Palm I70500 Users Manual

Handbook for the

Palm i705

™

Handheld

Copyright © 1998-2001 Palm, Inc. All rights reserved. Graffiti, HotSync, MyPalm, MultiMail, and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo, Palm, and the Palm logo are trademarks of Palm. Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Query to Andover/Marketing: What is the official name of blaster, and is that a trademarked or registered entity?

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

Palm assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this guide.

Palm assumes no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through the use of this software. Palm assumes no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs. Be sure to make backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss.

IMPORTANT Please read the End User Software License Agreement with this product before using the accompanying software program(s). Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the End User Software License Agreement.

Software Download Available

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Contents

About This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1: Setting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Minimum requirements: Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Minimum requirements: Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 1: Connect the HotSync cradle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 2: Charge your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Step 3: Install Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Step 4: Perform HotSync Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Desktop e-mail director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The MyPalm Update conduit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Wireless account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Step 5: Set Up Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Step 6: Activate Your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 2: Exploring Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Palm i705 Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Locating front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using the backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Locating back panel components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Tapping and Typing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Tap with the stylus to get things done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Elements of the handheld interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 3: Entering Data in Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using the Onscreen Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Using Graffiti Writing to Enter Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Writing Graffiti characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Graffiti tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Graffiti alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Writing capital letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Writing numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Graffiti numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Writing punctuation marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Additional Graffiti punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Writing symbols and extended characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Writing accented characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Accent strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Additional non-English characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Navigation strokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Graffiti ShortCuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Beaming Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using your Computer Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Importing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Importing data from a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Importing data from a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Using Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Using A Portable Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 4: Using Wireless Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using the Wireless button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Turning on the radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Monitoring the transmission signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the indicator light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

What is Web Clipping? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Web Clipping, not web browsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the MyPalm application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Using Portal web clipping applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Browsing or searching the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Adding web clipping applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Working with web clipping applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using installed web clipping applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Example of web clipping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Reviewing current queries and clippings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Reviewing stored clippings: History list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Saving information from a web clipping application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sending e-mail from a page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Web Clipping Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Protection of your wireless transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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Chapter 5: Working with Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Opening expansion card applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Switching between applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Categorizing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Changing the Applications Launcher display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Copying applications to an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Choosing application preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Common tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Creating records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Editing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Deleting records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Purging records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Categorizing records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Finding information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Sorting lists of records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Attaching notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Choosing fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Reviewing Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Installing and removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Installing add-on applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Removing Palm Desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Chapter 6: Using Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Creating an Address Book entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Selecting types of phone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Changing Address Entry details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Address Book menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Chapter 7: Using Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Performing Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Recent Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Calculator menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Chapter 8: Using Card Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Reviewing Card Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Renaming a Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Formatting a Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

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Card Info Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Card menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Chapter 9: Using Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Viewing the Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Setting an Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Clock Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Chapter 10: Using Date Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Scheduling An Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Rescheduling An Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Setting An Alarm for an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Scheduling Repeating or Continuous Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Changing the Date Book View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Working in Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Spotting event conflicts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Working in Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Working in Agenda View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Date Book Menus, Preferences, and Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Record menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Options menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chapter 11: Using Memo Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Creating Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Reviewing Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Memo Pad Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Record menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Chapter 12: Using Note Pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Creating a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Reviewing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Setting an Alarm for a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Note Pad Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Record menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Options menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Chapter 13: Using Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Assigning A Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Locking your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Recovering from a forgotten password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

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Making records private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Chapter 14: Using To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Creating List Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Setting Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Checking Off a To Do List Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Changing To Do List Item Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Setting a due date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

To Do Show Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

To Do List menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Chapter 15: Using MultiMail

Deluxe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Receiving E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Reading e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Switching to other folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Moving e-mail between folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Sending e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Completing drafts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Replying to or forwarding e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Deleting e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Emptying trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Using the Message menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Configuring MultiMail Deluxe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Using Account Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Editing e-mail accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Deleting an account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Setting Notification Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Using custom notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Scheduling notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Creating Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Setting MultiMail Deluxe Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Chapter 16: Performing HotSync

Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Selecting HotSync Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Customizing HotSync Application Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Performing Cradle HotSync Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Performing a cradle HotSync operation: Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Performing a direct HotSync operation: Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

IR HotSync Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Contents

Preparing your computer for infrared communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Performing an IR HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Returning to cradle HotSync operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Conducting a HotSync Operation Via Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Preparing your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Preparing your handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Selecting the conduits for a modem HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Performing a HotSync operation via a modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Conducting a HotSync Operation via a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Connecting to your company’s dial-in server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Performing a network HotSync operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Creating a User Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Chapter 17: Setting Preferences for Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Viewing Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Buttons preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Pen preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

HotSync buttons preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Digitizer preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Formats preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

General preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Date and Time preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Connection preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Network preferences and TCP/IP software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Owner preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

ShortCuts preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Appendix A: Maintaining Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Caring for Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Battery Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Resetting Your Handheld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Performing a soft reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Performing a hard reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Software Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Operating Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Tapping and Writing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Wireless Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Application Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Contents

HotSync problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Beaming Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Recharging Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Password Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Product Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

FCC RF Exposure Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

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About This Book

Welcome to the Palm™ i705 handheld. This handbook is designed to help you get up and running quickly on your handheld. It describes all you need to know about how to use your handheld and the applications that come with it. It walks you through:

■ Enabling wireless features

■ Sending and receiving personal and business e-mail wirelessly

■ Locating all the parts of your handheld

■ Viewing and entering data

■ Working with expansion cards

■ Using your handheld with your computer

■ Personalizing your handheld with your own preference settings

After you become familiar with the basic functionality of your handheld, you can use the rest of this handbook as a reference for less common tasks, for maintaining your handheld, and also as a source of information if you have problems operating it.

About This Book

CHAPTER 1

Setting Up

Note: Information in this section and in the Getting Started Guide will be updated when the out of box experience is finalized.

Your new Palm™ i705 handheld is wirelessly enabled so that you can use it, like a cellular phone, to transmit and receive information over the airwaves. Use your handheld to do the following:

■ Receive enterprise e-mail wherever you are, and rely on your handheld’s

blinking indicator light to notify you of its arrival.

■ Set filters and notification preferences so that you determine what e-mail is

forwarded from your desktop.

■ Read, compose, and send e-mail on the go.

■ Access the internet and view content formated for viewing on your handheld,

or browse or search the internet.

Before you can use these features, you must set up your handheld, install software on your desktop computer, and activate your wireless account.

System Requirements

To install and operate Palm™ Desktop software, your computer system must meet the following requirements:

Minimum requirements: Windows

■ IBM-compatible Pentium-class computer

■ Windows 98/ME/2000 (Windows 95/NT operating systems require a serial

cradle/cable, sold separately)

■ 16 MB RAM (64 MB recommended with Windows 2000)

■ 30 MB available hard disk space

■ VGA monitor or better (the Quick Tour requires 256-color video display; for best

results, use High Color: 16 bit)

■ CD-Rom drive (you can also download Palm Desktop software from

www.palm.com.

■ Mouse

Setting Up

■ One USB port or available serial port (serial cradle/cable sold separately)

Minimum requirements: Macintosh

■ Apple Macintosh or compatible with a Power PC processor

■ Mac OS 8.51 to 9

■ One USB port or available serial port (serial cradle/cable sold separately)

■ 25 MB available hard disk space

■ 6 MB free RAM

Internet Access

For easiest activation of your wireless account, and to receive updates to the MyPalm™ application, your desktop computer must have the following:

■ A modem

■ An account with an internet service provider

■ A web browser

If you are upgrading from another Palm OS® handheld:

If you already own a Palm OS handheld, you must install the version of Palm Desktop software that comes with your new handheld. Also, perform a HotSync operation using your old handheld and cradle before you complete the set up tasks. This ensures all data on your handheld is on your desktop computer.

Step 1: Connect the HotSync cradle

Shut down and turn off your computer.

Plug the USB connector into a USB port on your computer.

Connect the power cord that attaches to the back of the cradle’s USB port connector to the AC adapter cord.

Plug the AC adapter into any AC current outlet.

Step 2: Charge your Handheld

Just place your handheld on the cradle for two hours for an initial charge before you use it. Then, place it on the cradle for a few minutes each day to recharge it to

full capacity. Your handheld’s indicator light displays solid green when it is charging.

Step 3: Install Software

Insert the CD labeled Palm Desktop software and follow the onscreen instructions.

Query to Marketing: How will the CD be labeled?

After Palm Desktop software installs, you are prompted to install the desktop e-mail forwarder, a conduit for updating the MyPalm wireless account. The instructions guide you through these tasks.

See the next section for details.

application, and to activate your

Step 4: Perform HotSync Operations

Palm Desktop software

Palm Desktop software includes the same organizer applications as your handheld: Date Book, Address Book, To Do List, Note Pad, and Memo Pad. Changes you make in one place appear in the other after you perform a HotSync operation.

As part of the installation process, you will be prompted to perform HotSync operations.

Just place your handheld on the cradle and press the

HotSync button.

When the HotSync operations complete, remove the handheld from the cradle by gently rocking it forward and then lifting it from the cradle

Setting Up

Desktop e-mail director

The desktop e-mail director securely forwards e-mail from your Windows enterprise mailbox to your handheld. Your handheld notifies you of its arrival by blinking its red indicator light at paired intervals.

ADDITIONAL DOC/CONFIG INFO TBD

What is the official name of the desktop director, and is it trademarked/registered?

The MyPalm Update conduit

The MyPalm application on your handheld is a portal, like portal sites on the internet. It allows you to quickly and wirelessly access internet content formatted for your handheld. If installed, the MyPalm Update conduit will initiate an Internet connection each time you perform a HotSync operation. If a newer version of the MyPalm application is found, it replaces the current version on your handheld.

Wireless account

As the first HotSync operation completes, the installer launches a web browser on your desktop and opens the Palm i705 Activation URL where you will register your wireless account, select a service plan, provide billing information, and begin activation.

New users: Click Sign up and Register.

Palm VII/VIIx users: Logon using your existing palm.net username and password.

You must also check the box beneath the password that identifies you as a Palm VII/VIIx user.

MyPalm portal members: Logon using your MyPalm portal username and

password.

If you do not have Internet access, call Customer Care to set up your wireless account. You will need to provide your handheld’s hardware serial number, which is printed on the back panel of the handheld.

IMPORTANT

that you need to activate wireless service on your handheld.

When you complete registration, you receive a five digit activation key

Step 5: Set Up Your Handheld

The Setup screen appears when you press the power button. Just follow the onscreen directions.

Step 6: Activate Your handheld

Tap Activate and follow the onscreen directions.

Step 5: Set Up Your Handheld

When you finish Setup, take a few minutes to review the Basic Skills and Graffiti® writing tutorials

You’ll need to enter the Activation Key you received when you registered your wireless account. Activation will also configure the e-mail application to work with your Palm wireless account.

At the Activation Successful screen, write down your user name and login information.

You’ve set up your handheld, installed the Palm Desktop software, registered your wireless account, and activated wireless features on your handheld. For more information about using your handheld, continue reading this electronic Handbook which provides comprehensive documentation for your handheld.

For more information about using Palm Desktop Software, see the following:

■ The Windows tutorial for Palm Desktop software, Quick Tour. To access this

tutorial, go to the Help menu in Palm Desktop software and choose Quick Tour.

■ The electronic Palm Desktop Software for the Macintosh User’s Guide. To access this

guide, open the Palm folder, and then open the Documentation folder. Doubleclick the file Palm Desktop.pdf.

Setting Up

■ The online help for Palm Desktop software. To access the online help, go to the

Help menu in Palm Desktop software.

NOTE

If you have upgraded, your new handheld and your old handheld have the same user name after completing the upgrade process. We strongly recommend that you perform a hard reset on your old handheld to erase all data from it and assign it a new user name during the next HotSync operation. See “Performing a hard reset” in Chapter 5 for details.

CHAPTER 2

Exploring Your Handheld

Your Palm™ i705 handheld is wirelessly enabled. It will help you stay in touch with important e-mail and information, and to stay organized, on time, and up to date with daily tasks while you are away from your desk. Use your new handheld to do the following:

■ Receive, compose, and send business or personal e-mail wirelessly

■ Rely on the indicator light to alert you of incoming e-mail

■ Access internet information with the MyPalm

■ Browse or search the internet

■ Download and use web clipping applications that help you find information

portal application

quickly

■ Enter your schedule in Date Book

■ Keep all your contact names, addresses, and phone numbers in Address Book

■ Prioritize and assign your tasks a due date in To Do List

■ Jot quick notes directly on the screen in Note Pad

■ Set alarms from Clock, Date Book, and Note Pad, to keep yourself on schedule

and remind yourself of appointments and notes

■ Set preferences for how you receive alarms: hearing a sound, seeing a blinking

indicator light, or feeling your handheld vibrate

■ Synchronize your data with Palm™ Desktop software on your Windows or

Macintosh computer so you always have a copy

■ Insert MultiMediaCard or Secure Digital (SD) cards to add additional software

or memory, or to back up your data

■ Beam information to another Palm OS

handheld that is close by and has an IR

(infrared) port

Exploring Your Handheld

Palm i705 Components

Locating front panel controls

Antenna cap

Screen

IR port

Red and Green Indicator Light

Stylus

Graffiti area

writing

Scroll

buttons

IR port

Red and green indicator light

Stylus

Date Book

Power button/ Backlight control

Address Book

Wireless

Application buttons

MultiMail Deluxe

Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and receive data from other Palm OS handhelds, and to perform HotSync operations. See “Beaming Data” in Chapter 3 and see “IR

HotSync Operations” in Chapter 16 or more information.

Indicates when you are within or out of range for wireless transmission. It also notifies you of incoming e-mail, or Date Book/Clock/Note Pad alarms.

Slides in and out of the slot in the side channel of the handheld. To use the stylus, remove it from the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. Unscrew the top of the stylus to access the reset tool.

Graffiti writing area

The area where you write letters and numbers using the Graffiti alphabet. See “Using Graffiti Writing to Enter Data” in

Chapter 3 to learn how to write Graffiti characters.

Palm i705 Components

Power button/ Backlight control

Application buttons

Scroll buttons

Handheld screen

Turns your handheld on or off and controls the backlight feature. If your handheld is turned off, pressing the power button turns the handheld on and returns you to the last screen you viewed.

If your handheld is turned on, pressing the power button turns the unit off. Pressing the power button for about two seconds turns the backlight on or off.

Activates the individual handheld applications that correspond to the icons on the buttons: Date Book, Address Book, the MyPalm portal application, and MultiMail Deluxe. See “Buttons preferences” in Chapter 17 for details on reassigning these buttons to activate any application on your handheld.

Displays text and other information that extends beyond the area of the handheld screen. Pressing the lower scroll button scrolls down to view information below the viewing area, and pressing the upper scroll button scrolls up to view the information above the viewing area.

Displays the applications and information stored in your handheld. It is touch-sensitive and responds to the stylus.

Using the backlight

If lighting conditions make it difficult for you to see the information on your handheld, you can use the backlight to illuminate your screen.

To activate the backlight:

■ Press the power button and hold it down for about two seconds. Release the

button when the backlight turns on.

TIP

backlight. See “Pen preferences” in Chapter 17 for details.

To turn off the backlight:

■ Press and hold the power button for about two seconds. The backlight also

turns off automatically (after a period of inactivity) with the Auto-off feature. See “General preferences” in Chapter 17 for more information.

In addition, you can assign the full-screen pen stroke to activate the

Exploring Your Handheld

Locating back panel components

Expansion card slot

Reset button

Side channel for cover

Universal connector

Reset button

Side channel

Universal connector

Expansion card slot

Under normal use, you should not have to use the reset button. See “Resetting Your Handheld” in Appendix A for information about when and how to use the reset button.

The left side channel holds the front cover, which slides in and out.

Connects your handheld to the cradle, which in turn connects to the back of your computer and through the AC adapter to the wall current. This allows you to recharge your handheld as well as update the information between your handheld and computer using HotSync

The universal connector also connects peripheral hardware devices to your handheld.

Accepts Secure Digital (SD) or MultiMediaCard expansion cards, enabling you to add more memory or applications. You can also back up data to an expansion card.

Tapping and Typing

Tap with the stylus to get things done

technology.

Like using a mouse to click elements on a computer screen, using the stylus to tap elements on your handheld screen is the basic action that gets things done on your handheld.

Tapping and Typing

The first time you start your handheld, setup instructions appear on the screen. These instructions include a calibration screen. Calibration aligns the internal circuitry of your handheld with its touch-sensitive screen so that when you tap an element on the screen, the handheld can detect exactly which task you want to perform.

IMPORTANT

Always use the point of the stylus for tapping or making strokes on the handheld screen. Never use an actual pen, pencil, or other sharp object to write on the handheld screen.

With your handheld turned on, you can tap the handheld screen to do many operations, such as the following:

■ Open applications

■ Choose menu commands

■ Initiate a Find operation to search through applications installed on your

handheld for specific text (Find operations do not search through applications on expansion cards)

■ Select options in dialog boxes

■ Open the onscreen keyboards

Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer, you can also drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the slider of any scroll bar.

Exploring Your Handheld

Elements of the handheld interface

Menu bar

Icons

Menu bar

Icons

Contrast control

Clock

abc

123

A set of commands that are specific to the application. Not all applications have a menu bar.

Tap the icons to open applications , menus , Calculator

, and to find text anywhere in your data .

Tap the Contrast icon to open the Adjust Contrast dialog box. Tap to the left or right of the slider to adjust the contrast in small increments or drag the slider to change the contrast in large increments.

Tap the Clock icon to display the time and date.

With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to activate the alphabetic keyboard.

With the cursor in an input field, tap the dot to activate the numeric keyboard.

Check box

Tapping and Typing

Previous/next arrows

Pick list

Command button

Check box

Command buttons

Next/previous arrows

Pick list

Scroll bar

When a check mark appears in a check box, the corresponding option is active. If a check box is empty, tapping it inserts a check mark. If a check box is checked, tapping it removes the check mark.

Tap a button to perform a command. Command buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the bottom of application screens.

Tap the left and right arrows to display the previous and next record; tap the up and down arrows to display the previous and next page of information.

Tap the arrow to display a list of choices, and then tap an item in the list to select it.

Drag the slider, or tap the top or bottom arrow, to scroll the display one line at a time. To scroll to the previous page, tap the scroll bar just above the slider. To scroll to the next page, tap the scroll bar just below the slider.

You can also scroll to the previous and next pages by pressing the upper and lower scroll buttons on the front panel of your handheld.

Displaying online tips

Many of the dialog boxes that appear on your handheld contain an online Tips icon in the upper-right corner. Online tips anticipate questions you have in a dialog box, provide shortcuts for using the dialog box, or give you other useful information.

To display an online tip:

1. Tap the Tips icon .

2. After you review the tip, tap Done.

Exploring Your Handheld

CHAPTER 3

Entering Data in Your Handheld

This chapter explains how to enter data into your handheld. There are several ways to enter data into your handheld:

■ Using the onscreen keyboard

■ Using Graffiti

■ Beaming data from another Palm OS

writing

infrared port.

■ Entering or importing data in Palm Desktop software and then synchronizing

with your handheld

■ Using Note Pad

■ Using a portable keyboard accessory, sold seperately, and attached to the

universal connector

Using the Onscreen Keyboard

You can open the onscreen keyboard anytime you need to enter text or numbers on your handheld.

To use the onscreen keyboard:

1. Open any application (such as Memo Pad).

2. Tap any record, or tap New.

3. Tap “abc” to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap “123” to open the numeric

keyboard.

handheld that is close by and has an

Tap here for alphabetic keyboard

4. Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.

Tap here for numeric keyboard

When a keyboard is open, you can tap to open any of the other keyboards, including the international keyboard.

Entering Data in Your Handheld

Ta b

Alpha

Backspace

Caps lock

Caps shift

Tap here to display

Numeric

Tap here to display numeric keyboard

alphabetic keyboard

After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in the record.

Using Graffiti Writing to Enter Data

In this section, you learn the procedures for creating letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.

Writing Graffiti characters

Carriage return

International

Tap here to display international keyboard

Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a standard keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the uppercase letters of the regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn.

There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:

■ If you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this

chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you achieve 100% accuracy.

■ The heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain

characters have similar shapes, but different beginning and end points. Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you should not create the heavy dot; it is only there to show you where to begin the stroke).

■ Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the

Graffiti writing area, your handheld recognizes and displays the text character

Using Graffiti Writing to Enter Data

immediately. To accomplish single strokes, some Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet equivalents.

■ The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the letters of

the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing area indicate the two areas.

Write letters here Write numbers here

Division marks

To write Graffiti letters:

1. Tap the screen where you want your text to go.

You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and must see a blinking cursor before you write the text.

2. Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke shape for the letter you

want to create. For example, the stroke shown below creates the letter “n.”

There are two different stroke shapes available for some letters. For these letters, choose the one that’s easiest for you.

Lift stylus here

Start stroke at heavy dot

As you’ll see later, you use the same shape to create both the uppercase and lowercase version of a letter.

3. Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing area.

4. Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape as it appears in the

tables.

5. Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.

That’s all there is to it! When you lift the stylus from the screen, your handheld recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter at the insertion point on the screen.

As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke for the next character you want to write.

NOTE

make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area, your handheld does not recognize them as text characters.

You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. If you do not

Entering Data in Your Handheld

Graffiti tips

When using Graffiti writing, keep these tips in mind:

■ Accuracy improves when you write large characters. You should draw strokes

that nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.

■ To delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of the character

you want to delete and make the backspace stroke (a line from right to left) in the Graffiti writing area.

■ Write at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate recognition errors.

■ Do not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the sides of the

Graffiti writing area.

■ Press firmly.

The Graffiti alphabet

Letter Strokes Letter Strokes

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