Palm Treo 500v User Guide
User Guide
Your Palm® Treo™ 500v Smartphone
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Contents
Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Your new smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What’s in the box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What do I need to get started? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Where to learn more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2: Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Palm Treo 500v smartphone overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inserting the SIM card and battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making your first call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting up synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3: Moving around on your Palm
Navigating around the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opening and closing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using your Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4: Your phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Turning your Palm
®
Treo™ 500v smartphone on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making calls from the Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Other ways of making calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Receiving calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
What can I do during a call? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Working with called numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Creating speed dials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
®
Treo™ 500v smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Using a phone headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Customising phone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the SIM toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
What are all those icons? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Chapter 5: Synchronising information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Synchronisation overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How do I synchronise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
What can I synchronise? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting up wireless synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting up your computer for synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Synchronising using the sync cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Other ways to synchronise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Setting synchronisation options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 6: Your email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting up email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Sending and receiving messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Working with email messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Working with meeting invitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sending email messages from within another application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 7: Your text and multimedia messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sending and receiving messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Customising your message settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using Windows Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 8: Your connections to the web and wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Browsing the web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Connecting to devices with Bluetooth
®
wireless technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Using your device as a wireless modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
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Chapter 9: Your photos, videos, and music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Synchronising your media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pictures & Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Windows Media Player Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Mobile TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 10: Your personal information organiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Voice Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Chapter 11: Your Microsoft Office and other document tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Synchronising your Microsoft Office files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Word Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
PowerPoint Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Excel Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
PDF Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Chapter 12: Your application and info management tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Finding information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Installing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Removing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Sharing information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Beaming information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using expansion cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter 13: Your personal settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Home screen settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
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System sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Display and appearance settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Application settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Locking your smartphone and info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
System settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Connection settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Chapter 14: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Transferring info from another device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Reinstalling the desktop software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Resetting your smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Synchronisation: Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Synchronisation: Desktop sync software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Synchronisation: Exchange ActiveSync (wireless synchronisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Bluetooth wireless technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Third-party applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Making room on your smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Voice quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Important safety and legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
Welcome
Congratulations on the purchase of your Palm® Tr e o™ 500v
smartphone!
Benefits
• Make and receive phone calls
• Manage your contacts, calendar,
and task list
• Receive and send corporate and
personal email messages
• Browse the web
• Use a Bluetooth
separately) for hands-free
operation
®
headset (sold
1
7
In this chapter
Your new smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What’s in the box? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What do I need to get started? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Where to learn more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
WELCOME
1
Your new smartphone
In one compact and indispensable device—
your new Palm
you now have all of the following:
• An advanced wireless smartphone
• A Windows Mobile
portable expansion capability (microSD)
• High-speed data with GPRS and UMTS
(3G) support
• A 2-megapixel digital camera
• Support for numerous mobile email
solutions
• Text and multimedia messaging
• Windows Media
• Microsoft
This guide will help you set up your
smartphone and quickly learn to use it.
NOTE If you want to use your phone and
send and receive text messages, you need
a service contract with your network
operator. If you also want to browse the
web and send and receive email, you need
®
Tr e o™ 500v smartphone—
®
organiser with
®
Player Mobile
®
Office Viewer applications
not only a service contract but also a data
service plan from your network operator.
You may also need a specific data service
plan to send and receive multimedia
messages. Data speeds vary based on
network availability and capacity.
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LOOK HERE: Don’t miss the helpful tips
and cross-references given in these boxes.
What’s in the box?
All of the following items should be in the
smartphone box:
Hardware
• Treo 500v smartphone
• Rechargeable battery (1200 mAh)
• AC charger with international adapters
• USB sync cable
• Stereo headset
Documentation and software
• Quick Start Guide
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WELCOME
CHAPTER
• Introducing Your Palm
Smartphone
• Windows Mobile Getting Started CD,
which includes links to the following:
• Desktop synchronisation software
download (ActiveSync
software for Windows XP, Windows
Mobile Device Center for Windows
Vista)
• Microsoft Office Outlook
®
Treo™ 500v
®
desktop
®
software
• You must have an activated wireless
account (using a SIM card from your
network operator) with data services.
• If you plan to synchronise personal
information between your smartphone
and a computer, you need access to
that computer during setup.
• You must also have your smartphone
within range of your network operator’s
cellular coverage.
download
• User Guide (this guide)
• Palm warranty
• End User Licence Agreement
Where to learn more
Webs ites
Support from Palm and online forums:
What do I need to get started?
go.palm.com/treo500v/
Registration
.
To obtain discounts on software and
As you work through the instructions in this
guide, you need all the items that came in
the smartphone box (see What’s in the
accessories, faster technical support,
updates, and special promotions:
palm.com/register
. Registration is free.
box?), as well as the following:
WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED?
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WELCOME
1
Customer service from your network operator
For questions about your mobile account or
features.
Corporate network support/your IT administrator
If you are having problems synchronising
information on a corporate network
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WHERE TO LEARN MORE
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WELCOME
WHERE TO LEARN MORE
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Setting up
You’re about to discover the many things about your
smartphone that will help you better manage your life and have
fun, too.
As you become more familiar with your smartphone, you’ll
want to personalise the settings and add applications to make
it uniquely yours. But first, follow these few easy steps to set
up your smartphone and get it running.
Benefits
Benefits
• Know where your smartphone
• Know where your smartphone
controls are located
controls are located
• Start using your smartphone right
• Start using your smartphone right
away
away
2
13
In this chapter
Palm Treo 500v smartphone overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Inserting the SIM card and battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Charging the battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making your first call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Setting up synchronisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
SETTING UP
Indicator light (visible
when smartphone is
chargin g)
Earpiece
Lanyard
connector
5-way navigator
with Centre button
End
Sync and charge
connector
Headset jack
Home
Phone/Send
Side button
Back
Vol ume
Left
softkey
Right softkey
Microphone
2
Palm Treo 500v smartphone overview
Front view
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2
Battery door
Camera lens Speaker
Expansion card
tray (located
inside battery
compartment,
beneath battery)
SIM card slot
(located inside
battery
compartment,
beneath battery)
Smartphone
contacts (located
on side of battery
compartment)
Battery
Battery contacts
SETTING UP
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TIP
Be careful not to scratch or crush your
smartphone screen. Do not store it in a place
where other items might damage it.
Back view
DID YOU KNOW
button opens Internet Explorer Mobile (see
B
rowsing the web).
TIP
To connect a lanyard (sold separately),
remove the batter y door, connect the lanyard,
and then replace the battery door.
?
Pressing and holding the Side
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SETTING UP
Powe r
2
IMPORTANT The smartphone speaker
includes a large magnet, so be sure not to
store your smartphone near credit cards or
other items that could be demagnetised.
Top view
Inserting the SIM card and battery
Your SIM card contains account
information such as your phone number
and voicemail access number. To use your
smartphone’s phone, email, or web
features, you need to insert a SIM card. If a
SIM card is not included in your
smartphone box, your network operator
will provide you with one.
To take advantage of the high-speed data
connection available on your smartphone,
you need to have a 3G SIM card. A 3G SIM
card has “3G” on it.
TIP
If you don’t have a SIM card, contact your
network operator.
1 Holding your smartphone screen side
down, use two or more fingers to press
firmly against the battery door while
pulling downward to release it, and then
slide the door off the back of your
smartphone.
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INSERTING THE SIM CARD AND BATTERY
17
2
Notch
Battery
contacts
Smartphone
contacts
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2 If the battery is installed, remove it.
Slide your finger under the left side of
the battery and lift up to remove it.
3 With the metal contacts facing the
battery compartment, slide the SIM
card into the cutout in the lower-left
corner of the compartment until you
feel the card click into place. Align the
notches to make sure you have the card
oriented correctly.
5 Slide the battery door back into place.
6 Press and hold Power until the
®
Palm
logo appears.
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If your smartphone does not turn on after
you insert the batter y, you need to connect it
4 Align the metal contacts on the battery
with the contacts inside the battery
compartment, insert the battery into the
compartment at a 45-degree angle, and
then press it into place.
to the AC charger to charge it (see C
the battery). If it still doesn’t start, perform a
soft reset (see P
erforming a soft reset).
7 Follow the onscreen instructions to
finish the installation.
8 If your SIM card is not already activated,
follow the activation steps provided by
your network operator, or contact your
network operator directly for
assistance. If you plan to use email and
web browsing, you need a data service
harging
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Indicator light
2
plan from your network operator in
addition to your service contract. You
may also need a data service plan to
send and receive multimedia
messages.
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You can buy an extra battery as a spare for
long airplane trips or periods of heavy data
use. To ensure proper functioning and avoid
nullifying the warranty, be sure to use
batteries from Palm only. Visit palm.com
.
Charging the battery
Although the battery may come with a
sufficient charge to complete the setup
process, we recommend that after setup
you charge your smartphone for three
hours (or until the indicator light is solid
green) to give it a full charge. See
Maximisi
your battery’s power last longer.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure the
battery is inserted in your smartphone
before you charge. If you connect your
smartphone to a power source without the
battery inserted, nothing happens.
ng battery life for tips on making
1 Prepare the AC charger by inserting the
adapter that fits the wall outlet you’re
going to use.
2 Plug the AC charger into a wall outlet.
3 Connect the charger cable to the
bottom of your smartphone.
4 Check the indicator light to confirm that
your smartphone is charging.
• Solid red indicates that your
smartphone is charging.
• Solid green indicates that your
smartphone is fully charged.
DID YOU KNOW
indicator light flashes red.
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If the battery is low, the
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Battery
icon
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When your smartphone is on (see Turning
your Palm® Tr e o™ 500v smartphone on/off),
the onscreen battery icon displays the
charging status:
This icon indicates that the battery
is being charged.
This icon indicates that the battery
is fully charged.
This icon indicates that the battery
needs to be charged immediately.
Maximising battery life
Battery life depends on how you use your
smartphone. You can maximise the life of
your battery by following a few easy
guidelines:
• Charge your smartphone whenever
you’re at your desk, or charge
it overnight each day. The battery in
your smartphone has a much longer
useful life if you charge it frequently
instead of waiting until it’s fully drained.
• If you spend a lot of time using the
camera, games, media players
(including listening to music with
wireless headphones using the built-in
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology), or
other applications, keep an eye on the
battery icon and charge when
necessary.
• The wireless features (phone, email,
messaging, instant messaging, and
DID YOU KNOW
fully drained, your info remains safely stored
on your smartphone. Recharge the battery to
access your info.
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You can also charge your smartphone
from your computer by connecting them with
the sync cable.
?
If your battery ever becomes
web) on your smartphone generally
consume more power than the
organiser features. If you don’t plan to
use the wireless features on your
smartphone for a while, turn off your
wireless services (see T
urning wireless
services on/off). You can forward calls
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to a different number or let all calls be
picked up by voicemail (see Forwarding
calls). To see if your wireless services
are on, press Power and select
Wireless Manager.
• If you are synchronising email and other
information directly with your corporate
Exchange server using Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync
®
, set the
synchronisation interval to a maximum
of every 15 minutes during peak times
and every hour (or turned off
completely) during non-peak times (see
Setting the synchronisation schedule
• Turn off the Bluetooth feature when
).
you do not need to make a Bluetooth
connection (see Entering basic
Bluetooth settings).
• As with any mobile phone, if you are in
an area with no wireless coverage, your
smartphone searches for a signal,
which consumes power. If you cannot
move to an area of better coverage,
temporarily turn off your phone (see
Turning your phone off
).
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When your phone is on, press Power to
display a list of options from which you can
quickly turn off the phone (see Turning your
phone off), silence the ringer (see Selecting a
sound profile), and more.
• Turn down the screen brightness (see
Adjusting the brightness
• Set your screen to turn off automatically
).
after a shorter period of inactivity (see
O
ptimising power settings).
• Turn off the option to receive beamed
information using Bluetooth technology
(see B
eaming an entry or file).
• If you use Internet Connection Sharing
to connect to the Internet, make a
connection to your computer using the
USB sync cable instead of wirelessly
using Bluetooth technology (see Using
your device as a wireless modem).
• Keep your battery away from direct
sunlight and other sources of heat.
Temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius
can permanently reduce the capacity
and life span of any lithium-ion battery.
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Vol ume
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• Charge your battery at a comfortable
room temperature. Charging your
battery in cold temperatures results in
lower usable charge capacity.
Making your first call
1 Press Home to display your Home
screen.
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You can also press End to display your
Home screen, unless you are on a call. If you
are on a call, pressing End hangs up the call.
2 Using the numbered keys (and the +, *,
and # keys, if necessary) on the
keyboard, enter a phone number.
3 Press Phone/Send to dial.
4 When your call is complete, press
End to end the call.
Adjusting call volume
While a call is in progress, press the
Vo lu me button on the side of your
smartphone to adjust the call volume.
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Look here
for your
phone
number
2
What’s my number?
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure your
phone is on (see Turning your phone on
1 Press Home , and then press
Start (left softkey).
2 Navigate to the My Settings content
list and press All Settings (right
softkey).
3 Select Phone, and then select Call
Options.
4 Press Done (left softkey).
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If your phone number doesn’t appear on
the Call Options screen, your network has not
).
yet sent the number to the SIM card (this
does not affect SIM card functionality). Turn
your phone off, wait a few hours, and then
turn on your phone and repeat these steps. If
your phone number still does not appear,
contact your network operator for assistance.
Setting up synchronisation
After you’ve finished setting up your
smartphone, we recommend that you set
up a synchronisation method to get the
most out of your smartphone.
Synchronising means that information that
has been entered or updated in one
place—your smartphone, your computer,
or your corporate server—is automatically
updated in the other (see Synchronisi
information).
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Moving around on your Palm®Treo™ 500v smartphone
Have you ever been to a new city and felt a bit lost until you
figured out the streets? Learning to move around on your
®
Palm
Tr e o™ 500v smartphone is similar. Most applications that
work on your smartphone use the same set of controls. So
once you learn how to use these controls, you’ll be driving all
over town and you won’t even need a map.
Benefits
• Quickly move around and
complete tasks in applications
using one thumb on the 5-way
navigator
• Access extra features with menus
• Find and open applications quickly
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Navigating around the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Opening and closing applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using your Home screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Up
Down
Left
Right
Centre
3
Navigating around the screen
To navigate around the smartphone
screen, you use the 5-way navigator. As
you become familiar with your
smartphone, you’ll find your own favourite
way to scroll, highlight, and select items.
Using the 5-way, press Right , Left ,
Up , or Down to move around the
screen. Press Centre to highlight and
select items.
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The arrow icons that indicate directions on
the 5-way are different from the onscreen
arrows that indicate that a list is available (see
S
electing options in a list).
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Scroll bar
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Scrolling through screens
As on a computer, on your smartphone you
scroll to move from field to field or page to
page, or in some cases to highlight an item
or option in a list. There are several
methods of scrolling:
• Use the 5-way on the front of your
smartphone. Press Right , Left , Up
, or Down to move to the next
field, button, or action in that direction.
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If a scroll bar appears on the right side of a
screen, this indicates that more options are
available than what is shown on the screen.
Press Up or Down on the 5-way to display
additional options.
• When inside a text field, press Right
or Left to move to the next character,
and press Up or Down to move
between lines.
• When inside a list, press and hold
Up or Down to rapidly scroll
through the list.
Closing screens
• To accept the information you entered
on a screen and to return to the
previous screen—or to return to the
previous screen without making any
changes—press Back
Highlighting and selecting items
On most screens, one item—an icon, a list
entry, or a check box—is highlighted by
default. The highlight identifies which item
is affected by your next action. Use the
5-way to move the highlight from one item
to another before opening or selecting it.
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The best way to learn to use the 5-way is
to experiment. Press the 5-way buttons, and
as you do, follow the movement of the border
around the screen. The behaviour of the
5-way varies slightly in each application.
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The highlight can take one of two forms,
depending on what is highlighted:
• Border: This rectangular border
highlights items such as a text-entry
field, a check box, an option, or a web
link.
• Light text on a dark background: This
highlights items such as a phone
number, an email address, or an item in
a menu or a list.
After highlighting an item with the 5-way,
select or activate it by pressing Centre .
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Left softkey
Right softkey
Left so ftkey
activates this
command
Right softkey
activates this
command
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Using the softkeys
The left and right softkeys give you quick
access to tasks that you can do on the
current screen, so the softkey items vary
from application to application and from
screen to screen. Look on the screen
directly above the softkey to see the action
that it takes in the current context. In some
contexts, these keys may do nothing at all.
In most cases the right softkey
opens the menu, and the left softkey
activates a specific command, such as
New or Done. Remember that softkey
functions vary from screen to screen, so
be sure to check the onscreen label before
pressing the softkeys.
Selecting menu items
In many applications, a menu provides
access to additional features. The menu is
hidden until you press Menu (right
softkey). To get the most out of your
smartphone, it’s a good idea to familiarise
yourself with the additional features
available through the menu in various
applications.
1 Press Menu (right softkey) to
display an application’s menu.
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