T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Release 1.0c

April 15, 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.

Copyright © 2002-2003. Danger, Inc. All rights reserved.

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1. Start Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Sidekick! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Your T-Mobile Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Charging Your Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Using the Carrying Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Use Your Device Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Contacting Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2. Device Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Device Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Terminology Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Headset/Camera Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Power Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Infrared Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

USB Mini-B Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

3. About Your SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

What Is a SIM Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Can I Remove My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How Do I Handle My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What Happens If I Lose My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4. Customizing Your Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Settings Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

AutoText . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Battery & Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Date & Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Jump Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Key Guard & Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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System Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Wireless Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

5. The Jump Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

About the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

How to Find the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

The Application Splash Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

How to Select an Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

The Jump Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

6. Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Browser Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Navigation/View Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Go To a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Go to Your Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Search the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Use Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

See Recently-Viewed Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

View History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Refresh a Web Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Stop a Web Page from Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Web Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

7. Making Phone Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Phone Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Title Bar Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Manage Your Speed Dial List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Headset or Handset? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Place a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Features While on a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Answer a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

End a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Your Call Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Listen to Voice Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

8. Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Instant Messaging Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Add a Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Sign Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Switch Screen Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Remove Existing Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

The Buddy List Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Manage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Manage Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

IM Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Set an Away Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Instant Messaging Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

9. Email Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

The Email Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Browse Email Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Send Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Add Email Senders to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Add Email Recipients to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Manage Your Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Send a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Manage Email Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

10. Phone Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Phone Messages Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Browse Messages Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

View Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Sort Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Send Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Add Text Message Senders to the Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Call Back Sender of a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Discard Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Retrieve Messages from the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Setting Phone Messages Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

11. Keeping Contacts in the Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Address Book Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

How Much Information Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

The Browse Contacts Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

T-Mobile Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Filter Contacts by Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Sort Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

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Create a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Contact a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Find a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Empty the Address Book Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

12. Scheduling Events with Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Calendar Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Create an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Move an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Ways to View Your Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Upcoming View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Year View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Trash View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Go To a Specific Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

13. Taking Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Camera Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Insert the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

About Capture Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Take a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

View Your Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Email Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Change the Name of a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Sort Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Discard Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

14. Keeping To Do Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

To Do Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

The Browse Tasks Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Task Details Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Create a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Mark a Task Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Task Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Manage Your To Do Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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15. Keeping Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Notes Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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

View Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Sort Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Manage Your Notes Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

16. Playing Rock & Rocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Rock & Rocket Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

The Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

What Happens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

17. Playing UI Evolution Arcade Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Arcade Splash Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Code Monkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Lab Ratz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

18. The Desktop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Signing In To the Desktop Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Jump Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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More About the Applications on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Signing Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

19. Sending Email from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Opening Email on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Your Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Send a New Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Attach Photos and Files to a Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Web Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Collect Mail from POP3 Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Discard Email Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

20. Using Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Opening Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Browse Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

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How Many Contacts Can I Store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Browse Contacts Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Add a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Communicate with a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Empty the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

21. Using Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Opening Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

View Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

View an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Add an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

22. Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Opening Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Sort Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Rename Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Discard a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Attach Photo(s) to an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

23. Keeping a To Do List on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Opening To Do on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

About To Do Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Browse Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Add a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Mark a Task as Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Discard Completed Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Manage Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

24. Keeping Notes on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Opening Notes on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Browse Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

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25. Settings on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Opening Settings on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Account Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

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1. Start Here

This chapter leads you through the basic steps of getting started with your new T-Mobile device:

Start Here

• Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Sidekick!
on page 9

• Your T-Mobile Account on page 10

• Charging Your Battery on page 11

• Using the Carrying Case on page 12

• Use Your Device Safely on page 13

• Contacting Customer Care on page 13

• FCC Compliance on page 13

Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Sidekick!

Here’s what you’ll find in the box:

• T-Mobile Sidekick

• SIM card

• Battery charger

• Headset

• USB cable (Mini-B type)

•Wrist strap

• Carrying case

• Start Here Guide

• Reference Guide

• T-Mobile service introduction guide

If you find that anything is missing, please contact T-Mobile Customer Care by calling 1-800-937-8997, or by
going to

www.t-mobile.com/help/

.

Before you can start using your device, you must set up your T-Mobile account. Read the following topics to find
out how.

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Start Here

Your T-Mobile Account

Before you can use your device, your T-Mobile account must be completely set up. This involves the following:

1 Obtain a telephone number.

When you purchased your device, a T-Mobile representative assigned you a telephone number, which is
stored on your device’s Subscriber Identification Module, or “SIM” for short. (Read more in

on page 27.) This step you’ve already completed.

Card

2 Wait for account activation.

T-Mobile must activate your device on the network. This can take up to 48 hours after you purchase your
device, but usually takes much less time. You will know your T-Mobile account is activated when you see a
“Welcome to T-Mobile” screen on your device display.

3 Register a username and password.

After you see the Welcome screen on your device, follow the prompts to select a username and password.
You will use your phone number and this password to sign in and out of the Web version of the applications,
and you may occasionally be prompted to enter your username/password information on the device as well.
When selecting a username and password, note the following:

- Usernames - Must start with an alphabetic character (A-Z), can include numbers, can include
underscores but no other punctuation, and must be two or more characters in length. If your preferred
username is already taken, the T-Mobile service will provide you with alternate suggestions. You can
either pick one of these or try another one of your choice. Note that usernames are not case-sensitive.

- Passwords - Must contain 4-15 characters, can include both letters and numbers, but no spaces,
single quotes ('), semicolons (;), backslashes (\),or percent signs (%). You will be asked to type your
password twice for confirmation. Note that your password appears on the screen as asterisks (*) to
ensure privacy. Select a password that is not a word, is difficult to guess, but one that you can
remember. Passwords are case-sensitive. If you forget your password at some time in the future,
contact T-Mobile Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997.

4 Select and answer a secret question.

You will also be asked to select a “secret question” and type the answer. Questions are similar to these:

• What is your mother's maiden name?

• What is your favorite pet's name?

• On what street did you grow up?

• In what city did you grow up?

• What is your favorite movie?
If you ever forget your password, you will be asked to answer this question before your password is “reset”

by Customer Care.

5 Read and agree to Danger Service and End-User License Agreement.

The legal document you must read and agree to can be found on the screen (select the View License
button) and in one of the printed guides you received in the box when you bought your device. For future
reference, you can view the license agreement on the device by pressing the Jump button, then pressing the
Menu button. From the menu, select Copyrights & Credits. From the Copyrights & Credits screen, press the
Menu button and select View License. In addition, the most recent version of this document can be found at
the following Web site:

6 Wait while data is being transmitted.

After agreeing to the Danger Service and End-User License Agreement, the registration information is sent to
the T-Mobile service. If your username has already been taken, you’ll be notified on a screen that gives you

www.danger.com/agreements.

About Your SIM

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Start Here

opportunity to select a new one. You’ll then see a Congratulations screen, letting you know that you are now
ready to use the T-Mobile services. There is a chance that the data transmission may fail, in which case you’ll
receive a message asking you to try later.

7 Congratulations!

Once your account has been set up, you’ll see the Congratulations screen and a final screen with the Start
button. Select the Start button to do just that! If you’re roaming on another network, you’ll be notified at this
point (see Warning below).

8 Read the Hints screens.

Before going to the Jump screen, take a minute to read the helpful hints that appear. After reading each hint,
select Next to advance to the next. Select Done to dismiss the hints and go to the Jump screen.

Warning! When roaming outside the T-Mobile network, you may incur additional charges for data transfer with

or without taking any actions, such as receiving emails. To avoid additional charges while roaming, go to Jump
Settings > Wireless Options and clear the GPRS Data Roaming On check box. If you do roam with GPRS

Data Roaming off, you will still be able to make and receive voice calls.

Charging Your 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

To charge 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 120V AC electrical wall outlet.

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Start Here

While the charger is connected to your device, a lightning 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 left to right in an animated fashion.
When your device is fully-charged, the bars will stop 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 fill from 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, open the Jump screen menu, select Settings, then Battery & Backlight. Note that
this reading is approximate. Read more in

Battery & Display

on page 35.

Conserving Battery Power

Your device has a power-saving feature that automatically reduces power to the device after a user-configurable
number of minutes of inactivity. In power-saving mode your device will still receive 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

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, open the device
Settings screen, select the Wireless Options... button, then on the dialog box that appears, select the Wireless
Off option.

Battery & Display

on page 35.

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!

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Start Here

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.

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

To turn off the radio, press the Jump button, then press Menu and select Settings. Select the Wireless
Options... button, then on the 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.

Contacting Customer Care

T-Mobile’s Customer Care offers responsive and knowledgeable customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a
week. It’s a free call anytime. Dial 611 using your device or 1-800-937-8997 from any other phone.

You an also contact Customer Care through our Web site, by email, or regular mail:

Web sit e:

Email: [e-mail]

Regular mail: T-Mobile Customer Care

www.t-mobile.com/help/

P.O. Box 37380
Albuquerque, NM 87176-7380

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 designated for this product. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with the
FCC RF exposure guidelines.

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2. Device Basics

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

Device Basics

• Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick on page
14

• Device Display on page 14

• Keyboard on page 18

• Control Buttons on page 19

• Wheel on page 22

• Terminology Used in This Manual on page
22

• Headset/Camera Jack on page 25

• Power Jack on page 25

• Infrared Port on page 25

• USB Mini-B Port on page 26

• Typing and Navigating in Text Fields on
page 26

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.

Standard Display Screen Indicators

The display screen is your view into the T-Mobile 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.

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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 indicator flashes over the battery.

When your device is too cold, this thermometer 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 you have
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 address, connecting 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 Settings > Wireless Options screen.

You have turned off your wireless connection from the Jump Settings > Wireless
Options screen.

Your SIM card has a problem, which is prohibiting access to wireless services.

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

Device Basics

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Device Basics

Notifications

When you receive a new email, text message, instant 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 read or listen to your new message, you’ll see a little
icon in the title bar, reminding you that there’s a message waiting:

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

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 Up Phone Ringtones

•

Edit a Buddy
Play Buddy Alert Rings

•

Set Up Email Ringtones

•

•

Setting Phone Messages Ringtones

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(Use to specify buddy-specific IM rings.)

(Use to specify default IM rings.)

Device Basics

Turning on Backlighting

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

1 From the Jump screen, open the menu and select Settings.
2 Scroll down and select Battery & Display.
3 In the Backlight section of the screen, select the Automatically turn on when in use check box.

Note for color devices: To use the device’s light meter while the backlight is on, select the Use light meter
to adjust brightness check box.

4 Select the length of time you want backlighting to stay on from the Turn on after pop-up menu.

5 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 backlighting, you can still quickly turn on backlighting by pressing
Menu + Back to open the Controls. The backlight turn on and remain on for the time specified in the
Backlight pop-up menu.

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 different directions or positions. The topics below describe the keyboard in 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 playing games and to
navigate within
examples of text boxes:

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

• Go To dialog box in the Web Browser

Press the up/down and left/right arrows to move in those directions 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 26.

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 the 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.

Note! You can also lock the Shift key by pressing it twice. Unlock by pressing once again.

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Device Basics

Read about how text cursors change when using the ALT or Shift keys in

The Text Cursor

on page 26.

@ Key

When you type an email address, you use the “at” symbol (@) to separate the username from the domain; for
example, [e-mail]. 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 universal symbol for power: .

Control Buttons

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

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

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:

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Device Basics

• 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 jump 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 38.

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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 documentation, 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 Jump 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.

Wheel

Read more in the

on page 22 and

The Jump Screen

on page 48

.

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. You use it to highlight and press buttons 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 reverse 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.

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

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

Check box A small box that is either checked or clear

(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”.

Context menu A context menu contains only the actions

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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

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

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 succession).

So, if two keys or buttons are separated by a
plus sign (+), you press them simultaneously
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.

Press To 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
pressing 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 by rotating 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 Your 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 14. Be sure to press the headset or camera lead in firmly to secure the

Power Jack

The power jack is located at the top of your device, as shown in the illustration below. Read more in

Your Battery

on page 11.

Charging

Infrared Port

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

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Device Basics

USB Mini-B Port

The USB Mini-B port is located on the top of your device, just to the left of the power jack as shown in the
illustration below. Use the USB Mini-B port with your USB cable to connect your device to a personal computer
for restoring the device operating system software.

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields

Many of the T-Mobile 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 type text,
which is easy to use, but here are some hints to make typing, editing, and navigating in text fields easier:

• 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

field.

- 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.

• To delete a character to the left of the cursor, press the DEL key .

• To delete a character to the right of the cursor, press SHIFT + .

• To delete all the characters on one line, press ALT + .

• To delete all the characters in a text box, press ALT + SHIFT + .

•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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About Your SIM Card

3. 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 27

• Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM?
on page 27

• My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It?
on page 28

• Can I Remove My SIM? on page 28

• How Do I Handle My SIM? on page 29

• What Happens If I Lose My SIM? on
page 29

• What Happens If I Put A Different SIM
in My Device? on page 29

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 28.

How to Insert Your SIM

Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM?

Your device SIM stores the following information:

• 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 (PIN) that you set 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.

• SMS Messages - Short Message Service messages that you receive and save. T-Mobile Phone Messages
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 contact info into your device Address Book by following the
instructions in

Import Contacts from SIM

on page 126.

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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. Type 1234. You can
always change your SIM PIN using the Key Guard & Security screen. Read more in

42.

Lock Your SIM Card

on page

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 To avoid seeing error messages, turn off your device by pressing the power on/off key. (It is not necessary

for your to turn your device off, however.)

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.

How Do I Handle My SIM?

on page 29.

How to Insert Your SIM

1 Remove the end cap covering the SIM slot using the finger notch.

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About Your SIM Card

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 T-Mobile Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997.

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 will function
but you will not have access to your messages and you will not be able to use the telephone application. Note
that if you are going to import contact information from another SIM, follow the instructions provided in

Contacts from SIM

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on page 126.

Import

Customizing Your Device

4. Customizing Your Device

Your T-Mobile 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 30

• Controls on page 33

• AutoText on page 34

• Battery & Display on page 35

• Date & Time on page 37

• Jump Shortcuts on page 38

• Key Guard & Security on page 39

• Keyboard on page 43

• Network on page 44

• Sound on page 45

• System Info on page 46

• Wireless Options on page 47

The Settings Screens

All customization options are on the settings screens. There’s two types of settings screens:

•Customize device settings using the Jump Settings screens: From the Jump screen, open the menu
and select Settings to open these screens.

•Customize application-specific settings using the application Settings screens: From the Jump
screen, select any application (Web Browser, AOL Instant Messenger, Email, etc.). Then open the menu
and select Settings to open these screens.

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 tables below to guide you through the
screens. For more details on each screen, follow the links in the first column.

Device Settings

Device Settings Screen Customizable Items and Options

Controls

on page 33 • Mute/Un-mute button

• Volume slider bar

• Display slider bar

AutoText

Battery & Display

Date & Time

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on page 34 • Capitalize new sentences check box

• Automatic Word Replacement check box and list of replacement rules you
can add to or delete from

on page 35• Battery charge indicator

• Power-saving mode check box and idle time pop-up menu

• Automatic backlight check box and pop-up menu listing times you can
choose to keep backlight on

on page 37 • Current date & time text fields

• Time Zone setting pop-up menu

Device Settings Screen Customizable Items and Options

Customizing Your Device

Jump Shortcuts

Key Guard & Security

page 39

Keyboard

Network

Sound

on page 45 • Device sound & music volume slider bar

System Info

on page 38 • User-definable list of keyboard shortcuts to application screens. Jump

on

on page 43 • Keyboard repeat delay slider bar

on page 44 • Scan for other networks

on page 46 In System Info you will find the following information about your account and

shortcuts use the Jump button plus another key.

• Automatic key guard setting and display message

• Set your three-digit security code

• Identification Tag display (Default message: “If found or if privacy code
fails, call T-Mobile Customer Care at 1-800-937-8997.”)

• Set your SIM PIN to lock your SIM card (Default PIN: 1234)

• Keyboard repeat rate slider bar

• Mute/Un-mute button

• System Sounds check box and volume slider bar

• Keyboard Clicks check box

•Mute Options

- Flash Wheel

-Vibrate Device

•Mute Schedule

- Mute every day from.... time pop-up menus

- Mute all day check box and options: Weekdays, Weekends

device:

•Username

• Phone number

• SIM ID

• Device ID

• Recovery ROM (version)

•OS (operating system)

• Versions of firmware and applications

Wireless Options

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on page 47Select wireless options:

• Wireless connection on/off

• GPRS Data Roaming On check box

Application-Specific Settings

Customizing Your Device

Application Settings

Screen

Web Browser Settings

page 57

Instant Messaging

Email Settings

on page 87• Show Accept Message check box

on page 104 • Show message count/size in Email screen check box

on

Customizable Items and Options

• Home page URL text box and Use Current Page button

• Custom search engine in Go To dialog box selection list. Select from:
Google, Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, Excite.

• Show Pictures check box

• Clear History, Clear Cache, Clear Cookies buttons

• Play Buddy Alert Rings check boxes

- Ring when buddies sign on pop-up menu

- Ring when buddies sign off pop-up menu

- Ring when new message arrives pop-up menu

• Block User(s) List

• Ring for receipt of new email check box

• Ringtone pop-up menus

• Automatic Message Management

- Save outgoing messages in Sent folder check box

- Empty Trash every night check box

- Auto-discard msgs when mailbox is full check box

- Only discard messages older than 7 days check box

• Attachment Limits

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

- Remove attachments of these types... check boxes

Phone Settings

Setting Phone Messages
Ringtones

Address Book Settings

page 123

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on page 70 • Your 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

on page 115

• Ring for Receipt of New Message check box

• Ringtone pop-up menus

on

• 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 Contacts from SIM button

Customizing Your Device

Controls

The Controls contains device settings that you may want to open at any time, from any screen:

Note for grayscale devices: The lower slider controls contrast rather than brightness.

Open the Sound and Display Controls

There are two ways you can open the Controls:

• Method 1: Press the Menu and Back buttons together. The Controls open. 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.

The Controls Settings

From the Controls you can do the following:

• Mute button - Quickly switch to quiet mode by pressing this button. Press again to “un-mute”.

• Volume slider - Adjust the volume of sound effects for new message notifications and games. After
highlighting and pressing the slider, rotate the wheel up to increase volume; rotate down to decrease
volume.

• Contrast/Brightness slider - Adjust your display image contrast to complement your current lighting
environment. Rotate the wheel to highlight the slider, then press to make the slider “editable”.

For grayscale devices: Rotate the wheel up to increase contrast, rotate down to decrease contrast.
For color devices: Rotate the wheel up to increase brightness, rotate down to decrease brightness.

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AutoText

To 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 then select Settings.
2 On the Settings menu, rotate the wheel to highlight AutoText, then press the wheel to open the AutoText

screen:

3 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).

4 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.

5 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.

6 To add a new replacement rule, press Menu then select New Rule. The New Replacement Rule dialog box

opens:

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

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

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

Restore Defaults.

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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 control buttons or keyboard keys. You can also set
backlighting to never automatically turn on.

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

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

Grayscale Battery & Display screen:

Color Battery & Display screen:

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3 In the first section, 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 instead of the charge-remaining percentage.

For grayscale devices, in the Battery section you can enable Power-Saving Mode (screen will “blank”) by
checking the box and setting 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!
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!

4 In the second section, Backlight, you can set your backlighting options:

• If you want backlighting to turn on automatically after you press a control button or key, or open the
display, then select the Automatically turn on when in use check box.

• For color devices, you can choose to have the built-in light meter automatically turn the backlight on when
required by light conditions. To choose this option, select the Automatically turn on only when needed
check box.

• 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 Menu + Back , which opens the
Controls.

5 When backlighting turns on (either automatically or if you turn it on manually), the backlight will stay on for

the amount selected in the Tur n on after pop-up menu. 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 press 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.

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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 38).

Settings

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

3 To 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.

4 If your time zone is not shown, select GMT Offset... from the pop-up menu. The GMT Offset dialog box

opens:

Override System Date & Time

• Use the wheel to highlight the Offset pop-up menu, then press to open the menu.

• Rotate the wheel up (away from you) to select a higher offset than the default; rotate the wheel down
(toward you) to decrease the offset amount.

• Press the wheel to select the offset.

• Select Done [].

5 Press Back to save your settings.

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

2 Rotate the wheel until you see the correct value.
3 To select the value, press the wheel. The pop-up selector collapses.
4 Rotate the wheel to move to the next selectable field, then press to open the pop-up 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. Your 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:

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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, scroll the wheel to highlight the application name, then press the Delete

key.

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 pocket or bag. While in key guard mode, your device is also in a power-saving mode,
so you save battery 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.

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2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Key Guard & Security, then press the wheel to open the Key Guard

& Security screen:

3 In the Key Guard section, rotate the wheel to highlight the pop-up menu, as shown above.
4 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

• Never automatically guard (Note: This option is only available on grayscale devices.)

5 Rotate the wheel to select the option you want, then press the wheel to select it.

Note for 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.

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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.
2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Key Guard & Security, then press the wheel to open the Key Guard

& Security screen.

3 Scroll down to the Privacy Lock section:

4 Using the wheel, press the Turn On Privacy... button:

The combination dialog box opens.

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

will appear.

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

11 At the prompt, enter your three-digit code using the keyboard or dial.
12 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 .

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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 device and another
person tries to use it. Your device comes with the ID Tag filled in with information about contacting Customer
Care, but you can change this default message by doing the following:

1 From Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to the Identification Tag section.
2 Use the wheel to highlight the Identification Tag text box. Delete the default text in the box by pressing

ALT + SHIFT + .

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 + SHIFT + .

5 Press Back to save your settings.

Lock Your SIM Card

By locking your SIM card, you ensure that no one except yourself (assuming you are the only person who knows
the SIM PIN) can use your device while your SIM card is in place. Note that your SIM may be installed with a
default PIN (1234).

To lock your SIM, do the following:

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

& Security screen.

3 Scroll to the SIM Card Lock section:

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

5 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.

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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. (Remember that the default SIM PIN is

1234.)

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

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 the dialog box and save your 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 Settings.

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2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Keyboard, then press the wheel to open the Keyboard screen:

3 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:

4 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.

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

them.

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.)

You have two methods of selecting a network: automatic and manual. By default, 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.
2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Network, then press the wheel to open the Network screen:

3 The Scan for other networks button is highlighted by default. Simply press the wheel to start the scan.

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4 When the available network(s) have been located, you’ll see the Choose Network screen. 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.
Note: It is also from this screen that you set your device to scan for networks automatically.

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

Sound

You control your device’s sound on the Sound settings screen. You can set sound volume, as well as “mute”
options. In some situations, you may want you device to be “quiet” when notifying you of new messages or
phone calls. This is called “mute”. You can also schedule regular times when you want your device to be muted.
To make these settings, do the following:

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

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3 In the Sound & Music section of the screen, you can do the following:

• Adjust sound & music volume level - Rotate the wheel to highlight the Volume slider bar, then press.
The slider bar becomes “adjustable”. Rotate the wheel up to increase volume; rotate the wheel down to
decrease. When you have a volume you want to keep, then press the wheel to save the setting.

• Mute/un-mute all device sounds - Press the Mute/Un-mute button to toggle sounds on and off.

• Turn on/off system sounds - Select the check box to turn system sounds on/off. System sounds are
those that are made when you press a control button or key. They are typically beeps or exclamation
sounds.

• Turn on/off keyboard clicks - If you’ve selected the System Sounds check box, then you can also
turn on keyboard clicks. If you select this check box, then everytime you press a key, you’ll hear a little
beep.

4 In the Mute Options section of the screen, you can do the following:

• Decide if you want to be notified by a flashing wheel or vibration even if your device is muted, select the
appropriate check boxes.

• To have your device mute automatically at a regular time, select the Mute every day from check box.
When checked, mute is scheduled. If you want to adjust the default scheduled time, use the wheel: rotate
to select the time box, then press to enable scrolling through time settings and the AM/PM setting. Press
the wheel again when the time you want displays.

• You can also schedule mute to turn on automatically on weekdays or weekends (all day). Select the Mute

all day check box to enable this feature; then select either the Weekdays or Weekends option button.

5 Your settings are saved as soon as you make them.

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.
2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight System Info, then press the wheel to open the System Info screen:

3 To dismiss the System Info screen, press Back .

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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 Settings.
2 Scroll to the bottom of the Settings screen and select the Wireless Options... button. The Wireless Options

dialog box opens:

3 In the Wireless section of the dialog 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.

4 In the Roaming section of the dialog box, check the box to allow GPRS data 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 home network, you may incur additional charges for data transfer with or
without taking any actions, such as receiving emails. To avoid additional charges while roaming, clear the
Roaming check box. If you do roam with GPRS Data Roaming turned off, you will still be able to make and
receive voice calls.

5 Once you’ve made your wireless option choices, select Done .

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5. The Jump Screen

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

The Jump Screen

• About the Jump Screen on page 48

• How to Find the Jump Screen on page 49

• The Application Splash Screens on page 49

• How to Select an Application on page 49

• The Jump Screen Menu on page 50

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 “splash screens” (on the right). You use the Jump screen by scrolling through the
applications by rotatating 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 splash screens in

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The Application Splash Screens

on page 49.

The Jump Screen

How to Find the Jump Screen

Simply press the Jump button to view the Jump screen. You can “jump” to this view from any screen, in any
application, at any time, by pressing the Jump button. The Phone application is highlighted by default.

The Application Splash Screens

As you view the Jump screen and scroll through each application using the wheel, the splash screen applicable to
that application highlighted displays to the right of the Jump screen wheel.

Some splash screens contain application status information. For example, in the illustration of the Jump screen
above, the Phone splash screen shows the device owner that her total phone call time is 43 seconds.

Jump splash screens that contain timely user information are described in more detail in the following topics:

•

Phone Splash Screen
Instant Messaging Splash Screen

•

•

The Email Splash Screen
Phone Messages Splash Screen

•

on page 59

on page 74

on page 87

on page 108

How to Select an Application

1 Press Jump to open the Jump screen.
2 Scroll through the applications using the wheel. Stop when the application you want to use is highlighted.
3 Press the wheel to open the application.

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The Jump Screen

The Jump Screen Menu

While on the Jump screen, press Menu to open the Jump screen menu:

Here’s what each menu option means:

• Controls... [ + ] - Opens the Controls. Read more in

• Settings - Opens the Settings screen, from which you can make device-wide settings. Read more in

Customizing Your Device

• Key Guard [Hold ] - Puts your device into key guard mode, which locks the keys.

• Hints... - Opens a series of help screens.

• Network Status - Lists current network status details:

on page 30.

Controls

on page 33.

4.

• Power Off [ ] - Turns off your device. You’ll see a series of shut-down messages as the device turns off.

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Browsing the Internet

6. Browsing the Internet

Get away from it all and still browse the Internet! You’ll love the Web Browser application on your T-Mobile
device. To learn how to take advantage of all your Web Browser features, read the topics in this chapter:

• Browser Splash Screen on page 51

• Status Indicators on page 51

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 52

• Navigation/View Shortcuts on page 52

• Go To a Web Page on page 53

• Go to Your Home Page on page 53

• Search the Web on page 53

• Use Bookmarks on page 54

• See Recently-Viewed Web Pages on
page 55

• View History on page 56

• Refresh a Web Page on page 56

• Stop a Web Page from Loading on page
56

• Web Browser Settings on page 57

Browser Splash Screen

To open the Web Browser application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the Web Browser icon in the left­hand “ring” of applications. You will see the Web Browser “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when
you’ve highlighted the Web Browser application icon:

Status Indicators

When a Web page is being loaded, you will see (at the bottom of your screen), the following status indicators:

The remote server is being contacted for the page you
requested.

The page you requested is being downloaded from the
remote server onto the service.

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The page you requested is being displayed to the device.
You may not see this indicator if the Web page displays
quickly.

If a Web page is longer than your display, you will see a vertical scroll bar along the right of your screen. Use the
wheel to scroll down the page, or use the shortcuts described in

Navigation/View Shortcuts

below.

Keyboard Shortcuts

While you’re in the Web Browser, you can use the following shortcuts for Menu items:

Bookmarks

Add Bookmark...

Go To

Home

Recent Pages...

Mail URL

Refresh

Stop Loading

+ K

+ N

+ O

+ H

+ L

+ M

+ R

+ .

Navigation/View Shortcuts

You can use the following shortcuts to navigate or change your view when using the Web Browser:

• Scroll down a page:

- Press down arrow on D-pad,

- Rotate wheel toward you,

- Hold down while rotating wheel (to scroll down screen-by-screen)

• Scroll up a page:

- Press up key on D-pad,

- Rotate wheel away from you,

- Hold down while rotating wheel away from you (to scroll up screen-by-screen)

• Toggle to full screen (hide title bar)

+ SHIFT + T

-Press

• Go Back to last-viewed Web page

- Press the Back button

or

or

or

or

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Go To a Web Page

To open any Web page, do the following while you’re in the Web Browser application:

1 Start typing the address (URL) of the Web page you want to visit. The Go To dialog box opens automatically,

showing the address you are typing. Note! You do not need to type the “www.” or “.com” portion of the Web
address. You can also open the Go To dialog box from the Web Browser menu.

2 Possible matches, based on what you’ve typed in this Go To dialog box previously, plus the Search and Edit

options appear below the possible matches:

3 Use the wheel to select a choice:

• If you highlight a matching URL then press the wheel, you will be taken directly to the URL selected.
However, if you want to paste the URL in the Go To dialog box then edit it, hold the Shift key down while
you press the wheel. The URL is pasted in the Go To dialog box and you can edit the Web address there.

• If you highlight the Search for entry then press the wheel, a search for that entry will conducted by the
search engine you’ve specified in

•The Edit option only appears if the current page’s URL contains a match for your Go To entry. If you
highlight and select the Edit entry, the current page’s URL will appear in the Go To dialog box, ready for
you to edit.

Note! If you find a Web address (URL) that cannot be displayed on your device, please send us an email at
[e-mail] and we will investigate. In the email, include the Web address and the problem you

experienced when trying to go to the URL, including any error messages you received.

Set Your Search Engine

on page 57.

Go to Your Home Page

Your home page is set in the Web Browser Settings screen as described in
can go to your home page in either of two ways while in the Web Browser:

• Press Menu then select Home.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + H.

Set Your Home Page

on page 57. You

Search the Web

To search the Web for keywords, do the following while you’re in the Web Browser application:

1 Start typing the word(s) you want to include in the search. The Go To dialog box opens automatically,

showing the word(s) you are typing.

2 The Search option appears directly below the word(s) you are typing:

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When you are finished typing your search words, use the wheel to scroll down to highlight the Search option
(as shown below), then press.

3 Your Web search is then conducted by the search engine you have specified in

page 57. Your search results display on the search engine’s Web page. Use the wheel to scroll to the result
you want to follow and press.

Set Your Search Engine

on

Use Bookmarks

A

bookmark

a particular Web page and want the ability to get back to it later quickly, create a bookmark for it. (Read how in

Add Bookmarks

View Bookmarks

While in the Web Browser, you can see the bookmarks you have already set by doing either of the following:

The Bookmarks screen looks like the following:

Notice, you can create folders to organize your bookmarks. “Expand” or “collapse” the bookmarks contained
within a given folder by highlighting the folder and pressing the wheel. Press to expand, press again to collapse
the list.

Read more about folders in

is a saved link to a Web page that has been added to a list of saved links. When you are looking at

on page 54.)

• Press Menu then select Bookmarks.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + K.

Add/Edit/Delete Bookmark Folders

on page 55.

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].

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

Scroll to highlight the Folder pop-up menu, then 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.

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 bookmark you wish to modify.

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

• To edit a bookmark name, select Edit Bookmark 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 Bookmark. 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... 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 Folder... The New Folder dialog box appears. Type the new folder name and
press Done .

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:

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1 From the Web Browser screen, press Menu then select Recent Pages... [ + L]. The Recent Pages

dialog box opens. 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 wish to return to, then press 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 58.

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 scroll to highlight the URL, the press the wheel to select it.

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

Clear History

on page 58.

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 + ..

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Web Browser Settings

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

Specifically, you can:

• Set Your Home Page

• Set Your Search Engine

• Show Pictures

•Clear History

•Clear Cache

• Clear Cookies

The sections below explain what each setting means.

Browsing the Internet

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 set 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.

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Show Pictures

You can decide if you want the Web Browser to display Web pictures on your device by doing 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 Show Pictures 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.

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 this
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 which pages 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 stored. 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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Making Phone Calls

7. 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 all the application has to offer:

• Phone Splash Screen on page 59

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 60

• Title Bar Indicators on page 60

• Manage Your Speed Dial List on page 60

• Headset or Handset? on page 62

• Adjusting Volume on page 62

• Place a Call on page 63

• Features While on a Call on page 65

• Answer a Call on page 67

• End a Call on page 67

• Your Call Log on page 68

• Listen to Voice Mail on page 70

• Phone Settings on page 70

Phone Splash Screen

To open the Phone application, first press 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

Timer and Reset

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on page 71) as well as the network operator to which your device is currently connected.

Total Call

Keyboard Shortcuts

While you’re in the Phone application, you can use the following shortcuts for menu items:

End Call Press
Dial with Wheel

Add/Edit Contact...

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

+ @

+ 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 Quick Call pop-up menu on the main dialing screen.

You can add, edit, or delete speed dial numbers from the Settings > Speed Dial screen or from the New Speed
Dial menu item. Details follow.

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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.... 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 Ty p e t h e Name and Number of the contact. As you type the name, possible matches 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. The Phone Settings screen appears.

2 In the Settings section, scroll to highlight Speed Dial, then press the wheel. The Set Up Speed Dial screen

appears:

3 Scroll to highlight the entry you want to edit, then press the wheel. The Edit Speed Dial Entry screen

appears. Make your change to the shortcut number, name, or phone number.

4 When finished, select Done .

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Removing an Existing Speed Dial Number

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. The Phone Settings screen appears.
2 In the Settings section, scroll to highlight Speed Dial, then press the wheel. The Set Up Speed Dial screen

appears.

3 Scroll to highlight the entry you want to remove.

4 Press Menu then select Discard [].
5 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 63

on page 63

on page 64

on page 64

on page 64

on page 64

on page 64

on page 65

on page 65

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

Keypad Dialing Scroll to highlight the Dial 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 or press 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 disconnected 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. Your 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-called 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 described 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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You r Cal l Lo g

on page 68, but (in

Dialing Method Instructions

Making Phone Calls

Dialing from the Look Up
Screen

Dialing from Contact
Information

Features While on a Call

While you’re on a call, you can:

• Enter Additional Numbers

• Mute Your Call

• Make a Second Call

• Make a Conference Call

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.

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

• 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.

• Open the menu and select Call.

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

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.

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Mute Your 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 again and select Un-mute Call
[ +M].

Make a Second Call

While on an active call, you can place a second call:

1 With your current call active, let the person you’re speaking to know you’re about to put them on hold.

2 Press Menu then select Second 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:

Place a Call

on page 63.

5 To switch between callers, select the button, highlighted 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.

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

scroll to highlight the End Call button, then press the wheel.

Make a Conference Call

You can make a three-way conference call using your device. To do this, first you need to have two callers on
your phone, one active and one on hold, as described in

1 Press Menu then select Conference [ + C].
2 You and your two callers are now conferenced into the same “line”. Your screen appears like this:

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Make a Second Call

on page 66. Then:

Making Phone Calls

3 You can end the conference by dropping the two calls individually by selecting the End Call buttons in turn,

or by selecting the button.

Answer a Call

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

Since the Answer Phone 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 Menu to unlock the wheel, then 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 first call will be put on hold. Alternatively,
you can press 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 identity 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 calls 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

70).

Views of Your Call Log

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

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

the view you last selected.

2 From the Call Log screen, press Menu then select the view you want to see:

• All Calls

•Incoming

•Outgoing

• Missed

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 menu (“Incoming” in the example below):

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 icons:

- 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. The context menu appears, with Call

Again selected by default.

3 Press the wheel to place the call.

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 add 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 Add to Speed Dial... 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 Ty p e o r e d i t t h e Shortcut, Name, and Number information.
5 Select Create 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 to

Contacts... or Edit Contact... (the appropriate entry will appear).
3 Either the Add to Address Book or Edit Address Book dialog box appears, as appropriate, with the caller’s

existing information filled in, or (if a new contact) the caller’s name and number filled in--if that information

is available. The Add to Address book dialog box look like the following:

4 Complete or edit the fields, as you wish. When finished, select Add or Edit (as appropriate).

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5 The contact information is saved and you are returned to the Phone application.

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 Call Log. All calls will disappear and your screen will report “No calls in Call

Log”.

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 number.

• Using your device keyboard, press and hold the #1 key for at least two seconds (this is the speed dial
shortcut to voice mail). The call to your voice mailbox is placed.

Phone Settings

You can set a variety of preferences from your Phone Settings screen. To open the Phone Settings screen, do the
following while in the Phone application:

From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Phone Settings screen appears:

My Device Phone Number

Just in case you forget your device’s phone number, it’s shown on this screen.

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Total Call Timer and Reset

If you are keeping track of your calling time and need to reset the time to zero, select the Reset button.

Set Up 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. The Phone Settings 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

You can choose to forward to Voice Mai l or Other... If you select Other..., a dialog box opens in which you
must type the other number:

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• Forward to Custom Number

For each call situation (Busy, Unanswered, or Out-of-Range), you can select a forwarding number.
Again, you can choose 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 of the three call situations.

Set Up 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. The Phone Settings screen appears.
2 In the Settings section, scroll to highlight Ringtones then press the wheel. The Set Up Ringtones screen

opens:

3 If you do not want a to be notified of a new incoming call or voice mail, make sure the check boxes are clear.

If you do want to be notified, then select the appropriate check box.

4 If you have selected a check box, then open the ringtone category pop-up menu by pressing the wheel.

• For an incoming phone call, select from:

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• For new voice mail, select from:

Note that the category currently in effect is highlighted.

5 You’ll see the ringtones available from that category in the pop-up menu: .

6 Press Back to save your settings.

Set Up Speed Dial

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 Phone Settings > Speed Dial screen. Read
details in

Manage Your Speed Dial List

on page 60.

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8. Instant Messaging

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
74

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 75

• Add a Screen Name on page 75

• Sign On on page 76

• Sign Off on page 77

• Switch Screen Names on page 77

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service in this chapter:

• The Buddy List Screen on page 78

• Manage Groups on page 79

• Manage Buddies on page 80

• IM Conversations on page 82

• Set an Away Message on page 83

• Instant Messaging Settings on page 84

Instant Messaging Splash Screen

To open the Instant Messaging application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the AIM® icon in the left-

hand “ring” of applications. You will see the AOL Instant Messenger

screen when you’ve highlighted the AIM

®

application icon:

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“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.

Note! You must press the wheel to open the AIM application before you can use the conversation shortcuts
( ) shown on 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:

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Keyboard Shortcuts

While using AIM, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts for menu items:

Send Message To...

New Buddy

Add Buddy...

Edit

Discard...
End Conversation

Open a particular
conversation

+ M

+ N

+ N

+ E

+ .

+ <conversation number>
Note that the shortcut keys to conversations only work
while in the AIM application, not while on 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 AIM Registration page via the
device Web Browser.

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:

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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 Type your Screen Name and Password in the fields. To save yourself the trouble of typing these again, select

the Save check box.

3 Scroll to highlight the Sign On button, then press the wheel to sign on.
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 in appears pre-populated in the Screen Name field. If you’ve selected

the Save 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 in to AIM on your device.

Note that if this is the first time you’ve signed in to AIM using your device, there will be no entries in the pop­up menu (except New User and Remove Name...).

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 check box.

6 Select the Sign On button.
7 If you want to add an existing AOL screen name to the list, or remove a screen name, read

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on page 75 and

Name

Remove Existing Screen Name

on page 77.

Add a Screen

Instant Messaging

Sign Off

To sign off from AIM at 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 then 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 button.

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 in.

It’s easy to remove a 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 to remove.

3 Scroll to highlight the Remove button, then press the wheel. The name you’ve removed will not appear on

the Screen name pop-up menu.

4 To remove more names, select another name from the pop-up menu, then select Remove.
5 Continuing removing until finished, then select Done .

Tip: To put a removed screen name back on the Screen Names pop-up menu, simply sign in using that screen
name by typing the Screen Name and Password manually on the Sign In screen.

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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.

• 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:

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).

Buddies who are “offline” are shown in the Offline folder in italic font face.

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:

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Manage Groups

You use “groups” to organize your buddies, much like you use folders to organize your email and SMS messages.
You can create new groups, rename existing 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 Menu then select Buddy List .

2 Scroll to highlight one of the existing groups, then press Menu and select New Group... The New Group

dialog box opens:

3 Type the new group Name.
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 Menu then select Buddy List .

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.

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 Menu then select Buddy List .
2 Scroll to highlight the group you wish to discard.

3 Press Menu then select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens.
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.
Otherwise, to cancel the action and keep the buddy on your list, press Cancel .

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Manage Buddies

Using AIM, you can add Instant Messaging buddies, edit their list names and group, and remove them.

Add a Buddy

To add a buddy to your list, follow the steps below:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu then select Buddy List .

2 Press Menu then select New Buddy... [ + N]. The New Buddy dialog box appears:

3 Ty p e t h e Buddy 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... [ + N]. 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 Menu then select Buddy List .

2 Press Menu then select Edit... [ + E]. The Edit Buddy screen displays:

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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.

Discard a Buddy

To remove a buddy from your list, do the following while in the IM application:

1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu then select Buddy List .
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 Menu then select Buddy List .
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 buddy, highlight their screen name in the Offline 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 86.

List

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Instant Messaging

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. This section explains how to start and end conversations, as well as
how to keep track of all the conversations you have going at one time!

Start/End an IM Conversation

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 Menu then select Buddy List .
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 Message To... [ + M]. The New Instant Message dialog
box opens:

on page 76

on page 76

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 conversation screen with this buddy opens with 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 appear in regular font, not italic.

6 To end a conversation, press Menu then select End Conversation [ + .].

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italics

, this indicates that you’ve been

Instant Messaging

Tip: If you want to Sign Off and end all your conversations at once, simply return to the Buddy List screen, press

Menu then select Sign Off.

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 and you press Menu + <conversation number>, that
conversation will display on the screen and become active.

Switch Between IM Conversations

The easiest way to switch between conversations is to press Menu + <conversation number>.

Set an Away Message

Tip: To create new custom away message categories, you must go to your Web browser client on your computer
and edit or create them there.

Sign On

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...
3 A pop-up menu opens listing all your possible away categories. The default categories are shown in the

example below. (You can create new categories only from the AIM Web browser client on your computer.)

on page 76). Once you’re

4 Scroll to highlight the away message you want to select, then press the wheel.
5 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:

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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:

6 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.

7 While you’re away, other device users will see the Away icon next to your name in their Buddy List.

8 To change your status from away to available, select the I’m Back button.

Instant Messaging Settings

You can set many preferences from the Settings screen. To open this screen, do the following while in the 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:

•

Set Up Accept Messages
Play Buddy Alert Rings

•

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on page 85

on page 85

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•

Manage Blocked Users List

on page 85

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 message. To set this up, do the following:

1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2 The Show “Accept Message” Dialog Box section is at the top of the screen. If you want to see the dialog

box when someone not on your Buddy List sends you a message, scroll to highlight the check box, then press
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 you receive a message from someone not on your Buddy List, you’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 in, if this person sends you
another message, you’ll receive the Accept Message dialog box again.

• Yes - You will see the message from the sender.

Block/Unblock Buddies

on page 81.)

Play 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 select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2 Look at the Play Buddy Alert Rings section of the screen:

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To enable Buddy Alert Rings, scroll to highlight the Play Buddy Alert Rings check box, then press the
wheel to select it. (To disable Buddy Alerts, select the check box again to clear it.)

3 Once you enable Buddy Alert Rings, you can select different alert rings for the following events:

• Sign On - Ring sounds when a buddy signs on.

• Sign Off - Ring sounds when a buddy signs off.

• New Message - Ring sounds when you receive a new instant message.

To pick an alert, first select a ringtone “category” from the pop-up menu on the left, then select a
corresponding “sound” from the pop-up menu on the right.

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 80.

Edit a Buddy

on

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

81. You can also unblock buddies from the Settings screen, as described below.

1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2 Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to the Blocked User(s) List section:

Block/Unblock Buddies

on page

3 Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to block, 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 select it and unblock the buddy. (To 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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9. Email Messaging

The Email application on your T-Mobile 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 POP3 accounts. Read the
topics in this chapter to take full advantage of this flexible application.

• The Email Splash Screen on page 87

• Browse Email Screen on page 88

• Status Indicators on page 89

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 89

• View Your Email on page 91

• Move Messages to Folders on page 93

• Send Messages on page 94

• Add Email Senders to the Address Book on page 95

• Add Email Recipients to the Address Book on page
96

• Discard Email Messages on page 97

• Manage Your Email Accounts on page 98

• Manage Email Folders on page 102

• Email Settings on page 104

• Space Limitations on page 107

The Email Splash Screen

To open the Email application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the Email 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 splash screen is handy because it shows all your unread messages, sorted first by folder then order
received (newest message first).

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Browse Email Screen

The Browse Email screen is your main view into the Email application:

The Browse Email screen lists all your emails, grouped into folders, ordered by date. (Read more about ordering
this list in

In the illustration above you’ll see the five “system folders”--Inbox, Saved, Sent, Drafts, and Trash--plus all the

folders you have created to organize your emails, identified by a folder-type icon:

To the right of the folder name, if it has unread messages, the number of unread messages is shown in
parentheses. In the example above, Inbox (1) contains 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 open an individual email, scroll to highlight the email, then press the wheel. To learn more about reading your
email, read

To 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 91. To learn about adding folders, read

on page 92.)

Manage Email Folders

Status Indicators

on page 102.

on page 89.

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Status Indicators

From the Browse Messages 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 message.

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 message no longer exists, and so on. You will only see this status
indicator next to messages in the Sent folder.

This email is waiting 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 folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.

Icons identifying a user-defined folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.

Icons identifying the Trash folder, with contents collapsed/expanded.

Keyboard Shortcuts

While using the Email application, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open options from the following Email
menus:

• Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted)

• Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted)

• Compose Menu Shortcuts

• Settings Menu Shortcuts

• 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

+ N

+ R

+ L

+ J

+ @

+ O

+ U

+ K

More options in Email:Read view:

Next

Previous

Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted)

New Message...

Rename... (folder)

Empty...(folder)

Mark all msgs (in
folder) as read

+ N

+ E

+ K

Email Messaging

Compose Menu Shortcuts

Send

Save as Draft
Attach Photo...

Cancel

Settings Menu Shortcuts

Done
Cancel

Accounts Menu Shortcuts

Done
New Account

Discard

Cancel

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+ M

+ P

+ .

+ .

+ N

+

+ .

Email Messaging

View Your Email

To view a list of all your email messages, use the Browse Email screen. You can get to this screen via the Jump
screen after selecting Email. If you are already in one of the Email screens, press Back until the Browse Email
screen appears:

Read more in

Browse Email Screen

on page 88.

Read an Email

To open an individual email for reading, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, make sure the folder in which you’ve stored the email is shown in expanded

view. (Scroll to highlight the folder name, then press the wheel to expand/collapse the emails contained in
the folder.)

2 Scroll to highlight the message you want to read, then press the wheel to open it. Your email contents display

in the Email:Read screen.

3 To dismiss the email and return to the Browse Email screen, press Back .

Open an Attachment

You know an email has an attachment if there is a paperclip icon ( ) just to the left of the message, as
displayed in the Browse Email screen. Attachments that are supported include other emails, as well as files of the
following formats:

•.gif

• .jpg, .jpeg

•.png

•.bmp

•.doc (Word)

• .pdf (Adobe Acrobat)

To open a supported attachment, first open the email, then use the wheel to scroll to the bottom of the email
message where the attachment will appear.

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Open Hypertext Links in Messages

If a hypertext link is embedded in an email message (including attached email addresses and Web site
addresses), these links will appear at the bottom of the email message as a “selectable” button.

Change the Status of an Email to Unread

When you have an unread email message, it is listed on the Email splash screen, and it is shown in bold on the
Browse Email screen. Once you’ve read the message, it disappears from the splash screen and appears in
regular type on the Browse Email screen. There may be times when you want to mark a read message as
unread, and vice versa. You can do this from either the Browse Email screen or the Email:Read screen:

• From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message you want to mark as read/unread, then
press [ + K]. The message changes status. (Unread messages appear in bold; read messages appear in
regular font.)

• From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message you want to mark as read/unread, then
press the wheel to open the message. Press Menu then select Mark Unread/Mark Read [ + K]. The
message changes status.

To mark all messages in a folder as read/unread, highlight the folder name in the Browse Email screen, then
press + K.

Sort Email Messages

You can decide how you want messages to be sorted on the Browse Email screen. Note that the sort you select
applies to all folders.

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Sort.... The Sort Messages dialog box opens:

By default, messages are sorted by Date Received, with newer messages appearing at the top.

2 If you want to change this default sort behavior, you can choose from:

• Date Received - further specify sort order:

- Newer messages at top

- Newer messages at bottom

• Subject - further specify sort order:

- A .. Z

- Z .. A

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• Sender/Recipient - further specify sort order: (Note that the sort is ordered by display name, if one is
available, rather than email address.)

- A .. Z

- Z .. A

• Size - further specify sort order:

- Larger messages at top

- Larger messages at bottom

3 When finished, press Done to save changes, or select Cancel to dismiss the window with no changes.

Move Messages to Folders

You can move messages to different folders by doing the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the folder that holds the email you want to move, then

press the wheel to expand its contents.

2 Scroll to highlight the email you want to move.

3 Press Menu then select Move... [ + O]. The Move Message to Folder dialog box appears.

All folders (
are shown in the list.

4 Scroll to highlight the folder into which you want to move the message, then press the wheel. The message

moves.

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except

for the Drafts and Sent folders, and the folder in which the email currently is being stored)

Email Messaging

Send Messages

Compose a New Message

To write a new email message, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select New Message... [ + N]. The Compose screen

opens:

2 Complete your message:

• From field - If you have set up POP3 accounts, then you can choose what address you want to use to
send the email. To open the pop-up menu with your addresses, scroll to highlight the From field, then
press the wheel.

• To field - Start typing the first or last name of a contact in the To field, and the Email application will
communicate with the Address Book and offer you completion suggestions (based on your existing
Address Book contacts). The suggestions appear in a pop-up menu. Use the wheel to highlight, then press
to select one of the address suggestions, or you can type a new one directly in the To field.

To create a new line so you can add more recipients, do one of the following:

- type a semicolon (;)

- type a comma (,)

- press + RETURN

- press the spacebar

- press Menu then select Add To

• CC and BCC fields - Optional fields you can display by opening the Compose menu and selecting Add CC
or Add BCC. You cannot show both BCC and CC fields; only one or the other. To create a new line so you
can add more recipients, press the comma (,) key or press + RETURN. You can also add a new CC or
BCC line by pressing Menu then selecting Add CC or Add BCC.

• Subject field - Type your subject line; a subject line can be up to 256 characters in length.

• Message body - Type your message body; the message body can be up to 256 K.

• Signature - Edit or use the default message you set up in Accounts > Signature; keep your signature to
four lines.

3 To send your message, scroll to highlight the Send button, then press the wheel. Or you can open the

Compose screen menu then select Send [ + M].

4 To discard your message, open the Compose screen menu and press Cancel [ + .].

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Note about attachments: You cannot attach files to emails you compose on your device (except for photos),
but you can forward emails with attachments. Read more in
on page 145.

Open an Attachment

on page 91 and

Email Photos

Save an Email Message as a Draft

If you are composing an email message and want to save it so you can resume composing or sending at a later
time, save your message in the Drafts folder:

1 With the message you’re composing on the screen, press Menu then select Save as Draft .
2 The message moves to the Drafts folder.
3 To re-open a draft message, from the Browse Email screen scroll to highlight the draft message you want to

open, then press the wheel. The message reopens in the Compose screen for editing.

Note: If, after editing, you still want to keep the message as a draft, be sure to Save as Draft again--don’t
discard the message or it will be permanently discarded; that is, not saved to your Trash folder from which you
could retrieve it.

Reply to an Email Message

To reply to an email message, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the email to which you want to reply. Open the email if you

wish by pressing the wheel.

2 Press Menu then select one of:

• Reply... [ + R] to address your reply only to the individual who sent you the message.

• Reply All [ + L] to address your reply to all individuals copied on the message.

3 The Reply screen opens with the To: field filled in according to the menu option you selected.

4 Finish composing your email and then select Send [ + M] when ready.

Forward an Email Message

To forward an email message to one or more addresses, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message you want to forward. Open the email if you

wish by pressing the wheel.

2 Press Menu then select Forward... [ +J].
3 The Forward screen opens, with a new message ready for you to address. The forwarded message, including

any attachments, is appended to the end of the new message.

4 Finish composing your message and then select Send [ + M] when ready.

Add Email Senders to the Address Book

If you receive an email message from an individual you would like to include as a contact in the Address Book,
do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message whose sender you want to add as a contact.

Open the message if you wish by pressing the wheel.

2 Oress Menu then select Add Contact [ + @].

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3 The Add Contact to Address Book dialog box opens with the new contact’s name and email address added:

4 Complete the information, then select Add .

Read more about editing contact information in the Address Book application in

Address Book

Note! If you add a sender that is already listed as a contact in your Address Book, you will create a duplicate
entry for that contact.

on page 116.

11. Keeping Contacts in the

Add Email Recipients to the Address Book

If you compose an email and want to add any of the recipients to your Address Book, do the following while in
the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select New Message [ +N].
2 Compose the new message at least to the point where you have listed the recipients.
3 Save the message as a draft by pressing Add , or (if you’ve set up in Settings to save outgoing messages

to the Sent folder) send it (assuming you’re done composing).

4 Highlight the message (in either the Drafts or Sent folder). Don’t open it if it’s a draft.

5 Press Menu then select Add Contacts [ + @]. The Add Contact to Address Book dialog box opens.
6 If you have only one email recipient, the dialog box shown in

page 95 appears. Complete the information you want to include in the contact information, then press Add

.

7 If you have more than one email recipient, this dialog box appears:

Add Email Senders to the Address Book

on

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• If you want the first email recipient ([e-mail] in the illustration above) added to your
Address Book, select the Include this contact check box (it is selected by default), complete the contact
information you want to include, then select Next. The next recipient’s blank contact information appears.

• Continue through recipients until you reach the final recipient. If there are any recipients you do not want
to include, clear the Include this contact check box before selecting Next.

• When you’ve progressed through the screens for all recipients, select Add All to add all the selected
recipients to your Address Book.

8 If you want to provide more complete information for the added recipient(s), go to the Address Book

application to edit the contact information. Read more in

Note! If you add an entry that is already listed as a contact in your Address Book, you will create a duplicate
entry for that contact.

Edit a Contact

on page 121.

Discard Email Messages

To discard an email message:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message you want to discard. Open the message if you

wish by pressing the wheel.

2 Press Menu then select Discard [].
3 The message is moved to the Trash folder.

To restore a discarded message:

1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the Trash folder, then press the wheel to expand its

contents.

2 Scroll to highlight the message you want to restore.

3 Press Menu then select Move [ + O]. The Move Message to Folder dialog box appears.
4 Scroll to highlight the folder to which you want to restore the message, then press the wheel.

To empty all messages from the Trash:

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Empty Trash.
2 A confirmation dialog box appears. Select Empty Trash to discard the messages in the Trash (permanently);

select Cancel to keep your messages in the Trash.

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Manage Your Email Accounts

In addition to the email account that came with your device, you can receive email from (up to) three POP3
accounts you might have with external email providers. You set this up on the Email Accounts screen while in the
Email application:

From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Accounts. The Email Accounts screen appears:

Select the account from which you want to send email messages by default in the Primary Account pop-up
menu. Note that if you discard the account you’ve specified as “primary”, then your device email account will
automatically become your primary account.

The account listed at the top of the page is your device account and cannot be removed. Listed below your
primary account are any other POP3 accounts you may have added.

You can do the following from this screen:

• Add a POP3 Account

• Edit an Email Account

• Discard an Email Account

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Add a POP3 Account

To add an account, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Accounts. The Email Accounts screen opens.

2 From the Accounts screen, press Menu then select New Accounts [ + N]. The New Accounts screen

opens:

3 Complete the POP Server field.

This is the name of your email POP server. If you don’t know the name of your email POP server, your email
provider will be able to tell you, or you can reference the table below for samples. If you have a POP email
account through your ISP, contact them for more assistance.

Web Email Provider POP Server

®

Mail

Yah oo
Mail.com pop1.mail.com
Softhome.net mail.SoftHome.net

pop.mail.yahoo.com

4 Complete the Port field. Unless your email provider has specified otherwise, leave the port at 110.
5 Complete the Username field. This is the name you use to log in to your POP3 account.
6 Complete the Password field. This is the password you use for your POP3 account.
7 Select Save Folder. Open the pop-up menu by pressing the wheel, then scroll to highlight the folder in which

you would like all retrieved mail to be placed. Press the wheel to select it.
Tip: You can create a folder specifically for this purpose; read

instructions on creating email folders. If you do create a new folder for this account later, you can edit this
account and change the Save Folder. Read more in

8 Select Create to have the system set up the POP email account so you can view it on your device and the

Email Desktop Interface.
Select the More Options button to open the Edit Account screen to set options such as:

• Collect/not collect email from the account.

• Remove retrieved email from POP server as it’s fetched to the device or the Email Desktop Interface.

• From Name/Address

•Reply-To Name/Address

Read about setting these options in

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Edit an Email Account

Edit an Email Account

Manage Email Folders

on page 100.

on page 102 for

on page 100.

Email Messaging

Edit an Email Account

To edit an existing account, do the following while in the Email application:

1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Accounts. The Email Accounts screen opens.
2 From this screen you can change how the messages from each of your accounts are signed. Limit your

signature to four lines:

3 Scroll to highlight the Edit button opposite the name of the account you want to edit, then press the

wheel to open that account’s Edit Account screen. The account name is displayed in the title bar

Note! For your primary account, you’ll only be able to edit the fields shown below:

4 In the General section of the screen, you can turn certain functionality on or off:

•The Collect email from this account check box is checked by default. If, at some point in the future, you
want the Email application to stop collecting email messages from the POP3 account, select the check box
to clear the check mark in the box. The account information is saved in case you want the application to
start collecting email messages from that account later.

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