Palm Treo 750 User Manual
Getting Started Guide
Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device
Table of Contents
Welcome to AT&T 1
Overview: Your Palm
Take advantage of fast broadband speeds 2
Setup 3
Insert the battery 3
Complete setup 4
Navigation 5
Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off 5
Move around the touchscreen 6
Use the keyboard 8
Open, leave, and close applications 10
Your Today screen 11
You r ph o n e 12
Turn your phone on and off 12
Make and receive calls 13
Set up voicemail 14
What can I do when I’m on a call? 15
Your web browser and email 16
Browse the web 16
Choose the best email option 17
Set up personal email 17
Set up corporate email 21
Create and send an email message 27
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Synchronization 28
Why synchronize information? 28
Synchronize for the first time 28
Your Contacts, Calendar, and Messages 30
Contacts 30
Calendar 32
Messaging 33
You r mu s i c 3 5
Transfer music 35
Play music 36
Troubleshooting 38
Tips and Tricks 41
Keyboard 41
Phone 41
Data 42
Typing 42
Browser 43
Navigation 43
General 43
Status indicators 44
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Overview: Your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device
Indicator light (visible
when your Treo 750 is
being charged)
Multi-connector
5-way navigator and
Center button
Earpiece
OK
Microphone
Headset jack
Start
Phone/Send
Side button
Power/End
Volume
Left action key
Right action key
Stylus
Ringer switch
Stylus
Infrared (IR) port (side)
Car kit jack
Welcome to AT&T
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Tip
Camera lens
(camera version
only)
Battery door
release
Speaker
Self-portrait mirror
Infrared (IR) port
Expansion card
(miniSD) slot
Reset button (located
behind expansion
card slot door)
Press battery door
release
Notch
Your phone won’t
work without a SIM
card. The SIM card is
usually preinstalled
in your Treo 750,
unless you’re
upgrading from
another AT&T
phone. Check to
see if the SIM card is
installed. It’s
located in a cutout
in the lower-right
corner of the
battery
compartment. See
"I need to insert my
SIM card" on page
38 for more
information.
If you need a SIM
card, call AT&T
customer care at
1-800-331-0500.
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Take advantage of fast broadband speeds
You must have a 3G SIM card in your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device to take
advantage of fast broadband speeds. To determine if you have a 3G SIM
card, look for “3G” to the left of the gold connector on the back of the
card.
If you do not have a 3G SIM card, please visit your local AT&T retail store to
swap your existing SIM card for a 3G SIM card. There is no charge for
exchanging your SIM card for a 3G SIM card.
Insert the battery
Press battery
door release
Align battery
contacts with
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contacts
1. Remove the battery door.
2. Insert the battery into the compartment.
3. Slide the battery door back into place.
4. Connect the charger.
Setup
The touchscreen on your Palm
the progress bar to fill and the Windows Mobile
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®
Treo™ 750 smart device turns on. Wait for
®
screen to appear.
Tip
You need a highspeed data plan for
email, multimedia
messaging, and
web browsing. Find
out if you have a
plan by checking
your bill or calling
AT&T: dial 611 from
your Treo 750 or
1-800-331-0500
from any phone.
Tip
Need help setting
up your Treo 750?
Call the Palm Setup
Help desk for AT&T
customers at
1-800-331-0500.
Complete setup
1. When prompted, tap anywhere on the
screen to begin setup.
2. Tap the onscreen targets to align the
touchscreen, and then press Next
(right action key).
3. On the network time screen, leave the
boxes checked if you want your Treo 750 to
obtain the date, time, and time zone from
the local network. Uncheck the boxes if you
want to enter this information manually.
Press Next (right action key).
4. Read about about four important
features of your Treo 750. Press Next
(right action key) to go to each screen.
5. After you complete setup, we
recommend that you review the first two
sections of the Quick Tour. Press Start ,
select Programs, and then select Quick
Tour .
Note: If your Treo 750 doesn’t turn on after you charge it, do a soft reset by
pressing the Reset button behind the expansion card slot door with the tip of the
stylus. For more information on resetting your Treo 750, see your Treo 750 User
Guide on the Windows Mobile Getting Started CD.
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Wake up the touchscreen and turn it off
Power/End
Center
The phone and the touchscreen of your Palm® Treo™ 750 smart device can
be turned off and on separately. When you wake up the touchscreen and
leave the phone off you can use only the organizer features—for example,
when you’re on a plane and want to look at your calendar, play MP3 files, or
write email offline.
If you’re taking your Treo 750 out of the box and turning it on for the first
time, the phone is already on. You just need to wake up the touchscreen.
1. Press and release Power/
End to wake up the
touchscreen.
2. Press Center to turn
off Keyg uard.
3. Press and release Power/
End to turn off the
touchscreen and lock the
keyboard.
Navigation
Tip
How can you tell if
your phone is on?
Look in the upperleft corner of the
Today screen, just
under the Microsoft
logo. If you see
“AT & T,” y o ur p h o n e
is on.
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Did You Know?
Up
Down
Left
Right
Center
On most screens,
one item—a button,
a list entry, or a
check box—is
highlighted by
default.
Tip
If the item you want
doesn’t appear on
the touchscreen, try
tapping the
onscreen scroll
arrows to view
more information.
Move around the touchscreen
To move around the touchscreen on your Treo 750, you can use the 5-way
navigator, or you can tap items on the screen with the stylus. The 5-way
includes the following buttons:
Highlight and select items
The highlight identifies which item is affected by your next action. Use
Left , Right , Up , and Down on the 5-way to move the highlight
from one item to another. The highlight can take two forms: a border
around an onscreen button, a check box, an option, or a web link; or light
text on a dark background.
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After highlighting an item, you can select (activate) it by pressing Center
or by tapping the item with the stylus.
Select menu items
Many applications have menus that give you access to additional features.
These menus are usually hidden from view, but they appear when you press
Menu (right action key).
1. Press Menu (right action key) to
display an application’s menu.
2. Press Up or Down to highlight a menu
item.
3. If an arrow appears next to a menu item,
press Center or Right to display
additional items on a submenu, and then press
Up or Down to highlight a submenu item.
To return to the main menu without making a
selection, press Left .
4. Press Center to select the highlighted menu item, or press Left or
Menu (right action key) to close the menu and cancel your selection.
Tip
You can select most
menu items by
pressing a key on
the keyboard. To
quickly access a
menu item, press
Menu (right action
key) followed by the
underlined letter in
the menu item’s
name.
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Left
action key
Right
action key
Phone/Send
Start
Power/End
Backspace
Option
Shift/Search
Return
Shift
OK
Use the keyboard
Enter lowercase and uppercase letters
• To enter a lowercase letter, press the key you want.
• To enter an uppercase letter, press Shift ( or ), and then press a
letter key. You don’t need to press and hold Shift while entering the
letter.
• To turn Caps Lock on, press Shift ( or ) twice. The following
symbol appears: . To turn it off, press Shift ( or ) once.
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Enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Letter
Symbol
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above
the letters on the keys. To enter these characters,
do one of the following:
• Press Option , and then press the key with
the character. You don’t need to hold Option while pressing the key.
• To turn Option Lock on, press Option twice. The following symbol
appears: . To turn it off, press Option once.
Enter more symbols and accented characters
When entering text, you can press Alt to access additional symbols and
accented characters.
1. Press Alt to display the alternate character list.
2. Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character you
want. For example, to enter an é, press E.
3. Highlight the desired character and press Center to insert the
character.
Note: To enter characters such as _ • \ % = :, press Alt by itself and select the
character from the list.
See the User Guide for a table of alternate characters.
Tip
You can also open
the onscreen
keyboard to enter
letters, numbers,
and other
characters in
applications that
support this feature.
Tap the keyboard
icon in the center at
the bottom of any
screen where it
appears. After
opening the
keyboard, you can
set various input
options by tapping
the arrow to the
right of the
keyboard icon.
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Tip
Select to see all
applications
To see all your
available
applications, select
Programs from the
Start menu.
Tip
In Programs, press a
letter to j ump to the
first application
that begins with
that letter. For
example, press C to
jump to Calculator.
Press C again to
jump to Camera,
and so on.
Open, leave, and close applications
Press Start to open an application
1. Press Start to open the Start
menu.
2. Use the 5-way to highlight an
application, and then press Center
to open it.
Press OK to leave an application
Press OK to leave one application
and go to another.
Note: The application you left stays open
in the background.
Press and hold OK to close an application
Applications stay open in the background (using memory and possibly
slowing you down) unless you specifically close them.
1. Press and hold OK to open Memory Settings.
2. On the Running Programs tab, do one of the following:
• Select the application to close, and then select Stop to close it.
• Select Stop All to close all open applications.
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Your Today screen
Title bar and
status info
Dial Lookup field
Speed-dial
entries
Scroll to view Web
search field
From your Today screen you can quickly look up a contact, make a call, see
your latest calendar appointments, see the number of unread email
messages, and even perform a web search. To access your Today screen,
press Phone/Send .
Title bar and status info: See the User Guide to learn about the icons that
appear in this area.
Dial Lookup field: Type the number you want to call and press Center
to dial, or begin typing a name to look up the associated number in Contacts.
See "Dial by contact name" on page 31 for more information.
Speed-dial entries: Select a speed-dial button—either a picture or text—to
call the number assigned to it. See the User Guide to learn how to create
your own.
Web search field: Enter a web address or a keyword and press Center
or Return to view a list of search results based on the address or word
(data services connection required).
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Tip
You can also open
the Today screen by
pressing Power/
End, unless you are
on a call. If you’re
on a call, pressing
Power/End hangs
up the call. If the
Tod a y scre e n i s
already displayed
and you’re not on a
call, pressing
Power/End turns
off the screen
display.
Tip
You can select a
picture for your
Tod a y scre e n
background and
select which items
appear in the Today
screen. See the
User Guide for
details.
You r phon e
Status icons
Tip
To turn on the
phone from any
screen, tap the
signal-strength
icon and then
select Phone.
Tip
To find your phone
number, make sure
your phone is on
and go to the Today
screen. Press Menu
(right action key)
and select
Preferences >
Phone Settings. On
the Phone tab, look
for your phone
number below the
title bar.
Turn your phone on and off
When your phone is on, it is connected to the AT&T network (provided
you’re in a coverage area) so that you can make and receive phone calls
and use wireless services, such as email, messaging, and the web browser.
During initial setup, your phone is automatically turned on, so you can use
wireless services right away. If you turn off your phone, you can still use
the organizer and media features such as Calendar and Pictures & Videos.
1. Wake up the touchscreen.
2. Press Phone/Send to display the
Today screen.
3. Press and hold Power/End to turn on
your phone.
You know your phone is on and that you’re
inside a coverage area when you see the
signal-strength icon at the top of the
Tod a y scre e n .
Note: If you’re prompted for a PIN code, your SIM
card is locked. If you don’t know your PIN code, ask AT&T to provide you with the
PIN code.
4. Press and hold Power/End again to turn off your phone.
You know your phone is off when the signal-strength icon displays .
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