Motorola 68004121004 User Manual
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MOTOROLA FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR
Introducing the MOTOROLA FLIPOUT with
MOTOBLUR—an innovative phone that's as unique as
you are. What's most intriguing is how its touch
screen rotates on a hinge to expose a QWERTY
keypad with a separate number row for ease of use.
MOTOBLUR is the only service that can sync all your
friends, emails, messages, Facebook™, MySpace,
Twitter and happenings with continuous updates and
back-ups, along with the ability to remotely locate and
wipe your phone if it’s lost or stolen.
Caution: Before assembling, charging or using your
phone for the first time, please read the important
legal and safety information packaged with your
phone. Once your phone is up and running,
touch Menu > Settings > About phone
> Legal information to read the full information.
More information
On your phone—Touch Home > Help centre.
On your computer—Go to www.motorola.com/.
After you create a MOTOBLUR account, you can also
log in and find help with MOTOBLUR:
www.motorola.com/mymotoblur
So, whether you want to read, watch or play, we can
help.
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Your phone
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the important keys & connectors
Volume keys
ouchscreen
Menu key
Open menu
2 Your phone
options.
Micro USB connector
Charge or connect to PC.
3.5 mm
headset jack
Power key
Back key
Home key
Return to home
screen.
When you open or turn your phone
on, the screen adjusts for you.
Shift
Scroll & select
Alternate
Space
Note: Your phone might look a little different.
Delete
Enter
OK
Search
Symbols
Contents
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Your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Let's go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Touchscreen & keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Social networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Google Maps™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
YouTube™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Apps for all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Bluetooth™ wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Wi-Fi™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tips & tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Personalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Photos & videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
USB & memory card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Safety, regulatory & legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Let's go
let's get you up and running
Assemble & charge
1 Cover off 2 SIM in
3 MicroSD in (may
already be inserted)
5 Cover on 6 Charge up
4 Battery in
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Set up & go
Create or log into a MOTOBLUR account to get your
contacts, email, messages and status information, for
all your accounts, all in one place, all the time. There’s
more in “Your MOTOBLUR account” on page 11.
Registration is secure and should only take a few
minutes:
4 Let's go
1 Tur n o n .
2 Select a language.
3 Register or log in.
Tip: Open your phone
to type.
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Password
Checking for data connectivity
oose a language
If you have not created
a MOTOBLUR
account, you’ll need to
register: Enter your
name, your current
email address (where
MOTOBLUR can send
account information)
and a new
MOTOBLUR account
password.
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4 Add your accounts to
MOTOBLUR.
Set up existing accounts
If you use any of the services below, tap the icon to
set it up or press and hold the icon for more details.
MOTOBLUR accounts
FacebookMySpace
Last FM Twitter Email
Finished adding accounts
5 Import your SIM
contacts.
To add an account,
touch it. Then, enter
the username or email
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and password that you
set up on that account.
Tip: For more, or to
add accounts anytime,
go to “Add account”
on page 11.
After you sign in, your
phone will
automatically start to
import your SIM
contacts.
Note: This phone supports data-intensive apps and
services. It is strongly recommended that you
purchase a data plan that meets your needs. Contact
your service provider for details.
Turn it on & off
To turn on your phone, press and hold Power
(on the right side of the phone).
To turn off your phone, press and hold Power ,
then touch Power off.
Wi-Fi connect
If you want to use a Wi-Fi computer network for even
faster Internet access, touch Menu > Settings
> Wireless & networks > Wi-Fi settings.
Cool content & more
Browse and download thousands of the coolest apps
on the planet from Android Market™ (see “Apps for
all” on page 29).
Your phone comes with a microSD memory card
installed—you can fill it with photos, videos and music
from your computer using “USB drag & drop” on
page 42.
Security
Your contacts are backed-up on MOTOBLUR, so don’t
worry. Even if you lose your phone, MOTOBLUR can
help you find it or wipe it. And when you get your next
MOTOBLUR product, your stored info makes it a
breeze to set up with just a username and password.
Of course it doesn't stop there. There are plenty of
ways to protect your phone and your information,
in “Security” on page 47.
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Touchscreen & keys
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a few essentials
Touch tips
Here are some tips on how to navigate around your
phone.
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To choose an icon or option,
touch it.
Touch & hold
To open special options,
touch and hold an icon or
other item. Try it: On the
home screen, touch
Contacts, then touch
and hold a contact to open
options.
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Trevor Gilley
Black director's
chair, and
37°
NEW YORK
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298 minutes away from cake.
Jones Lara
just found a black...
26 minutes ago
Messaging
Browser
Wallace Mans
Jennie Jenkins
Leo Heaton
Drag
To scroll through a list or
move slowly, drag across
the touchscreen. Try it:
On the home screen,
touch Contacts,
then drag your Contacts
L
Wallace Mans
M
Jennie Jenkins
R
list up or down.
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Tip: When you drag or flick a list, a scroll bar appears
on the right. Drag the scroll bar to move the list to a
letter A – Z.
Flick
To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the
touchscreen (drag quickly and release).
Tip: When you flick a long list, touch the screen to stop
it from scrolling.
Pinch-to-zoom
Get a closer look at maps, web pages or photos. To
zoom in, touch the screen with two fingers and then
slide them apart. To zoom out, drag your fingers
together.
Key tips
Menu, home & back
Touch Home to close any menu or app and return
to the home screen.
On the home screen, touch and hold Home to
show the last few apps you used, then touch an app to
open it.
Press Search for text search, or press and hold for
voice search.
Touch Menu to open menu options, or touch
Back to go back.
Sleep & wake up
To save your battery, prevent accidental touches or
when you want to wipe smudges off your
touchscreen, put the touchscreen to sleep by pressing
Power . To wake up the touchscreen, just press
Power again, or open the phone.
To change how long your phone waits before the
screen goes to sleep automatically, touch Menu
> Settings > Sound & display > Screen timeout.
Tip: To make the screen lock when it goes to sleep,
use “Screen lock” on page 47.
Power key menu
Press and hold Power to open the power key
menu, where you can turn off the phone (Power off),
or turn Flight mode or Silent mode on or off.
Adjust volume
Press the volume keys to change the ring volume (on
the home screen) or the earpiece volume (during a
call).
Tip: To silence the ringtone with a double tap, or to
switch to vibrate mode by placing your phone face
down, touch Menu > Settings > Sound & display
> Double tap to silence or Smart profile: face down
to vibrate.
Spin the screen
The touchscreen can rotate 90 degrees in some apps,
such as messaging and contacts, to stay right-side up
when you rotate your phone:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Sound & display
> Orientation
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Home screen
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quick access to the things you need most
Quick start: Home screen
The home screen gives you all your latest information
in one place. It's what you see when you turn on the
phone or touch Home from a menu. It’s basically
like this:
Notifications
Flick this bar down to see details.
Status indicators
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298 minutes away from cake.
Trevor Gilley
Black director's
chair, and
37°
NEW YORK
Jones Lara
just found a black...
26 minutes ago
Messaging
Browser
Note: Your home screen might look a little different.
Use & change your home screen
On your home screen, shortcuts are icons that you
open your favourite apps, web bookmarks, contacts,
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Your online status
Touch to change your status.
Open the main menu.
Widgets
Touch to open, or touch & hold to
move or delete.
Flick left or right to open
more panels of widgets.
Shortcuts
Touch to open.
mail labels or music playlists. Widgets show you
news, weather, messages and other updates.
Flick the home screen left or right to open other panels
of shortcuts and widgets.
• To open something, touch it. Touch Home to
return to the home screen.
• To change a widget’s settings, open it and then
touch Menu > Setup.
Tip: For each Messages or Happenings widget,
you can choose the accounts you want to show.
You can find details about the settings for
Happenings (“Add account” on page 11),
Messages (“Set up messaging” on page 20), Music
(“Music” on page 39), Social status (“Update your
status” on page 11), News or Weather (“Widgets”
on page 35).
• To resize a widget, touch
and hold a corner until
you feel a vibration, then
drag to resize. Arrows
appear in the corners of
Kristine Kelley
Not even ready to
Not even ready to
back to schoo
go back to school
10 minutes ago
minutes ag
the widget. Drag the
arrows to resize.
• To add something or change your wallpaper, touch
and hold an empty spot until you see the Add to
Home screen menu.
You can add a folder to organise your shortcuts.
• To move or delete something, touch and hold it
until you feel a vibration, then drag it to another
spot, another panel or the trash on the lower right of
the screen.
Search
To search, touch Search on the front of the phone,
or press Search on the QWERTY keypad.
Type, then touch the icon for
a text search.
Touch the icon and then
speak for a voice search.
Running multiple apps
No need to close an app before opening another one.
Your phone runs multiple apps, all at once.
You can open a new app while already running another.
Touch Home to return to the home screen. Open
the Applications tab and touch the app you want. To
switch from one running app to another, touch and
hold Home to see what apps are already open,
then touch the one you want. You can view up to the
last six apps that you ran.
Notifications & phone status
At the top of the screen, icons on the left notify you
about new messages or events. Icons on the right tell
you about phone status.
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Notifications
To access a message, email or meeting reminder
directly from the status bar, drag the status bar down
and touch the notification.
Alex Pico
Meeting
3G
Clear notifications
25 Mar, 15:07
25 March 2010 25 Mar, 15:07
Notifications
Coffee?
3G
Alex Pico
Meeting
25 March 2010
Notifications
Coffee?
Bluetooth™ active network (full signal)
GPS active network (roaming)
Wi-Fi active downloading
volume voicemail message
vibrate 3G (fastest data)
silent flight mode
mute call battery (charging)
signal (roaming) battery (full charge)
speakerphone active alarm set
GPRS (fast data) EDGE (faster data)
10 Home screen
Tip: To see today’s date, touch and hold the status bar
at the top of the screen.
Main menu
Quick start: Main menu
The main menu shows you all of your applications. To
open it from the home screen, touch . To close it,
touch Home .
Note: Your main menu will vary.
Tip: To find an app in the main menu, open your phone
(or touch and hold Menu to open a display keypad),
then type the app name.
Recent apps
Touch and hold Home to see the last few apps you
used, then touch the app you want. Touch Home
to return to the home screen.
Social networking
my life, your life
Your MOTOBLUR account
The first time you turned on your phone, you
registered for a MOTOBLUR account that manages
your messages, contacts and more (“Set up & go” on
page 4). You can log into this account from a computer
to upload contacts, reset your password, get help or
even locate your phone:
www.motorola.com/mymotoblur
What is MOTOBLUR?
MOTOROLA FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR is a phone
with social skills.
MOTOBLUR is the only service that can sync all your
friends, emails, messages, Facebook™, MySpace,
Twitter and happenings with continuous updates and
back-ups, along with the ability to remotely locate and
wipe your phone if it’s lost or stolen.
Update your status
After you add a social networking account, you can
update and see your current status in a Social status
widget on your home screen.
To update your status, just touch your Social status
widget and enter text. If you have more than one
account, you can use the pull-down menu to limit
which accounts are updated. If you don’t see a Social
status widget, flick your home screen left or right to
check all panels.
To add a Social status widget:
1 Touch and hold an empty spot on your home screen
to open the Add to Home screen menu.
2 To uc h Motorola widgets > Social status. The
widget appears in the empty spot and will show
your status the next time your phone updates from
the network.
Add account
If you skipped setting up a MOTOBLUR account when
you first turned on your phone, you’ll need to set up a
MOTOBLUR account before you can add other
accounts. On your home screen, touch Set up your
account and follow the steps in “Set up & go” on
page 4.
Note: You can add your Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
or other accounts to your phone. If you don’t have
accounts, you can visit their web sites to set them up.
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts > Add
account
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To sign into your account, use the username or email
and password that you set up on that account (the
same as on your computer).
When you sign into social networking accounts, you’ll
see your friends and contacts in your Contacts list,
and your status and updates can appear in Social
status and Happenings widgets.
Note: Twitter and MySpace messages will always
appear as “read” on your phone, but your phone
notifies you when you receive a new message.
MySpace marks your messages as “read” online.
For email accounts, see “Set up messaging” on
page 20.
Tip: To download updates faster, use “Wi-Fi™” on
page 31.
View account updates & features
After you add a social networking account, you can see
and respond to friends’ updates with the Happenings
widget on your home screen. If you don’t see one, set
one up in “Widgets” on page 35.
When you touch the Happenings widget to open an
update, you can touch on the social network's icon to
open the relevant web site.
Note: Your network or other factors might affect the
speed of widget updates.
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Edit & delete accounts
Find it: Menu > Settings > Accounts
Touch and hold an account, then touch Open account
to edit it, or touch Remove account to remove it
(along with its contacts and messages).
Calls
it’s good to talk
Quick start: Calls
Dialling options
Find it: Dialler
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Call
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More options
Touch for voicemail, speed
dial and frequent calls.
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Delete
Touch to delete a digit you
entered.
Search contacts
Changes to Add Contact if a
digit is entered above.
Recent calls
Call
Enter a phone number and
touch here to call it.
In-call options
Active call ( 00:12 )
Alex Pico
Mobile (555) 555-2505
End call
SpeakerMute
Call timer
Dial pad
Open to enter numbers
during a call.
End call
Hang up.
Mute
Mute or unmute the call.
Speakerphone
Turn speakerphone on or off.
During a call, touch Menu to choose Hold, New
call or Use Bluetooth. Your touchscreen goes dark to
avoid accidental touches. To wake it up,
press Power .
Tip: You can touch Home or Back to hide the
active call display. To reopen it, touch Dialler.
Make & answer calls
Note: Unless you have a headset connected, you need
to open the phone to make and answer calls.
To make a call, open the phone, touch Dialler,
enter a number, then touch Call.
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Tip: To enter an international dialling code, touch and
hold . To add a pause or wait after numbers,
touch Menu .
To answer a call, open the phone
or drag Answer to the right
(when your phone is unlocked,
Ignore by pressing the Lock key.
Slide to answer
Answer is just a touch button).
End calls
Touch End call.
End call
Voicemail
Find it: Dialler > Menu > Voicemail
Speed dial
Find it: Dialler > Menu > Speed dial
• To call a number, touch it.
• To add, edit or clear entries, touch Menu .
Frequent calls
Find it: Dialler > Menu > Frequent
• To call a number, touch it.
• To send a text message, view a contact, add the call
to speed dial or other options, touch and hold an
entry.
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Hands-free
Note: Using a mobile device or accessory while
driving may cause distraction and may be illegal.
Always obey the laws and drive safely.
During a call:
• To use the speakerphone, touch Speaker.
• To use a Bluetooth™ device, touch Menu > Use
Bluetooth.
Mute & hold
During a call:
• To mute the current call, touch Mute.
• To put a call on hold, touch Menu > Hold.
Enter numbers during a call
To enter numbers during a call, touch and then
touch the dial pad.
Conference calls
To start a conference call, call the first number. After
they answer, touch Menu > New call and call the
next number. When the next number answers,
touch Menu > Join.
Your phone number
Find it: Menu > Settings > About phone >
Status > My phone number
Your caller ID
To hide your number from the people you call,
touch Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional settings > Caller ID.
Emergency calls
Note: Your service provider programmes one or more
emergency phone numbers (such as 999 or 112) that
you can call under any circumstances, even when your
phone is locked. Emergency numbers vary by country.
Your pre-programmed emergency number(s) may not
work in all locations, and sometimes an emergency
call cannot be placed due to network, environmental or
interference issues.
1 Open the phone, then touch Dialler (if your
phone is locked, touch Emergency call or
touch Menu > Emergency call).
2 Enter the emergency number.
3 To uc h Call to call the emergency number.
Note: Your mobile device can use AGPS satellite
signals to help emergency ser vices find you (see “GPS
& AGPS” on page 53).
Call forwarding & waiting
You can forward calls all the time or only when your
phone is busy, unanswered or unreachable (not on the
network):
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Call
forwarding
When you’re on a call and a second call comes in, Call
waiting lets you answer it by touching Answer. You
can turn off Call waiting to send second calls straight
to your voicemail:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings >
Additional settings > Call waiting
Restrict outgoing calls
To restrict your phone so that it can only dial a few
numbers:
Find it: Menu > Settings > Call settings > Fixed
dialling number
• To turn fixed dialling on, touch FDN disabled.
• To add or delete the allowed numbers,
touch Manage FDN list.
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Contacts
contacts like you’ve never had before
Quick start: Contacts
Find it: Contacts
Group
Touch Menu to choose
which group to show (like
All, Favourites, or Facebook).
Contacts A-Z
Contacts: All contacts
Alex Pico
Dan Smith
Kate Shunney
Tip: To search the list, touch and hold Menu >
Search, then type a name. When you flick or drag this
list, a scroll bar appears on the right. Drag the scroll bar
to move the list faster.
Import contacts from your SIM
Note: You might have already done this during
“Set up & go” on page 4.
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Touch to add a contact.
Contacts list
Touch to view contact
information. Touch & hold to
send email, delete and more.
If you need to import the contacts from your SIM card,
touch Contacts, then touch Menu > Settings
> Manage SIM card.
Call, text or email contacts
Find it: Contacts
For View contact, Send email, Delete contact,
touch and hold the contact.
View & use contacts
With a MOTOROLA FLIPOUT with MOTOBLUR, you’ll
know what everybody’s up to and when. Every time
you pick up a call, check a message or look up a
friend’s contact info: you’ll not only see their name and
number, but you’ll see their social network status and
smiling face too.
Find it: Contacts
• To filter the contacts by group (All, Facebook and
so on) touch Menu > Display group.
Tip: To change which account provides the pictures
for your Contacts, from the home screen
touch Menu > Settings > Accounts >
Menu > Picture source.
• To find a contact, just type the name.
Touch a contact to open their details. To start a call
or compose a message, just touch their phone
number or other info.
• To change the list view to History (recently used),
A–Z (list without status) or Status (list with status),
flick the screen to the left or right.
• To send a contact’s details in a message or over a
Bluetooth connection, touch and hold the contact,
then choose Share contact.
Edit or delete contacts
Find it: Contacts
Touch the contact, then touch Menu > Edit or
Delete. You can set a ringer, address and other details
that will be saved on your phone and your MOTOBLUR
account.
Where are contacts edited or deleted? Your phone
edits the contacts in its memory, and also updates
your MOTOBLUR account. Your changes won’t affect
your SIM card.
Link contacts
You might have two Contacts for the same person,
maybe a Facebook friend who is also stored on your
SIM card, or one friend with two email addresses. To
combine these two contacts:
Find it: Contacts
Touch a contact to open it, then touch Menu >
Link contact and touch the second entry. Your
MOTOBLUR account remembers this connection.
Create contacts
Find it: Contacts > Menu > Add contact
Open your phone to type the name and details.
Touch Other to choose a
different type for this entry.
Add contact
First Last
Phone
Other
Phone
Emails
To see more details, flick up.
When you’re finished, touch Save.
Where are contacts saved? Your phone saves new
contacts in its memory, your MOTOBLUR account and
other accounts you select: In Contacts,
+ adds another entry.
- removes this entry.
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touch Menu > Settings to choose which accounts
get updated. New contacts won’t be on your SIM card,
but they will download to any new MOTOBLUR phone
when you log into your MOTOBLUR account.
Synchronise contacts
When you change one of your Contacts, your phone
automatically updates your MOTOBLUR account
online. Also, your phone updates your Contacts and
MOTOBLUR account whenever you change a friend in
your social networking accounts.
So, you don’t have to do anything to synchronise your
Contacts with your other accounts! MOTOBLUR
takes care of it for you.
My details
Find it: Contacts > Menu > My info
To edit details, touch them.
Groups
You can put your Contacts into groups that you create
(like “friends”, “family” or “work”). Then, you can find
contacts faster by showing one group at a time.
To create a group in your Contacts, touch Menu >
Display group > Create new group. Enter a group
name, then touch Menu > Add member to add
members.
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To show only one group in your Contacts, touch
Contacts at the top of your screen and choose the
group name.
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