Dell Streak User Manual

Dell™ Streak

COMMENT

User's Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of

your device.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if

instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal

injury, or death.

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May 2010

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1) this device may not cause harmful interference and

2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation of the device.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the handset a minimum of 1.5 cm from the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.

1 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Dell™ Streak Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . 12

Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4 Understanding Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . 16

Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Screen Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts. . . . . . . . . . 19

Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Navigating the Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Contents 3

5 Using Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Pop-Up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Widgets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

6 Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Connecting to the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Browsing the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

TouchDown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

7 Customizing Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . 94

4 Contents

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

To change display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

To change sound and ringtone settings . . . . . . . . . 95

To manually set the date, time and time zone . . . . . . 96

To choose a language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

8 Protecting Your Dell™ Streak . . . . . . . . . 99

Protect Your Device Data With a 

Screen Unlock Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Protect Your SIM Card With the 

SIM Lock Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

9 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

MicroSD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Bluetooth®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Photos and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Voice Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Outlook Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

SIM Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Outlook Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Quickoffice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Contents 5

10 Synchronizing Your Dell™ Streak 

and Computer Using Dell PC Suite . . . . 126

Connect to a Computer and Install 

Dell PC Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using Dell PC Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

11 Playing Videos on HDMI Devices . . . . . 128

12 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

6 Contents

Package Contents

Check the contents of your package to verify that you have the following:

U.S.A

Streak device

Battery

Quick Start Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty Service Information

USB cable

Charger

US plug

Pouch

Headset with mic

Europe

Streak device

Battery

Quick Start Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty Service Information

USB cable

Charger

UK plug

EURO plug

Pouch

Headset with mic

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Dell™ Streak Features

1 2 3 4

11 10

13 12

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Headphone connector

Volu m e up/d o w n but t on

Landscape mode:  Volume up button / Volume down button 

Portrait mode:

Volume up button 

Volume down button

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Connects to headphones.

•While playing media such as music tracks or video clips:

– Press to increase or decrease the

– Press and hold to continuously

• Press either button to mute the ringer while receiving a call.

• In all other situations: – Press to increase or decrease the ringer

– Press and hold to continuously

media volume by one level.

increase or decrease the media volume.

volume by one level.

increase or decrease the ringer volume.

Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Power and Sleep/Wake button

• If the device is off, press and hold to power on the device.

• If the device is on, but the screen is off, press to turn on the screen.

• If both the device and the screen are on, – Press to turn the screen off. – Press and hold to select one of these

options:

Silent mode

vibrate and disables all sounds except for alarms.

Airplane Mode

wireless connections.

Power off

Camera button

• If the camera is not active, press and hold to start the camera.

• If the camera is active, press to capture a photo or record a video.

• When recording a video, press to stop.

Back button

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

Menu button

• Touch to open or close the pop-up menu displaying available options for the current application or actions that you can perform on the current screen.

•Touch and hold to bring up the onscreen keyboard for text input.

Home button

• Touch to return to the Home screen.

•Touch and hold: –For quick access to the recently

accessed applications.

– Add or delete additional Home

screens.

: The device does not

: Select to disable all

: Turn off the device.

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Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality

Microphone

30-pin connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer files

Use for voice calls

to a computer.

• Connects to a charger to charge the device.

• Connects to the Home Dock for audio and video output.

Proximity sensors

Turn off the screen as you bring the device close to your face to make or receive a call, in order to prevent unintentional touches.

Earpiece

Front-facing camera lens

Use to listen to phone conversations.

Use for taking a front view picture, e.g. self-portrait.

Ambient light sensor

Controls screen brightness according to the surrounding lighting conditions.

NOTE: To enable the ambient light sensor,

touch the Home button  Menu button

, and then select Settings Sound &

display Automatic Backlight.

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Parts/controls Functionality

Speaker

Audio output for video and music playback.

Back cover

Camera lens

Camera flash

Secures the battery in place.

Captures pictures and videos.

For using flash to take pictures.

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Setting Up Your Dell™ Streak

Getting Your Device Ready for Use

Remove the back cover

Slide the back cover downwards in the direction towards the end of the device.

NOTE: The device will shut down automatically if you remove the back cover while

the device is on.

NOTE: You cannot turn on the device if the back cover is removed.

Insert the SIM card

Insert the SIM card in the illustrated direction under the metal plate that covers the SIM card holder.

Lift the back cover off the device.

NOTE: If you have trouble inserting the card, ensure that you have aligned the

angled corner on the card with the corner of the card holder.

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Insert the battery

Align the metal contacts on the battery with the contacts on the battery holder and insert the battery.

Install the microSD card

Hold the microSD card with the metal contacts facing down.

Slide the microSD card into the microSD card holder.

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Close the back cover

Push the end of the back cover against the groove near the bottom of the device.

Charge the device

NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between 0°C and 45°C.

The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.

Plug the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector into the 30-pin connector on the device.

Plug the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger adaptor.

Plug the USB wall charger adaptor into a power outlet and charge the device till the battery is fully charged.

Place the cover onto the back of the device, and then push the cover towards the top of the device to secure the cover in place.

NOTE: The device is fully charged within

four hours from a power outlet.

NOTE: To charge your device using a

computer, connect the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector to the device, and the cable's USB connector to a USB port on the computer.

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Turning On Your Device

NOTE: Use this device in an environmental temperature between -10°C and 55°C.

Press and hold the Power button to turn on your device. The operating system starts up.

Touch the Menu button to unlock the screen if it is automatically locked.

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

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

button to confirm your input.

Turning Off Your Device

Press and hold the Power button .

Touch the

Power off

option on the screen.

Turning Off the Screen

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

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

turn on the screen.

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Understanding Your Dell™ Streak

NOTE: To view the on-screen tutorial for basic controls of your device, on the

Home screen touch the proceed.

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:

Touch

Tap gently on the screen with your fingertip.

icon, and follow the instructions on the screen to

• 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 or numeric keypad.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touch and hold

Touch and hold your finger on the screen.

• Move an item on the Home Screen.

• Add Home screens. Touch and hold the

Home button to add a Home screen.

• Open or close the on-screen keyboard.

Touch and hold the Menu button to open or close the on-screen keyboard.

Drag

Touch and hold your finger on an item on the screen.

Keeping your finger in contact with the

Move items such as images and icons on the screen.

screen, move your fingertip to the desired location.

Take your finger off the screen to 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.

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 depending on how you hold the device.

NOTE: The Home screen is always displayed in landscape and does not

automatically orient to portrait. Applications downloaded from Android Market may not support automatic screen orientation to portrait or landscape.

NOTE: To modify the default behavior, open the orientation settings by touching the

Home button  Menu button  Settings Sound & display Orientation.

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 ones 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.

Shortcut - A link that you can put on your Home Screen to provide quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks.

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Home Screen

The Home screen displays widgets, folders, and shortcuts that provide easy access to your favorite or frequently-used applications. You can also display your favorite pictures as your Home screen wallpapers.

NOTE: Touch the Home screen button to return to the current home screen.

Multiple Home Screens

Your device supports additional Home screens to give you more space to display widgets, shortcuts, or folders.

NOTE: The dots in the carrier name area of the

status bar indicate the total number of the Home screens. The colored dot indicates which Home screen is being viewed.

To navigate across the Home screens

Flick the Home screens horizontally until the desired one is displayed.

To add a Home screen

Touch in the carrier name area or touch and

hold the Home button to view the thumbnail of the available Home screens.

Touch the + icon to add a selected Home screen.

NOTE: Your device supports a maximum of six Home screens.

To delete a Home screen

Touch in the carrier name area or touch and

hold the Home button to view the thumbnail of the available Home screens.

Touch the icon on the top right corner of the Home screen that you desire to delete. The

Touch the

NOTE: You cannot delete your last remaining Home screen.

Yes

Delete Room

message box appears.

button to confirm deletion.

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Customizing Your Home Screen

To add an item to a Home screen

Touch the Home button .

To access the

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

screen

Add to Home screen

menu appears.

menu, either:

Add to Home

• Touch the Menu button and then touch the

to Home screen

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

menu appears.

Add

option. The

Add

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Items Steps

Shortcuts

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

•

Applications

Scroll through the application menu to locate the desired application.

Touch the desired application to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Bookmark

Flick through the locate the desired bookmark.

Touch the desired bookmark to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Contact

Flick through the Contacts entries to locate the desired contact.

Touch the desired contact entry to create the shortcut on the current Home screen.

•

Direct Dial:

Touch the desired phone number to create the shortcut on the Home screen. You can touch the shortcut to dial the number directly.

•

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.

Bookmarks

list to

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Items Steps

Shortcuts

•

Directions

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

Enter your destination in the text box.

Choose how you want to get to your destination by touching the driving, public transportation, or walking icon (from left to right).

Enter a name for the shortcut.

Touch the shortcut icon that you want to use for the shortcut.

NOTE: For more information on getting

directions using Google Maps, see To get directions.

•

Gmail label

Gmail label shortcut so that you can access your e-mails with that label from the Home screen.

•

Settings

Scroll through the settings to locate the desired one.

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

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

Flick through the available applications or services to locate the desired one.

Touch the desired widget to add it on the Home screen

: Create a shortcut that you

: Touch to create a desired

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Items Steps

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.

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

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

Wallpapers

Change the wallpaper of your Home screen.

NOTE: You can also touch the Home button

 the Menu button Wallpaper to

change your Home screen wallpaper.

•

Photos

device as a wallpaper.

Flick the picture thumbnails horizontally to locate the desired picture.

Touch the picture to display it.

To cut a portion of the picture as the wallpaper, move the crop frame and drag the angles to locate the desired part.

Touch the check button to set the wallpaper.

•

Wallpaper gallery

wallpaper.

Flick the wallpaper thumbnails horizontally along the bottom of the screen to locate the desired one.

Touch the wallpaper’s thumbnail.

Touch the

: Select a picture stored on the

: Select a preinstalled

Set wallpaper

button.

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To add an application shortcut to the Home screen from either the main application view or the Favorites bar:

Touch the Application button on top of the screen to open the Favorites bar.

If the main applications menu is not displayed, touch the end of the Favorites bar to open the main applications menu.

On the main applications view or the Favorites bar, drag a desired application onto the current Home screen, then the application’s icon appears on the Home screen.

To move a Home screen item

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

icon on the right

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

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

With your finger remaining in contact with the item on the screen, drag the item to another location on the screen.

Release the item in the desired location.

To remove a Home screen item

Touch and hold an item such as a widget, shortcut, or folder that you want to remove, until it magnifies and becomes movable.

Touch the Menu button and then touch

Remove from Home

To open a Home screen folder

Touch the folder to open a black panel displaying the contents of the folder.

Touch the desired application shortcut to run the application.

To close a Home screen folder

Touch the folder again to close the black panel.

To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder

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

Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

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Drag and drop the shortcut into the folder.

NOTE: You can also drag items directly into a folder without opening the folder.

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

To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder

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

Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

Drag the shortcut in the folder to another location on the Home screen.

To rename a folder

Touch and hold the folder until it magnifies.

Touch the Menu button and then touch

Touch the Folder name input field to type the name using the on-screen

Rename Folder

keyboard.

To close the on-screen keyboard, touch the icon on the keyboard, or

touch and hold the Menu button .

Touch OK to confirm.

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Status Bar

1 2 3 4 5

The status bar displays the application button, carrier name, date and time, and the status and notification areas.

Application button

Touch the application button to display the applications available on your device:

– The Favorites bar can be customized to display up

to seven preferred or frequently used applications.

– The main applications menu contains all of the

applications on your device, including those you have downloaded from the Android Market.

– Touch an application to run it.

NOTE: Touch the More

corner of the Favorites bar to set the option for the application button to open only the Favorites bar, or open both the Favorites bar and the main applications menu.

Carrier name area

Notification area •The notification area displays notification icons to

Displays the carrier name.

inform you of missed calls, new messages, e-mail, and so on.

• Touch the notification area to view the notifications listed in arrival time order, and then touch a notification to view the desired message, e-mail, or missed call record.

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or Less icon on the right

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 the status area to view the information regarding the carrier currently in use, remaining battery charge, and so on.

• Touch the status area to view the wireless control menu. You can enable or disable the airplane mode, wireless mode, or Bluetooth mode.

Date and time area

Displays the current date and time.

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

Alarm is set

Battery status — 100% full

Battery is low and needs to be

3G data network is connected

3G data network is in use

GPRS data network is connected

charged

Battery is extremely low and needs

GPRS data network is in use

to be charged immediately

Battery is empty and needs to be

EDGE data network is connected

charged immediately

Battery is charging

EDGE data network is in use

HSPA data network is connected

Vibrate mode is enabled

(only available for carrier-specific versions)

HSPA data network is in use

Silent mode is enabled

(only available for carrier-specific versions)

Signal strength — strong Roaming signal strength — strong

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No signal

Airplane mode is enabled No SIM card is inserted

Bluetooth is enabled Ongoing data synchronization

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

If the GPS satellites function is enabled, this icon appears when you use Google Maps

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

Missed call

Call in progress

Call on hold Upcoming calendar event

Call forwarding is enabled USB cable is connected

Microphone is on mute A Wi-Fi network is found

The SD card is safe to remove

New SMS/MMS

New e-mail

Download in progress

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Navigating the Applications

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

Favorites Bar

You can customize the Favorites bar to include frequently used applications. You can add up to seven applications in the Favorites bar.

1 The application button (when the Favorites bar is displayed)

2 The Favorites bar

3 The main applications menu

4 The Less icon (when the main applications menu is displayed)

To add applications to the Favorites bar

Touch the application button on top of the screen to open the Favorites bar.

If the main applications menu is not displayed, touch the on the right end of the Favorites bar to open the main applications menu.

On the main applications menu, touch and hold the application that you want to add to the Favorites bar.

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