Dell Venue User Manual

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December 2010 A00

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 . . . 6

Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 6

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

Turning Off Your Smartphone

Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Dell Venue Smartphone Features . . . . . . . . 12

Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Screen Orientation

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Stage Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Dell Stage Widgets

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Quick Buttons

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Navigating Applications

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

3 Using Your Dell Venue Smartphone . . . . . . 44

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

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

Contents 3

Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Pop-Up Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Android Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Swype Keyboard

Google Search Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Managing Your Smartphone Settings

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

. . . . . . . . . . 70

4 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

E-mail

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

5 Customizing Your Dell Venue Smartphone 120

6 Protecting Your Dell Venue Smartphone . 125

4 Contents

To change the display settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

To change sound and ringtone settings

To manually set the date, time and time zone . . . . 123

To set the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

. . . . . . . 121

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a PIN . . . . . . 128

Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Password . . 128

Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password 129

7 Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Copying Files to and from the MicroSD. . . . . . . . 135

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Photos and Videos

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Alarm Clock

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Voice Dialer

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

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

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

8 Synchronizing Your Dell Venue Smartphone

and Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync

. . . 150

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Contents 5

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.

NOTE: The type of USB wall charger plug may vary depending on the

country/region where you purchased the smartphone.

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Turning On Your Smartphone

NOTE: Use this smartphone in an environmental temperature between

-10°C and 55°C.

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 Tou c h 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)

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

→ Display→ Brightness→

→ OK.

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.

→

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Feature Function(s)

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

in the status area.

4 Back cover Secures the battery in place.

• Slide the switch downward to enable ring mode.

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Feature Function(s)

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, 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 screens, 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 screens, 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 screens 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 and provides quick and easy access to information.

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

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The Stage Desktop

As part of the new Dell Stage interface, the Stage desktop is composed of seven individual screens including the HOME screen. The desktop displays predefined Stage widgets, shortcuts, and widgets to give you quick and easy access to frequently-used applications, Twitter or Facebook postings, music, pictures, and more.

You can customize the Stage desktop to your personal preferences by adding your own shortcuts or widgets, or by displaying your favorite picture as the desktop wallpaper.

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

Stage Widgets" on page 27.

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

screen button .

To navigate across the desktop

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

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To control the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails

The Home screen thumbnails work as shortcuts to their individual Home screens. The icon of the thumbnail will change to represent the Stage widget displayed on the Home screen.

• To bring up the Home screen thumbnails:

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

in red.

Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the thumbnails.

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Home screen thumbnails

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

– Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired

screen.

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

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

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Dell Stage Widgets

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.

Touching the label of any Stage Widget opens the supporting application to it's default screen. For example, touching the label of the MUSIC widget opens up the Music player just as it would by touching the Music icon in the application drawer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

• SOCIAL (see "Using the SOCIAL Stage widget" on page 32.)

• WEB (see "Using the WEB Stage widget" on page 32.)

Adding a Stage Widget

1 Navigate to a free Home screen.

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

screen menu appears.

3 Touc h Stage Widgets.

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

widget you want to add to the Home screen.

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

From the HOME Stage widget, you can view the weather information of your current location, use Android Market and Google Search, and also touch application shortcuts to access your most recently-used applications.

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.

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

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

Using the WEB Stage widget

The WEB Stage widget displays your website 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 Screens

To add an item to a Home screen

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. 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:

Items Steps

Shortcuts

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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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 99.

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.

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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.

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.

events.

Folders

You can create the following folders:

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

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

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

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

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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:

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

the main applications view.

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

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

To move a Home screen item

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

and becomes movable. The 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.

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

To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder

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

2 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable.

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

at the bottom of the screen.

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To rename a f ol der

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 Tou ch OK to confirm.

Status Bar

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

1 Notification area • The notification area displays notification

icons to inform you of 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

GPRS data network is connected

Battery is extremely low and needs to be charged

GPRS data network is in use

immediately

Battery is charging

EDGE data network is connected

Vibrate mode is enabled EDGE data network is in use

HSPA data network is

Silent mode is enabled

connected (only available for carrier-specific versions)

HSPA data network is in use

Microphone is on mute

(only available for carrierspecific versions)

Speakerphone is on

Roaming signal strength — strong

Signal strength — strong Connected to a Wi-Fi network

No signal No SIM card is inserted

Airplane mode is enabled

Bluetooth is enabled

Connected to a new Bluetooth device

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GPS satellites function is enabled

Receiving location data from GPS satellites

Ongoing data synchronization

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

Missed call New e-mail message

Call in progress Problem with sign-in or sync

Call on hold MicroSD card is full

Call forwarding is enabled A Wi-Fi network is found

Call in progress using a Bluetooth headset

New Gmail message

New SMS/MMS Song is playing

Problem with SMS/MMS delivery

New Google Talk message Download finished

New voicemail Application update available

Upcoming calendar event

USB cable is connected

Some notifications not displayed

Download in progress

The MicroSD card is safe to remove

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Quick Buttons

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 screens.

3 Browser button Touch the Browser button to open the

Browser application.

4 Dots The panoramic Home screen is made up of

seven individual screens. Small dots at the lower left and right of the screen indicate which Home screen 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 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 screens, you can:

• Drag up in the lower area of the screen.

• Touch the Launcher button .

To navigate pages of applications

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

To close the application drawer

• Drag down anywhere within the application drawer.

• To return to the default Home screen, touch .

• To return to the current Home screen, touch .

Application Shortcuts

To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to a Home screen or to the folder that you created on a Home screen. For more information, see "Customizing Your Home Screens" on page 33.

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

Recent Applications

To open a recently used application

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

applications.

2 Touch the desired application shortcut to launch the application.

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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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To make a call

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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 136.

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 55. To find out how to start an instant messaging chat on Google Talk, see "Google Talk" on page 88. For information about using the e-mail applications, see "Gmail" on page 85 and "E-mail" on page 83.

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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.

Accounts Contacts stored on your smartphone can be

synchronized with a computer using Dell Mobile Sync; 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.

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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.

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 59.

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

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

MMS format.

→ Add subject.

3 Tou c h t h e Type to compose text field to start composing your

message.

4 Tou c h t h e Send button to send the text message.

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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.

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 the 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 130.

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 130.

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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.

Record audio Open the Recorder application to record an

audio clip.

•Touch to start recording.

•Touch

to stop recording.

to listen to the recording.

•Touch Use this recording to attach the

recording to your message.

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Slideshow Open the Edit slideshow screen to create a slide

show and attach it to your message.

1 To uc h Add slide to create new slides.

2 Touch a created slide such as Slide 1 to open

the slideshow editor screen.

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

you want to add to the slide.

4 You can touch the text field 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 Tou ch 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 Touc h Send to send your message to the sender.

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To delete a message or a message thread

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

want to delete.

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

Delete to confirm deletion.

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

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

button → Delete threads.

To edit message settings

In the Message application, touch the Menu button → Settings 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: 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 66.

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 sp la y t he key bo ard

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 Tou ch 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 Tou ch Edit.

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

5 Tou ch 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 Tou ch 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: –Tu to ri al : 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 the 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 Dell Mobile Sync.

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 Tou ch 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 Dell Mobile Sync" on page 150.

3 Tou ch 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 Tou ch 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 Tou ch Reset phone.

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

3 Tou ch 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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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.

To schedule mobile data connection

You can schedule your data connection to minimize the amount of time that you use your data connection to save battery power.

1 To enable this feature, touch the Home button → Menu button

→ Settings→ Wireless & networks→ Mobile networks→

Schedule data connection→ Enable.

2 In the off-peak hours section, set a time range as off-peak hours.

•Touch Start Time. Adjust the time by touching or , or touch the hour and minute fields to enter a time. Touch Set

when done.

•Touch End Time and repeat the step above to set End Time.

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3 Touc h Cellular Data Timeout to set the timeout value. For

example, if you select 15 minutes, data connection will be turned off after 15 minutes of inactivity.

To resume data connection, turn on the display of your smartphone.

NOTE: You can also touch Cellular Data Timeout in the peak hours

section to set the timeout value for peak hours.

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

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

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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 Tou ch 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Using Web Links, History, and Downloads

To select a link on a web page

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

Link type Functionality

Web page address Touch 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.

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 Tou c h th e History tab .

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

4 Touch a web address to open the web page.

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

tab .

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To allow download of web applications

CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from

unknown sources. To protect your 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 Tou ch 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 8.

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 check d ow nload s

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

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

To open a book mark

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

→ Bookmarks. The Bookmarks window opens.

2 On the Bookmarks window, you can either:

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

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

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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.

To configure browser settings

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

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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 →

Compose.

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

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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.

NOTE: 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.

To delete an 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 72.

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

Gmail

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

To open Gmail

Touch the Launcher button → Gmail .

To set up your Google account

You need to sign in to a Google account to use Google applications and services such as Gmail, Google 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 Tou c h th e 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 71).

NOTE: Signing in to your Google Account requires an Internet

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 72.

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

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

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.

→ More→ Settings, then enable Batch operations.

To refr es h G mai 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.

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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 read e-mails

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

• While in the inbox or in any other folder, scroll the e-mail threads on the screen, and then touch an e-mail to open it.

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

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 read the next e-mail thread.

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5 Touch to read the previous e-mail thread.

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

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

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

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 138).

NOTE: Touch to remove an attachment.

5 Tou ch 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 85).

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 Tou ch 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 Tou ch 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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4 To change your ID photo, touch the photo icon→ Change to

open Gallery, then select the photo to use.

5 When finished, touch Done.

To start a conversation

1 Touch to select a friend in the friends list.

2 Type your message in the text box.

3 Touch the Send button to send the message.

To add a friend to an active conversation

1 On the chat screen, touch the Menu button → Add to chat.

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

To disable the chat log

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

To switch between active conversations

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

button → Switch chats.

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

chat with.

To close a conversation

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

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

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

To display all friends in your friends list

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

button → All friends.

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To show a friend in the most popular list

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

options menu.

2 Tou ch Show friend.

To always show a friend in most popular list

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

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

options menu.

2 Tou ch Always show friend.

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

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

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

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

To block a friend from sending you messages

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

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

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

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

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

friend to unblock, then touch OK.

To permanently remove a friend

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

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

friend.

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

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

indicator.

2 In the friends list, check the image that appears next to your

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

To sign out from Google Talk

In the friends list, touch the Menu button → Sign out.

Maps

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

NOTE: The Google Maps application does not completely cover every

location.

To enable location source

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

1 Tou c h Ho m e bu tto n → Menu button → Settings→ Location

& security.

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

NOTE: Selecting Use GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint locations

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

To open Google Maps

Touch the Launcher button → Maps .

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To see your location on a map

On the Maps screen,

touch

. Your location is marked on the map

with a blinking blue dot.

NOTE: Selecting Enable GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint your

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

To find a location on the map

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

2 To search by typing:

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

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

b Touch the search key on the keyboard or the search icon

on the search box.

To search by voice:

a Tou ch .

b Say your destination.

NOTE: As you enter information, previous searches or matching

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

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

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

place if the information is available. For more information, see "To view the details of a place" on page 95.

2 Touch to show the list of search results.

3 Touch to zoom in or out on the map.

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

display the name of the place.

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To view the details of a place

When you touch a place name on the map view, the following screen appears, showing the address, details and review for the place (if available).

1 Touch to display the map view.

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

on page 99.

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

information is available. Scroll down the list to find more actions you can do.

4 Touch to call the contact number of the place if available.

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

see "To view a map in street view" on page 99.

6 Touch the photo thumbnail to switch to street view for the location. For

more information, see "To view a map in street view" on page 99.

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To move around a map

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

desired areas.

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

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

To zoom-in or zoom-out on a map

Touch to zoom out and touch to zoom in.

To chan ge ma p l aye rs

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

1 Tou c h .

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

map.

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Map layer

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

Traffic layer

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

indicate slower speeds, and brown lines indicate congested traffic.

indicates where construction work is taking place; indicates where the road is blocked.

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Satellite layer

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

Terra in l ay er

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

NOTE: Touc h → More Layers to find more layers that you can apply

to the map. For information about the other layers, visit the Google Maps website.

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

→ Clear Map.

To view a map in street view

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

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

"To find a location on the map" on page 93 and "To move around a map" on page 96.

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

3 On the location details screen, touch Street View .

4 To view the area around the place, turn the view on the screen

with your finger.

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

the screen, or touch the Menu button →

Step forward or Step

backward.

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

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

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

To get directions

Use Google Maps to obtain directions to your destination.

1 When viewing a map:

touch the Menu button → Directions.

When a place is found:

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

b On the location details screen, touch → Get directions.

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

the second text box.

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

place you found on the map is your destination.

1 Starting point

2 Destination

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

transportation, or walking.

4 Touch to render directions.

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

map as the starting point or destination.

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

4 Tou ch Show on map or Navigate, or touch a direction instruction

on the list to show the directions or routes on the map.

To clear a ma p

Touch the Menu button → Clear Map. All the search results, directions and traffic indicators are deleted from the map.

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