T-Mobile Sidekick 2 User Manual

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T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

Confidential material of Danger, Inc., 124 University Ave nue, Palo Alto, CA 94301

May not be duplicated or copied without the prior written consent of Danger, Inc.

Release 1.0

July 29, 2002

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T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual

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1. Start Here. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Device! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Your T-Mob ile Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Charging Your Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using the Wrist Strap to Carry Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using the Carrying Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Use Your Device Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Contacting Customer Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

FCC Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2. Device Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Parts of Your T-Mobi le Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Device Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4

Terminology Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Headset/Camera Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Power Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Infrared Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

USB Mini-B Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 8

Typing and Navigating in Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

3. About Your Smart Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

What Is a Smart Card? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

Exactly What Information Is on My Devic e SI M? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

My SIM Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0

Can I Remove My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

How Do I Handle My SIM? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

What Happens If I Lose My SI M? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

What Happens If I Put A Different SIM in My Device? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4. Customizing Yo ur Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

The Settings Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Controls Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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

Battery & Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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

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

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

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

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

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Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

System Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Wireless Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

5. The Jump Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

About the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

How to Find the Jump Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

The Application Preview Screen s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

How to Select a T-Mobile Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

The Jump Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

6. Browsing the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Browser Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Web Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Navigation/View Shortcut s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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

Go to Your Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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

Use Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

See Recently-Viewed Web Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

View History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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

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

7. Making Phone Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Phone Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Phone Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Phone Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Title Bar Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Manage Your Speed Dial List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Headset or Handset? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Adjusting Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Place a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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

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

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

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

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

8. Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Instant Messaging Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Add a Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Sign On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Sign Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Switch Screen Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Remove Existing Screen Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

AOL Instant Messenger Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

The Buddy List Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Manage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Manage Buddies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

IM Conversations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Set an Away Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

9. Email Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

The Email Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Browse Email Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Send Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Add Email Senders to the Addres s Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Add Email Recipients to the Add ress Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Discard Email Message s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Manage Your Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Send a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

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

Space Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

10. Phone Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Phone Messages Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Setting Phone Messages Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Browse Phone Messages Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

View Phone Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Sort Phone Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Send Phone Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Add Phone Message Senders to t he A ddres s Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Call Back Sender of a Phone M essa ge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Discard Phone Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Retrieve Messages from the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Receive Ringtones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

11. Keeping Contacts in the Address Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Address Book Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

How Much Information Can I S tore? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

The Browse Contacts Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

T-Mobile Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Filter Contacts by Cat e go ry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Sort Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Create a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Contact a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Find a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Empty the Address Book Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

12. Scheduling Events with Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Calendar Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Create an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Move an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Ways to View Your Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Upcoming View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9

Day View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 0

Week View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Month View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Year View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Trash View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Go To a Specific Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

13. Taking Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Camera Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Camera Menu Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Insert the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

About Capture Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Take a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 7

View Your Photo Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Email Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Change the Name of a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Sort Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Discard Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

14. Keepin g To Do Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

To Do Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

The Browse Tasks Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Tas k Details Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Create a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Mark a Task Completed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Tas k Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6

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Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6

Manage Your To Do Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

15. Keeping Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Notes Preview Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

View Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Sort Your Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Manage Your Notes Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

16. Playing the Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Games Preview Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Bubbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Code Monkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Shuffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6

Lab Ratz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Rock & Rocket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

17. The Desktop Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Signing In To the Desktop Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Jump Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

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More About the Applications on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Signing Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

18. Sending Email from the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Opening Email on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Your Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

View Your Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Send a New Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Web Email Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Collect Mail from POP3 Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Move Messages to Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Discard Email Message s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

19. Using Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Opening Address Book on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Browse Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

How Many Contacts Can I St ore? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6

Browse Contacts Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Address Book Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Add a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Edit a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

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Discard/Retrieve a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Communicate with a Co nta c t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Empty the Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

20. Using Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Opening Calendar on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8

View Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

View an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Add an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1

Edit an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4

Discard an Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Import Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

21. Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Opening Camera Gallery on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 7

Sort Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Rename Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Discard a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Attach Photo(s) to an Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

22. Keeping a To Do List on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Opening To Do on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

About To Do Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Browse Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Add a New Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Edit a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Mark a Task as Complete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Discard a Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2

Discard Completed Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Manage Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

23. Keeping No tes on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Opening Notes on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Browse Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Add a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5

Edit a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Discard a Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Manage Your Trash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

24. Settings on the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Opening Settings on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Account Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

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25. Frequently Asked Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Crash Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

SIM Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

My Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Locked Out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Navigating on the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Text Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Instant Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Phone Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Address Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

To Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Desktop Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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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 Purchasi ng a T-Mobile Device! on page 10

• Your T-Mobile Account on page 11

• Charging Yo ur Ba t tery on page 12

• Using the Wrist Strap to Carry Your Device on page 13

• Using the Carrying Case on page 14

• Use Your Device Safely on page 14

• Contacting Customer Care on page 14

• FCC Compliance on page 15

Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Device!

Here’s what you’ll find in the box:

• T-Mobile Device

• SIM card

• Battery charger

• Headset

• USB cable (Mini-B type)

•Wrist strap

• Carrying case

• Start Here card

• Referenc e Guide

• T-Mobile Welcome 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

and clicking the Customer Care link.

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

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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 numbe r.

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 30.) 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 to T-Mobile” screen on your device, fol low 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 se lecting 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 Servi ce and End-User License Agr eement.

The legal document you must read and agree to can be found on the screen (select the View License button) and in the printed Reference Guide you received in the box when you bought your device. F or futur e reference, you can view the license agreement on the device from the Jump Settings > About device screen menu. This document can also be found at the following Web site:

www.danger.com/

agreements.

About Your Smart

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Start Here

6 Wait while data is being transmitted.

After agreeing to the Danger Service and End-User License Agreement, the registr ation 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 opportunity to select a new one. Y ou’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 tr ansmis sion may f ail, in wh ich 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 scre en s.

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 Hints and go to the Jump screen.

Warning! When roaming outside the T-Mobile network, you may incur additional charges f or data tr ansfer 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

Your device comes with a built-in rechargeable lithium ion ( Li-Ion) battery. Before you can begin using your device you must charge the 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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While the charger is connected to your devi ce, 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 from left to right. 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 wil l 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 & Backlight

on page 38.

Conserving Battery Power

Your device has a power- savi ng feature that automatical ly reduces power to the device after a user-conf igur able 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 powe r-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 Wir eless Options... button, then on the dialog box that appears, select the Wireless Off option.

Battery & Backlight

on page 38.

Using the Wrist Strap t o Carry Your Device

Use the wrist strap included in your box to carry your device safely. To attach the strap to your device, do the following:

1 Slip the thinnest end of the strap into the metal ring located at the top-right corner of the device, then open

this end into a loop.

2 Take the opposite end of the strap (where your wrist fits) and pull it through the loop. 3 Pull the strap to make the loop tight and secure. 4 Use the strap to secure the device around your wrist.

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Using the Carrying Case

Use the carrying case included in your box to both protect the screen and carry your device securely. To use the case:

1 Close the lid to your device and slip it into the open case. 2 Secure the case to your belt or waistband usi ng the clip.

Remember! The best way to protect the screen from scratches and other damage is to always carry the device in the case!

Use Your Device Safely

While using your device, please remember to follow the safety rules listed below. 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. Scroll to the Wireless Options... button, then on the dialog box that appears, select the Wireless Off option, and press Done .

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.

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. Just 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 site: Email: customercare@t-mobile.com Regular mail: T-Mobile Customer Care

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www.t-mobile.com

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

(click the link to Customer Care)

Start Here

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

T-Mobile 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 und ersta nd ing of how your device operates:

Device Basics

• Parts of Your T-Mobile Device on page 16

• Device Display on page 16

• Keyboard on page 20

• Control Buttons on page 21

• Wheel on page 24

• Terminology Used in This Manual on page 24

• Headset/Camera Jack on page 27

• Power Jack on page 27

• Infrared Port on page 28

• USB Mini-B Port on page 28

• Typing and Navigating in Text Fields on page 28

Parts of Your T-Mobile Device

The illustration below identifies the basic elements of your device.

Each element is descr ib e d 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 rotates 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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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 th e 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 thermo m eter ind ic a tor flashes over the battery. When your device is too cold, this therm om e ter 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 r adio tower icon, it means you either have temporarily lost network connection or have turned off your wireless connection from the Jump Settings > Wireless Options screen.

Connectivity status indicators. One dot = device is connecting to the GPRS network, two dots = getting IP address; three dots = connecting to the data service

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

Settings > Wireless Options screen. You have turned off your wireless connection. Your SIM card has a problem, which is prohibiting access to wireless s e rvic e s .

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

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Notifications

When you receive a new email, Phone Message, IM, 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 littl e icon in the title bar, reminding you that there’s a message wa iting:

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

New email waiting. New phone message (SMS) waiting. New instant message (IM) waiting.

New voice message waiting. If you have more than one reminder, the appropriate 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

•

on page 85 (Use to specify buddy-specific IM rings.)

on page 63

on page 81 (Use to specify default IM rings.)

on page 92

on page 111

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.

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Device Basics

2 Scroll down and select Battery & Backlight. 3 In the Backlight section of the screen, select the Automatically turn on when in use check box. 4 Select the length of time you want backlighting to stay on from the Turn on after po p- up menu.

5 Press Jump to return to the Jump screen.

Now, when you press any button or key on your device, 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

+ to open the Controls pane. 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 d ifferent direct ions or positions. The topics below desc ribe the keyboar d in more detail.

Directional Pad (D-Pad)

The D-pad is the round navigational devic e 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. Yo u use the D-pad to navigate while playi ng games and to navigate within examples of text boxes:

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

• Go To pane 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 28.

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

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The Text Cursor

on page 29.

Device Basics

@ Key

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

On/Off Button

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

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

Control Buttons

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

Read more details about the cont ro l bu ttons 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 docum enta tion, this refers to the Menu button. Use the Menu button to do the following:

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

Press again to close the drop-down menu.

• With a menu open, press and hold 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 hol d while rotating the wheel to scroll screen-by-screen,

rather than line-by-line.

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

-User-definable - Read more in

Jump Shortcuts

on page 40.

- 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 + 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.

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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 de vic e s creen or in t he d o cu m e ntation, 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 J um p screen, with the Phone application highlighted:

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

Wheel

Read m ore in the

on page 24 and

The Jump Screen

on page 50

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 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 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 once to close it.

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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. T o 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

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.

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Term What It Means Example

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.

Device Basics

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 s eparat ed 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.

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Term What It Means Example

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 highlighte d . (Note: Sometimes these are called “radio buttons”.)

Pane A small floating window. Examples include

the Control pane and the Go To pane in the Web Browser.

Device Basics

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

selected. Once the menu is open, you can rotate the wheel to highligh t a n 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 s o 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).

Pop-up menu that’s closed:

Pop-up menu that’s open:

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.

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

continuous range of possible val ues, such as screen contrast or sound volume.

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Term What It Means Example

Device Basics

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 th e field b y ro ta ting 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.

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 Device

connection:

on page 16. Be sure to press the headset or camera lead in firmly to secure the

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.

Power Jack

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

Your Battery

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on page 12.

Charging

Device Basics

Infrared Port

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

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 c able 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 pane, etc. You will primarily use the keyboard to t ype 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.

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The Te xt 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

Device Basics

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About Your Smart Card

3. About You r Smart 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 Smart Card? on page 30

• Exactly What Information Is on My Device SIM? on page 30

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

• Can I Remove My SIM? on page 31

• How Do I Handle My SIM? on page 32

• What Happens If I Lose My SIM? on page 32

• What Happens If I Put A Different SIM

in My Device?

What Is a Smart Card?

A Smart Card is the size of a credit card and contains a SIM card, which is an acronym that st ands f or Subscriber Identification Module. A SIM is a small card that fits into a slot within your device. The card contains a chip that

holds information required to operate a device.

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 sto le n .

• 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

Contacts from SIM

on page 124.

Import

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

44.

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Lock Your SIM Card

on page

About Your Smart Card

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 Car e) or 911 (Emergency). You can view data that has been cached in the device memory

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

How to Remove Your SIM

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

the finger notch:

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

should spring gently out of its slot.

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

the case.

How Do I Handle My SIM?

on page 32.

How to Insert Your SIM

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

the Menu button.

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

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

the case.

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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

on page 124.

Import

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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 33

• Controls Pane on page 36

• AutoText on page 36

• Battery & Backlight on page 38

• Date & Time on page 39

• Jump Shortcuts on page 40

• Key Guard & Security on page 41

• Keyboard on page 45

• Network on page 46

• Sound on page 47

• System Info on page 48

• Wireless Options on page 49

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 sele ct Settings to open these screens.

•Customize application-specif ic setting s using the application Settings screens: From the Jump screen, select any application (Web Browser, AOL Instant Messenger, Email, etc.). Then open the menu and sele ct Settings to open these screens.

We recommend you step through the device Settings screens and 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 Pane

AutoText

Battery & Backlight

page 38

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on page 36 • Mute/Un-mute button (Default=mute off)

• Volume slider bar (Default=80%)

• Image contrast slider bar (Default=50%)

on page 36 • Capitalize new sentences check box (Default=On)

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

• Battery charge indicator

• Power-saving mode check box and idle time pop-up menu (Default=On; after 30 minutes)

• Automatic backlight check box and pop-up menu listing times you can choose to keep backlight on (Default=On; 15 seconds)

Device Settings Screen Customizable Items and Options

Customizing Your Device

Date & Time

Jump Shortcuts

Key Guar d & Security

page 41

Keyboard

Network Sound

on page 39 • Current date & time text fields

• Time Zone setting pop-up menu (Default=US Pacific)

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

shortcuts use the Jump button plus another key. (Defaults are listed in

Jump Shortcuts

on page 45 • Keyboard repeat delay slider bar (Default=30%)

on page 46 • Scan for other networks (Default=Automatic)

on page 47 • Device sound & music volume slider bar (Default=80%)

• Automatic key guard setting and display message (Default=5 min; blank message)

• Set your three-digit security code (Default=Off)

• Identification Tag display (Default=If found or if privacy code fails, call TMobile Customer Care at 1-800- 937-8997.)

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

• Keyboard repeat rate slider bar (Default=30%)

• Mute/Un-mute button (Default=mute off)

• System Sounds check box and volume slider bar (Default=On; 40%)

• Keyboard Clicks check box (Default=On)

• Mute Options (Default=Off)

- Flash Wheel (Default=On)

-Vibrate Device (Default=On)

•Mute Schedule

- Mute every day from.... time pop-up menus (Default=Off)

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

(Default=Weekends)

on page 40.)

System Info

Wireless Options

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on page 48 I n System Info you will find the following information about your account and

on page 49Select wireless options:

device:

•Username

• Phone number

• SIM ID

• Device ID

• Recovery ROM (version)

•OS (operating system)

• Versions of firmware and applications

• Wireless connection on/off (Default=On)

• GPRS Data Roaming On check box (Default=On)

Application-Specific Settings

Customizing Your Device

Application Settings

Screen

Web Browser Settings

page 54

AOL Instant Messenger Settings

Email Settings

on page 80

on page 91 • Show message count/size in Email screen check box (Default=Off)

Configurable Items and Options

• Home page URL text box and Use Current Page button

• Custom search engine in Go To pane selection list. Select from: Google , Yahoo, MSN, AltaVista, Excite. (Default=Google)

• Show Pictures check box (Default=On)

• Clear History, Clear Cache, Clear Cookies buttons

• Accept Messages check box (Default=On)

• Play Buddy Alert Rings check boxn (Default=On)

- Ring Sign On By pop-up menu (Default=On:AIM:Door open)

- Ring Sign Off By pop-up menu (Default=On:AIM:Door slam)

- Ring New Message By pop-up menu (Default=On:AIM:Receive)

• Block User(s) List (Default=None blocked)

• Ring for receipt of new email check box (Default=On:Tunes:Blue Flute)

• Ringtone pop-up menus

• Automatic Message Management

- Save outgoing messages in Sent folder check box (Default=Off)

- Empty Trash every night check box (Default=Off)

- Auto-discard msgs when mailbox is full check box (Default=Off)

- Only discard messages older than 7 days check box (Default=Off)

• Attachment Limits

- Remove attachments larger than... pop-up menu (Default=Off; 100KB)

- Remove attachments of these types... check boxes (Default=Off for all)

Phone Settings

Setting Phone Messages Ringtones

Address Book Settings

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on page 62 • Your device phone number

• Accumulated Call Time and Reset b utton

• Call volume slider bar

• Call Forwarding & Voice Mail set-up screen (Default=Voice Mail)

• Ringtones set-up screen (Default=On:Voice:New Message)

• Speed Dial set-up screen (Default=1. Voice Mail)

• Ring for Receipt of New Message check box (Default=On)

on page 111

• Ringtone pop-up menus (Default=On:Voice:New Message)

• 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 Pane

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

Open the Controls Pane

There are two ways you can open Controls:

• Method 1: Press the Menu and Back buttons together. The Controls pane opens. 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 Pane Settings

From the Controls pane 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 slider - Adjust your screen image contrast to complement your current lighting environment. Rotate the wheel to highlight the slider, then press to make the slider “editable”. Rotate the wheel up to increase contrast, rotate down to decrease contrast.

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, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select AutoText. The AutoText screen appears:

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3 If you want the first letter in new sentences to b e capitalized automatically, select the Capitalize first letter

of sentences check box to cause a check to appear in the box. Note that this check box is selected by

default.

4 If you want the replacement rules listed on the screen to be in effect, select the Automatic Word

Replacement check box. Note that this check box is selected by default.

5 To discard any of the replacement rules, rotate the wheel to highlight the rule, then open the menu and

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

6 T o add a new replacement rule, open the menu and select New Rule. The New Replacement Rule dia log box

opens:

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

Press 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 devic e, op en the menu and select

Restore Defaults.

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Battery & Backlight

You can see how charged your battery is by checking the Battery & Backlight 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 automati cal ly turn on.

1 From the Jump screen, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Battery & Backlight. The Battery & Backlight screen appears:

3 In the f i rst 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.

In the Battery section you can enable Power-Saving Mode ( screen will “blank”) by checking the box and setting an idle time. Th is o pt ion is s e le c te d a n d the id le time is set for 30 minutes.

You must first set a Key Guard time in order for power-saving mode to work! Select from the following idle times:

•5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• 30 minutes

•1 hour

•3 hours

Note: 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=maximum charge

• yellow glow=50% charge

• red glow=no charge! Connect to your charger immediately!

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

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

• If you never want backlighting to turn on automatically, then make sure the check box is cleared. Note: You can always manually turn on backlighting by pressing + , which opens the Controls pane.

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

the amount selected in the Turn on a fter pop-up menu. Use the wheel to highlight the pop-up menu, then press the wheel to open the menu. You can select from:

• 15 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 1 minute (default selec tion)

•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.

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

Settings

1 From the Jump screen, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Date & Time. The Date & Time screen appears:

on page 40).

Override System Date & Time

3 From the Time Zone pop-up menu, 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... The GMT Offset dialog box opens:

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

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• 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.

Override System Date & Time Settings

If you are not connected to the network, you can override the system-set d ate a nd tim e s etting s by do ing the following:

1 Highlight either the date or time box then press the wheel to activate the pop-up selector. The first selectable

field is expands into a pop-up:

2 Rotate the wheel until you see the correct value. 3 To select a 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. Note that your device comes w i t h the following shortcut keys set by de f ault:

AOL Instant Messenger

Address Book Calendar Camera Email

+ i

+ a + c + m + e

Notes

Phone Phone Messages To Do Web Browse r

+ n

+ p + s + t + b

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Change Default Shortcuts

1 From the Jump screen, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Jump Shortcuts. The Jump Shortcuts screen appears:

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

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

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

disappears and your shortcut is saved.

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

application.

6 To delete a shortcut key mapping, s croll the wheel to highlight the applic a tion name, then press the Delete

key.

Key Guard & Security

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

•Set Up Key Guard

•Turn On/Off Privacy Lock

•Lock Your SIM Card

To open the Key Guard & Security screen:

1 From the Jump screen, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Key Guard & Security. The Key Guard & Security screen opens.

Each setting is described in more detail in the topics that follow.

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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 poc ket or bag. While i n key guar d mode, y our device is also i n a power -savi ng mode, so you save batt ery pow er.

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 open the menu and select Key Guard.

Turn on Key Guard Automatically

You can set key guard to turn on automatically by doing the follow ing :

1 From the Device Settings screen, select Key Guard & Security. The Key Guard & Security screen opens:

2 In the f i rst section , Key Guard, rotate the wheel to highlight the pop-up menu, as shown above. Note that

Guard after 5 minutes is selected by default.

3 If you want to change the default setting, press the wheel to open the pop-up menu and reveal all the time-

idle choices:

• Guard after 2 minutes

• Guard after 5 minutes

• Guard after 15 minutes

• Never automatically guard

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

Unlock Your Device

To unl ock your device (take it out of key guard mode), simply press + .

Set a Key Guard Display Message

If you want, you can display a one-line personal message that displays on the screen while the device is in key guard mode. To do this:

1 On the Key Guard & Security screen, scroll to highlight the Key Guard Display Message text box and type

your message. Your message must fit on one line, which is approximately 20-30 characters.

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

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3 To remove your message, simply delete the text from the Key Guard Display Message box by pressing

ALT + .

About Privacy Lock and Key Guard

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

Turn On/Off Privacy Lock

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

1 From th e Key Guard & Security screen, scroll down to the Privacy Lock section:

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

The combination dialog box opens.

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

will appear.

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

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

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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 conta c ting T-Mobile Customer Care, but y ou can change this default message by doing the fo l l owing:

1 From the Security screen scroll to the Id entificati on Tag section. 2 Use the wheel to highligh t the Identification Tag text box. Delete the default text in the box by pressing

ALT + SHIFT + .

3 Type identifying information ab out yours elf, 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, de lete 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 yoursel f (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 is installed with a default PIN, which T-Mobile has assigned as 1234.

To lock your SIM, do the following:

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

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

3 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 press OK. Your SIM card is unlocked.

Change Your SIM PIN

If you have SIM Lock enabled, then you can change your SIM PIN, if you choose. Remember that T-Mobile assigns a default SIM PIN of 1234. To change your SIM PIN:

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 Press 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, open the menu and select Settings.

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2 Select Keyboard. The Keyboard screen appears:

3 You set these 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 rig ht.

• 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 for any reason 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 the Jump button. The current network is shown at the bottom of the Phone preview screen.)

You have two methods of selecting a network: automatic and m a nual. 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, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Network. The Network screen opens:

3 The Scan for other networks button is highlighted by default. Simply p ress the wheel to start the scan. 4 When the available network(s) have been located, you’ll see the Choose Network screen.

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5 Press the wheel to open the pop-up menu:

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

6 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, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select Sound. The Sound screen opens:

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

• Adjust sound & music volume level - Rotate the wheel to highlight the Volume slider bar, then press. The slider bar becomes “adjustable”. Rotate the whe el 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 Mu te Op tio ns 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. By default, the Flash Wheel and Vibrate Device check boxes are sel ected. To clear either of these selections, use the wheel to highlight the check box, then press the wheel to make the check mark disappear.

• To have your device mute automatically at a regular time, select the Mute every day from check box. When checked, mute is scheduled (by default) from 10 pm to 8 am each day. If you want to adjust this 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, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Select System Info. The System Info screen opens:

3 To dismiss the System Info screen, press .

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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, open the menu and select Settings. 2 Scroll to the bottom of the scre en a nd 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 turn GPRS data roaming on; clear the check box

to turn data roaming off. This box is checked by default, which means data roaming is turned on. Note! When roaming outside the T-Mobile network, you may incur additiona l charges for data transfer with

or without taking any actions, such as receiving emails. To avoid additional charges while roaming, clear the GPRS Data Roaming On 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 yo ur wireless option cho i ces, 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 50

• How to Find the Jump Screen on page 51

• The Application Preview Screens on page 51

• How to Select a T-Mobile Application on page 51

• The Jump Screen Menu on page 52

About the Jump Screen

The Jump screen is a view that displays all the applications you can use on your device in a “wheel” of icons. You use the Jump screen by rotating the wheel through the applications until the application you want to open is highlighted. Then press the wheel to open the application. The Jump screen is illustrated below, with the Phone application highlighted:

Each application has a “preview screen” that displays to the right of the Jump screen wheel of applications. Read more in

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The Application Preview Screens

on page 51.

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 Preview Screens

As you view the Jump screen and scroll through each application usi ng the wheel, the pr eview sc reen appl icable to that application highlighted displays to the right of the Jump screen wheel.

Some preview screens contain application status information. For exampl e, i n the illustration of the Jump screen above, the Phone preview screen shows the device owner that her total phone call time is 43 seconds.

Jump preview screens with timely user information are described in more detail in the following topics:

•

Phone Preview Screen Instant Messaging Preview Screen

•

The Email Preview Screen

•

Phone Messages Preview Screen

•

on page 61

on page 76

on page 90

on page 110

How to Sele ct a T-Mobile A p p l i c ation

1 Press Jump to open the Jump screen. 2 Rotate the wheel to scroll through the applications. 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 Menu

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

Here’s what you can do from this menu:

The Jump Screen

• Controls... [ + ] - Opens the Controls pane. 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:

• Power Off - Turns off your device. You’ll see the message “Your device is now shutting down.” just before the device turns off.

on page 33.

Controls Pane

on page 36.

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Browsing the Internet

6. Browsing the Internet

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

• Browser Preview Screen on page 53

• Web Browser Settings on page 54

• Status Indicators on page 55

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 56

• Navigation/View Shortcuts on page 56

• Go To a Web Page on page 56

• Go to Your Home Page on page 57

• Search the Web on page 57

• Use Bookmarks on page 58

• See Recently-Viewed Web Pag e s on page 59

• View History on page 60

• Refresh a Web Page on page 60

• Stop a Web Page from Loading on page 60

Browser Preview Screen

From the Jump screen, with Web Browser highlighted, you will see this preview screen:

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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 Cook ie s

The sections below e xplain 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):

1 From the Jump screen select We b Brows e r. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The Settings screen opens. 3 Scroll to the Home Page text field and type the URL of your preferred home page.

Alternatively, you could press 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.

4 Press Back to save your setting.

Set Your Search Engine

To set the search engine you want to use by default:

1 From the Jump screen select We b Brows e r. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The Settings screen opens. 3 Scroll to highligh t the Search engine in Go To pane field. 4 Press the wheel to open the list of options. 5 Scroll to your preferred search engine and press the wheel to select it. 6 Press Back to save your setting.

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Show Pictures

By default, the Web Browser will display Web pictures on your device. If you do not want to have pictures displayed on your device (it can take a while), do the following:

1 From the Jump screen select We b Brows e r. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The Settings screen opens. 3 Scroll to highligh t the Show Pictures check box. 4 Press the wheel to clear the check mark from the box. Now pictures will not display. 5 T o hav e pictures show again, highlight the check box with the wheel, then press to place a check mark in the

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, press the Clear History button.

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, press the Clear Cache button. Note that this may take a while. You’ll be notified when the c ookies have 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 w hic h p a g e s 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 b e st o red. Also, know that the presence of a co okie do es no t allo w any ext ern al 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, press the Clear

Cookies button.

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.

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

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Browsing the Internet

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

Navigation/View Shortcuts

below.

Keyboard Shortcut s

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

Add Bookmark... Bookmarks Go To... Home Recen t Pages Mail URL Refresh Stop Loading

+ N + K + 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 (h id e title bar)

-Press

• Go Back to last-viewed Web page

- Press the Back button

+ SHIFT + T

Go To a Web Page

To open any Web page, first select Web Browser from the Jump screen, then: 1 Start typing the address (URL) of the Web page you want to visit. The Go To pane opens automatically,

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

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

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 pane then edit it, hold the Shift key down while you press the wheel. The URL is pasted in the Go To pane 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 pane, 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 WebURL@tmail.com 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 54.

Go to Your Home Page

Your home page is set in t he 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 to open the Web Browser menu. Scroll to highlight Home, then press.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + H.

Set Your Home Page

on page 54. You

Search the Web

To search the Web for keywords, first select Web Browser from the Jump screen, then: 1 Start typing the word(s) you want to include in the search. The Go To pane opens automatically , showing the

word(s) you are typing.

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

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

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

page 54. 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

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Use Bookmarks

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:

• Press Menu t o open the Web Browser menu. Use the wheel to scroll to View Bookmarks, then press.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + K.

The Bookmarks screen looks like the following:

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 58.)

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 the list, press again to collapse the list.

Read more about folders in

Add/Edit/Delete Bookmark Folders

on page 59.

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 Open the menu and select Add Bookmark... [ + N].

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

Use the Folder pop-up menu to select the folder in which you want the bookmark to appear.

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

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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 Open the Web Browser menu and select Bookmarks [ + K]. The Bookmarks screen opens. 2 Use the wheel to scroll and 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 pane. Change the bookmark name, URL, or folder as you wish; then press Done .

• To discard a bookmark, select Discard Bookmark. Y ou 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 from the Web Browser:

1 Open the Web Browser menu and 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 Folders menu:

• To edit a folder name, select Edit Folder to open the Edit folder pane. Change the folder name as you wish and press Done .

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

• To add a folder, select New Folder... The New Folder pane 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:

1 Open the Web Browser menu and select Recent Pages [ + L]. The Recent Pages pane opens. 2 Use the wheel to scroll to highl ig ht a p a ge you w is h to return to, a nd press . Notice that the page you are

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

By using Recent Pages, you can easily navigate forward and backward among pages you’ve visited.

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View History

To see a chronological list of Web pages you have visited (up to 100), open the History screen: 1 Press Menu to open the Web Browser menu. Use the wheel to scroll to highlight History, then press. The

History screen opens:

2 To return to any of the pages listed, simply u se th e wheel to scroll to highlight the URL and press.

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 t o open the Web Browser menu. Use the wheel to scroll to highlight Refresh, then press.

• 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 t o open the Web Browser menu. Use the wheel to scroll to highlight Stop Loading, then press.

• Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + ..

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Making Phone Calls

7. Making Phone Calls

Your T-Mobile 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 Preview Screen on page 61

• Phone Settings on page 62

• Phone Keyboard Shortcuts on page 65

• Title Bar I n dicators on page 65

• Manage Your Speed Dial List on page 65

• Headset or Handset? on page 67

• Adjusting Volume on page 67

• Place a Call on page 68

• Features While on a Call on page 70

• Answer a Call on page 72

• End a Call on page 72

• Your Call Log on page 73

• Listen to Voice Mail on page 75

Phone Preview Screen

From the Jump screen, with Phone highlighted, you will see a preview screen similar to the following:

The preview 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 62) as well as the wireless network carrier to which your device is currently connected.

Total Call

Making Phone Calls

Phone Settings

You can set a variety of preferences from your Phone Settings screen. Open the Phone Settings screen by opening the menu and selecting Settings.

My Device Phone Number

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

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 from the Phone Settings screen:

1 From the Jump screen select Phone. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The Settings screen opens. 3 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) forwardi ng option is the one selected on the pop-up menu.

4 You have three forwarding options:

• Standard Voice Mail Forwarding

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• Forward All Calls

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

• Custom Forwarding

For each call situation (Busy, Unanswered, or Out-of-Rang e), 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 Jump screen select Phone. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The Settings screen opens.

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3 In the Settings section, highlight then press Ringtones. The Set Up Ringtones screen opens:

4 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.

5 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:

• For new voice mail, select from:

Note that the category currently in effect i s hi gh lig hted.

6 You’ll see the ringtones available from that category in the pop-up menu: . 7 Press Back to save your settings.

Read about downloading comm erci a lly a vailable ringtones in

Receive Ringtones

on page 118.

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 65.

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Phone Keyboard Shortcuts

While you’re in the Phone application, you can use the following shortcuts for men u ite m s:

End Call H old 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 Mail Box number and cannot be reassigned.

Once you store a speed dial number, you can easily dial that number by pressing and holding th e shortc ut 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

1 From the Jump screen select Phone.

2 Open the menu and select New Speed Dial.... The New Speed Dial Entry dialog box opens:

3 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.

4 Type the Name and Number of the contact. 5 Select Create . Your speed dial number is saved.

Editing an Existing Speed Dial Number

1 Open the menu and 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 Press Done .

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Removing an Existing Speed Dial Number

1 Open the menu and 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 Open the menu and select Discard []. 5 You’ll receive a confirmation dialog box; selec t 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 pane opens:

2 Rotate the wheel to adjust the volume up or d own: 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 Di aling Keypad Dialing

•

Redialing a Number

•

Speed Dialing

•

Dialing Recent Numbers

•

Dialing Using Lette rs

•

Dialing from the Call Log

•

Dialing from the Look Up Screen Dialing from Contact Information

•

Dialing Method Instructions

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

on page 68

on page 69

on page 70

keys.

Press Send Call to place the call.

Keypad Dialing Scroll to highlight the Dial button:

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

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.

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

received, or missed. To open this list, scroll to highlig ht , 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 nam e /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.

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

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

Your Call Log

on page 73, but (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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Dialing Method Instructions

Making Phone Calls

Dialing from the Look Up Screen

Dialing from Contact Information

Features While on a 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 pane 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.

While you’re on a call, you can:

• Enter Additional Numbers

• Mute Your Call

• Make a Second Call

• Make a Conference Call

Enter Additional Numbers

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

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

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

dismiss the keypad when finished.

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Mute Y our 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 Open the menu and select Second Call... [ + N]. The active call is pl a ced 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 pa ne l:

Place a Call

on page 68.

5 To switch between callers, press the button, highlighted by default in the lower panel. After you

select this button, the active cal ler is put on hold and their call is shown in the lowe r p a nel.

6 To end either call, select End Call while the call is active. To end the call on hold without resum ing 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 Open the menu and select Conference [ + C]. 2 You and your two callers are now conferenced into the same “line”. Your screen appears like this:

Make a Second Call

on page 71. Then:

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

or by sel ecting 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 press 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. Alternati vel y, you can pr ess 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, press the button.

• If you are in an application other than Phone, open the menu and press End Call.

• Regardless of where you are, press and hold Back for three seconds.

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Your Call Log

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

• received (“incoming”),

• placed (“outgoing”), or

• didn’t pick up (“missed”)

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

75).

Clear Your Call Log

Views of Your Call Log

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

1 Open the menu and select Call Log [ + L]. The Log opens in either the default view (All Calls), or in the

view you l ast selected.

2 Open the Call Log menu and select the view you want to see:

• All Calls

•Incoming

•Outgoing

• Missed

If you don’t have any calls in the cate g ory yo u sel e ct ed , the s creen will display the message “No calls in call log”.

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

indicated by a bullet in the m e nu (“Incoming” in the example below):

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 View your Call Log by opening the m a in Dialing screen menu and selecting Call Log [ + L]. 2 Scroll to highlight the numb e r you want to c a ll, 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 View your Call Log by opening the Dialing screen menu and selecting Call Log [ + L]. The Call Log opens. 2 Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then open the 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 Type or edit the Shortcut, Name, and Number information. 5 Press 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 L og is not in your Address Book, you can easily add that contact to your Address Book from the Log:

1 View your Call Log by opening the m a in Dialing screen menu and selecting Call Log [ + L]. 2 Use the wheel to highlight the name/number you want to add or edit, then open the 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 bo ok dialog box look like the following:

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

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

Clear Your Call Log

To remove all entries in all three Call Log cate g ories (incoming, outgoing, and mi sse d ), do the following:

1 Make sure you have one of the Call Log views on your screen. 2 Open the menu and 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 num b e r.

• 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 c a ll to your voice mailbox is placed.

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8. 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 service in this chapter:

• Instant Messaging Preview Screen on page 76

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 77

• Add a Screen Name on page 77

• Sign On on page 78

• Sign Off on page 79

• Switch Screen Names on page 79

• AOL Instant Messenger Settings on page 80

• The Buddy List Screen on page 82

• Manage Groups on page 83

• Manage Buddies on page 85

• IM Conversations on page 87

• Set an Away Message on page 88

Instant Messaging Preview Screen

From the Jump screen, with AOL Instant MessengerTM (or AIM®) highlighted, you will see a preview screen similar to the following:

The preview 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 currentl y 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 Shortcut s

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 applica tion, 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 Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 Select New User from the Screen Name pop-up, then select the Sign On button. 3 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.

4 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 highligh t 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 fiel d. If y ou’v e sel ected

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 th e 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

on page 77 and

Name

Remove Existing Screen Name

on page 79.

Add a Screen

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Sign Off

To sign off from AIM at any time, open the menu and select Sign Off.

Switch Screen Names

You can switch screen names at any time:

1 From any of the AIM screens, open the menu and 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 us e to s ign 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 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 highligh t 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 se lec t 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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AOL Instant Messenger Settings

1 From the Jump screen select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The AIM Settings screen appears:

Instant Messaging

From this screen you can:

•

Set Up Accept Messages Play Buddy Alert Rings

•

Manage Blocked Users List

•

on page 80

on page 81

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 messa g e. To set this up, do the following:

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The AIM Settings screen appears. 3 The Show “Accept Messages” Dialog Box section is at the top of the screen. Note that it is checked by

default. If you want to turn off Accept Messages, clear the check box by scrolling to highlight the check box, then press the wheel.

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4 With Accept Messages checked, when you receive a message fr om someone not on your buddy list, you ’ll get

an alert like the following:

5 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 86.)

Play Buddy Alert Rings

In order for Buddy Alert Rings to work, you must enable these alerts from the Settings screen.

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The AIM Settings screen appears. 3 Look at the Play Buddy Alert Rings section of the screen:

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.)

4 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.

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

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You can override these settings for individual buddies on the Edit buddy screens. Read more in page 85.

Edit a Buddy

Manage Blocked Users List

If you do not want to receive messages from an individual on your Buddy List, you can “block” messages from them. The instructions for doing this, and unblocking a buddy’s messages, are in

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

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 Open the menu and select Settings. The AIM Settings screen appears. 3 Scroll down to the bottom of the s creen to the Blocked User(s) List section:

4 Rotate the wheel to highlight the screen name of the buddy you want to block, then press. The Blocked User

dialog box opens:

Block/Unblock Buddies

on page

5 The Unblock button is selected by default. Pres s the wheel t o selec t it a nd unblock the buddy. (T o canc el

your action and keep your buddy on the blocked list, select the Cancel button.)

6 Once you unblock a buddy, their screen name appears again under the assigned group name on the Buddy

List screen.

The Buddy List Screen

The Buddy List screen is your main view into the AOL Instant Messaging service. The screen shows a grouped listing of all your buddies:

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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 ( expan d) 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 set a Custom Buddy Alert for this buddy. You’ve blocked this so-called “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” a re 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 nu m ber in the balloon. Note also that if you have an unread message, you will see the AIM icon in the title bar:

Manage Groups

You use “groups” to organize y our buddies, much lik e you use f olders 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:

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List .

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3 Scroll to highlight one of the existing groups, then open the menu and select New Group... The New Group

dialog box opens:

4 Type the new group Name. 5 Press 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 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List . 3 Scroll to highlight one of the existing groups, then open the menu and select Rename... [ + E]. The

Rename Group dialog box opens:

4 Edit the new group Name. 5 Press 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 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List . 3 Scroll to highligh t the g ro up you wish to discard. 4 Open the menu and select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens. 5 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 bu ddies, edit t h eir list nam es and group, a n d remove them.

Add a Buddy

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

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List . 3 Open the menu and select New Buddy... [ + N]. The New Buddy dialog box appears:

4 Type the Buddy Name, and in the Fi le i n pop-up menu, select the group in which you want to file the buddy . 5 Press 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 opening the menu and selecting New Buddy... [ + N]. Their screen name is pre-populated in the New Buddy di alog box.

Edit a Buddy

Once you’ve added a buddy, you can change the name used in your buddy list, 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:

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List .

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3 Open the menu and select Edit... [ + E]. The Edit Buddy screen displays:

4 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.

5 After making your edits, press Menu to open the menu:

• Select Cancel [ + .] to cancel all changes.

• Select Done to save your changes.

Instant Messaging

Discard a Buddy

To remove a buddy from your list, do the following:

1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List . 3 Scroll to highlight the screen name of the buddy you wish to discard. 4 Open the menu and select Discard [ ]. A confirmation dialog opens. 5 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:

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5 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:

6 To unblock messages from this bud dy, 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 82.

List

Manage Blocked Users

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 ho w to start and end convers ations, 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 instru ctions in either:

•

Signing On for the First Time

•

Signing On After the First Time

3 If your Buddy List doesn’t display, open the menu and 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.

on page 78

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• Method 2: Open the menu and select Send Message To... [ + M]. The New Instant Message dialog box opens:

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 open s with your initial message showing.

5 You use the lower pane 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 pane in temporarily disconnected from the IM s ervice. You will be reconnected automa tically as soon as possible, at which time your message will ap p e a r in re g ula r font, not italic.

6 To end a conversation, open the menu and select End Conversation [ + .]. Tip: If you want to Sign Off and end all y our con versatio ns at once, si mply return to the Buddy List screen, open

the menu and select Sign Off.

italics

, this indicates that you’ve been

IM Conversation Indicators

Most every screen you view within Instant Messaging, including the preview 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 the Menu button + the 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 + <conversation number>.

Set an Away Message

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

To set an away message you must first be signed on to AIM (read more in signed on:

Sign On

on page 78). Once you’re

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1 From the Jump screen, select AOL Instant Messenger. 2 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, open the menu and select Buddy List . 3 Open the menu and select Away Messages... 4 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.)

5 Scroll to highlight the away message you want to select, then press the wheel. 6 If you select I’m Away, then a new dialog box will open in which you can type the message that will be sent

to the sender while you’re away:

After you type your I’m Away message and pr ess Set, the I’m Away dialog box will stay open until you return and sele ct the I’m Back button:

7 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.

8 While you’re away, other device users will see the Away icon next to your name in their Buddy List. 9 To change your status from away to available, select the I’m Back button.

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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 advant age of this flexible application.

• The Email Preview Screen on page 90

• Email Settings on page 91

• Browse Email Screen on page 94

• Status Indicators on page 95

• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 96

• View Your Email on page 97

• Move Messages to Fol d er s on page 99

• Send Messages on page 99

• Add Email Senders to the Address Book on page 101

• Add Email Recipients to the Address Book on page 101

• Discard Email Messages on page 102

• Manage Your Email Accounts on page 103

• Manage Email Folders on page 107

• Space Limitations on page 109

The Email Preview Screen

From the Jump screen, with Email highlighted, you will see a preview screen similar to the following:

The preview screen is handy because it shows all your unread messages, sorted first by folder then order received (newest message first). This means if you press the wheel to open Email, then open any of the unread messages, and return to the preview screen, you’ll see that the message you’ve read has disappeared from the preview screen list.

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Email Settings

You can decide how Email behaves on your own device by specifying your preferences on the Email Settings screen. Here’s how to open Email Settings:

1 From the Jump screen select Email. The Browse Email screen appears. 2 Open the Browse Email menu and select Settings. The Email Settings screen appears:

Read more about each setting in the topics b e low.

Show Message Size/Count

If you want to be able to see how many messages you have in each folder, and how large each message is, then check this box in the General section of the screen:

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Once you check the box and return to the Browse Email screen, you’ll see the following information on the Browse Email screen, in addition to the m es sage sender, title, and date :

By default, this check box is not checked. When not checked, the view will look similar to the illus trati on in

Browse Email Screen

on page 94.

Set Up Email Ringtones

You can select the way your device lets you know (or “notifies” you) when a new email has arrived. You will always receive a balloon notification in the title bar (shown below) but you can also select a ringtone to play when you receive a new message.

To select a notification ringtone, do the following:

1 From the Jump screen select Email. The Browse Email screen appears. 2 Open the Browse Email menu and select Settings. The Email Settings screen appears. 3 Look for the section that reads Ring for receipt of new email.

Note that this option is checked by default, which means you’ll hear the default ringtone (Blue Flute tune) when you receive a new email. You’ll receive this notification no matter what screen you’re viewing or application you’re in.

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4 If you want to change the default ringtone, select a notification “category” from the first pop-up menu. In the

example above, “Tunes” has been selected. Depending on what category you’ve selected, you will have additional sound selections in the pop-up menu to the right. You will hear a preview of the sound when you select it.

5 Press Back when you’re finished with your settings. If you don’t want to save the changes, press [ + .].

Automatic Message Management

To help you manage your mailbox size, the Email Settings screen offers you some ways to keep the total size down automatically. Remember, your mailbox cannot store more than 8 MB of messages, including attachments. Once you’ve reached this limit (if you don’t have any of the automatic message management options che cked), new email will “bounce” (returned to sender).

• Save outgoing messages in Sent folder. By default, any email message you send is not saved to the Sent folder. If you want a copy of each email

you send to be saved to your device, check this check box. If you change your mind at some point, select the check box to clear the check.

• Empty Trash every night. If you want your Trash to be emptied automatically each night, then check this check box. By default, this

option is not selected.

• Auto-discard msgs when mailbox is full. With this option selected , onc e you r mailbox is full, the system will automatically make room for new

messages by permanently discarding old messages, starting with the oldest message. The system looks for old messages to discard in all your Email folders, except for the Saved folder. (Read more in

Email System Folders

You can further specify that the system not delete messages less than 7 days old by checking the Only

discard messages 7 days or older check box.

4 Press Back when you’re finished with your settings. If you don’t want to save the changes, press [ + .].

on page 107.)

The

Attachment Limits

Another way you can manage the size of your mailbox is to limit the size and types of attachments that the Email application will deliver to you.

1 From the Jump screen select Email. The Browse Email screen appears. 2 Open the Browse Email menu and select Settings. The Email Settings screen appears.

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3 Look for the section that reads Att a c hme nt Limits. You’ll see a number of options:

4 If you want to set a size limit for attachments, check the box that reads Reject attachments larger than,

then open the pop-up menu and select the maximum size of attachments you want delivered. Select from 100 KB, 250 KB, 500 KB, or 1 MB. This option is not checked by default.

5 If you want attachments removed from your incoming emails, you must check the boxes for the attachment

types you want removed. By default, no attachments types are removed. Note that the attachments that are viewable on the device are grouped at the top of the list.

6 Press Back when you’re finished with your settings. If you don’t want to save the changes, press [ + .].

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 your lists 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:

Sort Email Messages

on page 98.)

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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 mess age. 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 co llapsed. 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. T o 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

View Your Email

on page 97. To learn about adding folders, read

Status Indicators

Manage Em a il Fol d e r s

on page 95.

on page 107.

Status Indicators

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:

Y ou have replied to this message. You forwarded this message. This email has an attachment. There was an error when sending this email. (It wasn’t sent.) You will only see this status

indicator next to messages in th e Se nt fold er. This email is wait ing to be sent. You will only see this status indicator next to messages in

the Sent folder. This email is being sent. You will only see this status ind ic a tor nex t to messages in the

Sent folder. 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 Draft s fol der, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying a user-defined folder, with contents collapsed/expanded. Icons identifying the Tra s h fo l d er, with contents collapsed/expanded.

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Keyboard Shortcut s

While using the Email ap pl ic a tion, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open options from the following Email menus:

• Browse Email Menu Shortc uts (with message highlighted)

• Browse Ema il Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted )

• Read Email Menu Shortcuts

• Compose Menu Shortc uts

• Settings Menu Shortcuts

• Accounts Menu Shortcuts

Each menu’s shortcuts are listed in the tables below.

Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted)

New Message... Reply... Reply All... Forward... Add Contact... Move... Discard Check for New Email

+ N

+ R + L

+ J

+ @

+ O

+ U

Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted)

New Message... Rename... (folder) Empty...(folder)

Read Email Menu Shortcuts

Mark Unread Next Previous

Compose Menu Shor tcuts

Send Save as Draft Attach Photo... Cancel

+ N

+ E

+ K

+ M

+ P

+ .

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Settings Menu Shortcuts

Done Cancel

Accounts Me nu Sho r t cuts

Done New Account Discard Cancel

+ .

+ N

+ .

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

Read an Email

To open an individual email for reading, do the following: 1 Make sure the folder in which you’ve store d t he e m a il is s h own 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 email, then press the wheel. Your email contents display in the Email:Read screen. 3 To dismiss the email and return to the Browse Email screen, press Back .

Browse Email Screen

on page 94.

Open an Attachmen t

You know an email has an attachment if there is a p a perc lip ic on ( ) just to the left of the me s s a ge, as displayed in the Browse Email scr een. Attach ments that are supported in clude other emails, as well as fil es of the follo wing 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.

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.

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Change the Status of an Email to Unread

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

1 From the Browse Email screen, open the email message whose status you want to change to “read” or

“unread”.

2 Open the Email:Read menu and select Mark Unread/Mark Read [ + K].The message appears again on the

preview screen and on the Browse Email screen in bold.

Sort Email Messages

Within each folder you can decide how you want messages to be sorted:

1 Open the Browse Email screen and 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 c hoos e from:

• Date Received - further specify sort order:

- Newer messages at top

- Newer messages at bottom

• Subject - further specify sort order:

- A .. Z

- Z .. A

• Sender/Recipient - further specify sort order:

- 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.

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Move Messages to Folders

You can move messages around within folders by doing the following:

1 From the Browse Email screen, expand the folder that holds the email you want to move. 2 Scroll to highlight the ema il you want to move. 3 Open the menu and select Move Message... [ + O]. The Move Message to Folder pane appears.

All folders ( list.

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

except

for the Drafts and Sent folders, and the folder the email currently is in) are shown in the

Send Messages

Compose a New Message

To write a new email message you must first open the Compose screen:

1 Open the Browse Email screen and select New Message... [ + N]. The Compose screen opens:

2 Complete your message:

• From field - If you have set up POP3 accounts, then you c an ch oos e 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 - As you fill in the To field, 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 drop-down list. Scroll to highlight one of the address suggestions, then press the wheel to have it placed in the To field, or type a new one directly in the To field. To create a new line so you can add more recipients, press the comma (, ) k ey or pr ess + RETURN. You can also add a new To line by opening the menu and selecting Add To.

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• 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 opening the menu and selecting Add CC or Add BCC.

• Subject field - Type your subject line; there are no limits to how long a subject line can be.

• Message body - Type your message body; there are no limits to how long a message body can be.

• Signature - Edit or use the default message you set up in Accounts > Signature.

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

Compose menu and select Send [ + M].

4 To discard your message, open the Compose menu and press Cancel [ + .]. Note about attachments: Yo u cann ot attac h files to em ails you compose on your device (except for photos),

but you can forward emails with attachments. Read more in on page 150.

Open an Attachment

on page 97 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, open the Compose menu and 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 discar ded; that i s, not sav ed to your Trash folder from which you could retrieve it.

Reply to an Email Message

To reply to an email message, do the following: 1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the email you want to reply to. Open the email if you wish

by pressing the wheel.

2 From either the Email:Read or Browse Email screen, open the menu and 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 em a il a nd the n Send [ + M] when ready.

Forward an Email Message

To forward an email message to one or more addresses, do the following: 1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the email you want to forward. Open the email if you wish

by pressing the wheel.

2 From either the Email:Read or Browse Email screen, open the menu and select Forward... [ + J]. 3 The Forward screen opens ready for you to address. The email, including any attachments, are appended to

the end of the new message.

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