Dell Venue Pro User Manual

Dell™ Venue Pro

User's Manual

COMMENT

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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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

1Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Getting to Know Your Dell™

Venue Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

3 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro.	.	11
Getting Your Phone Ready for Use . . . . . .	. .	11
Turning On Your Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . .	. .	14
Turning Off Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . .	. .	15
Turning On the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. .	15
First-Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	. .	15

4 Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro . . . . . . 16

Physical QWERTY Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . .	16
Start Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	18
Touch Screen Gestures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	21
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	25
Applications list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	26
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	27
Wallpaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	28

Contents 3

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

On-Screen Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

On-Screen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

5Communicating With People Using Your Dell™ Venue Pro . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Setting Up E-mail and Social Networking

	Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	38
	Using E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	40
	Calling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	43
	Managing Contacts Using the People
	Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	49
	Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	53
6	Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	58
	Using bing Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	58
	Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	59
	Using Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	62
	Marketplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	67
	Games and Xbox LIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	69
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4Contents

8 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	77
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	80
Playing Music and Video Using Zune . . . . . . .	81
Listening to FM Radio Using Zune . . . . . . . .	84
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	85
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	88
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	88
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	89
Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	89

9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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

6Package Contents

Getting to Know Your Dell™ Venue Pro

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

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Feature			Function(s)
1	Earpiece		Use to listen to phone conversations.
2	Back		Touch to:
			• Return to the previous screen or web
			page.
			• Cancel an operation.
			• Close an on-screen keyboard or a
			menu.
3	Start		• Touch to return to the Start screen

from anywhere on the phone, including from a running application.

• Touch and hold for speech commands.

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	Feature		Function(s)
	4	Search button	Touch to open the search box to find
			items from the Internet, contacts from
			the contact list, or applications from
			Marketplace.
	5 Proximity sensor		Detects and turns off the screen when
			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)
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)
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.

b Lift the back cover off the phone.

NOTE: Do not turn on the phone when the back cover is removed.

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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.

cConnect 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.

2The Windows Phone 7.0 operating system screen appears when the phone goes through a cold boot process.

3If 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.

2The 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.

4To connect your phone to Windows Live and use services including Windows Live® Messenger, Hotmail®, Zune®, and Xbox

LIVE®, touch the signbuttonin to sign in with your existing 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.

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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 keyboard

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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1Press to type alphabets in the text field.

2• 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.

4Press 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.

• Double-press the space bar to insert a period.

6Press 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.

8• Press the key to enter a new line of text.

• Press the key to confirm your text input.

9• 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,

Tiles

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.

1Touch 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

1Flick 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 Touch Start →applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select theme.

3 Touch the Accent color text box.

4 Touch a desired color sample from the ACCENTS list.

To change the background color of the Start screen

1 Touch Start →applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select theme.

3 Touch the Background list box.

4 From the Backgroundlist 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 hold

Touch and hold your finger on the screen.

“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 .

Flick or swipe

Slide a finger quickly in the direction you want the screen content to move.

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
Move two fingers closer together on	Zoom-out on websites, maps, or
the screen to zoom-out.	pictures.

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Touch Gestures

Allows you to:

Stretch or Zoom-In

Move two fingers away from each other on the screen to zoom-in.

Zoom-in on websites, maps, or pictures.

Double-tap
Tap the screen quickly twice.	Toggle between the zoom-in and
	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 or ientation: 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

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 yo ur Start Screen, you will need to go to the applications list to access them.

To display the Applications list

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1	Touch Start		to open the Start screen.
2	Touch	or flick the Start screen to the left to view the Applications list.

3To return to the Start screen from the Applications list, touch or flick the Applications list to the right.

To navigate the Applications list

1Flick 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

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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1	Signal strength
2	( ) Connected to a 3G (HSPA) data network
3	Connected to a Wi-Fi network
4	Silent mode is enabled
5	Battery status
6	Current time
7	SIM card is locked
8	Vibrate mode is enabled
9	Phone is charging
10	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

1Touch Start →applications → Settings.

2Under system , touchlock & wallpaper.

3Touch the 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

1Touch Start →applications → Settings.

2Under system , touchlock & wallpaper.

3Touch or drag the Password toggle switch to turn on the password function.

4Type your password into both the New password and Confirm password boxes.

5Touch the done push button.

To change the wallpaper

Using the Settings option

1 Touch Start →applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.

3 Touch 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.

6Pan 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	Touch the	cropbutton	to set the picture as wallpaper.
Using the Pictures option
1	Touch Start	→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.

4Touch or touch and hold the picture to view the context menu. Touch use as wallpaper.

5Pan 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 Touch the

cropbutton

to set the picture as wallpaper.

To set the time and date

1 Touch Start →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 automaticallytoggle switch to enable the function.

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To set the date and time manually, touch or flick the Set 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:

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1Panorama title

The panorama title is the title of the overall panoramic application. It lets you identify the application in use.

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