Dell Venue Pro User Manual
Dell™ Venue Pro
COMMENT
User's Manual
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your device.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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October 2010 A00
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1) this device may not cause harmful interference and
2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation of the device.
FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:
For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets FCC RF exposure
guidelines when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the
handset a minimum of 1.5 cm from the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure
compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.
Contents
1 Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Getting to Know Your Dell™
Venue Pro
3 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro
Getting Your Phone Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11
Turning On Your Phone
Turning Off Your Phone
Turning On the Screen
First-Time Setup
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Physical QWERTY Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Start Screen
Touch Screen Gestures
Screen Orientation
Applications list
Status Bar
Wallpaper
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Navigating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
On-Screen Controls
On-Screen Keyboard
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5 Communicating With People Using
Your Dell™ Venue Pro
Setting Up E-mail and Social Networking
Accounts
Using E-mail
Calling
Managing Contacts Using the People
Application
Messaging
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6 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using bing Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Browsing the Internet
Using Maps
Marketplace
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Games and Xbox LIVE
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4 Contents
8Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Pictures
Playing Music and Video Using Zune
Listening to FM Radio Using Zune
Calendar
Alarms
Calculator
Voice Recognition
Office
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9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Index
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Contents 5
Package Contents
Check the contents of your package to verify that you have the
following:
NOTE: The contents of your package may vary based on your region.
U.S.A
Dell Venue Pro phone
Battery
Getting Started Guide
Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information
Warranty and Support Information
MicroUSB cable
Charger
US plug
Headset with microphone
Europe
Dell Venue Pro phone
Battery
Getting Started Guide
Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information
Warranty and Support Information
MicroUSB cable
Charger
UK plug
EURO plug
Headset with microphone
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Getting to Know Your Dell™
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Venue Pro
This section provides information about the features available on your
Dell Venue Pro phone.
Feature Function(s)
1 Earpiece Use to listen to phone conversations.
2 Back
3 Start
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Touch to:
• Return to the previous screen or web
page.
• Cancel an operation.
• Close an on-screen keyboard or a
menu.
• Touch to return to the Start screen
from anywhere on the phone,
including from a running application.
• Touch and hold for speech commands.
Feature Function(s)
4 Search button
5 Proximity sensor Detects and turns off the screen when
Touch to open the search box to find
items from the Internet, contacts from
the contact list, or applications from
Marketplace.
you bring the phone close to your ear to
make or receive calls, in order to prevent
unintentional touch on the screen.
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Feature Function(s)
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1 Power and sleep/wake button • Press and hold to turn on the phone.
• Press and hold to turn off the phone.
• Press to turn off the display.
• Press to wake up the phone from the
sleep mode.
2 Camera Capture photos and videos.
3 Speakers Audio output for video, music, and FM radio.
4 Micro USB connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer files
to a computer.
• Connects to a charger to charge the
phone.
5 Back cover Secures the battery in place.
6 Camera flash For using flash while capturing photos and
videos.
7 Headphone connector Connects to headphones.
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Feature Function(s)
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1 Volume control buttons During a phone call or while playing
media such as music, FM radio, and
video:
• Press to increase or decrease the
volume by one level.
• Press and hold continuously to
increase or decrease volume level.
2 Camera button • Press to start the camera.
• Press to capture a photo or video.
• A half press of the button enables
auto-focus.
• When recording a video, press to
stop.
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Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue
Pro
This section provides information on setting up your Dell Venue Pro
phone for the first time.
Getting Your Phone Ready for Use
1 Remove the back cover
a Slide the back cover up towards
the top of the phone.
NOTE: Do not turn on the phone when the back cover is removed.
b Lift the back cover off the phone.
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2 Insert the SIM card
Align the angled corner of the SIM card with the angled corner in the card
holder and insert the card. If the card does not fit in the card holder easily,
check to ensure that you have aligned the corner on the card with the
corner on the card holder.
3 Insert the battery
Align the metal contacts on the battery with the contacts on the battery
holder and place the battery.
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4 Close the back cover
a Align the tabs on the back cover
with the slots on the phone.
b Place the cover onto the back of
the phone, and then slide the
cover towards the bottom of the
phone to secure the cover in
place.
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5 Charge the phone
NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between
0°C and 45°C.
The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.
a Connect the microUSB cable's connector into the connector on the
phone.
b Connect the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger
adapter.
c Connect the USB wall charger adapter into a power outlet and charge the
phone till the battery is fully charged.
NOTE: The phone is fully
charged within four hours when
connected to a power outlet.
NOTE: To charge your phone
using a computer, connect the
microUSB cable's connector to
the phone, and the cable's USB
connector to a USB port on the
computer.
Turning On Your Phone
NOTE: Use this phone in an environmental temperature between -10°C
and 55°C.
1 Press the power and sleep/wake button to turn on your phone.
2 The Windows Phone 7.0 operating system screen appears when
the phone goes through a cold boot process.
3 If your SIM card is locked by a Personal Identification Number
(PIN), type the PIN by touching corresponding number keys on
the on-screen keypad. Touch the enter button to confirm your
input.
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Turning Off Your Phone
Press and hold the power and sleep/wake button.
Turning On the Screen
If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the power and
sleep/wake button to turn on the screen.
First-Time Setup
After the first-time cold boot, touch the get started button to let the
phone take you through an initial setup process:
1 The phone detects whether an Internet connection is available.
NOTE: Connecting to the Internet requires an active Wi-Fi or mobile
data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). See Connectivity settings
for more information on how to set up a data connection.
2 The phone asks whether to retrieve time zone, date, and time
information directly from the Internet server, or to set up time
zone, date, and time manually.
3 Download the Microsoft Software Agreement.
4 To connect your phone to Windows Live and use services
including Windows Live
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LIVE
Windows Live ID, or touch the create one button to register a new
Windows Live ID.
NOTE: Signing in to Windows Live also synchronizes all your Windows
Live e-mails and contacts on your phone.
5 The phone is ready for use when the Start Screen appears.
, touch the sign in button to sign in with your existing
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Messenger, Hotmail®, Zune®, and Xbox
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Physical QWERTY Keyboard
You can use the physical QWERTY keyboard to type text into a text
field in your phone.
To access the keyb oard
Slide the phone up to access the keyboard.
NOTE: The on-screen keyboard closes automatically when the physical
QWERTY keyboard is active.
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Keyboard controls
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1 Press to type alphabets in the text field.
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• Press the key to switch between the uppercase and lowercase
typing modes. in the status bar indicates that the lowercase
typing mode is active; indicates that the uppercase typing mode
is active.
• Press and hold the key to enable the Caps Lock mode, as the icon
indicates in the status bar. Press again to disable the Caps Lock
mode.
3 •Press the blue fn key to enable the blue numbers and symbols. The
icon will show up in the status bar to confirm this function is
enabled. The input mode will automatically switch to the alphabet
mode after you type a number or a symbol.
• To enable continuous number and symbol input, press and hold the
fn key. The icon will show up in the status bar to confirm this
function is enabled. Press the same key to disable this mode.
4
Press the key to add accents to vowels. Multiple presses cycle
through available accents. Press and hold the key to view the accent
picker, and touch the accent to type in the text field.
NOTE: The accent key only works when the cursor immediately follows
a vowel.
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5 •Press the space bar to type a space.
Ti le s
• Double-press the space bar to insert a period.
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Press the key to view the emoticon picker. Touch the desired
emoticon to type the emoticon in the text box.
7 •Press the sym key to open the on-screen symbol picker where you
can touch the numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks that you
want to type.
• When the symbol picker appears, touch or for more available
symbols.
•Press the sym key to close the on-screen symbol picker.
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• Press the key to enter a new line of text.
• Press the key to confirm your text input.
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• Press the key to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.
• Press and hold the key to quickly delete typed text.
Start Screen
The Start screen is the starting point for
your phone activities, and is made up of
customizable “tiles”—shortcuts or links
that provide easy access to your favorite
or frequently used features, applications,
contacts, web pages, and media playlists.
Tiles are dynamic and updated in real
time to display notifications of new text
messages, e-mails, upcoming calendar
events, missed calls, and latest feed
updates on your social networks such as
Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Live.
To open the Start screen
From any phone activities, touch Start .
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To add a tile to the Start screen
You can “Pin” an application, media item, or favorite contact to add it
as a tile on the Start screen.
1 Touch and hold an application that you would like to pin as a tile
on the Start screen.
2 From the context menu that appears, touch pin to start, or pin
favorites to start.
NOTE: After you open a contact profile from the People application,
touch the pin icon in the application bar at the bottom to pin the
contact to the Start screen.
To reposition a tile on the Start screen
1 Touch and hold the tile until it stands out to become movable.
NOTE: When the moving mode is activated, you can touch another tile
to make it movable.
2 Drag or flick the tile to another location on the screen.
3 Release the tile in the desired location.
4 Touch the tile or the blank area on the screen to disable the
moving mode.
To remove a tile from the Start screen
1 Touch and hold the tile you want to remove.
2 Touch the unpin icon .
To navigate the Start screen
1 Flick or pan the Start screen upwards or downwards until it
displays the desired tile.
NOTE: To stop the Start screen from moving, touch anywhere on the
Start screen.
2 Touch the tile to open the associate application or feature.
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To change the tile color
You can change the tile color by changing the accent color.
1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.
2 Under system, select theme.
3 Tou ch th e Accent color text box.
4 Touch a desired color sample from the ACCENTS list.
To change the background color of the Start screen
1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.
2 Under system, select theme.
3 Tou ch th e Background list box.
4 From the Background list box, touch dark or light to change the
background color.
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Touch Screen Gestures
Your phone has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the
screen to navigate and control the phone. The following touch screen
gestures are supported on your phone:
Touch Gestures Allows you to:
Touch
Touch gently on the screen with your
fingertip.
• Select screen items including
buttons, icons, images, entries, and
options.
• Start applications.
• Input text using the on-screen
keyboard or numeric keypad.
• Stop any type of screen content
from scrolling, for example the
Applications list or a web page.
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Touch Gestures Allows you to:
Touch and h o l d
Touch and hold your finger on the
screen.
Flick or swipe
Slide a finger quickly in the direction
you want the screen content to move.
“Pin” an application, media item, or
favorite contact to the Start screen to
add it as a tile.
• To pin an item, touch and hold the
item until the context menu
appears, and then touch pin to
start or pin favorites to start.
• To remove a tile, touch and hold
the tile, and then touch .
Quickly scroll through different
screens of content: the Start screen,
Applications list, web pages, lists,
entries, photos, and so on.
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Touch Gestures Allows you to:
Pan
1 Touch a desired area on the screen.
2 Keeping your finger in contact with
the screen, move your fingertip
slowly in the direction you want the
screen content to move.
• Move a tile somewhere else on
Start at a controlled rate. Touch and
hold the tile, then move it wherever
you'd like.
• Scroll through lists, menus, or
pages.
Pinch or Zoom-Out Pinch
Move two fingers closer together on
the screen to zoom-out.
Zoom-out on websites, maps, or
pictures.
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Touch Gestures Allows you to:
Stretch or Zoom-In Stretch
Move two fingers away from each
other on the screen to zoom-in.
Double-tap
Tap the screen quickly twice. Toggle between the zoom-in and
Zoom-in on websites, maps, or
pictures.
zoom-out states of a screen view,
such as a picture or web page. The
application defines the zoomed-in
and zoomed-out scales and zooms in
or out accordingly.
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Screen Orientation
Your phone supports two types of orientation: portrait and landscape.
For optimal viewing experience, the screen rotates automatically to
portrait or landscape view depending on how you hold the phone.
Portrait orientation
In portrait-mode, the screen is vertically oriented where the height of
the screen is greater than the width.
Landscape orientation
In landscape-mode, the screen is horizontally oriented where the
width of the screen is greater than the height, and is suited for
browsing the Internet, watching videos, and playing games.
NOTE: The Start screen and Applications list always appear in portrait
mode. Landscape mode is not supported on certain applications or while
the physical QWERTY keyboard is open.
NOTE: Certain applications downloaded from the Internet may not
support automatic screen orientation to portrait or landscape.
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Applications list
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The Applications list contains the list of all the applications available on
your phone.
NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be
able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other
applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go
to the applications list to access them.
To display the Applications list
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Touch Start to open the Start screen.
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Touch or flick the Start screen to the left to view the Applications list.
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To return to the Start screen from the Applications list, touch or flick
the Applications list to the right.
To navigate the Applications list
1 Flick or pan the Applications list upwards or downwards until it
displays the desired application.
NOTE: To stop the Applications list from moving, touch anywhere on
the screen.
2 Touch the application to open it.
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Status Bar
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At the top of your smart phone screen, there is a thin bar known as the
Status bar. The Status bar displays icon indicators for current time,
battery power, signal strength, network connectivity, ringtone settings,
and other system information.
NOTE: The Status bar hides the icons after a short period of time. To
display the icons, touch the Status bar.
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Signal strength
Connected to a 3G (HSPA) data network
Connected to a Wi-Fi network
Silent mode is enabled
Battery status
Current time
SIM card is locked
Vibrate mode is enabled
Phone is charging
Airplane mode is enabled
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Wallpaper
The display turns off automatically after a timeout period of inactivity. The wallpaper then
appears after you wake up the display by pressing
the power and sleep/wake button, or when you
slide open the QWERTY keyboard.
The wallpaper helps prevent unintentional touch
on the screen, displays the date and time, missed
calls, new messages, upcoming events, and the
alarm set indicator.
To set the screen time-out period
1 Touch Start → applications → Settings.
2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.
3 Tou c h t he Screen time-out box and select the desired time period.
To hide the wallpaper
Flick the wallpaper up to view the last displayed screen. If the
wallpaper is locked by a password, type the password to unlock it.
To lock the wallpaper with a password
1 Touch Start → applications → Settings.
2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.
3 Tou c h o r d r ag th e Password toggle switch to turn on the password
function.
4 Type your password into both the New password and Confirm password
boxes.
5 Tou c h t he done push button.
To change the wallpaper
Using the Settings option
1 Tou ch St ar t
2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.
→ applications → Settings.
3 Tou ch change wallpaper.
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4 Flick to view a picture collection such as all or Wallpapers. Touch
the desired collection.
5 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to display the picture.
6 Pan the picture using the cropping frame to decide which portion
of the picture you would like to use as the wallpaper. You can also
enlarge the picture using the stretch or zoom-in gesture, then
pan a desired area to crop as the wallpaper.
NOTE: The cropping tool is not available for the Wallpapers pictures in
their original size.
7 Tou ch th e crop button to set the picture as wallpaper.
Using the Pictures option
1 Tou ch St ar t
→ applications → Pictures.
2 Flick to view a picture collection such as all or Wallpapers. Touch
the desired collection.
3 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to display the picture.
4 Touch or touch and hold the picture to view the context
menu. Touch use as wallpaper.
5 Pan the picture using the cropping frame to decide which portion
of the picture you would like to use as the wallpaper. You can also
enlarge the picture using the stretch or zoom-in gesture, then
pan a desired area to crop as the wallpaper.
NOTE: The cropping tool is not available for the Wallpapers pictures in
their original size.
6 Tou ch th e crop button to set the picture as wallpaper.
To set the time and date
1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.
2 Under system, touch date & time.
3 To set the date and time automatically according to the carrier
network, touch or flick the Set automatically toggle switch to
enable the function.
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To set the date and time manually, touch or flick the Set
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automatically toggle switch to disable the function, then type the
date and time values into the respective text boxes.
4 Touch or flick the 24-hour clock toggle switch to enable or
disable the 24-hour format.
Navigating Applications
An application is a piece of software which allows you to perform a
specific task. Your phone is preloaded with a variety of applications,
and additional ones can be downloaded from the Marketplace.
Panoramic Screen
Many of the applications on your phone are presented as a panorama,
which move in a continuous loop and extend horizontally beyond the
physical borders of the display. You can browse through the content
by flicking or panning the screen horizontally.
Panoramic screen layers
When you flick or pan the panoramic screen, the four layers forming
the panoramic screen move horizontally at different speeds:
1 Panorama title
The panorama title is the title of the overall panoramic application. It lets
you identify the application in use.
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