Dell™ Streak 7 User's Manual COMMENT
Notes, Cautions, and Warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your device. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss of data if instructions are not followed. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. ____________________ Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
Contents 1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features . . . . . . . 6 2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 10 Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 10 Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Turning Off the Screen 3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 13 Out-Of-Box Wizard Touch Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . Managing Contacts Pop-up Menu. 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Your Device Settings 5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting to the Internet. 44 45 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Protect Your Device Data With a PIN . . . . 105 . . . . . 107 Protect Your Device Data With a Password 8 Applications . Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 109 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Bluetooth® . Gallery . . . . . . . . . . .
Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features This section provides information about the features available on your device. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 2 1 Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality 1 Headphone connector Connects to headphones. 2 Speaker Provides audio output for video and music playback. 3 TV antenna Used for improving the reception of television signals. (available on select models only) 4 Volume up button • Press to increase the media volume by one level.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts 6 Power and Sleep/Wake button Functionality • Press and hold to turn on the device. • Press to turn the screen on or off. • While the device is on, press and hold to select one of these options: –Silent mode: The device is set to vibrate mode; all sounds are disabled except for alarms. –Airplane mode: Disable all wireless connections. –Power off: Turn off the device. 7 Battery status light Indicates the battery charge status and pending notifications.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality • Touch to open the central Home screen. 10 Home button • Touch and hold for quick access to the most recently used applications. 8 7 6 1 2 3 4 1 30-pin connector 5 • Connects to the supplied USB cable for transferring files to and from a computer. • Connects to the supplied USB cable and USB wall charger adapter to charge the device. 8 2 Touch screen Touch the screen to use on-screen controls including buttons, menu items, and the keyboard.
7 Microphone 8 Front-facing camera Used for making video calls with supportive web applications, such as Skype. • Used for capturing a front view picture, for example, a self-portrait. • Used for making video calls with supportive web applications, such as Skype. 1 2 1 Camera lens Captures pictures and videos. 2 Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and videos in dimly lit environments.
Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Getting Your Device Ready for Use Insert the SD card 1 2 10 1 Pull out the slot door. 2 Hold the SD card with the metal contacts facing down, and follow the SD card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SD card into the SD card slot.
Charge the battery NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between 0°C and 45°C. NOTE: The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked. NOTE: The battery cannot be charged by connecting your device to a computer using the supplied USB cable. 1 Connect the supplied USB cable's 30-pin connector into the 30pin connector on the device. 2 Connect the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger adapter.
The device is ready for use when the Home screen is displayed. Turning Off Your Device 1 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button . 2 Touch the Power off option on the screen. Turning Off the Screen If both the device and the screen are on, press the Power and Sleep/Wake button once to turn off the screen. NOTE: If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the Power and Sleep/Wake button once to turn on the screen.
Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Out-Of-Box Wizard To view the on-screen Out-Of-Box Wizard for basic controls of your device, touch the Home button → the Launcher button → welcome, and follow the instructions to proceed. You can play the wizard videos to get a quick overview of the device. At any point during the video, you can touch CONTINUE and PREVIOUS to go to the next or previous page. After viewing the last page, touch DONE to return to the Home screen.
Finger Gestures Allows you to: Touch and hold Touch and hold your finger on the screen. • Enable the moving mode of an item on the Home screen. • Open the context menu. Drag 1 Touch and hold your finger on an item on the screen. 2 Keeping your finger in contact with the screen, move your fingertip to the desired location. 3 Take your finger off the screen to drop the item in the desired location. 14 • Move items such as images and icons on the screen.
Finger Gestures Allows you to: Flick or swipe Move your finger in a vertical or horizontal direction on the screen. Quickly scroll through Home screens, web pages, lists, entries, photo thumbnails, contacts, and so on. Zoom out Move two fingers close together on the screen. Reduce the view of an image or web page (zoom out).
Finger Gestures Allows you to: Zoom in Move two fingers apart on the screen. Enlarge the view of an image or web page (zoom in). Screen Orientation For optimal viewing experience, the screen orientation changes automatically to portrait or landscape format depending on how you hold the device. NOTE: Applications downloaded from the Android Market may not support automatic screen rotation to portrait or landscape format.
Shortcut — A link that you can create on your Home Screen to provide quicker access to an application or a folder containing contacts or bookmarks. The Dell™ Stage Desktop The Dell Stage desktop is composed of multiple screens including the Home screen. The desktop displays predefined Stage widgets, shortcuts, and widgets to give you quick and easy access to frequently-used applications, Twitter or Facebook postings, music, pictures, and more.
To navigate across the desktop Flick the desktop horizontally until the desired Home screen is displayed. To navigate the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails The Home screen thumbnails act as shortcuts to their individual Home screens. The icon of the thumbnail represents the Stage widget.
• To view the Home screen thumbnails: 2 1 1 Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons, as illustrated in red. 2 Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the thumbnails. • To control the Home screens using the thumbnails, either: – Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired screen.
– To quickly pan through the Home screens, drag your finger horizontally across the thumbnails, until the desired Home screen appears. Dell™ Stage Widgets The Dell™ Stage widgets give you direct access to your most recently used applications, e-mails, photos, music, videos, contacts, Facebook & Twitter updates, and frequently viewed websites. You can create your own Stage widgets on free Home screens to access the desired items.
5 From the Select Stage Widget menu, touch to select the Stage widget you want to add to the screen. Deleting a Stage Widget 1 Touch and hold the Stage widget. 2 Drag the widget over the icon. 3 When the widget turns red, release your finger from the screen to delete the widget. Using Stage Widgets Touching the label of any Stage Widget opens the supporting application in its default screen.
To use the GALLERY Stage Widget From the GALLERY Stage widget, you can view thumbnails of your recent pictures and videos from the Gallery application. Touch the thumbnail of a picture or video to view or play it. To use the MUSIC Stage Widget From the MUSIC Stage widget, you can view the music albums or playlists created on your device. • Touch a music album to browse for its songs. Touch a song to start playback. • Touch a playlist to view the playlist you created. Touch a song to start playback.
To use the WEB Stage Widget The WEB Stage widget shows your recently-visited websites and bookmarks. Touch the website you want to visit, or touch MORE BOOKMARKS to select a website to visit. To find information on the Internet, you can also: • Touch the Google search text box on the top of the widget, enter the name or keyword of the topic you are looking for, and touch the key on the keyboard or the search icon search box.
Items Steps Shortcuts Applications: Add shortcuts for items that you want 1 Scroll through the application menu to locate the desired to access directly from the Home application. screen. 2 Touch the desired application to create the shortcut on the current Home screen. Bookmark: 1 Flick through the Bookmarks list to locate the desired bookmark. 2 Touch the desired bookmark to create the shortcut on the current Home screen. Contact: 1 Flick through the Contacts entries to locate the desired contact.
Items Steps Shortcuts Directions & Navigation: Create a shortcut that you can touch to open Google Maps and view directions to a location. 1 Type your destination in the text box. 2 Choose how you want to get to your destination by touching the driving, public transportation, or walking icon (from left to right). 3 Enter a name for the shortcut. 4 Touch the shortcut icon that you want to use for the shortcut. 5 Touch the Save button.
Items Steps Widgets Add widgets to display active Home screen windows or controls for your favorite applications or web-based services, such as an analog clock, the music player, the Google Quick Search Box, or a calendar showing upcoming events. 1 Touch and hold an empty area on a Home screen. 2 Touch Widgets in the Add to Home screen menu that appears. 3 Flick through the available applications or services to locate the desired application or service.
Items Steps Wallpapers Gallery: Open the Gallery application and select a saved picture as a Change the wallpaper of your Home screen. wallpaper, or touch to open the camera application and capture a picture that you can set as a wallpaper. 1 Touch a picture category from your collection, such as Camera, downloaded, and so on. 2 Flick the picture thumbnails horizontally to locate the desired picture. 3 Touch the picture to display it.
To add an application shortcut from the main applications view 1 Touch the Launcher button at the bottom of the screen to enter the main applications view. 2 On the main applications view, touch and hold a desired application and drag it onto the current Home screen. The application’s icon appears on the Home screen. To move a Home screen item 1 Touch and hold the item you want to reposition until it magnifies and becomes movable.
NOTE: Widgets and folders cannot be moved inside a folder. To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder 1 Touch a folder on the Home screen to view the contents. 2 Touch and hold a shortcut to make it movable. The shortcut pops out and the folder closes automatically. 3 Drag the shortcut to another location on the Home screen. To rename a Home screen folder 1 Touch a folder to open the folder panel. 2 Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel , until the Rename folder menu opens.
2 Status area • Displays status icons to show the current state of your device, such as battery power, charging progress, alarms set, network connections, and so on. • Touch and drag down the status bar to view the information regarding the carrier currently in use, remaining battery charge, and so on. 3 Time area Displays the current time.
A Wi-Fi network is found Download complete USB cable is connected Application update available Some notifications not displayed The SD card is safe to remove New Gmail Preparing the SD card New Google Talk message Song is playing Upcoming calendar event New voicemail Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 31
Quick Buttons The quick buttons at the bottom of the Home screen allow you to quickly access the application drawer and some main functions. 1 5 2 1 Home screen dots 3 4 • Touch the dots at the bottom left of the screen to display the Home screen thumbnails. • Double-tap the dots at the bottom left of the screen to move to the first Home screen. 2 Email button Touch the Email button to open the Email application. For more information on using Email, see "E-mail" on page 57.
Navigating the Applications You can find applications available on your device in these screen elements: Application Drawer The application drawer can be accessed from any home screen and contains all of the applications installed on the device, including those you have downloaded from the Android Market. To open the application drawer 1 Touch the Home button on the desktop. to display the default Home screen 2 From any of the desktop Home screens, you can: • Drag up in the lower area of the screen.
Application Shortcuts To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add shortcuts for frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to the folder that you created on the Home screen. For more information, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 23. To open an application using the application shortcuts 1 Touch the Home button . 2 If the desired application shortcut displays on the Home screen, touch the shortcut to run the application.
The Screen Lock Wallpaper You can set the display to turn off automatically after a timeout period of inactivity, or turn it off manually by pressing the power button . When you press the power button to wake up the display, the screen lock wallpaper appears to help prevent unintentional touch of the screen. 1 2 1 Drag or flick this button downward to enable or disable the vibration mode. 2 Drag or flick this button upward to unlock the screen.
Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Managing Contacts To view and manage your contacts, touch → Contacts . To add a new contact 1 Touch the Menu button → New contact. 2 Select the account where you want to add this contact, such as your Gmail account. 1 2 3 9 8 4 7 5 36 6 1 This area shows the account in which the new contact is stored. 2 Touch to take a photo or select a photo from the Gallery application to use as the contact’s visual caller ID.
6 Touch Revert to return to your Contacts list. 7 Touch to remove an item from the current information category. 8 Touch to add a new item to the current information category. For example, you can add a second phone number. 9 Touch to fill more information about the contact. To find a contact 1 To locate a contact, you can either: • Flick the contact list until you find the contact.
Contacts settings In Contacts Display options , touch the Menu button . Choose from which accounts you want to display the contacts, or set your device to only display the contacts who have phone numbers. Accounts Contacts stored on your device can be synchronized with a computer using Dell Mobile NOTE: If you want to Sync; contacts stored on your personal e-mail synchronize individual data account such as Gmail can be synchronized manually, clear Auto-sync, through an Internet connection.
Pop-up Menu Touch the Menu button to open or close the pop-up menu that lists available options for the current application, or actions that you can perform on the current screen. To select an option or item on the pop-up menu 1 Touch the Menu button to open the pop-up menu. 2 Touch the desired item on the pop-up menu. 3 Touch the Menu button again to close the pop-up menu. Android Keyboard You can type text using the Android on-screen keyboard.
Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail 1 2 8 3 7 4 5 1 6 • Touch to type letters into the text box where the cursor appears. • Touch and hold to type accented letters for applicable languages. 2 • Based on the letters being typed, the keyboard shows suggested words along the top of the keyboard with the most probable word highlighted in color. • You can touch a suggested word to enter it into the text box. 3 • Touch once to show the uppercase keyboard for typing a capital letter.
7 • Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space. • Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text. 8 • Touch to see more suggested words. To configure the keyboard settings 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Language & keyboard→ Android keyboard. Or from the Android keyboard, touch and hold to open the Android keyboard context menu→ Android keyboard settings.
Create your personal dictionary The keyboard displays suggested words as you type using the default dictionary. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not found in the main dictionary. Word suggestions also appear from your personal dictionary, if you have created it. To add a word to the dictionary 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Language & keyboard→ User dictionary. 2 Touch the Menu button → Settings→ → Add. 3 Type a desired word into the Add to dictionary text box. 4 Touch OK.
Google Search You can use the Google Quick Search Box to find websites and information on Google, applications installed on your device or available from Android Market, and contacts stored in your Contacts list. To search by typing 1 From the Google Search widget you created on the Home screen, touch to select the type of your search: All, Web, Apps or Contacts. 2 Touch the Google Quick Search Box. The on-screen keyboard opens. 3 Type a keyword or text into the box using the keyboard.
NOTE: You can also access the Voice Search function by touching the Launcher button → Voice Search . Power Control Widget NOTE: To use the Power Control widget, you need to add it on the Home screen of your device. For information on adding widgets to the Home screen, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 23. NOTE: To conserve battery charge, you may choose to disable one or more of these modes when not in use. 2 3 4 5 6 1 1 Indicates if the appropriate mode is enabled or disabled.
Managing Your Device Settings To check storage spaces Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ SD card & Device storage. The screen displays the total and available space on the device and on the SD card. To erase unwanted application data to free storage space 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Applications→ Manage applications. → Settings→ 2 From the Manage applications list, touch the application whose cache or data you want to remove.
1 Touch the Home button card & Device storage. → Menu button → Settings→ SD 2 Touch Unmount External SD card. 3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button touch the Power off option to turn off the device. and then 4 Pull out the slot door and then remove the SD card from your device as illustrated. To erase all data from your device CAUTION: The following steps will erase all the data including your Google account and downloaded applications from your device.
To force power off your device Force-power-off button 1 Pull out the slot door. 2 Push the force-power-off button using a paper clip or other similar pointed objects. 3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep/Wake button your device.
Internet Connecting to the Internet Setting up a Wi-Fi Connection To browse the Internet and access web-based utilities such as instant messaging, you need to set up a Wi-Fi connection. To connect your device to a Wi-Fi network, you need access to a wireless point or “hotspot” within a distance of up to 300 feet (100 meters). NOTE: The range and quality of the Wi-Fi signal is affected by the number of connected devices, infrastructure, and objects through which the signal is transmitted.
To check the current Wi-Fi network connection From the status bar: When your device is connected to a wireless network, the Wi-Fi icon in the status bar indicates the signal strength (number of bands that light up). If Wireless & networks→ Wi-Fi settings→ Network notification is enabled, the icon appears in the status bar as the device discovers an accessible Wi-Fi network within range. From the Wi-Fi network: 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Wireless & networks→ Wi-Fi settings.
Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode Selecting the Airplane mode disables all Wi-Fi connections. This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited, such as on an airplane. Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Wireless & networks→ Airplane mode to enable or disable the Airplane mode. Browsing the Internet To open the browser Touch the Browser button Browser → or touch the Launcher button .
To set up your home page To manually enter a home page: 1 Touch the Menu button → More→ Settings→ Set home page. 2 Enter the address of the website you want to use as your home page and then touch OK. To set the current page as the home page: 1 Go to the web page that you want to set as the home page. 2 Touch the Menu button → More→ Settings→ Set home page. 3 Touch Use current page→ OK.
To view the next or previous page Touch the back button to view the previous page; touch Menu button → More→ Forward to view the next page. To open a new window Touch the Menu button → New window. A new browser window opens and displays the home page. To switch between browser windows You can open multiple browser windows to easily switch from one web page to another. 1 On a browser window, touch the Menu button → Windows. 2 Touch the web address of a desired web page.
4 Release your finger from the screen. 5 To paste text on an e-mail, touch and hold the text field on an email screen and then touch Paste on the context menu. Using Web Links, History, and Downloads To select a link on a web page Move to a link you want on a web page. The link is framed by an orange box when you touch it. Link type Web page address Functionality • Touch the link to open the web page.
To allow download of web applications CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the web can be from unknown sources. To protect your device and personal data, download applications only from trusted sources such as Android Market. To download web applications, enable your device’s downloading feature. 1 Touch the Home button Applications. → Menu button → Settings→ 2 Touch Unknown sources to select the check box. 3 When the Attention dialog box opens, touch OK.
4 Type the bookmark name or edit the web address as needed. 5 Touch OK to save the web page as a bookmark. To open a bookmark 1 On the browser screen, touch or touch the Menu button Bookmarks. The Bookmarks window opens. → 2 On the Bookmarks window, you can either: • Touch the bookmark you want to open in the same browser window.
Share link Touch to share the bookmark’s address through Bluetooth, e-mail, Facebook, Gmail, or Twitter. • Bluetooth: Turn on Bluetooth. If your device is not listed under Bluetooth devices, touch Scan for devices. Touch the device you want to share the link with. • Gmail, Email: Touch to open the composing window with the bookmark’s address automatically pasted on the text field. Send the bookmark’s address to others with an e-mail.
E-mail You can create POP3, IMAP, and exchange e-mail accounts from webbased e-mail services on your device. To open the e-mail application Touch the Email button Email , or touch the Launcher button → . To set up an e-mail account 1 On the Set up email screen, type the e-mail address and password of the e-mail account you want to add and then touch Next.
To view your e-mails Carrier 1 2 3 6 5 4 1 The Combined Inbox contains all e-mails received in all your accounts. 2 E-mail not sent and saved as drafts are stored in the Drafts folder. 3 Select an account to view e-mails received in the inbox of the account. 4 The number of new e-mails received in this account. 5 The check symbol indicates that this account is the default account for sending e-mail. 6 Touch to view e-mails in the other folders of this account.
To compose and send e-mail 1 Touch the Email button → Email , or touch the Launcher button . 2 Select an email account to use if you have set up more than one account on your device. NOTE: If you do not select an account, the account marked as default by a check symbol will be the one used for sending e-mail. 3 In an e-mail account inbox, touch the Menu button Compose. → 4 Type the recipient’s e-mail address in the To field. As you type information, matching contacts appear on the screen.
To delete or edit an e-mail account on your device 1 Touch the Email button → Email , or touch the Launcher button . 2 Touch the Menu button → Accounts. • To delete an e-mail account, touch and hold the account you want to remove under the Accounts bar and then touch Remove account on the context menu. When asked to confirm deletion, touch OK.
To use Facebook on your device Once logged in, you can touch the Back button Facebook main page. 4 5 to go to your 6 3 7 2 8 9 1 10 11 12 13 1 Touch Events to view the events associated with your friends, such as their birthdays. 2 Touch Messages to view messages sent between you and your friends. Touch the desired message to read it. • To delete a message, touch the check box next to the message and then touch the Delete button.
3 Touch News Feed to view the messages and pictures you and your friends have posted. From here you can also: • Type the message you want your friends to know into the What’s on your mind? text box and then touch the Share button to post the message on the Wall of your Facebook Profile page. • Touch to capture a picture and then touch the Upload button to post it to your Facebook account for your friends to see. 4 Touch Profile to view your Facebook Profile page.
The Facebook widget From the Facebook widget you created on the Home screen, you can view your friends’ wall postings. 2 3 1 4 1 Touch to view a Facebook friend's wall postings. 2 To respond to this friend’s postings, touch the text box then type the message you want to post on this friend’s wall. 3 Touch Share to post your message on this friend’s wall. 4 Touch the arrow buttons to scroll and view other friends’ postings. NOTE: For more information on using Facebook, visit facebook.com/help.
Twitter Touch the Launcher button → Twitter . Twitter is a social networking service application that allows you to view short messages called Tweets posted by Twitter users. You can also post your own Tweets for others to read. To sign in to Twitter You must have a Twitter account to use Twitter. To set up a Twitter account, touch Sign up now and follow the instructions on the screen. 1 To sign in to Twitter, type your user name or e-mail address and your password, and then touch Sign in.
To use Twitter on your device 1 6 2 9 3 8 4 7 5 6 1 Touch to compose and post your tweet. See "To create a tweet" on page 67. 2 Touch to read the tweets from authors you choose to follow. • Touch an author’s picture to view the profile of the author and the tweets from the author. on a tweet and choose to reply to the author, forward • Touch (Retweet) the tweet to your followers on Twitter, add the author to your favorites list, or share the tweet through Facebook, e-mail, or Twitter.
5 View the most popular trending topics at the moment. • Touch the Current, Daily, and Weekly tabs to view the lists of current, daily, and weekly trending topics. • Touch a trending topic to view the tweets related to that topic. 6 • Touch to search for tweets about a desired topic, or tweets sent by authors around your location. –To search for tweets about a topic, type the topic or keyword into the Search Tweets text box and then touch .
To create a tweet 7 6 5 4 1 2 3 1 Type your tweet message here. 2 Touch the Update button to post your tweet. 3 Touch the Cancel button to quit composing your tweet. 4 Touch to view the people you follow, then select who you want to talk to in your tweet. Their names will appear in your tweet as “@name”. 5 Touch to launch the camera and capture a picture to post along with your tweet. 6 Touch to open Gallery and select a picture to post along with your tweet.
Gmail Gmail is a web-based e-mail service provided by Google. To open Gmail Touch the Launcher button → Gmail . To set up your Google account You need to sign in to a Google account to use Google applications and services such as Gmail, Google Talk, and Android Market. Signing in to your Google account also synchronizes all e-mails and contacts on your Google account with your device.
Your Gmail inbox opens as the default Gmail view. All your received emails are delivered to your inbox. 7 1 2 6 3 4 1 Folder (or Label) and number of unread e-mails. 2 Touch the check box 5 to select the e-mail thread. To use this feature, touch the Menu button operations. → More→ Settings, then enable Batch 3 Touch Archive to store the selected e-mail thread in the All Mail folder. 4 Touch Delete to delete the selected e-mail thread. 5 Touch Labels to label the selected e-mail thread.
To read e-mails • When you receive a new e-mail, the e-mail icon appears on the status bar to alert you of a new e-mail. Drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel and touch the new e-mail to view it. • While in the inbox or in any other folder, scroll the e-mail threads on the screen, and then touch an e-mail thread to view the emails inside. 5 4 1 3 2 1 Touch to view previous e-mails with the same subject. 2 Touch to read the next or previous e-mail thread.
To create and send an e-mail 1 Touch the Menu button → Compose. 2 Type the contact’s e-mail address in the To field. To send e-mail to multiple contacts, separate their e-mail addresses with a comma. To send a carbon copy (Cc) or a blind carbon copy (Bcc), touch the Menu button → Add Cc/Bcc. 3 Type the e-mail subject. 4 Compose your e-mail. To attach a picture, touch the Menu button → Attach. Select the picture you want to attach from the Gallery application. NOTE: Touch to remove an attachment.
To add a new friend to your friends list NOTE: You can only add users who have a Google Account. 1 In the friends list, touch the Menu button → Add friend. 2 Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Gmail address of the friend you want to add to your friends list. NOTE: When you type the instant messaging ID of a friend who is already a contact saved in Contacts with the same ID, this matching contact will display on the screen before you finish typing.
3 Touch the Send button to send the message. To add a friend to an active conversation 1 On the chat screen, touch the Menu button → Add to chat. 2 Select the friend you want to invite to the current conversation. To disable the chat log On the chat screen, touch the Menu button → Chat off record. The subsequent chat conversations will not be recorded. To resume the chat log, touch Chat on record.
To always show a friend in most popular list You can let a friend always appear in your most popular friends list. 1 In the friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the options menu. 2 Touch Always show friend. NOTE: To remove a friend from the most popular list, in the friends list, touch and hold the friend you want to remove from the list, and then touch Auto show friend in the options menu.
To sign out from Google Talk In the friends list, touch the Menu button → Sign out. Maps Google Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also use the search tool to locate addresses or places of interest on a map or in a street view. NOTE: The Google Maps application does not completely cover every location.
To find a location on the map 1 On the Maps screen, touch the Menu button → Search. 2 To search by typing: a Type the place you want to find in the search box. You can enter an address, a city or country, or a type of business or organization such “restaurant” or “school”. b Touch the search key icon on the keyboard or the search on the search box. To search by voice: a Touch . b Say your destination.
1 Touch the place name to view the address, details, and reviews for the place if the information is available (For more information, see "To view the details of a place" on page 77). 2 Touch to show the list of search results. 3 Touch to zoom in or out on the map. 4 The search result is marked by a lettered marker. Touch the marker to display the name of the place. To view the details of a place 1 2 3 4 5 1 Touch to display the map view. 2 Touch to obtain directions.
To move around a map 1 Flick or drag the map in any direction on the screen to view desired areas. 2 If you spot a place of interest while navigating the map, touch and hold the place to display the address (a picture thumbnail is also displayed if the street view for the location is available). To zoom in or out on a map • Touch to zoom out and touch to zoom in. • Move two fingers close together on the screen to zoom out; move two fingers further apart to zoom in.
Map layer The map layer displays streets, highways, buildings, main establishments, mass transit stations, parks, rivers, lakes, mountains, boundaries, and so on. Traffic layer The traffic layer displays colored lines along the roads where real-time traffic data can be collected. Green lines indicate good traffic speeds, yellow lines indicate slower speeds, and brown lines indicate congested traffic. indicates where construction work is taking place; indicates where the road is blocked.
NOTE: While viewing a street view of a location, touch the Menu button → Compass mode to enable the compass mode, which allows you to view the area around the selected location by tilting or turning your device, rather than by moving the view on the screen with your finger. To get directions Use Google Maps to obtain directions to your destination. 1 When viewing a map: touch the Menu button → Directions. Or When a place is found: a Touch the place’s name or address displayed on the map.
4 Touch Show on map, or touch a direction instruction on the list to show the directions or routes on the map. NOTE: To obtain driving directions using the Google GPS navigation services, touch Navigate. For more information, see "Navigation" on page 86. To clear a map Touch the Menu button → Clear Map. All the search results, directions and traffic indicators are deleted from the map. Using Google Latitude NOTE: To use Google Latitude, you will be required to sign in to a Google account.
To invite friends to share locations 1 On the Latitude screen, touch the Menu button → Add friends. 2 Choose the friends you want to share locations with: • Select from Contacts: Select friends from your contacts. Friends already using Latitude have an icon next to their names. • Add via email address: Enter an e-mail address. 3 Touch Add friends and then touch Yes. 4 Your friends already using Latitude receive an e-mail request and a notification on Latitude requesting them to share locations.
• List view To show a list of your friends, touch the Menu button → Latitude. To see a friend’s profile and communicate with them, touch the friend’s name from the list. To connect with your friends Touch a friend’s name in map view or list view to open the friend’s profile. In the profile screen, you can send messages to your friend and configure privacy options. 3 2 1 6 4 5 1 Switch to street view of the friend’s location. 2 Get directions to the friend’s location.
To control what to share and change your public profile 1 In Maps, touch the Menu button → Latitude. 2 Touch your name on the list of friends to open your public profile window. 3 Set the following options to your preferences. Change your photo Change the picture that your friends see on the map or in their list of friends. You can take a picture using the Camera application, or select a picture stored in Gallery.
Places Touch the Launcher button → Places . Places automatically detects your current location and offers guide to nearby restaurants, coffee shops, bars, hotels, attractions, ATMs, gas stations, and more. 1 Touch to select a category. 2 From the list of places, touch the desired place to view more details. For more information on using the controls on this screen, see "To view the details of a place" on page 77.
Navigation NOTE: Google Maps Navigation is only available for use in the United States at this time. WARNING: It is your sole responsibility to use this application in a safe and responsible manner. You must obey local traffic laws, posted road signs, and safety regulations. Do not operate the device while driving. Touch the Launcher button → Navigation . Google Maps Navigation is an Internet-connected GPS satellite navigation system with voice guidance.
Feature Description Traffic view Traffic view provides live traffic data and displays up-to-date traffic conditions on the screen. Press the Menu button → Layers→ Traffic to turn on Traffic view. Searching along route Search for any kind of business along your route. Press the Menu button → Layers to access popular types of places.
Feature Description Satellite View Satellite view allows you to view your route overlaid on 3D satellite views with Google's high-resolution aerial imagery. Press the Menu button → Layers→ Satellite to turn on Satellite view. Street View Street view helps visualize turns with Street View imagery. Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination. Car dock mode Place your device in a car dock to access Navigation and Voice Search easily.
Feature Description Walking navigation Get voice-guided navigation for walking directions. Your device vibrates for turn notifications.
News and Weather → News and Weather Touch the Launcher button . Weather The Weather service automatically detects your current location and shows the local weather information. 3 1 2 1 • Current weather. • Touch this area to view temperatures, wind speed, and humidity data within the next 24 hours. 2 Weather forecast for the next 6 days. 3 Touch the The Weather Channel icon to start the browser and visit The Weather Channel website to find more weather information.
News Flick pages horizontally to view news topics, such as Top Stories, U.S., Sports, and Entertainment. Touch the news headline you are interested in to view the full content. To add/remove news topics You can manage the news topics to be displayed on your device as follows. 1 Touch the Menu button → Settings→ News settings. 2 Touch Select news topics. • Select the check boxes next to the news topics you want to display on the device. • Clear the check boxes next to the unwanted news topics.
YouTube YouTube is an Internet video streaming service that allows you to view videos uploaded by YouTube members. NOTE: Browsing and watching videos does not require you to sign in to a YouTube account. However, to use full YouTube features, such as commenting on videos, adding videos to your favorites, or uploading videos, you must create and sign in to a YouTube account. To open YouTube Touch the Launcher button → YouTube .
To search for a video by voice command 1 Touch the icon on the top right corner of the YouTube screen, or touch the Menu button 2 Touch → Search to open the search bar. . 3 Say the video name or a keyword. 4 The videos that match the words you said are listed. 5 Touch the video to start playing the video. To watch videos in the Landscape format 1 Place the device in the Landscape format. 2 Select a video on the YouTube screen. Touch the video to start the playback in full screen.
To watch videos in the Portrait format 1 Place the device in the Portrait format. 2 Select a video on the YouTube screen. Touch the video to start the playback in the top half of the screen. 3 Touch the screen to pause the playback. When paused, the icon appears. 4 Touch the screen again to resume the playback. While the video is playing, you can touch if you like the video, or touch if you do not like the video.
Android Market You can use Android Market to download and install applications and games on your device. NOTE: Applications downloaded from Android Market may not support automatic screen rotation to portrait or landscape. To open Android Market 1 Touch the Launcher button → Market . 2 Sign in to Android Market with your Google account. If you do not have a Google account, follow the instructions on the screen to create an account (see "To set up your Google account" on page 68).
4 The Android Market screen opens. 6 1 5 2 4 3 1 • Touch Apps to view the application categories. All applications available for download are sorted by these categories. • Touch Games to view the game categories. All games available for download are sorted by these categories. 96 2 The Market screen displays popular application categories here for direct access. 3 The Market screen opens with featured applications for direct access.
When a category is selected, for example, touch the Games tab→ Brain & Puzzle: 2 3 1 4 1 Touch Top paid to view the paid games downloaded most often. 2 Touch Top free to view the free games downloaded most often. 3 Touch Just in to view new games available for download. 4 Touch the game to download and install on your device. To download and install an application or game 1 Scroll and browse listed applications or games to locate the desired application or games.
NOTE: During installation, the icon appears in the notification area of the status bar. Touch the notification area of the status bar to open the Notifications panel and check the status of the download. NOTE: To stop downloading an application, touch Cancel download on the application’s downloading screen. 5 After the application is downloaded and installed on your device, icon appears in the notification area of the status bar.
Synchronizing Your Google Data Through a web connection, your device can synchronize your Google data including Gmail, calendar, and contacts with your computer or any other device that you use to access your Google account. To select the applications to synchronize 1 Touch Home button Accounts & sync. → Menu button → Settings→ 2 Under the General sync settings bar, touch to select Background data to make all the sync options available.
Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet You can customize your device, using the options available in the Settings menu. Display Settings To change the display settings: 1 Touch the Home button Display, or touch the Launcher button → Menu button → Settings→ → Settings icon → Display. 2 Touch the desired item under Display settings. 3 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box Brightness .
Animation Screen timeout Set the device to play an animation for opening and closing windows. • Set the duration the screen remains on after the last operation. Scroll the options and touch a preferred timeout period; to disable this feature select Never timeout. • The screen automatically turns off and locks itself based on the preset timeout duration. • To turn on and unlock the screen, press the Power button and then flick the icon up to unlock the screen if it is automatically locked.
3 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box . General settings Silent mode Silence all sounds except media and alarms. Vibrate Set the device to vibrate based on the available settings. Volume • Ringtone: Adjust the ringer volume for notifications. • Media: Adjust the volume for music and video playback. • Alarm: Adjust the volume for alarm ringtone.
Date, Time, and Time Zone To manually set the date, time, and time zone: 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings icon & time, or touch → Settings→ Date → Date & time. 2 Flick the list to locate and touch the desired item. 3 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box Set date Set time zone .
Language Settings To set the language of the display text: 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Language & keyboard→ Select language, or touch → Settings icon → Language & keyboard→ Select language. 2 Select a language of your choice from the Locale list that appears.
Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet Protect Your Device Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern You can protect your device data against unauthorized access by locking the touch screen with a screen unlock pattern. Once the unlock pattern is enabled and the screen is locked, you need to draw the correct unlock pattern to unlock the screen. After you fail to draw the correct unlock pattern on the screen for five consecutive times, you will be asked to wait for 30 seconds before you can try again.
3 Study the animated example of how to draw a pattern. Then touch Next when you are ready to draw your own pattern. 4 Drag your finger to draw the unlock pattern by connecting at least four dots in a vertical, horizontal and/or diagonal direction. Take your finger off the screen when a pattern is drawn. NOTE: You must touch and drag your finger on the screen to create the pattern. 5 The device records the pattern if it is correctly drawn. Touch Continue.
To change unlock pattern settings 1 Touch the Home button Location & security, or → Menu button touch the Launcher button → Settings→ → Settings icon → Location & security. 2 To enable a setting, touch the setting option to select the check box ; to disable a setting, touch the setting option to clear the check box . Use visible pattern Clear this option if you do not want the lines of the unlock pattern to display on the screen when you draw it.
To disable or change PIN 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button → Settings→ Location & security→ Change screen lock, or touch the Launcher button → Settings icon → Location & security→ Change screen lock. 2 Enter the PIN you have enabled. 3 Select None to disable the PIN; select PIN to change PIN.
Applications Camera Your device has a camera with auto-focus feature that allows you to capture and share high-quality pictures and videos. To start the camera in picture mode Touch the Launcher button → Camera . Camera controls 5 1 4 3 2 1 Viewfinder screen. 2 Camera setting indicator. Touch each indicator to open the camera settings, and touch to select the desired setting. 3 • On-screen shutter button. • To capture a picture: 1 Focus on the object in the viewfinder screen.
4 Drag this on-screen switch to toggle between the camera mode for capturing pictures, and the camcorder mode for capturing videos. 5 Touch the thumbnail view of the last taken picture to view and manage the picture using the Gallery application. Additional camera settings Touch the Menu button . Front-Facing/Rear-Facing Use the front-facing or rear-facing camera to Camera capture pictures. Gallery Open the Gallery application to view and manage pictures.
2 Camcorder setting indicator. Touch each indicator to open the camcorder settings. 3 To start or stop recording, touch this on-screen video recording button. 4 Drag this on-screen switch to toggle between the camera mode for capturing pictures, and the camcorder mode for shooting videos. 5 Touch the thumbnail view of the last captured video to play and manage the video using the Gallery application.
5 Copy the desired files such as music or pictures from another drive/folder to one of the removable drives, or vice versa. To turn off USB storage The device will not recognize the SD card and the internal device storage when they are being used as a USB drive. You will not be able to use the device’s applications that involve saving or retrieving files on the SD card and on the internal device storage, such as camera or music playback.
3 Touch Bluetooth settings, and then select the Discoverable check box to make the device recognizable by other nearby Bluetooth devices. To pair and connect a Bluetooth device 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Wireless & networks→ Bluetooth settings. → Settings→ 2 Touch and select the Bluetooth check box to turn on Bluetooth. Your device starts to scan for Bluetooth devices within range and then displays all detected devices below the Bluetooth devices banner.
To end a Bluetooth connection 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Wireless & networks→ Bluetooth settings. → Settings→ 2 Touch and hold the name of a connected device. 3 Touch Disconnect on the pop-up menu that appears. To terminate a pairing partnership 1 Touch the Home button → Menu button Wireless & networks→ Bluetooth settings. → Settings→ 2 Touch and hold the name of a paired device. 3 Touch Unpair on the pop-up menu that appears to erase all pairing information with that device.
Gallery To view and manage the pictures and videos stored on your device, touch the Launcher button → Gallery . The Gallery application displays not only the pictures and videos stored on your SD card, but also those uploaded to the Picasa web album of your Gmail account which you signed in with on your device. To share or delete albums All pictures and videos are grouped in separate albums as overlapping thumbnails, according to their dates, sources, or folders in which they are stored.
3 To select a thumbnail, touch and hold it until more thumbnails as you need. appears; touch • To post a selected picture or video to Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, YouTube, or to send it using Bluetooth or email, touch Share. • To delete a selected picture or video, touch Delete. • To set a picture as the Home screen wallpaper, touch More→ Set as→ Wallpaper. • To set a picture as a contact’s picture ID, touch More→ Set as→ Contact icon.
• Touch or drag the playback progress bar at the bottom to rewind or fast-forward the video. Music To open Music Touch the Launcher button → Music . The Music library screen opens, which is organized by Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists tabs. You can touch a tab to display your desired category. To select a song 1 5 2 4 3 1 All the music files available on your device are grouped into these categories: Artists, Albums, Songs, and Playlists. Touch a category to view the list within it.
4 You can flick or drag a long list, and then drag the icon to quickly scroll the list by alphabet. 5 The letter icon indicates the alphabet of the list you scroll to. that appears To control music playback 12 11 10 1 9 2 8 3 4 5 1 The album’s cover image if present. 2 The passing playback time. 3 6 7 • Touch the playback control bar to jump to any part of the song. • Drag and scroll the playback control bar forward to fast-forward the song.
9 • The name of the artist, album, and the song being played. • Touch and hold the artist, album, or song to search for relevant information or videos from the Internet using the Browser or Youtube application, or do the search inside the Music application. 10 Touch to cycle through the repeat modes. 11 Touch to turn the shuffle mode on and off. 12 Go to the Now playing list. NOTE: Press the volume up button or volume down button to adjust the playback volume.
Calendar Use the calendar to schedule and manage your events, meetings, and appointments. To open the calendar Touch the Launcher button → Calendar . To set up an event 1 On any calendar view, touch the Menu button event to open the Event details screen. → More→ New 2 Type the event name using the on-screen keyboard. 3 If there is a time period for the event, touch and type the From and To date and time.
To view the calendar You can display the calendar in daily, weekly, monthly, or agenda view. To change the calendar view, touch the Menu button → Day/Week/Month/Agenda/Today. While viewing the calendar you can: • In day or week views, touch an event to open a quick view window of the event on the lower part of the screen. • Touch the event or the quick view window to view details about the event.
3 Touch OK. Event reminders If you set a reminder for an event, the upcoming event icon appears in the notifications area of the status bar when the reminder time arrives. To view, dismiss, or snooze a reminder 1 Drag the notification area of the status bar to open the Notification menu. 2 Touch the upcoming event name to display the event. NOTE: If you have other pending event reminders, these events will also appear on the screen. 3 Touch Snooze all to put off all event reminders for five minutes.
Clock Your device can work as a desk alarm clock to display current time and date, local weather, and play picture slideshow and music. → Clock Touch the Launcher button . 1 8 2 7 3 4 5 6 1 Displays the first active alarm time. 2 The current time and date. 3 Touch to set the alarm. 4 Touch to play the slideshow of the pictures stored on your device. 5 Touch to start the Music application and choose the music to play. 6 Touch to return to the Home screen.
To set an alarm You can set multiple alarms. 1 On the Clock main screen, touch . 2 On the Alarms screen, touch Add alarm. 3 The Set alarm menu opens with these settings: Turn on alarm Turn on the alarm that you have set on the device. Time Set the alarm time. Adjust the time by touching or , or touch the hour and minute fields to enter a time. Touch AM to change to PM or vice versa, then touch Set when done. Repeat Select the days you want the alarm to ring, then touch OK.
To temporarily disable an alarm On the Alarms screen, clear the green bar of the alarm time you want to disable. Green bar To delete an alarm 1 On the Alarms screen, touch the alarm time you want to delete. 2 On the Set alarm screen, touch Delete. To enable the alarm in silent mode You can choose if the alarm should ring when the device is in silent mode. 1 On the Alarms screen, touch the Menu button → Settings.
Sound Recorder Open this application to record voice and sounds and then play them back. You can also set the recording as a ringtone for your device. NOTE: The sound recorder only supports recording in the amr format. 1 Touch the Launcher button 2 Touch to start recording. 3 Touch to end recording. → Sound Recorder 4 Touch to start playback of the recording; touch playback. . to stop 5 Touch Save this recording to save the recording on the SD card.
Synchronizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet and Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync The Dell Mobile Sync (powered by Nero™) software allows you to copy or sync music, photos, videos, and Outlook contacts between your device and a computer. NOTE: The Dell Mobile Sync software is supported by Microsoft Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista, and Windows 7 operating systems. To install the Dell Mobile Sync software on your computer 1 Connect the supplied USB cable to your device and a computer.
3 If the Dell Mobile Sync installer does not start automatically: a Double-click the new Removable Disk that appears on your computer. b Navigate to the Dell Mobile Sync folder on the removable disk. c Double-click the InstallDellMSync.exe file to start the installation. NOTE: You can also download and install the Dell Mobile Sync software from support.dell.com/support/downloads.
Troubleshooting Problem Possible causes Possible solutions System problems Battery does not charge The battery or battery Contact the dealer. charger is damaged. The device’s temperature is Adjust the battery charging environment to avoid below 0°C or higher than extreme temperatures. 45°C. Poor contact between the battery and charger. Check all connectors to ensure that all connections have been properly made. Unable to turn the device on. The battery is empty. Charge the device.
Problem Possible causes Possible solutions Internet problems Unable to connect to the You are not within the network’s service area. network. Check the service area with your service provider. Poor signal. Move to an open space or if you are inside a building, move closer to a window. Your device is in Airplane mode with no wireless connectivity. Touch the Home button The device records video sounds in amr format, but Windows Media Player does not support amr decoding.
NOTE: To exit the Safe mode, turn off your device and turn it on normally again. Emergency Recovery If your device does not turn on or respond due to corrupt system files, you can perform an emergency recovery by restoring your device to the factory default state, or by upgrading the software on your device. To restore your device to the factory default state 1 Press and hold the power button and then touch the Power off option on the screen to turn off the device.
To upgrade the device software 1 Connect an SD card to your computer. 2 On your computer, go to support.dell.com and follow the instructions to download the software upgrade package “update.pkg” to the SD card. NOTE: The device only recognizes the software upgrade package as “update.pkg”. Rename the downloaded package to “update.pkg” if it is not named so. 3 Disconnect the SD card from the computer and install the SD card into the device.
Index A Alarm Clock, 123 Camera, 109 Camcorder, 110 Shoot videos, 110 Take pictures, 109 Android Market, 95 Charging, 11 Applications Definition, 16 Erase data, 45 Navigate, 33 Recently used, 34 Shortcuts, 34 Connection To a computer, 111 Wi-Fi, 48 Airplane Mode, 50 Contacts, 36 Add, 36 Sync, 38 View, 37 B Controls, 6 Touch screen, 13 Battery Charge, 11 Customize, 100 Bluetooth, 112 Button Back, 7 Home, 8 Menu, 7 Power and Sleep/Wake, 7 Volume up/down, 6 C Calculator, 125 Calendar, 120 Camcorde
Turn on, 11 Disable all connections, 50 Display settings, 100 E E-mail, 57 Emergency recovery, 131 I Internet Browse, 50 Connection, 48 K Keyboard, 39 Erase all data, 46 L Language, 104 F Facebook, 60 Force power off, 47 M Maps, 75 G Gallery, 115 Music, 117 Create a playlist, 119 Playback, 118 Gmail, 68 Google Account Setup, 68 Google Maps, 75 Google Maps Navigation, 86 N Navigation, 86 News and Weather, 90 Google Search, 43 Google Talk, 71 O On-Screen Keyboard, 39 H Home screen, 17 Customize,
PIN Device, 107 Places, 85 Pop-Up menu, 39 Shortcuts, 34 Add, 24 Definition, 17 Software upgrade, 132 Sound, 101 Stage widgets, 20 R Recorder, 126 Status bar, 29 Icons, 30 Ringtone, 101 Synchronize Google Data, 99 Synchronize with Computer Use Dell Mobile Sync, 127 S Safe Mode, 130 Screen Orientation, 16 Turn off/on, 12 Screen Unlock Pattern, 105 Create, 105 Disable/change, 106 Settings, 107 SD card, 111 Format, 45 Insert, 10 Remove, 45 Set as USB drive, 111 Turn off USB storage, 112 Unmount, 45 Searc
Definition, 16 Google Search, 43 Wi-Fi, 48 Y YouTube, 92 136 Index
