Handspring TREO 750 User Manual
Table of Contents
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Welcome to Cingular 1
Overview: Your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device 1
Setup 2
Insert the battery 2
Complete setup 3
Navigation 4
Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off 4
Move around the touchscreen 5
Use the keyboard 7
Open, leave, and close applications 9
Your Today screen 10
Your phone 11
Turn your phone on and off 11
Make and receive calls 12
Set up voicemail 13
What can I do when I’m on a call? 14
Your email 15
Choose the best email option 15
Set up personal email 15
Set up corporate email 19
Create and send an email message 24
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Synchronization 25
Why synchronize information? 25
Synchronize for the first time 25
Your Contacts, Calendar, Messages, and Web 27
Contacts 27
Calendar 29
Messaging 30
Web browser 31
Troubleshooting 32
Tips and Tricks 35
Keyboard 35
Phone 35
Data 36
Typing 36
Browser 37
Navigation 37
General 37
Status indicators 38
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Welcome to Cingular
Overview: Your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device
Overview: Your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device
5-way navigator and
Stylus
Center button
Earpiece
Indicator light (phone
and charge indicator)
Volume
Side button
Left action key
Phone/Send
Start
Ringer switch
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Right action key
OK
Power/End
Microphone
Multi-connector
Headset jack
Stylus
Infrared (IR) port (side)
Setup
Insert the battery
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Tip
Your phone won't
work without a SIM
card. The SIM card
is usually preinstalled in your
Treo 750, unless
you’re upgrading
from another
Cingular phone.
Check to see if the
SIM card is
installed. The SIM
card is located in a
cutout in the lowerright corner of the
battery
compartment. See
"I need to insert
my SIM card" on
page 32 for more
information.
If you need a SIM
card, call Cingular
customer care at
1-800-331-0500.
Insert the battery
1. Remove the battery door.
Press battery
door release
2. Insert the battery into the compartment.
3. Slide the battery door back into place.
4. Connect the charger.
®
The touchscreen on your Palm
Wait for the progress bar to fill and the Windows Mobile
appear.
Treo™ 750 smart device turns on.
Align battery
contacts with
compartment
contacts
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screen to
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Complete setup
Complete setup
1. When prompted, tap anywhere on the
screen to begin setup.
2. Tap the onscreen targets to align the
touchscreen, and then press Next
(right action key).
3. On the date & time screen, leave the
boxes checked if you want your Treo 750
to obtain the date, time, and time zone
from the local network; uncheck the
boxes if you want to enter this
information manually. Press Next
(right action key).
4. Repeatedly press Next (right
action key) to learn about four important
features of your Treo 750.
5. After you complete setup, we
recommend that you review the first two
sections of the Quick Tour. Press Start
, select Programs, and then select
Quick Tour .
Note: If your Treo 750 doesn’t turn on after you charge it, do a soft reset by
pressing the Reset button inside the expansion card slot door with the tip of the
stylus. For more information on resetting your Treo 750, see Your Palm Treo 750
Smart Device User Guide on the Windows Mobile Getting Started Disc.
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Tip
You need a highspeed data plan for
email, multimedia
messaging, and
web browsing.
Find out if you have
a plan by checking
your bill, or calling
Cingular: dial 611
from your Treo 750
or 1-800-331-0500
from any phone.
Tip
Need help setting
up your Treo 750?
Call the Palm
Setup Help desk
for Cingular
customers at
1-800-331-0500.
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Navigation
Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off
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Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off
The phone and the touchscreen of your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device
can be turned off and on separately. When you wake up the touchscreen
and leave the phone off you can use only the organizer features, for
example, when you’re on a plane and want to look at your calendar, play
MP3 files, or write email offline.
If you’re taking your Treo 750 out of the box and turning it on for the first
time, the phone is already on. You just need to wake up the touchscreen.
1. Press and release
Power/End to
wake up the
touchscreen.
2. Press Center to
turn off Keyguard.
3. Press and release
Power/End to turn
off the touchscreen
and lock the keyboard.
Center
Power/End
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Move around the touchscreen
Move around the touchscreen
To move around the touchscreen on your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device,
you can use the 5-way navigator, or you can tap items on the screen with
the stylus. The 5-way includes the following buttons:
Center
Left
Highlight and select items
The highlight identifies which item is affected by your next action. Use
Left , Right , Up , and Down on the 5-way to move the highlight
from one item to another. The highlight can take two forms: a border
around an onscreen button, a check box, an option, or a web link; and light
text on a dark background.
Up
Right
Down
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Did You Know?
On most screens,
one item—a
button, a list entry,
or a check box—is
highlighted by
default.
Tip
If the item you
want doesn’t
appear on the
touchscreen, try
tapping the
onscreen scroll
arrows to view
more information.
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Move around the touchscreen
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Tip
You can select
most menu items
by pressing a key
on the keyboard.
To quickly access a
menu item, press
Menu (right action
key) followed by
the underlined
letter in the menu
item’s name.
After highlighting an item, you can select (activate) it by pressing
Center or by tapping the item with the stylus.
Select menu items
Many applications have menus that give you access to additional
features. These menus are usually hidden from view, but they appear
when you press Menu (right action key).
1. Press Menu (right action key) to
display an application’s menu.
2. Press Up or Down to highlight a
menu item.
3. If an arrow appears next to a menu
item, press Center or Right to
display additional items on a
submenu, and then press Up or
Down to highlight a submenu item.
To return to the main menu without
making a selection, press Left .
4. Press Center to select the menu item, or press Left or
Menu (right action key) to close the menu and cancel your
selection.
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Use the keyboard
Use the keyboard
Left
action key
Phone/Send
Start
Option
Shift/Search
Enter lowercase and uppercase letters
• To enter a lowercase letter, press the key you want.
• To enter an uppercase letter, press Shift ( or ), and then press a
letter key. You don’t need to press and hold Shift while entering the
letter.
• To turn Caps Lock on, press Shift ( or ) twice. The following
symbol appears: . To turn it off, press Shift ( or ) once.
Right
action key
Power/End
Backspace
Return
Shift
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Use the keyboard
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Tip
You can also open
the onscreen
keyboard to enter
letters, numbers,
and other
characters in
applications that
support this
feature. Tap the
keyboard icon in
the center at the
bottom of any
screen where it
appears. After
opening the
keyboard, you can
set various input
options by tapping
the arrow to the
right of the
keyboard icon.
Enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear
above the letters on the keys. To enter these
characters, do one of the following:
•Press Option , and then press the key
with the character. You don’t need to hold Option while pressing the
key.
• To turn Option Lock on, press Option twice. The following symbol
appears: . To turn it off, press Option once.
Symbol
Letter
Enter more symbols and accented characters
1. Press Alt to display the alternate character list.
2. Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character
you want. For example, to enter an é, press E.
3. Highlight the desired character and then press Center to insert
the character.
Note: To enter characters such as _ • \ % = :, press Alt by itself and select
the character from the list.
See the User Guide on the CD for a table of alternate characters.
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Open, leave, and close applications
Open, leave, and close applications
Press Start to open an application
1. Press Start to open the Start
menu.
2. Use the 5-way to highlight an
application, and then press
Center to open it.
Press OK to leave an application
Press OK to leave one
application and go to another.
Note: The application you left stays open in the background.
Press and hold OK to close an application
1. Press and hold OK to open Memory Settings.
2. On the Running Programs tab, do one of the following:
• Select the application to close, and then select Stop to close it.
• Select Stop All to close all open applications.
Select to see all
applications
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Tip
To see all your
available
applications, select
Programs from the
Start menu.
Tip
In Programs, press
a letter to jump to
the first application
that begins with
that letter. For
example, press C
to jump to
Calculator. Press C
again to jump to
Camera, and so on.
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Your Today screen
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Tip
You can also open
the Today screen
by pressing Power/
End, unless you are
on a call. If you’re
on a call, pressing
Power/End hangs
up the call. If the
Today screen is
already displayed
and you’re not on a
call, pressing
Power/End turns
off the screen
display.
Tip
You can select a
picture for your
Today screen
background and
select which items
appear in the
Today screen. See
the User Guide for
details.
Your Today screen
From your Today screen you can quickly look up a contact, make a call,
see your latest calendar appointments, see the number of unread email
messages, and even perform a web search. To access your Today screen,
press Phone/Send .
Title bar and
status info
Dial Lookup field
Speed-dial
entries
Web search field
Title bar and status info: See the User Guide to learn about the icons
that appear in this area.
Dial Lookup field: Type the number you want to call and press Center
to dial, or begin typing a name to look up the associated number in
Contacts. See "Dial by contact name" on page 28 for more information.
Web search field: Enter a web address or a keyword and press Center
or Return to view a list of search results based on the address or
word (data services connection required).
Speed-dial entries: Select a speed-dial button—either a picture or
text—to call the number assigned to it. See the User Guide to create
your own.
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Your phone
Turn your phone on and off
Turn your phone on and off
When your phone is on, it is connected to the Cingular network (provided
you’re in a coverage area) so that you can make and receive phone calls
and use wireless services, such as email, messaging, and the web browser.
During initial setup, your phone is automatically turned on, so you can use
wireless services right away. If you turn off your phone, you can still use the
organizer and media features such as Calendar and Pictures & Videos.
1. Wake up the touchscreen.
2. Press Phone/Send to display the
Today screen.
3. Press and hold Power/End to turn on
your phone.
You know your phone is on and that you’re
inside a coverage area when you see the
signal-strength icon at the top of the
Today screen.
Note: If you’re prompted for a PIN code, your
SIM card is locked. If you don’t know your PIN code, ask Cingular to provide you
with the PIN code.
4. Press and hold Power/End again to turn off your phone.
You know your phone is off when the signal-strength icon displays an
“x” with no bars.
Status icons
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Tip
To turn on the
phone from any
screen, tap the
signal-strength
icon and then
select Phone.
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