 Touch the Menu button  Settings Weather settings.

2 Clear the Use my location check box.

3 Touc h Set location.

4 Enter a city or postal code.

5 Touch . The weather location will be updated to the location

you manually set.

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News

Flick pages horizontally to view news topics, such as Top Stories, U.S., Sports, and Entertainment. Touch the news headline you are

interested in to view the full content.

To add/remove news topics

You can manage the news topics to be displayed on your device as follows.

1 Touch the Menu button  Settings News settings.

2 Tou ch Select news topics.

• Select the check boxes next to the news topics you want to

display on the device.

• Clear the check boxes next to the unwanted news topics.

To configure news and weather refresh settings

1 Touch the Menu button  Settings Refresh settings.

2 To refresh news and weather automatically, select the Auto-

refresh check box.

3 Tou ch Refresh interval to adjust the refresh interval. Faster refresh

intervals increase data usage and consume more battery power.

NOTE: To refresh news and weather manually, touch the Menu button

 Refresh.

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YouTube

YouTube is an Internet video streaming service that allows you to view videos uploaded by YouTube members.

NOTE: Browsing and watching videos does not require you to sign in to

a YouTube account. However, to use full YouTube features, such as commenting on videos, adding videos to your favorites, or uploading videos, you must create and sign in to a YouTube account.

To open Yo uTu b e

Touch the Launcher button  YouTube

To search for a video by typing

1 Touch the icon on the top right of the YouTube screen, or

touch the Menu button  Search to open the search bar.

2 Type the video name or keyword into the search box using the

on-screen keyboard. The search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box. You can:

a Scroll the search results and touch the desired result.

b Touch on the keyboard or the search icon on

the search box to search for results that match the entered text, and then touch a desired search result.

3 The videos that match the selected result are listed.

4 Touch the video to start playing the video.

NOTE: You can touch All time (or the current time filter setting) at the

top of the search results screen. From the Time filter pop-up menu, select a time frame you want to filter the search results. The videos that match the selected time frame will be listed.

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Dell Mobile Streak 7 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Insert the SIM card

Insert the SD card

Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 11

Charge the battery

Turning On Your Device

Turning Off Your Device

Turning Off the Screen

Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet

Out-Of-Box Wizard

Touch Screen

Screen Orientation

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

The Dell™ Stage Desktop

To navigate across the desktop

To navigate the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails

Dell™ Stage Widgets

Adding a Stage Widget

Deleting a Stage Widget

Using Stage Widgets

To use the HOME Stage Widget

To use the CONTACTS Stage Widget

To use the EMAIL Stage Widget

To use the GALLERY Stage Widget

To use the MUSIC Stage Widget

To use the SOCIAL Stage Widget

To use the Twitter widget

To use the WEB Stage Widget

Customizing Your Home screen

To add an item to a Home screen

To add an application shortcut from the main applications view

To move a Home screen item

To remove a Home screen item

To open a Home screen folder

To close a Home screen folder

To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder

To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder

To rename a Home screen folder

Status Bar

The status area may also display some of the following icons:

The notification area may also display some of the following icons:

Quick Buttons

Navigating the Applications

Application Drawer

To open the application drawer

To navigate pages of applications

To close the application drawer

Application Shortcuts

To open an application using the application shortcuts

Recent Applications

To open a recently used application

The Screen Lock Wallpaper

Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet

Managing Contacts

To add a new contact

To find a contact

To e-mail or send a message to a contact

To edit or share a contact

Contacts settings

Messaging

To compose and send a text message

To compose and send a multimedia message

Receiving text and multimedia messages

To read a text message

If the message includes a:

To forward the mess a g e

To view a multimedia message

To reply to a text or multimedia message

To delete a message or a message thread

To edit message settings

Pop-up Menu

To select an option or item on the pop-up menu

Android Keyboard

To open the Android keyboard