Dell Venue User Manual
Dell™ Venue
COMMENT
User's Manual
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your smartphone.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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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
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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
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Navigating Applications
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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
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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
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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
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
2
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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