Dell V03B002, V03B001 Users Manual

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Dell™ Venue

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

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

1) this smartphone may not cause harmful interference and

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

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

For body worn operation, this smartphone 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.

Contents

1 Setting Up Your Dell Venue

Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use . . . . . 7

Turning On Your Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . 11

Turning Off Your Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . 12

Turning Off the Screen

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Dell Venue Smartphone Features . . 13

Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

Dell Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Status Bar

Quick Buttons

Navigating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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3 Using Your Dell Venue

Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Contents 3

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Pop-Up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Android Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Swype Keyboard

Google Search Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Managing Your Smartphone Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

. . . . . . 72

4 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

E-mail

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

5 Customizing Your Dell Venue

Smartphone

To change the display settings. . . . . . . . . . 130

To change sound and ringtone settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

. . . . 131

6 Protecting Your Dell Venue

Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

4 Contents

To manually set the date, time and time zone

To set the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

. 133

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a PIN

. . . 138

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Password

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

7 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Copying Files to and from the MicroSD. . . . . 145

Bluetooth

Photos and Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Calendar

Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Calculator

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sound Recorder

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Voice Dialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

SIM Manager

SIM Toolkit

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Contents 5

8 Synchronizing Your Dell Venue

Smartphone and Computer Using

Nero SyncWizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Connect to a Computer and Install Nero SyncWizard

Using Nero SyncWizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

6 Contents

1 Setting Up Your Dell Venue

Smartphone

Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use

1 Remove the back cover

a Slide the back cover down towards the bottom of the smartphone.

b Lift the back cover off the smartphone.

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2 Insert the SIM card

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

NOTE: If you have difficulty in inserting the SIM card, ensure that the

angled corner of the SIM card is aligned with the angled corner of the SIM card holder.

3 Insert the battery

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

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4 Install the microSD card

a Hold the microSD card with the metal contacts facing down.

b Slide the microSD card into the microSD card holder.

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5Close the back cover

a Align the tabs on the back cover with the slots on back of the

smartphone.

b Place the cover onto the back of the smartphone, and then slide the

cover towards the top of the smartphone to secure the cover in place.

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6 Charge the smartphone

NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between

0°C and 45°C.

The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.

a Plug the supplied USB cable's micro USB connector into the connector

on the smartphone.

b Plug the other end of the cable to the supplied USB wall charger plug. c Plug the USB wall charger plug into an electric outlet and charge the

smartphone till the battery is fully charged.

NOTE: The smartphone is fully charged within two hours when

connected to a power outlet.

NOTE: To charge your smartphone using a computer, connect the

supplied USB cable's micro USB connector to the smartphone, and the other end of the cable to a USB connector on the computer.

Turning On Your Smartphone

NOTE: Use this smartphone in an environmental temperature between

-10°C and 55°C.

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1 Press and hold the Power button to turn on your smartphone. The

operating system starts up.

2 If the screen is locked automatically, flick the icon right

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.

4 The smartphone is ready for use when the default Home screen is

displayed.

Turning Off Your Smartphone

1 Press and hold the Power button.

2 Touch th e Power off option on the screen.

Turning Off the Screen

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

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

button to turn on the screen.

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Features

This section provides information about the features available on your Dell Venue smartphone.

Feature Function(s)

1 Headphone connector Connects to headphones.

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Feature Function(s)

2 Power and Sleep/Wake button • If the smartphone is off, press and

hold to turn on the smartphone.

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

• If both the smartphone and the screen are on,

–Press to turn off the screen. –Press and hold to select one of

these options:

Silent mode: The smartphone is set to vibrate mode; all sounds are disabled except for alarms.

Airplane mode: Select to disable all wireless connections.

Power off: Turn off the smartphone.

3 Ambient light sensor (ALS) 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 Automatic brightness

4 Proximity sensor Automatically turns off screen as you

bring the smartphone close to your face to make or receive a call, in order to prevent unintentional touch on the screen.

5 Earpiece Use to listen to phone conversations.

6 Back button

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

→ Display→ Brightness→

→ OK.

→

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Feature Function(s)

7 Menu button

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

8 Home button

• Touch to return to the default Home screen.

• Touch and hold: For quick access to the recently accessed applications.

9 Microphone Use for voice calls.

10 Micro USB connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer

files to a computer.

• Connects to a charger to charge the smartphone.

11 Speaker and speakerphone Audio output for video and music

playback.

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Feature Function(s)

1 Camera lens Captures photos and videos.

2 Camera flash For using while capturing photos and

videos.

3 Ring/Silent switch Switches between ring and silent

modes.

• Slide the switch upward to enable

silent mode. The icon appears

4 Back cover Secures the battery in place.

in the status area.

• Slide the switch downward to enable ring mode.

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Feature Function(s)

5 Camera button • If the camera is not active, press

and hold to start the camera.

• If the camera is active, half press to focus the camera.

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

• When recording a video, press to stop.

6 Volume down button • While playing media such as music

tracks or video clips: –Press to decrease the media

volume by one level.

–Press and hold to continuously

decrease the media volume.

• Press to mute the ringer while receiving a call.

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

volume by one level.

–Press and hold to continuously

decrease the ringer volume.

7 Volume up button • While playing media such as music

tracks or video clips: –Press to increase the media

volume by one level.

–Press and hold to continuously

increase the media volume.

• Press to mute the ringer while receiving a call.

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

volume by one level.

–Press and hold to continuously

increase the ringer volume.

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Touch Screen

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

Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Touc h

Touch 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 onscreen 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 a Home

screen panel, except for the HOME Stage widget.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

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 drop the

item in the desired location.

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

• Open/close the application drawer:

–From any of the desktop

Home screen panels, drag up in the lower area of the screen to open the application drawer.

–To close the application

drawer, drag down anywhere within the application drawer.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Flick or swipe

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

Scroll through Home screen panels, web pages, lists, entries, photo thumbnails, contacts, and so on.

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Finger Gestures Allows you to:

Zoom out

Move two fingers close together on the screen.

Reduce the view of an image or web page.

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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.

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Screen Orientation

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

NOTE: The Home screen panels are always displayed in portrait format

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

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

touching the Home button

Display

→ Auto-rotate screen.

→ Menu button → Settings→

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

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

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

Widget - A small application which resides on a Home screen panel 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 add on a Home screen panel to provide quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks.

Dell Stage

Dell Stage widgets are designed to provide you direct access to your recently-used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook & Twitter applications, and frequently-used websites.

You can use the free Home screen panels to add the other Stage widgets. The following are the available Dell Stage widgets:

• HOME (see "Using the CONTACTS Stage widget" on page 27.)

• CONTACTS (see "Using the CONTACTS Stage widget" on page 27.)

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• EMAIL (see "Using the EMAIL Stage widget" on page 28.)

• GALLERY (see "Using the GALLERY Stage widget" on page 29.)

• MUSIC (see "Using the MUSIC Stage widget" on page 30.)

• SOCIAL (see "Using the SOCIAL Stage widget" on page 31.)

• WEB (see "Using the WEB Stage widget" on page 31.)

Adding a Stage Widget

1 Navigate to a free Home screen panel.

2 Touch and hold on the Home screen panel until the Add to Home

screen menu appears.

3 Touch Stage Widgets.

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

widget you want to add to the Home screen panel.

Deleting a Stage Widget

To delete a Stage widget, touch and hold the Stage widget, and then

drag it to the icon that appears at the bottom of the screen. When the Stage widget turns red, release your finger from the screen.

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Using Stage Widgets

Using the HOME Stage widget

The panoramic Home screen comes with Dell Stage widget. You can directly access your most recently-used applications on the HOME Stage widget.

The panoramic Home screen also has plenty of space to display widgets, folders, and shortcuts, providing easy access to your favorite or frequently-used applications. You can also display your favorite pictures as your Home screen wallpapers.

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

Home button .

Navigating across the Home screen panels

The panoramic Home screen is made up of seven individual panels. Each panel fits the physical display border and can be set to have their own shortcuts and widgets.

You can move around the Home screen by flicking the Home screen horizontally until the desired panel is displayed.

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Or, you can touch at the bottom of the screen to display the shortcuts for each Home screen panel. Touch on the corresponding icon to go to the desired Home screen panel.

Using the CONTACTS Stage widget

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

• Touch a favorite contact to select the action to proceed with.

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•Touch ADD to go to your address book to add a new contact. Refer to "To add a new contact" on page 51 for instructions on adding contacts. Designate your contact as a Favorite to see it in the Stage CONTACTS Widget.

Using the EMAIL Stage widget

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

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Using the GALLERY Stage widget

•From the GALLERY Stage widget, you can view thumbnails of

your image and video files in the Gallery application. Touch to open an image or a video file.

• Touch the camera in the lower right to take a new picture or

video.

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Using the MUSIC Stage widget

From the MUSIC Stage widget, you can view the music albums or playlists created on your smartphone, and also can quickly open the Amazon MP3 application where available.

NOTE: Amazon MP3 is not available in all areas.

• Touch a music album to browse the songs available. Touch a song to start playback.

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

• Touch Amazon MP3 to open the application.

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Using the SOCIAL Stage widget

The SOCIAL Stage widget provides shortcuts to Facebook and Twitter applications. For more information on using Facebook and Twitter, see "Facebook" on page 86 and "Twitter" on page 89.

Using the WEB Stage widget

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

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Customizing Your Home Screen Panels

To add an item to a Home screen panel

1 Touch the Home button .

2 To access the Add to Home screen menu, either:

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

Add to Home screen menu appears.

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

The Add to Home screen menu appears.

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

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Items Steps

Shortcuts

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

Applications:

1 Flick the application menu to locate the

desired application.

2 Touch the desired application to create

the shortcut on the current Home screen panel.

Bookmark:

1 Flick the Bookmarks list to locate the

desired bookmark.

2 Touch the desired bookmark to create

the shortcut on the current Home screen panel.

Contact:

1 Flick the Contacts entries to locate the

desired contact.

2 Touch the desired contact to create the

shortcut on the current Home screen panel.

Direct dial: Touch the desired phone number to create the shortcut on the Home screen panel. 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 panel. 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 Destination

field.

2 Choose how you want to get to your

destination by touching the By car ,

By public transit , or Walking icon (from left to right).

3 Type 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 110.

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 panel.

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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

1 Touch and hold an empty area on a

Home screen panel.

2 To uc h Widgets in the Add to Home

screen menu that appears.

3 Flick the available applications or services

to locate the desired one.

4 Touch the desired widget to add it on the

Home screen panel.

events.

Folders

You can create the following folders:

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

Touch the desired folder to create a folder on the Home screen panel.

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

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

Bluetooth received: Add a shortcut to access files received through Bluetooth.

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.

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Items Steps

Wallpapers

Change the wallpaper of your Home screen.

NOTE: You can also touch the

Home button

Menu button → Wallpaper to change your Home screen wallpaper.

→ the

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, bluetooth, 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.

To add an application shortcut to a Home screen panel:

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 panel. The application’s icon appears on the Home screen panel.

To move a Home screen item

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

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

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

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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 it to the Trash icon that appears at the bottom of the

screen.

To open a Home screen folder

1 Touch the folder to open the 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

panel.

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 panel to view the contents.

2 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

3 Drag the shortcut in the folder to the Trash icon that appears

at the bottom of the screen.

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To re n ame a fol d er

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1 Touch the folder you want to rename. A panel displaying the

contents of the folder appears.

2 Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel

, until the Rename folder menu pops up.

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

screen keyboard.

4 Touch 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 missed calls, new email, messages, and so on.

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

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

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

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

3 Time area Displays the current time.

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

Alarm is set 3G data network is connected

Battery status — 100% full 3G data network is in use

Battery is low and needs to be charged

Battery is extremely low and needs to be charged immediately

Battery is charging

Vibrate mode is enabled EDGE data network is in use

Silent mode is enabled

Microphone is on mute

Speakerphone is on

Signal strength — strong Connected to a Wi-Fi network

No signal No SIM card is inserted

Airplane mode is enabled

GPRS data network is connected

GPRS data network is in use

EDGE data network is connected

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

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

Roaming signal strength — strong

GPS satellites function is enabled

Bluetooth is enabled

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

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Receiving location data from GPS satellites

Ongoing data synchronization

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

Missed call Problem with sign-in or sync

Call in progress MicroSD card is full

Call on hold A Wi-Fi network is found

Call forwarding is enabled USB cable is connected

Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset

New Gmail message Song is playing

New SMS/MMS Download in progress

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

New Google Talk message Application update available

New voicemail

Upcoming calendar event

Some notifications not displayed

Download finished

The MicroSD card is safe to remove

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Quick Buttons

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

1 Phone button Touch the Phone button to open the

Phone application to make calls.

2 Launcher button • Touch the Launcher button to display

the applications menu: –The applications menu contains all of the

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

–Touch an application to launch it.

• Touch and hold the Launcher button to

display thumbnails of the Home screen panels.

3 Browser button Touch the Browser button to open the

Browser application.

4 Dots The panoramic Home screen is made up of

seven individual panels. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which Home screen panel you are viewing.

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Navigating Applications

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

Application Drawer

The application drawer can be accessed from any home screen panel and contains all of the applications installed on the smartphone, 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 screen panels, 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 .

Application Shortcuts

To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to a Home screen panel or to the folder that you created on a Home screen panel. For more information, see "Customizing Your Home Screen Panels" on page 32.

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To open an application using the application shortcuts

1 Touch the Home button .

2 If the desired application shortcut is displayed on the Home

screen panel, touch the shortcut to launch the application. If the desired application is stored in a folder on the Home screen panel, 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.

2 Touch the desired application shortcut to launch the application.

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3 Using Your Dell Venue

Smartphone

Calling

Making Calls

To make calls, you can perform either of the following:

• Touch the Phone button on the Home screen to open the

Phone application quickly.

• Touch the Launcher button to open the applications menu

and flick the screen horizontally to touch Phone on the

applications menu to open the Phone application.

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1 Touch to select a contact from your Favorites contact list. Touch a

contact and then touch to call or touch to send a text message to the contact.

2 Touch to select a contact from your Contacts list. Touch a contact and

then touch to call or touch to send a text message to the contact.

3 Touch to view the call log, call or text message the caller, or save or view

the caller in Contacts.

NOTE: To erase all calls from the call log, touch the Menu button →

Clear call log

4 Touch to open the on-screen dialpad.

5 • Touch to bring up the numeric keypad or move the cursor.

• Touch and hold to bring up the Edit text pop-up menu.

6 Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.

→ OK.

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7 Touch to call your voicemail box.

NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be

prompted to enter a number. Touch Add number to enter and save your voicemail number.

8 Touch to call the typed number.

9 Touch to clear an incorrect number.

10 Touch a call record to view the call information, call or send a message

to the caller, or save or view the caller in Contacts. For more information on using Contacts, see "Managing Contacts" on page 51.

11 Touch to call a desired phone number or contact from the call log.

To call a number with an extension

1 Type the number to call using the on-screen dialpad.

2 Touch and hold the asterisk key on the dialpad until “,” appears.

3 Type the extension.

4 Touch to make the call.

To make an international call

1 Touch and hold the number 0 key on the dialpad until "+" appears.

2 Enter the country code, area code, and phone number.

3 Touch to make the call.

To listen to your voicemail

Touch and hold the number 1 key on the dialpad to call your voicemail box.

NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be

prompted to enter a number. Touch Add number to enter and save your voicemail number.

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To answer or reject an incoming call

Drag right to answer an incoming call.

Drag left to reject an incoming call.

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Controls during a call

• Touch to hold an active call. To resume a held call, touch .

• Touch to swap between active and held calls.

• Touch to bring up the dialpad and make another call. The first

call is placed on hold automatically.

• Touch to connect the active and held calls to have a

conference call.

3 Touch to accept calls using a Bluetooth headset when a Bluetooth

headset is connected to your smartphone. For information on connecting a Bluetooth headset to your smartphone, see "Bluetooth" on page 146.

4 Touch to mute the microphone during a call.

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5 Touch to turn the speaker on or off.

WARNING: Ensure that you turn off the speaker before you hold

the smartphone close to your ear as this could damage your hearing.

6 Touch to open the dialpad for dialing.

7 Touch to end an active call or cancel dialing.

Adjust Call Settings

You can change call settings to suit your personal needs, or enable the call services available from your network service provider.

Touch the Home button → Menu button , and then select

Settings→ Call settings.

Fixed Dialing Numbers (FDN)

Voicemail • Voicemail service: Displays the name of your

Restricts outgoing calls to the phone numbers on the FDN list. To enable this service, you need to enter your SIM card’s PIN2 that you can obtain from your network service provider.

carrier.

• Voicemail settings: Stores another voicemail

number other than the one already on your SIM card.

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Other call settings • Call forwarding: Diverts incoming calls to a

designated phone number when your phone is busy, unreachable, does not answer, or if you want to always forward calls. To enable call forwarding, enter the number to

divert to or touch Contacts list, and then touch Enable.

to select a contact from your

NOTE: Your smartphone can use Call forwarding

only if the Call forwarding function is supported by your network service provider.

• Call barring: Blocks certain types of incoming or

outgoing calls.

• Additional settings: –Caller ID: Shows the caller ID or number on the

screen based on the setting.

NOTE: Your smartphone displays the caller ID

only if the caller ID function is supported by your network service provider.

–Call waiting: Alerts an incoming call with a call

waiting tone or message when you are on another call.

NOTE: To use call waiting, you may need to

• Auto Answer: Sets the duration your phone waits before automatically answering an incoming call.

• TTY mode: Enable Teletypewriter (TTY) mode to let the user with speech or hearing disabilities have a phone conversation by typing.

• Hearing aids: Enable Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) mode to minimize interference from the smartphone with the user's hearing aid, and optimize audio output for the hearing aid.

NOTE: Enabling the HAC mode disables the

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi transmitter functions.

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Managing Contacts

To view and manage your contacts, touch Contacts or touch

Phone → Contacts .

To add a new contact

Touch the Menu button → New contact→ Create contact under account.

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

2 Touch to capture 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 one that you

choose from the Select label list, for example from Mobile phone number to Home phone number.

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5 Touch to save the new contact to your Contacts list.

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6 Touch 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 a second phone number.

9 Touch to fill more name information.

To find a contact

1 To find a contact, you can either:

• Flick the Contacts 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 field. The screen displays the matching contacts.

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

contact’s details.

To call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact

• From the Contacts list, select a desired contact.

1 Touch to see the actions that you can do with the contact.

2 Touch to call the contact.

3 Touch to text message the contact.

4 Touch to e-mail the contact using Gmail.

5 Touch to start an instant messaging chat on Google Talk

6 Touch to view the contact’s address using Google Maps.

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• When viewing the contact details:

1 Touch an action you want to do with the contact.

2 Touch to add the current contact to your Favorites list.

Touch the Menu button to edit the contact details or share the contact information with your friends through e-mail. To designate a ringtone for the contact’s incoming calls, or to allow your smartphone to automatically send the contact’s calls to your voicemail box, touch Options.

NOTE: For information about composing and sending SMS and MMS,

see "Messaging" on page 56. To find out how to start an instant messaging chat on Google Talk, see "Google Talk" on page 99. For information about using the e-mail applications, see "Gmail" on page 96 and "E-mail" on page 84.

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Contacts settings

To see the contact settings, you can either:

•Touch Contacts on the home screen, and then touch the

Menu button .

•Touch Phone → Contacts and then touch the Menu

button .

Display options Choose from which accounts you want to display the

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

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Accounts Contacts stored on your smartphone can be

synchronized with a computer using Nero PC Suite; contacts stored on your personal e-mail account like 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 smartphone

automatically synchronize the selected data in your e-mail account.

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

1 Touch your e-mail account to open the data list.

2 Select the data that you want the smartphone to

synchronize automatically: Sync Picasa Web Albums, Sync Contacts, Sync Calendar, and/or Sync Gmail.

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.

NOTE: 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/microSD card

to your phone, export contacts from your phone to your microSD card, or share visible contacts using Bluetooth or Gmail.

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Messaging

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

messages, touch the Launcher button → 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 61.

To compose and send a text message

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

compose 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.

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

the message to multiple recipients. You need to enter ";" for a second number.

NOTE: To add a subject line to the message by touching

the Menu button → Add subject.

NOTE: When adding a subject, the message automatically changes to

MMS format.

3 Touch the Type to compose text field to start composing your

message.

4 Touch the Send button to send the text message.

5 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 manually typing the desired phone number or e-mail address.

NOTE: Repeat step 1 to enter more mobile numbers if you want to send

the message to multiple recipients. You need to enter ";" for a second number.

NOTE: To add a subject line to the message by touching

the Menu button → Add subject.

2 Touch th e 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.

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, then attach it to your message. For information about the Camera application, see "Camera" on page 140.

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, then attach it to your message. For more information about the Camcorder application, see "Camera" on page 140.

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Audio Open the Select audio menu. Touch a desired

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

To attach an audio file stored on the microSD card to your MMS:

1 Create a folder named Ringtones in the

microSD card.

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

MMS into the Ringtones folder.

4 On the MMS composer screen, touch the

Menu button → Attach→ Audio.

5 Select the audio file to attach it to your MMS.

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Record audio Open the Recorder application to record an

audio clip.

•Touch to start recording.

•Touch

•Touch Use this recording to attach the

recording to your message.

to stop recording.

to listen to the recording.

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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 on the lower part

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.

• 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.

• 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.

• When complete, touch the Done button at the

bottom right to attach the slideshow to your message.

• On the message composer screen, touch the

slideshow attachment icon to play back

the slide show; touch Edit to modify the slideshow.

• 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 smartphone rings, vibrates, or displays a message briefly in the status bar as a new text or multimedia message arrives.

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. In the Notification settings section, you can

decide whether to receive a text notification in the status bar when a new message arrives by enabling/disabling Notifications. You can also select a ringtone that rings on the arrival of a new message, or let the smartphone vibrate to report 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

To read a text message, you can either:

• 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 the Launcher button → 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.

• Phone number — touch the number to open the Phone

application and call the number.

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

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

To forward the message

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

up.

2 Touch 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 is displayed. Touch a new

message notification to open the message. Or

Touch the Launcher button → 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 back 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 microSD card, touch

and hold the message until the Message options menu pops up. 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 To uc 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 to change the text or multimedia message settings. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Pop-Up Menu

Touch the Menu button to open or close the pop-up menu that lists 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 If the menu has a scroll bar on the right side, you can flick the

menu until the desired item is found.

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

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Android Keyboard

You can type text using the Android on-screen keyboard. When you start an application or touch a field that requires text input, the onscreen keyboard opens. The keyboard automatically changes to either the portrait or landscape mode based on the orientation of your phone.

To open the Android keyboard

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

NOTE: The Android keyboard is the default keyboard that opens when

you touch a text box for the first time. To open the Swype keyboard:

• Touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context menu Input method→ Swype.

• On the Android keyboard, touch and hold to open the Android keyboard context menu on using the Swype keyboard, see "Swype Keyboard" on page 68.

NOTE: To switch back to the Android keyboard from the Swype

keyboard, touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context menu→ Input method→ Android keyboard.

To close the keyboard

→ Input method→ Swype. For information

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

→

To di spla y the keyb oard

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

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Keyboard controls

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

• 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, the most probable one highlighted in color.

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

3 • Touch once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing an upper

case letter.

• Touch and hold 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.

–Android keyboard settings: Configure the keyboard settings. –Input method: Choose to use the Swype or Android keyboard.

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

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

6 • Touch to enter the smiley emoticon.

• Touch and hold to see the other available emoticons.

7 • Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space to the left of

the cursor.

• 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.

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 smartphone vibrates when you touch a key. Sound on keypress The smartphone beeps when you touch a key.

NOTE: To activate this feature, you also

need to select Settings selection.

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.

Input languages Select more input languages. To change to use

another input language, use your finger to slide on the spacebar.

→ Sound→ Audible

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Word suggestion settings

Quick fixes Mark and correct wrong spellings and typos. Show suggestions Show suggested words as you type. Auto-complete A space or a proper punctuation mark is

automatically inserted after a typed word.

Create your personal dictionary

The keyboard uses the default dictionary to display suggested words as you type. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not found in the main dictionary. The keyboard will also look at the words that are added to your personal dictionary to make word suggestions.

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 the desired word into the Add to dictionary text field.

4 Touch OK.

To edit a word in the dictionary

1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.

2 Touch the desired word.

3 Touch Edit.

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

5 Touch OK.

To delete a word from the dictionary

1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Language & keyboard→ User dictionary.

2 Touch the word you want to delete.

3 Touch Delete.

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Swype Keyboard

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The Swype keyboard allows you to enter text by drawing a path through the letters of a word, instead of touching each key to type the word.

To open the Swype keyboard

Touch and hold a text box to open the Edit text context menu→ Input method→ Swype.

Swype Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail

1 To enter the word “Need” for example, place your finger on the first

letter “N” and glide to the following letters. Lift your finger after the last letter “d”. The keyboard predicts and enters the word according to the letters that the path you drew goes through. Letters irrelevant to the spelling of the word are ignored.

2 To enter the double letters “ee” for the word “Need”, do a quick back-

and-forth scribble or draw a loop on the letter “e”.

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3 • When no word is entered into the text box, touch the key to choose

from the following: –Tut or ial : Play the animated tutorial demonstrating how to use

Swype.

–More Help: Read Swype Help for detailed information on using

Swype.

–Options: Adjust the Swype keyboard settings.

• After words are entered into the text box, touch the key to see other word suggestions to replace the word where the cursor is inserted.

• Touch and hold the key to access Swype Help directly.

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

and symbols.

• Touch to enter “

• Touch and hold to enter “-”.

6 • Touch to enter a space.

• Touch and hold to enter a tab space.

• Touch to enter “

• Touch and hold to enter “’”

8 The Swype keyboard display word suggestions when it cannot predict

the word according to the trace you draw, or when you touch .

,”.

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Google Search Widget

You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and information on Google, access applications installed on your smartphone, or find contacts stored in your Contacts list.

To search by typing

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 th e Google Quick Search Box. The on-screen keyboard

appears.

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 to select a desired

keyword. 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.

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

To search by voice

1 Touch that is displayed next to the search box.

2 Say the name or keyword of the item you are looking for.

3 The browser with matching web links opens.

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

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Launcher button → Voice Search .

Power Control Widget

To conserve battery, you may choose to disable one 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. 3 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 more battery power.

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

automatically sync your Gmail data and Outlook data using Nero PC Suite.

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

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Managing Your Smartphone Settings

To check storage spaces

Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ SD card & phone storage. The screen displays the total and available space on

the phone and on the microSD 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 microSD card

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

card & phone storage.

2 Touch Unmount SD card to enable the Format SD card option.

CAUTION: Formatting a microSD card erases all data and downloaded

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

NOTE: For information on how to back up your smartphone data, see

"Synchronizing Your Dell Venue Smartphone and Computer Using Nero SyncWizard" on page 160.

3 Touch Format SD card→ Format SD card→ Erase everything

button.

To remove the microSD card safely

CAUTION: Removing the microSD card while the smartphone is

working may cause data lost or result in application errors.

CAUTION: It is strongly recommended to unmount the microSD card

before removing it.

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

card & phone storage.

2 Touch Unmount SD card.

3 Turn off your smartphone.

4 Remove the back cover.

5 Remove the microSD card from your smartphone.

To erase all data from your smartphone

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

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

1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Privacy→ Factory data reset→ Erase everything.

2 Touch Reset phone.

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

3 Touch Reset phone after you read the warning.

To reset your smartphone to the default state

CAUTION: The following steps will restore your smartphone to the

default state and erase all data and downloaded applications stored on it. Ensure that you back up all the required data before you reset the smartphone.

1 Press and hold the Power button and then touch the Power off

option→ OK on the screen to turn off the smartphone.

2 Simultaneously press and hold the volume up and down buttons.

3 Without releasing the volume buttons, press and hold the Power

button, until the smartphone displays the configuration screen.

4 Press the volume buttons to move the highlight bar on the screen

to the Factory reset option.

5 Press the Camera button to start the reset process and wait for

the smartphone to restart.

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4Internet

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

•HSPA

•Wi-Fi

GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSPA

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

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

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

1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Wireless & networks, then clear the Wi-Fi check box to disable

Wi-Fi.

2 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Wireless & networks→ Mobile networks, then touch Data enabled.

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NOTE: Depending on whether a GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 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 identifying the data network icons, see "Status Bar" on page 38.

You can set the smartphone 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. A list of networks currently available is

displayed.

2 Select a network manually 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 smartphone to the Internet using Wi-Fi.

To use Wi-Fi on your smartphone, 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

smartphone scans for available wireless networks.

2 Touch Wi-Fi settings. The network names and security settings

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

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

NOTE: Your smartphone has the ability to maintain a constant internet

connection through Wi-Fi or mobile networks (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, 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 smartphone 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 smartphone 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 smartphone 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

smartphone, touch Forget on the 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.

Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Wireless

& networks→ Airplane mode to enable or disable the Airplane mode.

Browsing the Internet

To open the browser

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.

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

history.

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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, then touch the Go button.

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 web 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 To uc h Use current page→ OK.

To select a home page from bookmarks:

1 Touch from the browser control bar to view the lists of

bookmarks, most visited sites, and browsing history.

2 Touch and hold a desired bookmark to display the commands

menu→ Set as homepage.

Viewing Web Pages

To navigate on a web page

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

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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.

To view the next or previous page

Touch the Back button to view the previous page; touch to Menu button → 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 and easily switch from one web page to another.

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

NOTE: To close a browser window, touch on the browser window.

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

displaying the page in full screen.

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: Touch to close the search bar.

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To copy text on a web page

You can copy and paste text from a web page to your e-mail, text, or multimedia 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, text, or multimedia message, touch

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

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 and hold the link to open a pop-up menu

that allows you to copy the link of the web page to the clipboard, or share the link through Bluetooth, Evernote, Facebook, Gmail, text messaging, or Twitter.

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

• Touch and hold till a pop-up 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.

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Link type Functionality

Phone number Touch to open the Phone application to call the

phone number.

NOTE: You can call a number from the web

page only if the feature is supported by your service provider.

To check the history of visited web pages

1 On the browser screen, touch → History, or touch the Menu

button → Bookmarks.

2 Touch 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 .

To allow download of web applications

CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from

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

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

1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→

Applications.

2 Touch Unknown sources to select the check box.

3 When the Attention dialog box appears, touch OK.

NOTE: All downloaded applications are saved to the microSD card.

Before you download an application from the web, ensure that you have installed a microSD card on your smartphone. For information on how to install a microSD card, see "Install the microSD card" on page 9.

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To install an application

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

download.

2 The application details screen appears. 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 (free applications) or

Buy (applications that require purchase).

To ch e ck do wnlo ads

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

Manage Bookmarks

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

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 Add.

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

5 Touch OK to save the web page as a bookmark.

To ope n a bo okma rk

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.

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• Touch and hold the bookmark you want to open, then on the

pop-up menu touch Open to open the bookmark in the same browser window, or Open in new window to open the bookmark in a new window.

To manage your bookmarks

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

→ Bookmarks.

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

to open a pop-up menu that provides the following options:

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

Share link Touch to share the link through Bluetooth, Evernote,

Facebook, Gmail, Messaging, or Twitter.

• Bluetooth: Touch 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: Touch to open the Compose window with the bookmark’s address automatically pasted on the text field. Then 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. Then send the bookmark’s address to others with a text message.

Copy link URL Copy the link of the web page to the clipboard.

Delete bookmark Touch to delete the selected bookmark.

Set as homepage Set the selected bookmark as the home page.

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To configure browser settings

On the browser screen, touch the Menu button → More→ Settings to adjust the browser settings.

E-mail

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

To open the e-mail application

Touch the Launcher button → Email .

To set up an e-mail account

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 smartphone

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: Touc h Manual setup rather than Next to directly enter incoming

and outgoing server 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 one e-mail account, touch the Menu button → Accounts→ touch the Menu button again→ Add account, if you

need to create another e-mail account.

To compose and send e-mails

1 Touch the Launcher button → Email .

2 In an e-mail account inbox, touch the Menu button →

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3 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 completely. If you are sending the email to multiple recipients, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. You can add as many recipients as you need.

4 Type the subject.

5 Compose your message.

6 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 d ele te a n e-mail

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

to delete.

2 On the pop-up menu, touch Delete.

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

1 Touch the Launcher button → Email .

2 Touch the Menu button → Accounts.

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

want to remove under the Accounts bar, then touch Remove account on the pop-up menu. When the confirm deletion screen is displayed, touch OK.

4 To edit an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you want

to edit, then touch Account settings on the pop-up menu.

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Web Applications

NOTE: You require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data network connection

(GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) to be able to connect to the web. For more information about configuring your smartphone for web connectivity, see "Connecting to the Internet" on page 74.

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

ouch the

you registered your Facebook account. If you do not have a Facebook account, touch the Sign Up button and follow on-screen instructions to create one.

NOTE: Refer to "Status Bar" on page 38 as an alternative way of using

Facebook.

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To use Facebook on your smartphone

Once logged in, press the Menu button , and then touch Home at

the bottom of the screen to enter your Facebook main page.

1 To uc h News feed to view the messages and pictures you and your

friends posted. From here you can also:

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

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

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

2 Touc h Photos to view the pictures you posted.

3 Touc 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 posted.

• Touch the Info tab to view your account details.

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

4 To uc h Notifications to view notifications of your friends’ wall postings.

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5 Touc h Inbox to view e-mails sent between you and your friends. Touch

the desired e-mail to read it.

• To delete an email, touch the check box next to the desired e-mail,

then touch the Delete button.

• To reply to the e-mail, type your reply into the text box at the bottom

then touch the Send button.

• To compose a new e-mail, touch the Menu button

6 Type the name of a friend you are looking for on Facebook, and then

touch the name of the friend you found to:

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

• On your friend’s Wall screen, type a message into the Write something... text box, then touch Share to post your message on their wall.

→ Compose.

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 Touc 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 detailed information on using Facebook, visit

facebook.com/help.

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Twitter

Touch the Launcher button →

Twi tte r

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 Twitter

NOTE: 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 the contacts you want to sync to your Twitter account,

then touch the Done button.

NOTE: Refer to "Using the SOCIAL Stage widget" on page 31 as an

alternative way of using Twitter.

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To use Twitter on your smartphone

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

page 92.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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your message.

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, then touch .

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

turn Location on, 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, 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 t he 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 start 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 Displays the number of remaining characters allowed in your tweet.

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The Twitter widget

From the Twitter widget you created on the Home screen, you can view the latest tweets posted by the authors you follow.

Touch to view the tweets posted by the

2 To post your tweet, touch the text box to open the tweet composing

screen, then type your tweet and touch Update to post it.

3 You can also touch the Update button here to compose and post your

tweet.

4 Touch the arrow buttons to scroll tweets.

NOTE: For information on how to use Twitter, visit Twitter.com/Help.

authors you follow.

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RadioTime

RadioTime is an Internet radio service that allows you to listen to your local AM/FM radio, and find many types of streaming talk radio and streaming music radio online.

1 Touch the Launcher button →

In the RadioTime main page, select the desired radio from the options available below, or directly type a keyword in the text box.

• My Presets: allows you to select radio from the list of radio

channels you have added to the Presets. This option only appears when you have entered your RadioTime account.

• Local Radio: allows you to select radio from a list of your local

radio AM/FM stations.

• Music: allows you to select radio from multiple kinds of music

genres.

• Tal k: allows you to select radio from multiple types of talk

radio.

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• Sports: allows you to select radio from multiple types of

sports radio.

• By Location: allows you to select radio by country/region.

• By Language: allows you to select radio by language.

• Podcasts: allows you to select radio from a list of podcasts.

3 Once a radio is selected, it will start streaming and playback.

1 Touch to return to the previous page.

2 Touch to select the action you want to proceed with.

3 Touch to start/pause the playback.

4 Touch to add the current radio to your Presets, if you have a RadioTime

account.

4 To stop playback, touch the Menu button → Exit→ OK.

NOTE: On the 3G network, the quality of radio streaming is dependent

on the signal from your carrier. If the signal is weak, the quality may be lower.

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To access RadioTime presets

If you have a RadioTime account, preform the following steps to access your presets.

1 In RadioTime, touch the Menu button → Settings.

2 Touch If you have a RadioTime account, enter it here to access

Presets.

3 Type your username and password in the corresponding fields.

4 Touch Save.

Gmail

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

To ope n Gma il

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 Maps, Google Talk, and Android Market. Signing in to your Google account also synchronizes all emails and contacts on your Google account with your smartphone.

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 Touch the Sign in button. Enter your Google user name and

password, then touch the Sign in button.

NOTE: If you need to use a different Google user name and password

with your smartphone, you must erase all data from your smartphone by performing a Factory Reset (see "To erase all data from your smartphone" on page 73).

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NOTE: Signing in to your Google Account requires an Internet

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connection. Ensure that your smartphone has an active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) before you sign in. For more information about setting up a data connection, see "Connecting to the Internet" on page 74.

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

Your Gmail inbox opens as the default Gmail view. All your received emails are delivered to your inbox.

1 Indicates the number of e-mails grouped under the same subject.

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

3 Touch the check box to select the e-mail. To use this feature, touch the

Menu button

→ More→ Settings, then enable Batch operations.

4 Touch to store the selected e-mail thread in the All Mail folder.

5 Touch to delete the selected e-mail thread.

6 Touch to label the selected e-mail thread.

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

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To re fres h Gma i l

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

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.

To re ad e-m ail s

• 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 to open it.

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

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

the Menu button → Go to labels→ Starred.

3 Touch to reply to the contact.

4 Touch to reply to all contacts in the mail loop.

5 Touch to forward the e-mail to another contact.

To create and send an e-mail

1 Touch the Menu button → Compose.

2 Enter 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 Enter 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 (for more information, see "Photos and Videos" on page 148).

NOTE: Touch to remove an attachment.

5 Touch Send to send the e-mail.

Google Talk

Google Talk is an instant messaging application provided by Google.

To activate Google Talk

1 Touch the Launcher button → Google 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 96).

3 The Talk window opens with your friends list.

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To sign in automatically

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

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

2 Select Automatically sign in.

To add a new friend to your friends list

NOTE: You can only add friends 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 To uc 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 To uc 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.

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Dell V03B002, V03B001 Users Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use

Setting Up Your Dell Venue Smartphone 7

Turning On Your Smartphone

Turning Off Your Smartphone

Turning Off the Screen

Dell Venue Smartphone Features 13

Touch Screen

Screen Orientation

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts

Dell Stage

Adding a Stage Widget

Deleting a Stage Widget

Using Stage Widgets

Using the HOME Stage widget

Using the CONTACTS Stage widget

Using the EMAIL Stage widget

Using the GALLERY Stage widget

Using the MUSIC Stage widget

Using the SOCIAL Stage widget

Using the WEB Stage widget

Customizing Your Home Screen Panels

To add an item to a Home screen panel

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 re n ame a fol d er

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 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

Calling

Making Calls

44 Using Your Dell Venue Smartphone

To m ake a ca ll

To call a number with an extension

To make an international call

To listen to your voicemail

To answer or reject an incoming call

Controls during a call

Adjust Call Settings

Managing Contacts

To add a new contact

To find a contact

To call, e-mail, or send a message to 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

To forward the message

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

To close the keyboard

To di spla y the keyb oard

Keyboard controls

To configure the keyboard settings