T-mobile SIDEKICK User Manual

T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Release 1.1

October 21, 2003

Confidential material of Danger, Inc., 124 University Avenue , Palo Alto, CA 94301 May not be duplicated or copied without the prior written consent of Danger, Inc.

T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Contents

1. Device Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Parts of Your T-Mobile Sid ekick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Device Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Wireless Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sound Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9

Terminology Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Headset/Camera Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Infrared Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Using the Carrying Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Use Your Device Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2. About Your SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What Is a SIM Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SI M? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Can I Remove My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

How Do I Handle My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

What Happens If I Lose My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3. Customizing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Settings Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

System Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6

AutoText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Battery & Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Jump Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Key Guard & Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Sound Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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4. The Jump Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

About the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to Find the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Application Splash Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

How to Select an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

The Jump Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

5. Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Browser Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Navigation/View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Go To a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Go to Your Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Search the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Use Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

See Recently-Viewed Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9

View History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

View Page Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Refresh a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Stop a Web Page from Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Web Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

6. Making Phone Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Phone Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Title Bar Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4

Manage Your Speed Dial List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Headset or Handset? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Place a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Features While on a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Answer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

End a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Your Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Listen to Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

7. Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Instant Messaging Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Add a Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Sign Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Switch Screen Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Remove Existing Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

The Buddy List Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Manage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Manage Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

IM Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

:) Smileys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Set an Away Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Instant Messaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

8. Email Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Email Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Browse Email Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Send Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Add Email Senders to the Address B ook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Add Email Recipients to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Send a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7

Manage Email Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Manage Your Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

9. Phone Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Phone Messages Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Browse Messages Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 0

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

View Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Sort Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Send Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Add Te xt Message Senders to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Call Back Sender of a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Discard Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Retrieve Messages from the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Phone Messages Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

10. Keeping Contacts in the Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Address Book Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

How Much Information Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

The Browse Contacts Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

T-Mobile Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

View Contacts by Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Sort Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Create a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Contact a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 3

Find a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Empty the Address Book Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

11. Scheduling Events with Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Calendar Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Create an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Ways to View Your Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Upcoming View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6

Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Year View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Trash View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Go To a Specific Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Calendar Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

12. Taking Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Camera Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Insert the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

About Capture Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Take a Ph oto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

View Your Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Email Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Change the Name of a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Sort Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Discard Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

13. Keeping T o Do Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

To Do Sp la s h Sc reen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

The Browse Tasks Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Task V iews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Sort Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2

Task Details Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Create a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Mark a Task Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Manage Your To Do Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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14. Keeping Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Notes Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

View Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Sort Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 0

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Manage Your Notes Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

15. Playing Rock & Rocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Rock & Rocket Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

The Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

What Happens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

16. Playing UI Evolution Arcade Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Arcade Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Code Monkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Lab Ratz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

17. The Catalog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Catalog Splash Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Icon Legend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Purchase Limits - Slots and Bl ocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Browse the Catalog Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

The Item Details Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Purchase an Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Application Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Assign Ringtones to Appl ic a tion A lerts and Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

View Your Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Reorder Downloaded Applications on the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Discard Purchased Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

18. The Desktop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Jump Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

More About the Desktop Interface Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Signing Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

19. Sending Email from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Opening Email on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Your Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

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Send a New Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Attach Photos and Files to a Messa g e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Web Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Collect Mail from an External Accoun t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

20. Using Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Opening Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Browse Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

How Many Contacts Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Browse Contacts Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Add a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 6

Communicate with a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Empty the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

21. Using Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Opening Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

View Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

View an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Add an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 8

22. Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Opening Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Sort Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Full-Screen Photo View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Rename Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Discard a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1

Attach Photo(s) to an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

23. Keeping a To Do List on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Opening To Do on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

About To Do Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Browse Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Add a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Mark a Task as Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

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Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Discard Completed Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Manage Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

24. Keeping Notes on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Opening Notes on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Browse Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 7

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

25. Settings on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Opening Settings on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Account Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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1. Device Basics

Read the topics in this chapter to get a quick understand ing of how your device operates:

• Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick on page 10

• Device Display on page 10

• Wireless Options on page 14

• Sound Controls on page 15

• Keyboard on page 15

• Control Buttons on page 16

• Wheel on page 19

• Terminology Used in This Manual on page 19

• Headset/Camera Jack on page 22

• The Battery on page 22

• Infrared Port on page 24

• USB Port on page 24

• Typing and Navigating in Te xt Fields on page 24

• Using the Carrying Case on page 27

• Use Your Device Safely on page 27

• FCC Compliance on page 28

Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick

The illustration below identifies the basic parts of your device.

Each part is described in more detail in the topics below.

Device Display

Your device comes with a swivel display lid that covers the keyboard in the closed position. Even when closed, the LCD faces up and the control buttons are exposed, so you can use your device. When you open the display lid (by rotating it clockwise), the display automatically flips 180-degrees. Read more details below.

Warning! The hinge in the swivel display lid is assisted by a very strong magnet. Be careful to keep the device

away from magnetically sensitive items, such as credit cards and floppy disks.

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Device Basics

Opening and Closing the Display

1 To open the display, place your left thumb on the lower-left corner and your right forefinger on the upper-

right corner of the display and gently push in a clockwise direction. The display will spring smoothly into position:

2 To close the display, reverse the motion to pivot the lid counter-clockwise and lock it into the closed

position.

Display Control

The Display Control dialog box contains a slider that you use to adjust your device display at any time:

Note for grayscale devices: The slider controls contrast rather than brightness. There are two ways you can open the Display Control:

• Method 1: Press the Jump and Back buttons together . You can use this method from any screen, in any application, at any time.

• Method 2: Press Jump to open the Jump screen. Press Menu to open the Jump screen menu. Select Controls > Display.

Adjust your display brightness/contrast to complement your current lighting environment. Rotate the wheel up to increase brightness/contrast; rotate the wheel down to decrease brightness/contrast.

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Device Basics

Standard Display Screen Indicators

The display screen is your view into the T-M obile applications, so what you see on the screen depends on what application you are using. However, there are some standard indicators that display on the screen at all times. These indicators are located at the top of the screen in the area circled in the example below.

Screen identifier. Lets you know what application screen you are currently viewing. Current date and time.

Battery charge. The more bars that fill the battery icon, the more power in the battery . Battery charging. When your device is connected to the battery charger, a lightning

bolt icon displays over the battery icon and the bars in the battery move from left to right. You’ll know the battery is full-charged when the lightning bold icon disappears and the battery bars stay in the full position.

When your device is too hot, this thermometer ind ica tor flashes over the battery. When your device is too cold, this thermom eter indicator flashes over the battery.

Wireless signal strength. The more signal bands showing, the stronger the signal strength of the wireless connection at your current location.

No wireless connection. If you see this X over the radio tower icon, it means y ou ha ve temporarily lost network connection.

Connectivity status indicators. Animated one dot = connected to the GPRS network, trying to get IP address; animated two dots = obtained IP addr ess, co nnecting to data server; animated three dots = connected to data server; signing in; = signed in and connected to data service; ready to go!

Full data and voice service available. Voice-only (GSM) service available. You are roaming on wireless services but have GPRS data roaming turned off on the

Jump menu > Controls> Wireless...> Wireless Options screen. You have turned off your wireless connection from the Jump menu > Controls> Wire-

less... > Wireless Options screen. Your SIM card has a problem, which is prohibiting access to wireless services.

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Device Basics

Sound Profile setting. When you have sound turned off (“Mute”), the title bar will indicate whether you have flash or vibration set. From left to right, the icons indicate: total mute (no flash or vibrate), flash only (no vibrate), vibrate.

You can read about other indicators and icons in the chapters describing each application.

Notifications

When you receive a new email, text message, insta nt message, or voice mail message, the service will give you a visual notification in the title bar, no matter what application you’re currently viewing. Here’s an example of a new email notification:

The notice will appear in a balloon just once. But, until you r ead or l isten t o your new message, you’ll see a little icon in the title bar, reminding you that there’s a message wa iting:

In the example above, there’s an email message waiting to be read. Other icons you might see notify you of the following:

New email message waiting. New text message waiting. New instant message (IM) waiting. New voice message waiting.

Web page has finished loading. If you have more than one reminder, the relevant message icons will display in sequence. You can also choose to be notified of new messages using ringtones. Read more about ringtone notifications in

the following topics:

• Set Web Page Load Complete Alert

• Set Phone Ringtones

•

Edit a Buddy Set Buddy Alert Rings

•

(Use to specify buddy-specific IM rings.)

(Use to specify default IM rings.)

• Set Email Ringtones

• Set Phone Messages Ringtones

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Device Basics

Turning on Backlighting

To help you use your devic e in a dark environment, enable the automatic backlighting feature:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Battery & Display . 2 In the Backlight section of the screen, select the Automatically turn on when using device check box.

Note for color devices: To use the device’s light meter while the backlight is on, select the Use back light

only when needed check box. 3 Select the length of time you want backlighting to stay on from th e Turn on after pop-up menu. 4 Press Jump to return to the Jump screen.

Now, when you press any button or key on your device, or flip open the screen, backlighting will turn on for the set amount of time. Note that as long as you press a key or button before the set time elapses, the backlight will stay on.

Tip: Even if you have not enabled automatic backlig hting, you can still quickly turn on backlight ing by pressing Jump + Back , which opens the Display Control, or by pressing Menu + Jump . The backlight turns on and remains on for the time specified in the Backlight pop-up menu.

Wireless Options

If you want control over your wireless connectivity, you can do so from the Wireless Options dialog: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Controls > Wireless... to open the Wireless Option s

dialog box.

2 In the Wireless group box, use the option buttons to turn your wireless connection on/off. This is how you

turn off your wireless connection while on a plane or in a hospital, or anywhere where wireless connectivity

may interfere with the environment. 3 In the Roaming group box, select the Allow GPRS Data Roaming check box to allow GPRS dat a roaming;

clear the check box to disallow data roaming. Be aware that even if you have roaming turned on (box is

checked), your wireless carrier may have disabled roaming for the SIMs they distribute.

Note! When roaming outside the ho m e network, you may incur additional charges for data transfer with or

without taking any actions, such as receiving email messages. To avoid additional charges while roaming,

clear the Allow GPRS Data Roaming check box. If you do roam with GPRS Data Roaming not allowed, you

will still be able to make and receive voice calls. 4 Once yo u ’ve made you r wireless option choices, select Done .

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Device Basics

Sound Controls

The Sound Controls dialog box contains settings that you can open at any time, from any screen:

There are two ways you can open the Sound Controls:

• Method 1: Press the Menu and Back buttons together. Y ou can use this method from any screen, in any application, at any time.

• Method 2: Press Jump to open the Jump screen. Press Menu to open the Jump screen menu. Select Controls > Sound.

Select a sound profile from the Sound C ontrols d ia log box. Use the wheel to scroll through all availab le p r ofiles, then press the wheel to select a profile and dismiss the dialog box.

For details about creating and editing sound profiles, read

Sound Profiles

on page 47.

Keyboard

Your device keyboard contains five rows of keys, including a key for the “at” symbol (@) and a Directional pad (“D-pad”) that “rocks” into eight dif ferent directi ons or positions. The t opics below desc ribe the keyboard i n more detail.

Directional Pad (D-Pad)

The D-pad is the round navigational device in the lower-right corner of the keypad that you can “rock” in eight directions: up, down, left, right, plus the 4 corners (northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast), which you use by pressing two adjacent keys at the same time. You use the D-pad to navigate while playi ng games and to navigate within examples of text boxes:

• To, From, Subject fields in an email, IM, or text message

• Go To dialog box in th e Web Browser

Press the up/down and left/right arrows to m ove in thos e d irections among characters in a text box. Press the corners of the D-pad (two adjacent arrows at the same time) to jump up/down one line and forward/backward a character. Read more in

text boxes

. A text box is an area on the screen in which you can type characters. Here’s a couple

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields

on page 24.

ALT Key

You type special characters (shown in red on some of the keys) by first pressing the ALT key, then the key showing the special character. For example, if you need to type a semicolon (;), you would first press the ALT key, then t he J key. (This action is also represented in the user documentation as ALT, J.)

• Lock the ALT key to type a series of special characters by pressing the key twice.

• Unlock the ALT key by pressing it once again.

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Device Basics

Note! You can also lock the Shift key by pressing it twice. Unlock by pressing once again. Read about how text cursors change when using the ALT or Shift keys in

The Text Cursor

on page 25.

@ Key

When you type an email address, you use the “at” symbol (@) to separate the username from the domain; for example, username@domain.com. Use the @ key (located in the bottom row of keys) to insert the @ symbol in an email address easily.

On/Off Button

Power off the device to conserve the maximum amount of power. While the power is off, your device will not receive messages or phone calls. Incoming calls are forwarded to voice mail.

To power your device on and off, use the On/Off button. It is located just to the left of the “Z” key on the keyboard and is marked with the power symbol: .

Control Buttons

Your T-Mobile device comes with four main control buttons, which you can still use when the displa y lid is in t he closed position, as shown below:

Read more details about the control buttons in the topics below.

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Device Basics

Menu Button

The Menu button is located in the upper-left corner of the device and is marked by a diamond. When you see the diamond on the device screen or in the documentation, this refers to the Menu button. Use the Menu button to do the following:

• Press Menu once to open a drop-down menu listing actions you can take from the current screen:

Press Menu again to close the drop-down menu.

• With a menu open, press and hold Menu while rotating the wheel one click down to jump to the last menu item; rotate one click up to jum p to the top item.

• On any screen where you can scroll, press and hold Menu while rotating the wheel to scroll screen-byscreen, rather than line-by-line.

• Press Menu in combination with a shortcut key to perform an action. There are two types of shortcut keys:

-User-definable - Read more in

- System-defined - You’ll find the system-defined shortcuts listed in the menus to the right of a given

option. For example, in the Email application, the shortcut for composing a new message is Menu + N.

About Context Menus - The options that appear in any given menu are dependent on what screen you are viewing. These types of menus are often referred to as “context menus”. For example, if you are viewing the main screen of the Email application, the menu will list options such as “New Message” and “Check for New Email” . However, if you are viewing the main screen in the Address Book, the menu will list options such as “New Contact” , “Sort...” , and “My Info”. So the items that appear depend on the “context” (or screen) you are in when you open the menu.

Jump Shortcuts

on page 40.

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Device Basics

Jump Button

The Jump button is located in the lower-left corner of the device and is marked by a circle. When you see the circle on the device screen or in the documentatio n, this refers to the Jump button. Use the Jump button to open the Jump screen. No matter where you are in the applications--what screen you are viewing--if you press the Jump button, you’ll return to the Jum p screen, with the Phone application highlighted:

Rotate the wheel to scroll through the applications. To go to an application you have highlighted, press the wheel.

Read more in the

Wheel

on page 19 and

The Jump Screen

on page 51

Back Button

The Back button is located in the lower-right corner of the device and is marked by a cross. When you see the cross on the device screen or in the documentation, this refers to the Back button. Use the Back button to do the following:

• Press Back once to go back to the screen you were previously viewing; press twice to go back two screens, and so on.

• In a dialog box or on a screen, press Back once to save any changes you’ve made to the information. If you’ve made changes within a dialog box, the dialog box closes as well.

• If a menu is open, press Back once to close it.

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Device Basics

Wheel

The wheel is located in the upper-right corner of your device. Y o u use it to highlight and press but tons or links on the screen. Use your thumb to rotate the wheel away from you (up) or toward you (down), moving through selectable items. You can also press the wheel down. More specifically, here’s how you can use the wheel:

• Rotate the wheel toward you to advance the current selection through all the “selectable” elements on a screen and scroll down a Web page.

• Rotate the wheel away from you to revers e through all the “selectable” elements on a screen and to scroll up a Web page.

• Press down on the wheel (as you would a mouse button) to select a highlighted item or open a pop-up menu.

• Press and hold the wheel to open pop-up context menus.

Tip: T o turn on the “flashlight feature” (the wheel lights continuously), from the Jump screen press Menu + F (simultaneously). To turn the light off, press Menu + F again.

Terminology Used in This Manual

The instructions in this manual use many terms that may be confusing. To help you understand exactly what the instruction is telling you to do, we’ve included some definitions:

Term What It Means Example

Action button A button that contains a word or phrase

Check box A small box that is either checked or clear

Context menu A context menu contains only the actions

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describing what will happen if you select (press) the button. Action buttons often contain the keyboard shortcut as well.

(does not contain a check mark). If you check a check box, the action described next to the box will turn “on”. Clearing the check box will turn the action “off”.

that you can take on the item you are highlighting. In regular menus, the actions you cannot take on the current screen are dimmed, but in a context menu, these actions don’t appear at all.

Term What It Means Example

Device Basics

Dialog box A dialog box is a floating window that pre-

sents you with buttons and options that allow you to make decisions and carry out actions.

Some dialog boxes are self-dismissing; others you must select an action button. You can dismiss a self-dismissing dialog box anytime by pressing Back .

Highlight This action is only applicable on your device.

All “selectable” elements can be highlighted by rotating the wheel then stopping over the item. Once highlighted, the element’s appearance changes to reverse video.

In the example to the right, 3 - Janey is highlighted.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are presented in the documentation as follows:

+ K = Press the Menu button and hold

while pressing the K key.

, = Press the Menu button first, then

the Back button (in suc cession). So, if two keys or buttons are separ ated by a

plus sign (+), you press them simult aneously to make the action occur; if they’re separated by a comma (,), then you press one after the other.

Menu A floating window containing a list of actions

you can take on the screen. Press the Menu button to open this list of actions.

Option (button) Choices presented to you, usually in a dialog

box. You can only select one of the options and do so by pressing the wheel once the option is highlighted. (Note: Sometimes these are called “radio buttons”.)

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Term What It Means Example

Device Basics

Pop-up menu A menu that pops open (“up”) when

selected. Once the menu is open, you can rotate the wheel to highlight an item , then press to select it. You can quickly highlight an option by starting to type it.

Press T o press, you push down and quickly release

the wheel, key, or control button. It’s the same action you take when you click a mouse button while using your computer. Before you can press an item on the screen (such as an OK button, menu option, check box, or list item) you must rotate the wheel to “highlight” the item so it appears in reverse video. Pressing the highlighted item “selects” it.

Press & hold Push down on a key or control button and

hold it down for at least one second.

Rotate Used to describe the push wheel’s rotational

movement. You can rotate the push wheel up (away from you) or down (toward you).

Select Refers to the action you take to take an

action on a screen element, such as selecting an action button or option button, or p ressing a contact name to open it for edit.

Pop-up menu that’s closed:

Pop-up menu that’s open:

Slider bar A control that lets you set a value from a

continuous range of possible values, such as screen contrast/brightness or sound volume.

Text field (or text box)

A rectangular area in which you can type or edit text. To make a text field editable, you must first highlight the field b y ro tating the wheel, then press to make it editable.

In the example to the right, the name of the photo is in an editable text field.

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Device Basics

Headset/Camera Jack

The jack where you insert your headset or camera is located on the right side of the device. See illustration in

Parts of Yo ur T-Mobile Sidekick

connection:

Warning! Be sure to remove the camera from the jack when you’re not using it; especially when you’re storing

your device in a backpack, pocket, bag, or purse.

on page 10. Be sure to press the headset or camera lead in firmly to secure the

The Battery

When you first receive your device, the battery will be fully charged, but in deep sleep. To wake it, connect your device to the charger.

Your device comes with a built-in rechargeable lithium ion (Li-Ion) battery. Note that you cannot access or remove the battery from your device.

Read the following topics for more information about your device’s battery:

• Charging Your Device’s Battery

• Battery Charging Time

• Use and Standby Times

• Conserving Battery Power

Charging Your Device’s Battery

It is recommended that you charge your device every day . If the device is left without a sufficient battery charge for a long period of time (i.e., a week), the information contained in the device’s memory (RAM) will no longer be stored on the device. Once the device is re-connected to the charger, your stored information will automatically be reloaded to the device via the service.* Note though, that if you’re disconnected from the service and then the battery drains, any data you entered on the device previous to the battery’s draining and after you were disconnected will be lost.

*Please be aware that if your monthly bill varies with the amount of data you use (that is, you have a “per megabyte” rate plan), restoring your data to your devic e will count against your monthly quota, and may result in extra charges.

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Device Basics

To c ha rge the battery, do the following:

1 Attach the battery charger to your device.

Locate the battery charger that came with your device. Insert the charger lead (the small round end of the adapter) into your device’s power jack (the small round hold located at the top of your device) and plug the adapter cord into a standard electrical wall outlet.

While the charger is connected to your device, a l ig htning bolt will display over the battery icon in the title bar.

2 Let the device charge for at least four (4) hours to ensure maximum battery life.

Rest the device in a safe place and let the battery charge for at least four hours, or overnight. As the device is charging, you will see the bars in the battery icon fill repeatedly from l eft to right in an animated fashion. When your device is fully-charged, the bars wil l st op moving in the full position: .

Note: If your battery is fully-charged and you unplug the battery charger then connect it to the charger again, the bars in the battery icon will fil l fro m left to right for two hours, even though it is fully-charged.

Battery Charging Time

Initial charging time for your device’s lithium ion battery is approximately four hours. Recharging time is the same, depending on how discharged the battery has become.

If your battery has become completely discharged, your device will turn off automatically. Once you connect the device to the battery charger, give your device approximately 10 minutes to gain enough power to be turned on.

Use and Standby Times

With a fully-charged battery, you can use your device for one day. In power-saving (or even key guard) mode, the battery should last seven days. These times are approximate however; battery operation times vary according to how you use your device, signal conditions, and other network settings made by T-Mobile. To view your battery consumption, from the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Battery & Display. Note that this reading is approximate. Re a d more in

Battery & Display

on page 37.

Conserving Battery Power

Your device has a power-sa ving fe ature that automaticall y reduces power to the device after a user-config urabl e number of minutes of inactivity. In power-saving mode your device will s till recei ve messages and calls. To wake the device, simply press any control button or key. Note that you must have enabled Key Guard before your device will go into power-saving mode automatically. Read more in

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Battery & Display

on page 37.

Device Basics

You can also conserve battery power by signing out of Instant Messaging when you are not using the application. If you are really concerned about saving battery and can detach from the network, from the Jump screen press Menu , then select Controls > Wireless... On the Wirel ess Options dialog box that opens, select the Wireless Off option. Note too that removing your SIM card will cause the battery to drain faster than when the SIM card is installed. Therefore, it’s recommended that you lea ve your SIM card ins talled at all times.

Infrared Port

You’ll find an infrared port on the back of your device, to the right of the power ja ck show n in the illustration above. In a future release, the infrared port will be used for beaming information between devices.

USB Port

The USB port is located on the top of your device, just to the left of the power jack as shown in the illustration below. If your devi ce should ever need reco very softwa re installed ( this would have been diagnosed by Custo mer Care), you would need to connect your device to your desktop or laptop computer using a USB Mini-B type cable.

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields

Many of the applications have screens in which you type text, such as the Email Compose screen, the individual Settings screens, the Browser’s Go To dialog box, etc. You will primarily use the keyboard to typ e tex t, which is easy to use, but read the sections below for some hints to make typing, editing, and navigating in text fields easier.

Navigating in Text Fields

Use the Directional Pad to navigate within a text box:

• Press the up/down and left/right arrows to move in those directions among characters in a text box.

• Press the ALT button while using the D-pad up and down arrows to jump to the top or bottom of a text box.

• Press the ALT button while using the D-pad left and right arrows to jump to the beginning and end of a line of text.

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Device Basics

Cut, Copy, and Paste

To cut, copy, or paste text you have typed in any text box, follow these instructions: 1 Position your text cursor next to the text you want to cut or copy. (Use the D-pad’s arrows to position the text

cursor.)

2 Hold down the Shift key whil e pres s ing a D-p a d arrow. As you select text, it is shown highlighted. (To de-

select, release the Shift key and press a D-pad arrow.)

3 Press Menu and select Edit Text to open the Edit Text submenu. You can also open the Edit Text context

menu by pressing and holding the wheel. Select the operation you want to perform on the selected text. Note the standard shortcuts:

Cut Copy Paste Select All

4 You can paste text that you have copied to the device clipboard to any other text box in any application .

Simply position your cursor where you want to paste the text, then use the Paste shortcut Menu + V. (You can also open the menu and select Edit Text > Paste.) Note that the device clipboard only stores one set of copied or cut text at a t i me.

Menu + X Menu + C Menu + V Menu + A

Deleting Text

• To de lete a c h aracter to the left of the cursor, press the DEL key .

• To delete a c ha racter to the right of the cursor, press SHIF T + .

Locking the Shift and ALT Keys

•To lock the SHIFT key, press SHIFT twice. To unlock, press SHIFT once again.

•To lock the ALT key, press ALT twice. To unlock, press ALT once again.

The Text Cursor

While you’re typing, the text cursor shape reflects your current “mode” of typing:

Regular typing mode

Shift key is held down

Shift key is locked down

Alt key is held down

Alt key is locked down

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Device Basics

Entering Special Unicode Characters

In any text box, to enter special Unicode characters, press Menu + Spacebar. The Special Character selec tor opens, displaying special characters alphabetically.

Use the D-pad to navigate through the list: left-right to flip through the alphabet, symbol, and favorite sets; updown to select specific characters. Press the wheel to insert a highlighted character . Her e are some useful tips in using the Special Character panel:

• With the panel open, you can show the same characters capitalized by pressing Shift + the character (like “a”). Toggle back to lowercase by press the letter again.

• To see all special characters, select All (at the bottom of the panel) or use the menu shortcut Menu + A, and the selector grid expands.

To navigate between character sets (Latin-1 Supplement is shown above), press Menu then select one of the sets listed on the menu.

• T o s ee a specific character set, type the letter in the text box, select the letter (using Shift + D-pad arrow), then press Menu + Spacebar.

• To typ e a cha racter us ing its Unicode value, press ALT + Spacebar, then type the 4-character Unicode value. You can view the Unicode value of any character on the grid by doing any one of the following

- highlight a character for two seconds

- highlight a character then press Menu + I

- highlight a character then press and hold the wheel

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Device Basics

Favorites List - You can save up to nine special characters in a “Favorites” list. You can view the Favorites list by scrolling through the selector pane ls :

• T o add a char acter to your Favorites list, highlight a character in the selector grid, then press Menu + N. The character is added to your list.

• T o enter a charact er that appears on your Favorites list, you can either open the Special Character selector and select that character; or, you can press Menu + Spacebar, <favorite shortcut key>.

Recent List - The system will save the last 10 special characters you typed and display them in a “Recent” list. You can view the Recent list by scrolling through the selector panels.

• To op en the Recent list directly, while in a text box press Menu + Spacebar, Spacebar.

• To enter the last special character you typed, simply press Menu + Spacebar, 0.

Using the Carrying Case

Use the carrying case included in your box to both protect the screen and carry your device securely. Remember! The best way to protect the screen from scratches and other damage is to always carry the

device in the case.

Use Your Device Safely

While using your device, please remember to follow the safety rules listed below.

Do not use your device while driving a vehicle. If you must use your device, pull off the road

• to a safe spot first.

Turn off your device while on an aircraft. Because wireless devices interfere with navigation

• systems, FCC regulations prohibit use of your device in the air. Please follow airline rules and switch off your device when directed.

Turn off your device while in a hospital. Adhere to posted signs in hospitals, where an active

• wireless device could interfere with hospital equipment and pacemakers.

•

Use only approved device batteries and accessories. Please do not insert or connect

incompatible products to your device. Do not taunt your device.

Turn off your device while at a fueling station or near blasting. Do not use wireless

• devices near fuel or other chemicals. Follow posted restrictions at these sites.

When traveling abroad, never plug the battery into a power source that does not correspond to

• both the voltage and frequency specified on the charger.

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• Always use the battery charger included with your device. Use of an unauthorized battery charger may result in bodily injury or property damage.

Never dispose of your device by incineration.

•

• Never allow any metallic objects to become inserted into your device, su c h as staples or paper clips.

Never use or store your device in the following locations:

•

- Anywhere it may be exposed to water (e.g., bathroom or sauna)

- Conditions of high humidity (e.g., rain or fog)

- Conditions of extreme high temperatures (e.g., near fire or in a sealed automobile)

- In direct sunlight

- Locations or sites subject to strong vibration

To turn off your device when required, press and hold the keyboard On/Off Power key for three seconds.

To turn off the radio, press the Jump button, then press Menu and select Controls > Wireless.... On the

Wireless Options dialog box that appears, select the Wireless Off option.

Warning! The hinge in the swivel display lid is assisted by a very strong magnet. Be careful to keep the device

away from magnetically sensitive items, such as credit cards and floppy disks.

FCC Compliance

TESTED TO COMPLY WITH FCC STANDARDS. FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE. For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with

accessories supplied or designat ed for this product. Us e of other access ories may not ensure compliance with t he FCC RF exposure guidelines.

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2. About Your SIM Card

If you are unfamiliar with Smart Cards or SIM cards, you might be interested to learn more by reading the following questions and answers:

• What Is a SIM Card? on page 29

• Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM? on page 29

• My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? on page 30

• Can I Remove My SIM? on page 30

• How Do I Handle My SIM? on page 31

• What Happens If I Lose My SIM? on page 31

• What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? on page 31

What Is a SIM Card?

A SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card is distributed to you by your wireless carrier and comes packaged in a plastic holder about the size of a credit card. After you carefully snap the SIM card from its plastic holder, your SIM is ready to fit into a slot within your device. The SIM card contains a chip that holds information required to operate a device. For more information about inserting your SIM card, read on page 31.

How to Insert Your SIM

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM?

Your device SIM stores the following i nformation:

• International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) Number - Number that uniquely identifies you as a subscriber on the network. The number is made up of three parts: a three-digit mobile country code, a two-digit mobile network code, and a (up to) 10-digit mobile subscriber identify number.

• Mobile Subscriber ISDN (MSISDN) Number - Your mobile telephone number. (ISDN stands for Integrated Services Digital Network.)

• SIM PIN - A Personal Identification Number (P I N) tha t you s et using the Jump Settings > Key Guard & Security screen. This code protects your SIM from being used by another person in another device in the event it is lost or stolen .

• Text Messages - Short Message Service messages that you receive and save. Text messages use the Short Message Service. Note that outgoing messages (“sent”) are not saved to the SIM.

• Contact Information - Contact information (name:number) is only stored on your SIM if you’ve used your SIM previously in a mobile phone and stored names and numbers in that phone.

Note that you can import previously-stored co nta c t info into your device Address Book by followin g the instructions in

Import Contacts from SIM

on page 137.

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About Your SIM Card

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It?

When you receive your device, the SIM card may be locked by default. If this is the case, before you can connect to the network or register your new device account, you’ll be prompted to enter a PIN. The default PIN is provided by your wireless carrier. You can always change your SIM PIN using the Key Guard & Security screen. Read more in

Lock Your SIM Card

on page 43.

Can I Remove My SIM?

Yes, you can; but we recommend you never remove the SIM from your device. Without a SIM card, you cannot place phone calls to 611 (T-Mobile Customer Care), but you can call 911 (Emergency). You can only view data that has been cached in the device memory

If you find you must remove your SIM, please follow the directions that follow.

How to Remove Your SIM

1 Turn off your device by pressing the power on/off key. 2 Your SIM card fits into a slot on the left side of your device behind the end cap. Remove the end cap using

the finger notch:

3 You will see the SIM card in its slot; press the end of the SIM in toward the device and release. The SIM

should spring gently out of its slot.

4 Remove the SIM carefully. Be sure to read 5 Replace the end cap by pressing the prongs in slightly and inserting the cap. Make sure the cap is flush with

the case.

6 Turn your device back on by pressing the power on/off key.

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How Do I Handle My SIM?

on page 31.

About Your SIM Card

How to Insert Your SIM

1 Remove the end cap covering the SIM slot using the finger notch. 2 Press the SIM card into its slot with the gold contacts facing down and the cut corner going in first, beneath

the Menu button.

When you release the SIM make sure it is locked into position and it doesn’t spring out.

3 Replace the end cap by pressing the prongs in slightly and inserting the cap. Make sure the cap is flush with

the case.

How Do I Handle My SIM?

Handle your SIM card very carefully since the card and gold contacts can be easily damaged by scratches or bends. Be sure to keep SIM cards out of reach of small children.

What Happens If I Lose My SIM?

Call your carrier’s Customer Care number. They will be able to assist yo u.

What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device?

We do not recommend you insert a different SIM into your device. If you do, your device may or may not function; and even if it does function, it will have limited functionality. Note that if you are going to import contact information from another SIM, follow the instructions provided in

137.

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Import Contacts from SIM

on page

3. Customizing Your Device

Your device is designed so you can set up many of its features to suit your preferences. Learn how in this chapter:

• The Settings Screens on page 32

• AutoText on page 36

• Battery & Display on page 37

• Date & Time on page 39

• Jump Shortcuts on page 40

• Key Guard & Security on page 41

• Keyboard on page 45

• Language on page 46

• Network on page 46

• Sound Profiles on page 47

• System Info on page 36

The Settings Screens

You customize your device by selecting options listed on the settings screens. There are two types of settings screens:

• Device-wide settings - From these screens you set device-wide preferences, such as application shortcuts, sound profiles, key guard idle time, etc. T o open these screens, press Jump to go to the Jump screen, then press Menu and select the Settings submenus.

• Application-specific settings - From these screens you set application-specific pref erences, such as call forwarding options, browser home page, etc. To open these screens, press Jump to go to the Jump screen, then select any application (Web Browser, Phone, Email, etc.). Once within an application, press Menu and select Settings.

We recommend you step through the device Settings screens and then the application-specific Settings screens to completely customize your device for your personal use. Use the tab les b elow to guide you through the screens.

Device Settings

From the Jump screen, press Menu and select Settings to see the Settings submenus lis ted in the summary table below. For more details on each Setting screen, follow the links in the first column.

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Device Settings Screen Customizable Items and Options

Customizing Your Device

System Info

AutoText

on page 36 I n System Info you will find the following information about your account and

on page 36 • Capitalize new sentences check box

Battery & Display

Date & Time

on page 39 • Time Zone setting pop-up menu

Jump Shortcuts

device:

•Username

• Phone number

• SIM ID

• Device ID

• Device OS (operating system)

•Radio firmware (version)

• Recovery ROM (version)

•Library (version)

• Build Configuration

• Versions of firmware and applications

• Automatic Word Repl acement check box and list of r epl acement rules from which you can add or delete

on page 37• Battery charge indicator

• Backlight settings

• Automatic backlight check box and pop-up menu from which you select how long the backlight stays on

• Current date & time text fields

• Format pop-up menu (12- or 24-hour clock)

on page 40 • User-definable list of keyboard shortcuts to application screens. (Jump

shortcuts use the Jump button plus another key.)

Key Guar d & S ecurity

page 41

Keyboard

Language Network

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on page 45 • Keyboard repeat delay slider bar

on page 46 • Language pop-up menu

on page 46 • Scan for other networks

• Automatic key guard setting and display message

• Privacy code setting (three-digit security code)

• Identification Tag text box

• SIM Card Lock settings

• Change SIM PIN (available when SIM card is locked)

• Keyboard repeat rate slider bar

• Change Network APN pop-up menu

Device Settings Screen Customizable Items and Options

Customizing Your Device

Sound Profiles

on page 47 • Sound profile pop-up menu

• Edit/Discard/Reorder/Add sound profiles

• Pending message alert ringtone pop-up menu

• Schedule sound profiles settings

Application-Specific Settings

From the Jump screen, select any application (Web Browser, Instant Messenger, Email, etc.). Then open the menu and select Settings to see these options. For more details on each Setting screen, follow the links in the first column.

Application Settings

Screen

Web Browser Settings

page 60

Instant Messaging Settings

on page 93

• Home page URL text box and Use Current Page button

• Default search engine pop-up menu. Select from: Google, AltaVista, Yahoo!, MSN, Excite, Lycos.

• Completed page load alert pop-up menu

• Show Pictures in Web pages check box

• Clear History, Clear Cache, Clear Cookies buttons

• Show graphical smileys check box

• Allow users to see when I’m idle check box

• Show Accept Message dialog box check box

• Play Buddy alerts pop-up menus:

- Ring when buddies sign on

- Ring when buddies sign off

- Ring when new message arrives

• Block User(s) List

Customizable Items and Options

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Application Settings

Screen

Email Settings

Phone Settings

on page 114 • Accounts

on page 75 • General

Customizable Items and Options

- New account

- Edit primary account

- Discard accounts

•General

- Show message count/size in folder view check box

- Include original message in reply check box

- New message alert pop-up menu

• Attachments

- Remove attachments larger than... pop-up menu

- Remove attachments of these types... check boxes

• Message Management

- Save outgoing email in Sent folder check box

- Empty Trash every night check box

- Auto-discard email when mailbox is full check box

- Only discard messages older than 7 days check box

- Y o ur device phone number

- Accumulated Call Time and Reset button

- Call volume slider bar

• Call Forwarding & Voice Mail set-up screen

• Ringtones set-up screen

• Speed Dial set-up screen

Phone Messages Settings

on page 125

Address Book Settings

page 134

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• Show message count/size in folder view check box

• New message alert check box

•Advanced

- Use custom service center number check box

- Message validity period pop-up menu

• Categories set-up screen. Use to create New Category, Edit Category, or Discard Category.

• Labels set-up screen. Use to create New Label, Edit Label, or Discard Label.

•Import SIM Contacts

Customizing Your Device

System Info

Use the System Info screen to look up information you may need when contacting Customer Care. You can also look up your phone number from this screen, in case you ever forget it.

To open this screen, do the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > System Info to open the System Info screen:

Use the wheel to scroll down the screen to read all the information. To dismiss the System Info screen, press

Back .

AutoText

T o help you type accurately, the AutoText screen includes rules that automatically correct common typing errors. You can add to or discard rules that are included by default. To open the AutoText screen, do the following:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu

2 If you want the first letter in new sentences to be capitalized automatically, rotate the wheel to highlight the

Capitalize first letter of sentences check box, then press the wheel to select it (a check will appear in the

box).

3 If you want the replacement rules listed on the screen to be in effect, use the wheel to highlight then select

the Automatic Word Replacement check box.

4 To discard any of the replacement rules, rotate the wheel to highlight the rule, press Menu then select

Discard [ ]. You are prompted to confirm that you really want to remove the rule. Select either Cancel or Discard.

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then select Settings > AutoText to open the AutoText screen.

Customizing Your Device

5 T o ad d a new repl acement rule, press Menu then select New Rule. The New Replacement Rule dialog box

opens:

T ype the word or phrase that you commonly misspell in the first text box, then type the correct spelling in the second bo x. For example:

Select Done [ ] to save the replacement rule, or Cancel if you don’t want to save it after all.

6 To return all AutoText settings to those set when you first received your device, press Menu then select

Restore Defaults. You’ll be asked to confirm this decision.

Battery & Display

You can see how charged your battery is by checking the Battery & Display screen. You’ll also be able to set how long backlighting stays on after you press one of the c o ntrol buttons or keyboard keys, or set it so that the backlight never turns on (saving battery).

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Battery & Display to open the Battery &

Display screen. Note that this screen will differ, depending on whether you’re using a grayscale or color device:

Grayscale Battery & Display screen:

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1 Color Battery & Display screen:

2 In the first group box, Battery, you can observe the percentage of charge remaining in your battery (this

number is approximate). If your battery is connected to the charger, however, you’ ll see a lightning bolt on top of the battery icon and the word “Charging” instead of the charge-remaining percentage.

Grayscale devices: In the Battery group box you can enable Power- Sa v ing Mode, which means your screen will “blank” after a period of idle time has past. T o enable, you must check the box and setti ng an idle time. (For color devices, power-saving mode is not available.) Select from the following idle times:

•5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 30 minutes

•1 hour

•3 hours Note! You must first set a Key Guard time in order for power-saving mode to work! For details, read

Guard & Security

Grayscale devices: If your device goes into power-saving mode (the screen blanks), the wheel will glow a color, indicating the amount of charge left in the battery:

• Green glow = 100 - 50% charge

• Yellow glow = 50% charge

• Orange/red glow = 25 - 0% charge! Connect your charger immediately!

3 In the second group box, Backlight, you can set your backlighting options:

• If you want backlighting to turn on automatical ly after you p ress a control button or key, or open the display, then select the Automatically turn on when in using device check box.

• Color devices: You can choose to have the built-in light meter automatically turn the backlight on when required by light conditions. To choos e this option, select the Use backlight only when needed check box. This option saves battery life.

• If you never want backlighting to turn on automatically, then make sure you haven’t select any automatic backlight check box. Note: You can always manually turn on backlighting by pressing Jump + Back , which opens the Display Control, or by pressing Menu + Jump .

Key

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4 When backlighting turns on ( e ither automatically or if you turn it on manually), the backlight will stay on for

the amount selected in the Turn off after pop-up m enu. To open the pop-up menu, rotate the wheel to highlight the menu, then press the wheel to open it. You can select from:

• 15 seconds

• 30 seconds

•1 minute

•2 minutes

•5 minutes

Scroll to highlight the time you want, then p r ess the wheel to select it. Tip: As long as you press a key or button before the set time elapses, the backlight will stay on.

Date & Time

The T-Mobile service knows the Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC. (Note that UTC is also known as Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT.) UTC reflects the mean solar time along the Earth's prime meridian. The prime meridian is arbitrarily based on the meridian that runs through the Greenwich Observatory outside of London, where the present system originated.

To set your device time correctly, you must select your time zone. Note that you cannot change the Date and Time field settings unless you are disconnected from the network (read more in

on page 39).

Settings

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Date & Time to open the Date & Time screen:

Override System Date & Time

2 T o open the Time Zone pop-up menu, rotate the wheel to highlight the menu, then press the wheel to open

it. Use the wheel to highlight the time zone you want your device to reflect, then press the wheel to select it.

3 Press Back to save your settings.

Override System Date & Time Settings

If you are not connected to the network, you can override the system-set date and time settings by doing the following:

1 On the Date & Time Settings screen, highlight either the date or time box then press the wheel to activate

the pop-up date selector. The first selectable field expands into a pop-up:

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2 Rotate the wheel until you see the correct value, or simply type it. 3 To select the value, press the wheel. The date selector collapses. 4 Rotate the wheel to move to the next selectable field, then press to open the date selector:

5 Proceed until all fields are set as you wish. 6 Press Back to save your settings.

Jump Shortcuts

You can always press Jump to return to the Jump screen, where you can then select one of the applications. However , if you want to jump to a specific application quickly, you can set a shortcut key . Y our device comes with a default set of shortcut keys, but you can change them, as described below.

Change Default Shortcuts

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Jump Shortcuts, then press the wheel to open the Jump Shortcuts

screen:

3 Scroll to highlight the application for which you want to change a Jump shortcut, then press the wheel. The

Key Mapping dialog box appears. In the illustration below, Address Book was highlighted when the Key Assignment dialog box opened:

4 Press the key you want to use to jump to the application you’ve highlighted. The Key Mapping dialog box

disappears and your shortcut is saved.

5 Now, to use a Jump Shortcut from any screen at any time, press Jump plus the shortcut key to open that

application.

6 To delete a shortcut key mapping, s c roll the wheel to highlight the applica tion name, then press the Delete

key.

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Key Guard & Security

The device’s Key Guard and Security screen allows you to do the following:

•Set Up Key Guard

•Turn On/Off Privacy Lock

•Lock Your SIM Card

Set Up Key Guard

Key guard is a feature that allows you to protect the device’s control buttons from being pressed accidentally while your device is in your pock et or bag. While in k ey guar d mode, your d evice is also in a po wer -saving mode, so you save batt ery power.

Turn on Key Guard Manually

You can turn on key guard manually in two ways:

• Press and hold Back for three seconds.

• Press Jump to return to the Jump screen, then press Menu and select Key Guard.

Turn on Key Guard Automatically

You can set key guard to turn on automatically by doing the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Key Guard & Security to open the Key Guard

& Security screen:

2 In the Key Guard group box, rotate the wheel to highlight the pop-up menu, as shown above. 3 If you want to change the default setting, press the wheel to open the pop-up menu and reveal all the time-

idle choices:

• Guard after 2 minutes

• Guard after 5 minutes

• Guard after 15 minutes

• Guard after 30 minutes (color device only)

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• Guard after 1 hour (color device only)

• Guard after 2 hours (color device only)

• Never automatically guard (grayscale device only)

4 Rotate the wheel to select the option you want, then press the wheel to select it. Color devices: To prevent device damage, after your device has been in key guard mode for 2 hours, a screen

saver will appear. The screen saver is a small image that moves To dismiss the screen saver, press any key or open the device.

Unlock Your Device

To unlock your device (take it out of key guard mode), simply press Menu + Back .

Set a Key Guard Display Message

You can display a one-line personal message that displays on the screen while the device is in key guard mode:

1 From the Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to highlight the Key Guard Display Message text box. 2 Type your message. Your message must fit on one line, which is approximately 20-30 characters. 3 Your settings are saved as soon as you make them. 4 To remove your message, simply delete the text from the Key Guard Display Message box by pressing

ALT + .

About Privacy Lock and Key Guard

If you have set a privacy lock (as described below), then you will be prompted to enter your 3-digit code before your device will unlock from key guard mode.

Turn On/Off Privacy Lock

If you want to secure your device from unauthorized access once your device has gone into key guard mode, you will first need to set up a privacy code by following the instructions below.

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Key Guard & Security to open the Key Guard

& Security screen.

2 Scroll down to the Privacy Lock group box:

3 Using the wheel, select the Turn On Privacy... button:

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The combination dialog box opens.

4 Enter a three-digit code using the keyboard or the dial. Aft er you do so , a Verify Your Combination dialog box

will appear.

5 Re-enter the three digits to verify. 6 A “new combination enabled” message appears. After reading the confirmation message, select OK. 7 You are returned to the Key Guard & Security screen with the Turn Off Privacy... button highlighted. 8 If you want to turn off Privacy Lock at any time, simp ly highlight then select this button.

9 At the prompt, enter your three-digit code using the keyboard or dial. 10 You are returned to the Key Guard & Security screen, where you can Turn On Privacy at any time.

Note: If you accidentally lock yourself out of your device, you can still make an emergency phone call by pressing Menu + Jump .

Fill in Your Identification Tag

Use your device’s Identification Tag as a device identifier if someone types an incorrect privacy code when attempting to unlock your device from key guard. This can be important if you lose your de vic e and another person tries to use it. Your device may come with the ID Tag pre-filled in with information about contacting TMobile Customer Care if the device is found, but you can create your own message by doing the following:

1 From Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to the Identification Tag group box. 2 Use the wheel to highlight the Ident ific a tion Tag text box. If there is d e fault tex t, de lete it by pressing

ALT + repeatedly.

3 Type identifying information about yourself, such as:

Note that you can only type four lines in your Identification Tag.

4 If, for some reason, you do not want to display your Identification Tag, delete the text in the Identification

Tag box by pressing ALT + repeatedly.

5 Press Back to save your settings.

Lock Your SIM Card

By locking your SIM card, you ensure that no one except yourself can use your device while your SIM card is in place (assuming you are the only person who knows the SIM PIN). Note that your SIM may be installed with a default PIN (ask T-Mobile Customer Care if you don’t kno w the d e fau lt SIM PIN).

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To lock your SIM, do the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Key Guard & Security to open the Key Guard

& Security screen.

2 Scroll to the SIM Card Lock group box:

3 Highlight and press the Enable SIM Lock... button. The Enable SIM Lock dialog box appears:

4 Type your PIN and select Enable [ ]. You’ll receive a confirmation dialog box that your SIM card is now

locked. Now, you will be prompted to type your SIM PIN whenever you unlock key guard.

Unlock Your SIM Card

1 To unlock your SIM card, from the Key Guard & Security screen, press the Disable SIM Lock... button:

The Unlock SIM dialog box appears.

2 Type your PIN, then select OK. Your SIM card is unlocked.

Change Your SIM PIN

If you have SIM Lock enabled, then you can change your SIM PIN. (Check with T-Mobile Customer Care to determine if there is a default SIM PIN.)

1 From the Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to the SIM Card Lock group box:

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2 Select the Change SIM PIN... button, as shown above. The Change SIM PIN dialog box opens:

3 In the text boxes, type your old PIN, the new PIN (4-8 digits), and then your new PIN again to confirm. 4 Select Submit to dismiss th e dialog box and sa ve you r new PIN . You will receive a confirmation dialog box

to let you know your PIN was changed successfully.

Keyboard

You can set how the keyboard responds to your touch:

• Keyboard repeat delay - If you hold down a key long enough, it will start repeating in your text box. This setting determines how long you must hold down a key before it starts repeating.

• Keyboard repeat rate - Once you’ve held down a key long enough so it starts repeating, this setting determines how fast the key repeats.

To set these preferences, do the following:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Set tings > Keyboard to open the Keyboard screen:

2 You set your keyboard preferences by using “slider bars”. Rotate the wheel to highlight the slider you want

adjust, then press the wheel to “open” the slider bar. An opened slider bar looks like this:

3 Rotate the wheel up to increase the setting; rotate the wheel down to decrease the setting. This means

that to:

• Increase the time you have to hold down a key before it starts to repeat, move the slider to the right.

• Increase how fast keys are repeated, once they start repeating, move the slider to the right.

4 When the slider is where you want it to be, press the wheel. The settings are saved as soon as you make

them.

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Language

If you must change the default language used on your device at any time, you can do so from the Languages screen:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Language to open the Languages screen:

2 All available languages (locales) are listed in the Language pop-up menu. Select the language that you wish

to set as your default. If your pop-up menu is dimmed, then you have no other languages available. Note! Your device will restart before a language change takes effect!

3 Press Back to save your setting.

Network

If you wish to change the network to which your device is connected, you can do this from the Networks screen. (You can always tell what network you’re currently on by pressing Jump . The current network is shown at the bottom of the Phone splash screen.)

Note: If you change your settings on the Network screen and want to restore them to factory default settings, simply open the menu and select Restore Defaults.

Network Selection

You have two methods of selecting a network: automatic and manual. By defau lt, your device is set to select a network automatically, but you can use the Network screen to select one manually:

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings > Network to open the Network screen. Go to

the Network Selection group box:

2 The Scan and Select Manually button is highlighted by default. Simp ly press the wheel to start the scan.

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3 When the available network(s) have been located, you’ll see the Choose Network dialog box. Press the wheel

to open the pop-up menu:

Scroll to highlight the network you want to switch to, then press the wheel to select it. Select Done . Note: It is also from this screen that you set your device to scan for networks automatically.

4 Once your device has connected to the network you selected, the Network screen will reflect your selection:

Sound Profiles

You control your device’s sound on the Sound Profiles screen. From this screen you can select and define the sound profiles that govern the way system and application sounds are played, if at all. On this screen you can also select a default pending message alert ringtone and schedule regular times when you want your device to switch to a certain profile.

About Sound Profiles

Your device will make three categories of sounds in response to specific system or application events:

• Rings & Reminders - Phone calls and Calendar events

• Message Alerts - Email message, voice mail, text message, IM message, Web page loaded, etc.

• System Sounds - Empty Trash event, open display, open menu, send email message, press key, etc.

Your system comes with four default sound profiles. The profiles have editable names and settings for each of the sound types:

Default Profile Rings & Reminders Message Alerts System Sounds Wheel Flash Vibration

Loud 100% volume 100% volume 66% volume Yes Yes Normal 100% volume 50% volume 0% volume Yes Yes Soft 30% volume 20% volume 0% volume Yes Yes Mute 0% volume 0% volume 0% volume Yes Yes

You can add one more profile to make a total of five sound profiles.

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Select and Edit Sound Profiles

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Se ttings > Sound Profiles to open the Sound Profiles

screen.

2 In the Sound profile currently active group box of the screen, you can see which profile is currently active.

To the ri ght of and just below the profile name, the attributes of the profile are represented by icons:

3 T o select a d ifferent profile, highlight the Sound Profile pop-up menu (it is highlighted in the example above)

then press the wheel to open the pop-up menu. Rotate the wheel and highlight the profile you want, then press the wheel to select it.

To add a new profile, open the Sound Profile pop-up menu and select New Profile. The edit profile screen will open. By default, all profile attributes are selected and the volume for all sounds is set to 100%. Make your edits just as you would an existing profile.

4 To edit the profiles’ attributes , select the Edit button. The profile edit screen will open:

5 Select the profile you want to edit from the pop-up menu (highlighted in the illustration above). You can

change the following profile attributes:

• Name text box - Type the name you want to assign the profile.

• Flash Wheel check box - Select if you want to accompany your ringtone with a flashing wheel (note that this only works if the ringtone yo u select has a flashin g component).

• Vibrate check box - Select if you want the device to vibrate whenever a ringtone plays.

• Volume sliders - For each type of sound, you can adjust the volume. Highlight the sound type then press the wheel to open the slider:

Rotate the wheel up to increas e the sound; rotate the wheel down to de c r ease the sound. Press the wheel to set the volume and close the slider.

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6 To change the order in which the profiles to display in the Sound Controls dialog box, sele c t the Reorder

button. The reorder dialog box looks like the following:

To use the reorder dialog box, first highlight the sound profile you want to move, then press the wheel and release. Rotate the wheel to position the profile where you want it. Then press the wheel to lock its position.

7 To restore default settin g s for all s ound p ro files, press Menu then select Restore Default s. 8 To save your settings, press Back .

Select a Ringtone for Message Alerts

Your device will remind you if you have a pending message alert (for a new email message, voice mail message, etc.) with a ringtone that you can select from the Sound Profiles screen.

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Se ttings > Sound Profiles to open the Sound Profiles

screen. Scroll down to the Pending message alert group box:

2 Select a ringtone from the Play pop-up menu, then select how frequently you want the reminder to play from

the time pop-up menu. You can select from 2, 5, and 10 minutes.

3 Now when you receive a new message notification, until you check your m essage, a reminder ring wi ll play

every few minutes. If you don’t want to include an application’s message alerts in this reminder ring, then you must set that application’s notification ringtone to “None”.

4 To save your settings, press Back .

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Schedule Sound Profiles

You can schedule your device to switch sound profiles at regu lar times, either on a daily or weekly basis, from the Sound Profiles screen.

1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Se ttings > Sound Profiles to open the Sound Profiles

screen. Scroll down to the Schedule Sound Profile s group box:

2 Use the every day settings to reset your sound profiles up to twice each day. Use the every week settings to

change your sound profile at midnight every weekday or weekend day.

3 To save your settings, press Back .

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4. The Jump Screen

In this chapter you can read all about your device’s “home base” -- the Jump screen:

• About the Jum p Sc r e en on page 51

• How to Find the Jump Screen on page 52

• The Application Splash Screens on page 52

• How to Select an Application on page 52

• The Jump Screen Menu on page 53

About the Jump Screen

The Jump screen is a view that displays all the applications you can use on your device in a ring of application icons (on the left) and application “splash screens” (on the right). You use the Jump screen by scrolling through the applications by rotating the wheel...until the application you want to open displays. Then press the wheel to open the application.

The Jump screen is illustrated below, with the Phone application displayed:

Read more about folders in

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Add/Edit/Delete Bookmark Folders

on page 58.

Browsing the Internet

Add Bookmarks

To add a bookmark to your list of bookmarks, do the following while in the Web Browser:

1 Open the Web page you want to bookmark. 2 Press Menu then select Add Bookmark... [ + N].

3 The Add Bookmark screen opens with the Name and URL fields filled in:

The Folder pop-up menu is highlighted by default. Press the wheel to open the list of options. Scroll to highlight the folder in which you want the bookmark to appear, then press the wheel to select it. If you select

New Folder, the New Folder dialog box will appear, asking you to name the folder.

4 When finished, press Done . Your bookmark is added.

Edit and Discard Bookmarks

You can change the address (URL), name, or folder of an existing bookmark, or discard a bookmark by doing the following while in the Web Browser:

1 From the Web Browser, press Menu then select Bookmarks [ + K]. The Bookmarks screen opens. 2 Scroll to highlight the bookma rk you wish to modify. 3 Press Menu to open the Bookmarks menu, and then:

• To edit a bookmark name, select Edit [ + E] to open the Edit Bookmark dialog box. Change the bookmark name, URL, or folder as you wish; then press Done .

• To discard a bookmark, select Discard [ ]. You will be asked to confirm your action before the bookmark is actually removed.

Add/Edit/Delete Bookmark Folders

You can organize your bookmarks into folders that you name. To add, edit, or delete a bookmark folder, do the following while in the Web Browser:

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select Bookmarks [ + K]. The Bookmarks screen

opens.

2 Scroll to highlight the folder you wish to modify. If you are adding a folder, don’t worry about what folder is

highlighted.

3 Press Menu to open the Bookmarks menu, and then:

• To edit a folder name, select Rename... [ + E] to open the Rename dialog box. Change the folder name as you wish and press Done .

• To discard a folder, select Discard [ ]. You will be asked to confirm your action before the folder is discarded.

• To add a folder, select New Folde r... The New Folder dialog box appears. Type the new folder name and press Done .

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See Recently-Viewed Web Pages

To see a list of Web pages that you have visited recently, relative to the page you are currently viewing, use the Recent Pages screen while in the Web Browser application:

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu , then select Navigate and press the wheel again to open the

submenu. Your recent l y-viewed pages are listed in the center of the submenu. You can also open the Recent Pages dialog box by pressing [ + B]. On this dialog box, notice that the page you are currently viewing is

marked with a diamond and its listing is positioned relative to where you’ve been:

2 Scroll to highlight a page you wi sh to retu rn to, then p ress the wheel to go there. By using Recent Pages, you can easily navigate forward and backward among pages you’ve visited. You can clear your Recent Pages list from the Settings screen. Read more in

Clear History

on page 62.

View History

To see a chronological list of Web pages you have visited (up to 100), open the History screen while in the Web Browser application:

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select History. The History screen opens:

2 To return to any of the pages listed, simply scr oll to highlight the URL, the press the wheel to selec t it.

You can clear your history from the Settings screen. Read more in

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Clear History

on page 62.

Browsing the Internet

View Page Info

To view the current page’s URL and page title, press Menu then select Page Info [ + Q]. The Page Info dialog box will open:

Refresh a Web Page

You can refresh (reload from the originating server) the Web page you are currently viewing in either of two ways:

• Press Menu then select Refresh.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + R.

Stop a Web Page from Loading

You can stop a Web page from loading in either of two ways:

• Press Menu then select Stop Loading.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + ..

Web Browser Settings

You can customize a number of settings from the Web Browser Settings screen:

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Specifically, you can:

• Set Your Home Page

• Set Your Search Engine

• Set Web Page Load Complete Alert

• Show Pictures

•Clear History

•Clear Cache

• Clear Cookies

The secti ons below explain what each setting means.

Set Your Home Page

To set your Web home page (the page you want the browser to open by default), do the following while in the Web Browser application:

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings screen, scroll to the Home Page text field and type the URL of your preferred home page.

Alternatively, you could select the Use Current Page button if you want to use the Web page that was displayed on the screen before you opened the Settings screen.

3 Press Back to save your setting.

Set Your Search Engine

To s e t the search engine you want to use by default, do the following while in the Web Browser application :

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings screen, scroll to highlight the Search Engine pop-up menu. 3 Press the wheel to open the list of options. 4 Scroll to your preferred search engine and press the wheel to select it. 5 Press Back to save your setting.

Set Web Page Load Complete Alert

If you want an alert to sound when a Web page has finished loading (assuming you are in another application at the time the page loads), then select a ring tone from this pop-up menu.

Show Pictures

You can decide if you w ant the W eb Browser to displ ay W eb pictures on your device by do ing the followi ng while in the Web Browser application:

1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings screen, scroll to highlight the Show Pictures in Web pages check box. 3 To have pictures display, press the wheel to select the check box; to prevent pictures from displaying, press

the wheel to clear the check box. Web pages should load faster if you clear this check box.

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Clear History

History contains a chronological list of Web pages you have visited (up to 100). To remove all Web pages from the list, scroll to highlight the Clear History button, then press the wheel to select it. Note that when you clear your history, you also clear your Recent Pages list.

Clear Cache

The device cache stores temporary Internet files such as Web pages and files (such as graphics). The device allocates up to 800 KB for the cache. This speeds up the display of pages you frequently visit or have already seen because the browser can open them from your device memory rather than the Web.

To clear your cache, scroll to highlight the Clear Cache button, then press the wheel to select it. Note that th is may take a while. You’ll be notified when the cache has been cleared.

Clear Cookies

Many Web sites save information to your system (the Web proxy service in this case) so sites can “remember” information you’ve entered (including whic h p ages you’ve visited within their site) for future reference. This information is stored in a small text file, called a cookie. Know that only the information you type while visiting a Web site can be st o red. Also, know that the presence of a cookie does not allow any external Web site access to other information on your device. A Web site can only read the cookie that it created.

If you want to delete all the cookies stored for your account on the Web proxy service database, scroll to highlight the Clear Cookies button, then press the wheel to select it.

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6. Making Phone Calls

Your Phone application has many unique features that will make it easier than ever to stay connected! Read the topics in this chapter to learn how to take advantage of al l the application has to offer:

• Phone Splash Screen on page 63

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 64

• Title Bar In dicators on page 64

• Manage Your Speed Dial List on page 64

• Headset or Handset? on page 66

• Adjusting Volume on page 66

• Place a Call on page 67

• Features While on a Call on page 70

• Answer a Call on page 72

• End a Call on page 72

• Your Call Log on page 73

• Listen to Voice Mail on page 75

• Phone Settings on page 75

Phone Splash Screen

T o open the Phone application, first pr ess Jump , then scroll to highlight the Phone icon in the left-hand “ring” of applications. You will see the Phone “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Phone application icon:

The splash screen shows the total call time elapsed since you last reset the counter (read more in

Call Time and Reset

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on page 76) as well as the network operator to which your device is currently connected.

Accumulated

Keyboard Shortcuts

While you’re in the Phone applica tion, you can use the following shortcuts for menu ite m s :

End Call Dial with Wheel Add Contact... Edit Contact... New Speed Dial... Call Log Second Call... Mute/Un-mute Call

Note that while you’re on a phone call:

• Press @ (at sign) to create a * (star) tone.

• Press . (period) to create a # (pound) tone.

+ W + @

+ E

+ D

+ L + N + M

Title Bar Indicators

Your device title bar will show you the status of your Phone application; for example:

Making Phone Calls

The phone symbol shown above, plus others you might see at some time, are explained below:

You have one call active; time elapsed is 3 minutes, 40 seconds. Note that the phone icon and the time display alternately. If you have two calls active, you’ll see one phone icon blinking and the time displayed will be for the foreground call.

Call forwarding is turned on. Your phone will not ring.

You have unheard voice mail.

Manage Your Speed Dial List

You can store up to eight speed dial numbers for easy dialing. Note that shortcut #1 is reserved for your voice mailbox number and cannot be reassigned.

Once you store a speed dial number, you can easily dial that number by pressing and holding the shortcut number for at least two seconds. Very convenient! You can always check your Speed Dial list assignments by opening the Recent pop-up menu on the main diali n g screen.

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You can add, edit, or delete speed di al numbers from the Settings > Speed Dial screen or from the New Speed

Dial menu item. Details follow.

Adding a Number to Your Speed Dial List

To add a number to your Speed Dial list, do the following while in the Phone application: 1 From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select New Speed Dial... [ + D]. The New Speed Dial

Entry dialog box opens:

2 The next-available shortcut number is selected by default in the pop-up menu. You can use this number or

any other number that isn’t already assigned.

3 Type the Name and Number of the contact. As you type the name, possible m atc hes from your Address

Book contacts will appear in a pop-up menu for easy selection.

4 Select Create . Your speed dial number is saved.

Editing an Existing Speed Dial Number

To edit an existing speed dial number, do the following while in the Phone application: 1 From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings > Speed Dial. The Set Up Speed Dial

screen appears.

2 Scroll to highlight the entry you want to edit, then press the wheel. The Edit Speed Dial Entry dialog box

appears. Make your change to the shortcut key, name, or phone number . You can also discard the speed dial entry from this dialog box.

3 When finished, select Done .

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Removing an Existing Speed Dial Num ber

To remove an existing speed dial number, do the following while in the Phone application: 1 From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings > Speed Dial. The Set Up Speed Dial

screen appears.

2 Scroll to highlight the entry you want to remove. 3 Press the DEL key . 4 You’ll receive a confirmation dialog box; select Discard. The speed dial entry is removed.

Headset or Handset?

When making a phone call, you can use the device as a handset or use the headset.

• Handset - Make sure the display lid is in the closed position. Hold the phone as a receiver, speaking into the microphone located between the Menu and Jump buttons.

Tip! The listening sound is best when you hold the phone tight against your ear and the “mouthpiece” slightly away from your face, as shown in the illustration above. The microphone is sensitive enough to pick up your voice even if you hold it at this angle (about 20-30 degrees relative to your face).

• Headset - Plug your headset lead into your device headset/camera jack as shown above.

Adjusting Volume

While you’re on an active call, you can adjust the speaker volume: 1 Scroll to highlight the speaker volume button , then press the wheel. The Volume control

opens:

2 Rotate the wheel to adjust the volume up or down: rotating up (away from you) increases volume; rotating

down (toward you) decreases volume.

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Place a Call

There are many ways you can “dial” a call with your device. This section describes all the methods. Pick the one that suits you:

•

Keyboard Dialing Keypad Dialing

•

Redialing a Number

•

Speed Dialing

•

Dialing Recent Numbers

•

Dialing Using Letters Dialing from the Call Log

•

Dialing from the Look Up Screen

•

Dialing from Contact Information

•

Dialing Method Instructions

on page 67

on page 68

on page 69

Keyboard Dialing With the device display lid open, type the number using the number

Keypad Dialing Scroll to highlight the dial mode button:

keys.

Press Send Call to place the call.

Then press the wheel to open the on-screen keypad:

Scroll to highlight a number, then press the wheel to select it. Continue until your number is complete. If you type an incorrect number by mistake, use the Delete key to erase it.

Press Send Call to send the call.

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Dialing Method Instructions

Redialing a Number You can redial a number you just disco nnected by pressing the

button.

Speed Dialing You can place a call using an assigned speed dial number. Press and

Dialing Recent Numbers The Phone application stores a list of the last 10 numbers you’ve called,

Dialing Using Letters If you want to dial a phone number that appears as letters (such as 1-

hold the shortcut number key for at least two seconds to send the call. Tip: If you’ve forgotten your speed dial number assignments, open the

pop-up menu on the main dialing screen. Yo ur Speed Dial

list is shown at the top.

received, or missed. To open this list, scroll to highlight , then press the wheel to open the pop-up menu:

Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then press the wheel to send the call.

The symbols to the left of the name/number tell you the “category” of the recent call:

- Incoming

- Outgoing

- Missed

In addition, at the top of the recently-calle d list is a list of your stored Speed Dial numbers.

800-FLOWERS), you can use the keyboard’s alpha keys to type the number. The Phone application will “interpret” the letters and send the numeric equivalent.

Dialing from the Call Log The Call Log is describe d in detail in

brief) here’s how to dial using the Call Log:

• Open the menu and select Call Log [ + L].

• Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then press the wheel to send the call.

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Your Call Log

on page 73, but (in

Dialing Method Instructions

Making Phone Calls

Dialing from the Look Up Screen

Dialing from Contact Information

You can open a “Look Up” view into your Address Book that just lists your contacts and phone numbers. To use this screen to dial a number:

• Scroll to highlight , then press the wheel to open the Look Up screen.

• An abbreviated Browse Contacts screen appears, showing names and phone numbers.

• T o find a contact quickly, start typing the name and the Match dialog box will open, narrowing your search. Alternatively, you can scroll through your contacts until you find the phone number you want to call, then press the wheel to send the call.

• You return to the Phone application screen.

You can call a contact stored in your Address Book directly from their contact information:

• From the Jump screen select Address Book.

• Open the information for the contact you want to call.

• Scroll to highlight the phone number of interest.

• Either press and hold the wheel to open the context menu and select Call or press Menu and select Call.

• You return to the Phone application as the call is sent.

Dialing Pauses

You can embed pauses into a phone number you dial by inserting either the comma (,) or semicolon (;) in the number sequence. Each behaves a little differently:

• comma (,) - When a comma is reached in the sequence, a three-second pause is inserted before the next number is dialed.

• semicolon (;) - When a semicolon is reached in the sequence, a dialog box opens, prompting you to select OK if you want the next number in sequence dialed.

So, if you want to dial a number that will then ask you to select an option (e.g., “Press 1 to contact Sales; press 2 to contact Customer Support; press 3 to contact Techni cal Support.”), and then another option (e.g., “Press 1 to leave a message; press 2 to hold for a representative.”), you could type:

1-800-555-4488,2,2

In the example above, you would be placed on hold to wait for a representative without having to listen through and select the options. If you used semicolons (;) instead of commas (,) in the sequence above, you would need to watch the display of your device and respond to the dialog box prompts to dial the option numbers.

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Features While on a Call

While you’re on a call, you can:

• Enter Additional Numbers

• Mute Your Call

• Make a New Call

• Make a Conference Call

Enter Additional Numbers

Sometimes after connecting to a phone number, you’ll need to enter additional numbers (such as menu item choices or your voice mailbox security code). You can enter these numbers by using either of these two methods:

• Method 1 - Use the keyboard. Note that you can press @ (at sign) to create a * (star) tone, and press . (period) to create a # (pound) tone.

• Method 2 - Select to open the on-screen keypad. Scroll to highlight the number or symbol you want, then press the wheel to select it. Repeat for each character you need to enter. Press Back to

dismiss the keypad when finished.

Mute Y ou r Call

During an active call you can mute your side of the conversation by opening the menu and selecting Mute Call [ + M]. To open your side of the call to the listener again, open the menu and select Un-mute Call [ +M].

Make a New Call

While on an active call, you can place another call:

1 With your current call active, let the person you’re speak ing to know you’re about to put them on hold. 2 Press Menu then select New Call... [ + N]. The active call is placed on hold automatically. 3 Place your second call number using one of the dialing methods described in 4 Your first call still appears on your screen, in the lower panel:

5 To switch between caller s, select the button, h ig hlig hted by default in the lower panel. After you

select this button, the active caller is put on hold and their call is shown in the lower panel.

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on page 67.

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6 To end either call, select End Call while the call is active. To end the call on hold without resuming it,

scroll to hi g hlight the End Call button, then press the wheel. To end both calls at once, press Menu then select End All Calls.

Make a Conference Call

You can make up to a five-way conference call using your device (plus have one caller on hold). To do this, first you need to have one caller on the line. Then:

1 Press Menu then select New Call... [ + N]. Your foreground call is put on hold. 2 Call your second party (using any of the dialing methods). When that party answers, press Menu then

select Conference. Your conference call displays as follows:

3 To add another party to the conference call, press Menu then select New Call.. . [ + N ] again. Your

conference call is placed on hold.

4 Call (using any of the dialing methods) your third party. When that party answers, press Menu then select

Add to Conference.

5 You can continue selecting New Call... [ + N] from the menu until you have five callers on th e conference

call. Note: You can call a sixth party , but either the conference call will need to be placed on hold or the sixth party. From that state you can “switch” calls between the sixth party and the conference call.

6 From the conference call screen you can highlight an individual caller and press the wheel to open a context

menu that offers the following actions:

• Hold Other Callers - To leave the caller you have highlighted in the foreground call, but put all the other callers in the conference on hold. select this option.

• Disconnect Caller - To drop the highlighted caller from the conference call, select this option. The other parties on the conference call remain.

7 T o end the conference cal l, select End Call . If you also have a call on hold and want to end all calls, press

Menu then select End All Calls.

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Answer a Call

When you receive a new incoming phone call, you will see a notification screen like the following:

Since the Answer button is highlighted by default, all you have to do is press the wheel to answer the call. To send the call directly to voice mail, highlight and select the Forward to Voice Mail button, or simply

press Back . There are a couple of special cases you should know about:

• If your device is locked when a call comes in press the wheel to answer the call. Once you’re on the call, the phone screen will include a button that allows you to the device so you can use the Menu, Back, and Jump buttons.

• If you are already in a call when another call comes in (call waiting), the notification screen will include a button to Switch Calls. If you press this button, the firs t call will be put on hold. Alternatively, you can pre ss the Forward to Voice Mail button to send the incoming call straight to voice mail.

About Caller ID

If your caller does not have Caller ID blocked on their phone account, then the incoming call notification screen will include the caller information. In addition, if you have the caller in your Address Book, the notification screen will be further personalized with the label on the phone number and an ident ity icon, if you have stored this information.

For example, in the case that the caller does not have Caller ID blocked and you have the caller in your Address Book, you could get a notification screen that looks like the one in the illustration above for caller Gloria Grant.

End a Call

There are a few ways you can end your phone call:

• If you are in the Phone application, select the button.

• If you are in an application other than Phone, press Menu then select End Call.

• Regardless of where you are, press Back .

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Your Call Log

Your Call Log lists the cal l s that you have either:

• received (“incoming”),

• placed (“outgoing”), or

• didn’t pick up (“missed”)

The Log stores up to 10 calls in each of the three categories (Incoming, Outgoing, or Missed), for a total of 30 calls. When you reach the maximum limit in one of the categories, the oldest call is removed from the Log to make room for the new call. You can also clear your Log at any time (read more in

75).

Views of Your Call Log

The Log is convenient because you can view your calls by category if you want. Your Call Log holds a history of your last 100 calls (first in-first out method of storing). Here’s how you can set your Log view:

1 Press Menu then select Call Log [ + L]. The Log opens in either the default view (All Calls), or in the

view you last selecte d.

2 From the Call Log screen, press Menu then View to open the submenu view options:

• All Calls - [ + 0]

•Incoming - [ + 1]

• Outgoing - [ + 2]

• Missed - [ + 3]

If you don’t have any calls in the category you selected, the screen will display the message “No calls in Call Log”.

3 The view you select “sticks” until you change it from the menu. Note that your currently-selected view is

indicated by a bullet in the m enu (“Incoming” in the example b e low):

Clear Your Call Log

on page

An example Call Log is shown below, with the view set to All Calls:

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Note the call category icon s:

- Incoming

- Outgoing

- Missed

Place a Call From the Log

You can use your Call Log to return or make calls. Here’s how:

1 Press Menu then select Call Log [ + L]. Your Call Log appears. 2 Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then press the wheel. Your call is placed.

Add/Edit Speed Dial from the Log

If one of your Log entries is also on your Speed Dial list, you can easily edit this entry from the Log. If an entry in your Log is not on your Speed Dial list, you can easily a d d the number to your Speed Dial list from the Log:

1 Press Menu then select Call Log [ + L]. Your Call Log appears. 2 Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then press Menu and select New Speed Dial... [ + N] or

Edit Speed Dial... (the appropriate entry will appear). 3 Either the Edit Speed Dial Entry or New Speed Dial Entry dialog box appears, as appropriate. 4 Type or edit the Shortcut Key, Name, and Number information. 5 Select Create or Done to dismiss the dialog box and save the changes.

Add Contact List from the Log

If one of your Log entries is also in your Address Book, you can easily edit this entry from the Log. If an entry in your Log is not in your Address Book, you can easily add that contact to your Address Book from the Log:

1 Press Menu then select Call Log [ + L]. Your Call Log appears. 2 Scroll to highlight the name/number you want to add or edit, then press Menu and select Add Contact...

[ + @] or Edit Contact... [ + E] (the appropriate entry will appear). 3 Either the Add Contact or Edit Contact dialog box appears, as appropriate, with the caller’s existing

information filled in, or (if a new conta ct ) the caller’s name and number filled in--if tha t inform ation is

available. The Add Contact dialog box l ook like the following:

4 Complete or edit the fields, as you wish. When finished, select Add or Edit (as appropriate). 5 The contact information is saved and you are returned to the Phone application.

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Clear Your Call Log

To remove all entries in all three Call Log categories (incoming, outgoing, and missed), do the following while in the Phone application:

1 Press Menu then select Call Log [ + L]. Your Call Log appears.

2 Press Menu then select Clear Log.... You’ll receive a confirmation dialog. Select Clear Log to have all

calls disappear and your screen will report “No calls in Call Log”. Select Cancel if you don’t want to clear

your Log after all.

Listen to Voice Mail

There are several ways you can call your voice mailbox to retrieve your voice mail.

• From a land line, call your voice mailbox numb e r.

• Using your device keyboard, press and hold the #1 key for at least two seconds (this is the sp eed dia l shortcut to voice mail). The ca ll to your voice mailbox is placed.

Phone Settings

You can set a variety of preferences from your Phone Settings screen. T o open the Phone Settings screen, do the following while in the Ph one a pplication:

From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings to open the Settings submenu. You can select from the following settings screens:

General Settings

•

Call Forwarding & Voice Mail

•

Set Phone Ringtones

•

Set Speed Dial Shortcuts

Each settings screen is described in the sections below.

General Settings

To reach the General settings screen, press Menu then select Settings > Gene ra l. The Settings screen opens:

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• My Phone Number Just in case you forget your device’s phone number, it’s shown on this screen. If, for s om e reaso n, your

phone number does not appear, you can manually enter it by selecti ng the Enter Numbe r button. Note that entering a number on this screen does not actually change your phone number. If you need to change your phone number, contact T-Mobile.

• Accumulated Call Time and Reset If you are keeping track of your calling time and need to reset the time to zero, select the Reset button. If,

for some reason your phone number is not read from your SIM card, then you can enter it manually by selecting Enter Number. In the normal course of events, this should not be necessary.

• Phone Volume Select the Phone Volume button to open the slider. Rotate the wheel up to increase volume; rotate the

wheel down to decrease volume.

Call Forwarding & Voice Mail

If you don’t want to answer your phone for some reason and want the call to forward to another number (voice mail or somewhere else), you set this up by doing the following while in the Phone application:

1 From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings > Call Forwarding & Voice Mail. The Set

Up Forwarding screen appears.

2 In the Settings section, scroll to highlight Call Forwarding & Voice Mail, then press the wheel. The Set Up

Forwarding screen opens. The currently-selected (active) forwarding option is the one selected on the pop-up menu.

3 You have the following forwarding options:

• Forward to Voice Mail

• Forward All Calls

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You can choose to forward to Voice Mail or Other... If you select Other..., a dialog box opens in which you must type the other number:

• Forward to Custom Number

For each call situation (Busy, Unanswered, or Out-of-range), you can select a forwarding number. Again, you can cho ose from Voice Mail, Other..., or Disable (to disable forwarding). If you select Other..., then the Forwarding dialog box opens, in which you must type the other number.

To turn off forwarding altogether, select the Disable option for each call situation.

Set Phone Ringtones

You can set up your device so that you’re notified of an incoming call or new voice mail by a ringtone you select. You do this from the Phone Settings screen:

1 From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings > Ringtones. The Set Up Ringtones

screen appears.

2 In the first group box you can open the Sound Controls by selecting that button.

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3 In the second group box, you can set your I nc om ing phone call ring. Select the pop-up menu to open it

and see all the possible rings you can select:

4 If you do not want to be notified of a new incoming call or voice mail, select None. 5 If you do want to be notified of a new incoming call or voice mail, then select from one of the possible

ringtone categories. To view the songs for a particular category, press the wheel. In the example above, all the songs in the Chimes category are shown. To dismiss any of the submenus, press Back .

Note that the category and song currently in effect are highlighted.

6 To select one of the songs for your ringtone, press the wheel when the song is highlighted and marked with

a bullet.

7 Press Back to save your settings.

Set Speed Dial Shortcuts

You can store up to eight speed dial numbers (#2 - #9). Shortcut #1 is permanently reserved for voice mail. You can add new or edit existing speed dial numbers from the Settings > Speed Dial screen. Read details in

Manage Your Speed Dial List

on page 64.

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7. Instant Messaging

What could be more fun than sending instant messages while you’re on the go? Not much! Read all about how to use the AOL Instant Messenger

• Instant Messaging Splash Screen on page 79

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 80

• Add a Screen Name on page 80

• Sign On on page 81

• Sign Off on page 82

• Switch Screen Names on page 82

service in this chapter:

• The Buddy List Screen on page 83

• Manage Groups on page 84

• Manage Buddies on page 86

• IM Conversations on page 89

• :) Smileys on page 91

• Set an Away Message on page 91

• Instant Messaging Settings on page 93

Instant Messaging Splash Screen

To open the Instant Messaging application, first press Jump , then scroll to highlight the AIM® icon in the lefthand “ring” of applications. You will see the AOL Instant Messenger screen when you’ve highlighted the AIM

application icon:

“splash” screen on the right side of the

The splash screen lists all your active conversations along with the buddy screen name and the conversation number. The screen also tells you how many of your buddies are online at the time and the screen name you’re

currently using. You can use the conversation shortcuts ( ) to jump to a conversation from the Jump screen. If you are out-of-network and therefore unable to connect to AIM, you will see an X in the radio signal area of

the notifications bar:

If you have been disconnected from the IM server, you will see this icon in the notifications bar:

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Keyboard Shortcuts

While using AIM, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts for menu items:

Send IM... New Buddy... New Group... Edit Buddy Discard... Move End Conversation End All Conversations Shift + Smileys Away Messages Open a particular

conversation

+ M + N + N + E

+ O + .

+ Y + W

+ <conversation number> Note that the shortcut keys to conversations work while in the AIM application and from the Jump screen.

Add a Screen Name

Before you can use AIM on your device, you must have an AOL Instant Messenger account. If you don’t already have an AOL or AIM account, no problem! Just follow the instructions below.

1 From the AOL Instant Messenger sign on screen, select New User from the Screen Name pop-up, then

select the Sign On button.

2 The New User dialog box opens:

Select the Create New Screen Name button; you’ll be taken to the new A IM Registration page via the device Web Browser.

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3 Complete the online forms that appear on your screen. When you’re done, you’ll be returned to the AIM Sign

On screen, with your new screen name showing as one of the options in the Screen Name pop-up menu:

Sign On

Once you have at least one screen name, you’re ready to sign on!

Signing On for the First Time

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. The Sign On screen appears. 2 T ype your Screen Name and Password in the fields. To save y ourself the trouble of typing these agai n, sel ect

the Save Password check box.

3 Scroll to highlight the Sign On button, then press the wheel. 4 This screen name will now appear in the Screen Name pop-up menu.

Signing On After the First Time

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. The Sign On screen appears. 2 The last screen name you used to sign on appears pre-populated in the Screen Name field. If you’ve selected

the Save Password check box, then your password is also pre-populated. If you want to use this screen name, select the Sign On button.

3 If you want to use a different screen name to sign on, either type a screen name and password directly in the

fields, or use the Screen Name pop-up menu.This menu lists all the screen names that have been used to sign on to AIM from your device.

Note that if this is the first time you’ve signed on to AIM using your device, there will be no entries in the pop-up menu (except New User and Remove Name...).

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4 To open the pop-up menu, scroll to highlight , then press the wheel. The pop-up appears:

Scroll to highlight the screen name you want to use to sign on, then press the wheel.

5 Type your password. Again, if you want the device to remember this screen name/password combination,

select the Save Password check box.

6 Select the Sign On button. You’re in. 7 If you want to add an existing AOL screen name to the list, or remove a screen name, read

on page 80 and

Name

Remove Existing Screen Name

on page 82.

Add a Screen

Sign Off

To s ig n off from AI M a t any time, press Menu and select Sign Off.

Switch Screen Names

You can switch screen names at any time:

1 From any of the AIM screens, press Menu th en select Sign Off. The Sign On screen appears. 2 From the Screen Name pop-up menu, scroll to highlight the screen name you want to use to sign on, then

press the wheel.

3 Select the Sign On b utton.

Remove Existing Screen Name

You can remove one or more names from your Screen Name pop-up menu. Note that if you do this, you will not be deleting either your AIM or AOL account, you will just be removing the screen name from the list.

You can always add the name back in later by typing it in Screen Name/Password fields and then signing on.

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It’s easy to remove a name. Note that you must be signed off to remove a screen name. 1 From the Sign On screen, open the Screen Name pop-up menu and select Remove Name. The Remove

Screen Name(s) dialog appears:

2 Scroll to highlight the pop-up menu and press the wheel to open it:

Scroll to highlight the name you wish t o remove.

3 Scroll to highlight the Remove button, then press the wheel. 4 To remove more names, select another name from the pop-up menu, then select Remove. 5 Continuing removing until finished, then select Done . Now, the name(s) you’ve removed will not appear

on the Screen name pop-up menu.

Tip: T o put a removed screen name back on the Screen Names pop-up menu, simply sign on using that screen name by typing the Screen Name and Password manually on the Sign On screen.

The Buddy List Screen

The Buddy List screen is your main view into the AOL Instant Messaging service. The screen shows a grouped listing of all your buddies:

At the very top of the screen in the title bar you’ll see your screen name. Next, all the groups you have created are listed and marked with a group icons, with the buddies in collapsible

lists.

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• To open (expand) a group’s list, scroll to highlight the group name, then press the wheel. The group icon “opens”: .

• To collapse the list, press again: the buddy names disappear and the group icon “closes”: .

With the group contents expanded, to the far left of each buddy screen name you’ll see their open conversation number (if you have a conversation open with them), and to the left there is an availability/status icon, if applicable. Here’s what the icons mean:

Buddy is away (start a conversation to view their away message). You’ve blocked this “buddy”.

The buddy is idle. You have a new message from this buddy. The buddy has signed on (icon displays only a few seconds). The buddy has signed off (icon displays only a few seconds). Buddy is signed on from a Sidekick. Their idle state is shown on the right.

Buddy i s signed on fr om a wirel ess device. Their idle state is shown on the right.

Buddies who are “offline” are shown in the Offline folder in italic font. Running vertically down the right side of the screen, all the conversations with unread messages are symbolized

by little balloons, with the conversation number in the balloon. Note also that if you have an unread message, you will see the AIM icon in the title bar:

Manage Groups

You use “groups” to or ganize your buddies, much like you use fol ders to organize y our email and text messages. You can create new groups, rename existing groups, move groups, and discard existing groups. Note, however, that you cannot discard the “system” group, Offline.

Add a Group

To add a new group to your Buddy List, do the following while in the IM application:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight one of the existing groups, then press Menu and select New > Group...[ + N]. T h e

New Group dialog box opens:

3 Type the new group in the Name box.

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4 Select Done . The group is added to your list.

Rename a Group

Once you’ve created a group, you can change the group’s name:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight one of the existing groups, then press Menu and select Rename... [ + E]. The

Rename Group dialog box opens:

3 Edit the new group Name. 4 Select Done . The group is displayed with its new name on your Buddy List.

Move a Group

You can rearrange the order in which groups appear in your Buddy List:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight the gro up you wis h to m ove. 3 Press Menu then select Move [ + O] to enter “move mode”. The group you are moving is shown

focused within a dotted line:

4 Rotate the wheel to position the group where you want in your Buddy List. Press the wheel to place the

group and exit move mo de.

Discard a Group

You can discard any of the groups you’ve created (along with the Buddies in that group). You cannot, however, discard the Offline group, which has a special status as a “system group”.

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight the gro u p you wis h to discard. 3 Press Menu then select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens.

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4 If you’re sure you want to remove this group and all its contents (buddies), select Discard. Note that if you

discard the buddies, they will be removed from your Buddy List altogether. To cancel the action and keep the buddy on your list, press Cancel .

Manage Buddies

You can add Instant Messaging buddies, change their group assignment, remove and move them.

Add a Buddy

To add a buddy to your list, follow the steps below:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays.

2 Press Menu then select New > Buddy.... The New Buddy dialog box appears:

3 Type the Screen Name, and in the File in pop-up menu, select the group in which you want to file the

buddy.

4 Select Done . The buddy is added to your list! Tip: If you’re having a conversation with a person not on your Buddy List, you can add them to your list quickly

by pressing Menu then selecting New > Buddy.... Their screen name is pre-populated in the New Buddy

dialog box.

Edit a Buddy

Once you’ve added a buddy, you can change what group the buddy is in, and how you’re notified when the buddy signs on/off or sends you a message. To edit a buddy, do the following while in the IM application:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays.

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2 Press Menu then select Edit... [ + E]. The Edit Buddy screen displays:

3 From this screen you can:

• Change the group in which you’ve filed the buddy.

• Set alerts (notifications) for when your buddy signs on, signs off, or sends you a new message.

4 After making your edits, press Menu then:

• Select Cancel [ + .] to cancel all changes.

• Select Done to save your changes.

Move Buddies

You can move buddies within a group and to a different group without opening the Edit Buddy screen:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight the screen name of the b ud d y you wish to m ove. 3 Press Menu then select Move [ + O] to enter “move mode”. The buddy you are moving is shown

focused in a dotted line:

Note: If the buddy you are moving is offline, once you select Move, the buddy is shifts from the Offline group to the group in which they would appear if online.

4 Rotate the wheel to position the buddy in the group you want. (The buddy moves in real time.) Press the

wheel to place the buddy and exit move mode.

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Note: If the buddy you were moving was offline, once you press the wheel to place them in a new group, they will return to the Offline folder (until they sign on again).

Discard a Buddy

To remove a buddy from your list, do the following while in the I M a p pl ic a tion:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you wish to discard. 3 Press Menu then select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens. 4 If you’re sure you want to remove this buddy, select Discard. Otherwise, to cancel the action and keep the

buddy on your list, press Cancel .

Block/Unblock Buddies

If you want to block messages from a particular buddy, you can easily do so while in the IM application:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Back until your Buddy List displays. 2 Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to block. 3 Press Menu then select Block. 4 The buddy’s screen name still appears on your Buddy List, but now it’s in the Offline group and the

“forbidden” icon appears to next to the buddy’s name:

5 To unblock messages from this bud d y, highlight their screen name in the O ffline group and select Unblock

from the menu. The screen name moves under the group you had previously assigned to them and you will start receiving messages from this buddy again.

You can also unblock one or more buddies from the Settings screen, as described in

on page 95.

List

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IM Conversations

Conversations are one-on-one chat sessions you have with your online buddies. With AIM, you can have up to 10 online conversations going at the same time. Thi s section explains how to st art and end conversation s, as well as how to keep track of all the conversations you have going at one time!

Start/End an IM Conver sati on

To send a message to one of your buddies, follow the instructions below.

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. The Sign On screen appears. 2 Sign on to AIM using the instructions in either:

•

Signing On for the First Time Signing On After the First Time

•

3 If your Buddy List doesn’t display, press Next [ ] until your Buddy List appears. 4 From the Buddy List screen, you can start a conversation screen in either of two ways:

• Method 1: Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy with whom you want to message, then press the wheel. A conversation screen opens.

Tip: If you have a long Buddy List, to find a buddy’s screen name quickly, start typing the first few characters of the buddy’s screen name and the auto-find feature will highlight the closest matching screen name.

• Method 2: Press Menu then select Send IM... [ + M]. The Send Instant Message dialog box opens:

on page 81

In the Send to text box, type the screen name of the buddy you want to message. You can also open the pop-up menu and select a screen name (all your buddies are listed there). Select Start Conversation (or press Return). A convers ation screen with this buddy opens w ith your initial message showing.

5 You use the lower panel to type your messages. Here’s an example of a conversation-in-progress:

Note! If you send a message and it appears in the top panel in temporarily disconnected from the IM service. You will be reconnected automatically as soon as possible, at which time your message will app ea r in re g u lar font, not italic.

6 To end a conversation, press Menu then select E n d Conversation [ + .]. Tip: If you want to Sign Off and end all your conversations at once, simply ret urn to the Buddy List screen, press

Menu then select Sign Off.

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italic

, this indicates that you’ve been

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IM Conversation Indicators

Most every screen you view within Instant Messaging, including the splash screen, contains balloon indicators

, one for each active conversation in which you have an unread message.

In addition, each open conversation is numbered and usually displays to the right of the buddy name in any of the lists . If you’re in the AIM application or on the AIM Jump screen and you press Menu +

<conversation number>, you will be taken to that conversation screen.

Switch Between IM Conversations

The easiest way to switch between conversations is to press Menu + <conversation number>. You can also press Menu and select IM Conversations [ + D] to open a submenu of all your active conversations. From this list, select the conversation you want to make active.

Open Links Embedded in Conversations

If a buddy sends you an email address, URL, or phone number in a conversation, y ou can t ake an action on that item from the menu, as shown in the example below, using the URL embedded link:

If the conversation contains an embedded email address or phone number too, the menu options will appear as follows:

Simply select the appropriate menu option from the open c onversati on window to:

• go to the URL via the Web Browser application

• compose an email via the Email application

• place a phone call via the Phone application

Note that your conversation will stay open while you use another application to take one of these actions.

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:) Smileys

While you’re in a conversation you can add smileys (emoticons) to your message. To add a smiley, do the following:

1 With an open IM conversation on your screen, press Menu then select Smileys [ + Y] to open the

submenu:

2 Scroll to highlight the smiley you want to insert int o you r conversati on, then p ress the wheel to place it. You

can also insert a smiley by typing the ASCII equivalent (the center column in the menu). Note: On devices that do not support the graphi cal smil eys, the ASCII version of t he smiley will be disp layed.

Set an Away Message

Tip: T o cr eate new custom away mess age categories, you must go to y our W eb browser client on your compu ter and edit or create them there.

To set an away message you must first be signed on to AIM (read more in signed on:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu then select Buddy List . 2 Press Menu then select Away Messages [ + W] to open the submenu. The default categories are

shown in the example below. (You can create new categories only from the AIM Web browser client on your computer.)

3 Scroll to highlight the away message you want to select, then press the wheel.

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on page 81). Once you’re

Instant Messaging

4 If you select I’m Away..., then a new dialog box will open in which you can type the message that will be sent

to the sender while you’re away:

After you type your I’m Away message and press Set, the I’m Away dialog box will stay open until you return and select the I’m Back button:

5 If you select one of the other unavailable messages, The I’m Away dialog box opens with a standard (but

appropriate) message. This dialog box will remain on your screen in Instant Messaging until you press the

I’m Back button.

6 While you’re away, other device users will see the Away icon next to your name in their Buddy List. If you

have any open conversations when you set an away message, your away message will appear in your buddy’s conversation screen.

7 To change your status from away to available, select the I’m Back button.

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Instant Messaging Settings

You can set many preferences from the Settings screen. To open this screen, do the following while in th e IM application:

From either the IM Sign On screen or the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears:

From this screen you can:

Show Graphical Smileys

•

Set Up Accept Messages

•

Set Buddy Alert Rings Manage Blocked Users List

•

on page 93

on page 94

Show Graphical Smileys

You can choose to display graphical smileys in your IM conversations, or not. Scroll to highlight the check box, then press the wheel to select it if you want to display smileys. Press the wheel again to clear the check box if you want to suppress the graphical smileys. If you do not select this option, then if you insert smileys in your message, the ASCII version will d is p la y.

Expose Idle State

If you want users who have you on their Buddy List to see when you’re “idle”, th en scroll to highl ight the Allow users to see when I’m idle check box, then press the wheel to select it. If you leave this check box unchecked,

then the idle icon will not appear next to your screen name on other’s Buddy Lists when you’ve been idle for 10 minutes or more.

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Set Up Accept Messages

You can set up AIM so that if someone not on your Buddy List sends you an instant message, you will first see an alert asking you if you want to accept the mess a g e . To set this up, do the following:

1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then se lect Settings. The Settings screen appears. 2 Look at the Show “Accept Message” dialog box check box. If you want to see the dialog box when

someone not on your Buddy List sends yo u a message, scroll to highlight the check box, then pr ess the wheel to select it. If you want to turn off Accept Message, clear the check box by highlighting the check box, then press the wheel to clear it.

3 With Accept Message checked, when y ou receiv e a message f rom someo ne not on y our Buddy Li st, yo u’ll get

an alert like the following:

4 Choose from the following courses of action:

• Block User - The sender of the message will be blocked from sending you any messages, including the one they’re trying to send. You won’t see any more Accept Message dialog boxes for this sender, until you “unblock” them. (Read more in

• Decline - The sender of the message will be blocked from sending you any messages, including the one they’re trying to send, for as long as you are signed in. The next time you sign on, if this person sends you another message, you’ll receive the Accept Message dialog box again.

• Accept - You will see the message from the sender.

Block/Unblock Buddies

on page 88.)

Set Buddy Alert Rings

In order for Buddy Alert Rings to work, you must enable these alerts from the Settings screen.

1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then se lect Settings. The Settings screen appears. 2 Look at the Play buddy alerts group box:

To enable buddy alerts, scroll to highlight the Play buddy alert s check box, then press the wheel to select it. (To disable buddy alerts, select the check box again to clear it.)

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3 Once you enable buddy alerts, you can select different alert rings for the following events:

• Sign On - Ring sounds when a buddy signs on .

• Sign Off - Ring sounds w hen a buddy signs off.

• New Message - Ring sounds when you receive a new instant message.

To p ick a n a lert, firs t sele ct a ring tone “ c ateg ory” from th e pop-up menu on the left, then select a corresponding “sound” from the submenus.

4 Your changes are saved as soon as you make them. You can override these settings for individual buddies on the Edit buddy screens. Read more in

page 86.

Edit a Buddy

Manage Blocked Users List

If you do not want to receive messages from an individual on your Buddy List, you can “block” messages from them. The instructions for doing this, and unblocking a buddy’s messages, are in

88. You can also unblock buddies from the Settings screen, as described below.

1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then se lect Settings. The Settings screen appears. 2 Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to the Blocked User(s) List group box:

Block/Unblock Buddies

on page

3 T o unblock any of the users in your list, scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to unblock,

then press the wheel to select it. The Blocked User dialog box opens:

4 The Unblock button is selected by default. Press the wheel to sele ct it and unblock the budd y. (T o cancel

your action and keep your buddy on the blocked list, select the Cancel button.)

5 Once you unblock a buddy, their screen name appears again under the assigned group name on the Buddy

List screen.

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8. Email Messaging

The Email application on your device is easy to use and rich in features. Not only do you get your own device email account, but you can also pull in other email from up to three of your external email accounts. Read the topics in this chapter to take full advantage of this flexible application.

• Email Splash Screen on page 96

• Browse Email Screen o n page 97

• Status Indicators on page 98

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 98

• View Your Email on page 100

• Move Messages to Folder s on page 102

• Send Messages on page 103

• Add Email Senders to the Address Book on page 105

• Add Email Recipients to the Address Book on page 105

• Discard Email Messages on page 106

• Manage Email Folders on page 107

• Manage Your Email Accounts on page 110

• Email Settings on page 114

• Space Limitations on page 117

Email Splash Screen

To op e n the Email application, first press Jump , then scroll to highlight the Em a il icon in the left-hand “ring” of applications. You will see the Email “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Email application icon:

The spla sh screen is h andy becaus e it shows all your unread messages, sorted first by folder then order received (newest message first). If you have unread messages in more than one folder, the folder will also display on the splash screen, as shown above.

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Browse Email Screen

The Browse Email screen is your main vi e w into the Email application:

The Browse Email screen lists all your emails, gr ouped into fo lders, ordered by date. (Read more about ordering this list in

In the illustration above you’ll see the “system folders”-- Inbox, Saved, Sent, Drafts, a nd Trash -- plus all the folders you have created to organize your emails, identified by a folder-type icon: To the ri ght of the folder name, if it has unread messages, the number of unread messages is shown in

parentheses. In the example above, Inbox (1 ) contai ns one unread message. The Inbox is shown in “expanded” view (its list of emails is showing), with the first message in bold, indicating it is “unread”. The Saved folder is shown collapsed. The Sent folder contents are collapsed, as are the Drafts folder contents (empty folders are always shown collapsed, of course). The Trash folder is shown in expanded view and contains two emails.

As shown in the illustration above, individual emails are grouped in collapsible folder lists. To open (expand) a folder’s list of emails, scroll to highlight the folder name, then press the wheel. To collapse the list, press again. Press again to expand, etc.

Tip: To scroll quickly between folders, press the ALT key while using the D-pad up and down arrows. To scroll quickly between unread messages, hold the SHIFT key while using the D-pad up and down arrows.

T o open an individual email, scroll to highlight the email, then press the wheel. To learn more about reading your email, read

107. T o the left of items in the Browse Email screen, there could be an icon that indicates the status of a message. To

interpret these icons, as well as understand the folder icons, read

Sort Email Messages

View Your Email

on page 100. To learn about adding folders, read

on page 102.)

Manage Email Folders

Status Indicators

on page

on page 98.

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Status Indicators

From the Browse Email screen, in the title bar, you’ll always see how full your mailbox is, by percentage and megabyte (MB).

Icons shown the to left of each folder name or email message tell you their status. Plus, all unread messages are shown in bold. Here’s what the icons mean:

You have replied to this mes s a g e . You forwarded this message. This email has an attachment. There was an error when sending this email. A few errors include: the message was not

sent at all, the message was sent but could not be saved to the Sent folder because you reached your mailbox quota, the message was sent but without the forwarded attachment because the original messag e no long er ex is ts, and so on. You will only see this status indicator next to messages in the Sent fold er.

This email is wa iting to be sent. You will see this status indicator next to messages in the Sent and Drafts folders.

This email is being sent. You will see this status indicator next to messages in the Sent and Drafts folders.

Icons identifying the Inbox folder, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying the Sent folder, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying the Saved folder , with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying the Drafts fol de r, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying a user-defined folder, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying the Tras h fo l d er, with contents collapsed/expanded.

Keyboard Shortcuts

While using the Email applic a tion, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open option s from the following Email menus:

• Browse Email Menu Shortcut s (wit h m e ssage highl ighted)

• Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted )

• Compose Menu Shortcuts

• Settings Shortcuts

• Settings> Accounts Menu Shortcuts

Each menu’s shortcuts are listed in the tables below.

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Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted)

New Message... Reply... Reply All... Forward... Add Contact... Move... Discard Check for New Email Mark Read/Unread

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