HTC HD2 User Manual
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Contents Welcome to T-Mobile Introduction................................................................................................................... 17 T-Mobile Services and Applications..................................................................... 18 Voice/Phone.................................................................................................................18 Voicemail.........................................................................................................
Switching to Sleep mode......................................................................................32 Turning the power off.............................................................................................33 1.6 Home Screen....................................................................................................... 33 1.7 Status Icons..........................................................................................................34 1.8 Notifications.............
2.2 Answering and Ending Calls........................................................................... 51 Accepting or rejecting an incoming call.........................................................51 During a call.................................................................................................................53 2.3 Using Call History............................................................................................... 55 2.4 Speed Dial..................................
3.7 Mail........................................................................................................................... 74 Adding your Internet email account................................................................74 Adding your Outlook work account................................................................75 Checking and reading email................................................................................77 3.8 Internet...................................................
3.16 Weather.................................................................................................................98 Adding a city.............................................................................................................. 98 Weather settings...................................................................................................... 99 3.17 Settings................................................................................................................
Chapter 5 Entering Text 5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard......................................................................117 Full QWERTY............................................................................................................. 118 Compact QWERTY................................................................................................. 118 Phone Keypad...........................................................................................................
Stopping sync partnership with your My Phone Web account....... 135 Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer......... 136 Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 7.1 Sending Text Messages...................................................................................137 7.2 Sending Multimedia Messages.....................................................................138 Creating a slideshow.............................................................................................140 7.
11 Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 8.1 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server...............................................163 Setting up an Exchange Server connection.............................................. 163 Starting synchronization..................................................................................... 163 8.2 Working With Company Email Messages............................................... 164 Automatic synchronization through Direct Push...........
Mobile view................................................................................................................ 183 Zooming and panning.......................................................................................... 183 Opera Mobile menu................................................................................................184 9.3 Using Internet Explorer Mobile....................................................................185 The browser screen........................
13 Chapter 10 Bluetooth 10.1 Bluetooth Modes............................................................................................. 204 Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible.........................205 10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships................................................................................. 206 Creating a Bluetooth partnership..................................................................206 Accepting a Bluetooth partnership.......................................
11.4 Google Maps......................................................................................................224 Searching a place of interest............................................................................ 224 Using Street View.................................................................................................. 226 Using Layers............................................................................................................. 228 11.
15 Creating playlists....................................................................................................254 Troubleshooting......................................................................................................254 12.4 Using Audio Booster.......................................................................................255 12.5 Using FM Radio.................................................................................................256 Saving presets...............
Sound & Display...................................................................................................... 276 Data services............................................................................................................ 276 Location...................................................................................................................... 277 Security.......................................................................................................................
Welcome to T-Mobile Introduction This User Manual provides you with detailed instructions on using your T-Mobile® phone and services. You will also find information from the following sources: T-Mobile Customer Care The T-Mobile Customer Care team offers responsive, knowledgeable customer support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In addition, you can always access free online help for your phone at support.t-mobile.com, and for your account at my.t-mobile.com.
Welcome to T-Mobile T-Mobile Services and Applications With your new T-Mobile phone and T-Mobile’s service package, you get the freedom of excellent voice and broadband connectivity in many locations nationwide. Important By using T-Mobile services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agreed to be bound by each of the terms and conditions of the Service Agreement.
Welcome to T-Mobile 19 Voicemail Your T-Mobile phone has been programmed to forward calls when your line is busy or when you are not available. T-Mobile’s voicemail system offers your caller the option to record a voice message that you can play back at your convenience or to send a numeric page to your phone. Note Airtime charges apply to receipt and retrieval of voicemail messages. Email Email Set Up Wizard provides you unlimited access to your work and personal email.
Welcome to T-Mobile Picture and Video Messaging rates, and information on phones and participating services capable of receiving picture and video messages. For more information about sending picture and video messages, see Chapter 7. Instant Messaging (IM) Your phone comes with instant messaging (IM) applications pre-installed for your convenience. Your normal screen name and password work just as they would on any computer connected to the Internet.
Welcome to T-Mobile 21 Activating Service If your service has not been activated, then follow the steps in this section to activate. The T-Mobile Activations representative will set up your service and assign your mobile number. It takes about 20 minutes to activate voice service and may take up to 24 hours to activate data service. Business and government accounts may take additional time to activate voice and data service.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 Inside the Box You will find the following inside the box: • HTC HD2 phone with battery • USB sync cable • AC adapter • Power plug • 3.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 23 1.2 Getting to Know Your Phone Front panel Earpiece Notification LED Touch Screen TALK/SEND END/POWER BACK HOME START Button Function Notification LED This LED shows a: • Flashing green light when there is a missed call, new text message, new email, or other notification. • Solid green light when the phone is connected to the power adapter or a computer and the battery is fully charged. • Solid amber light when the battery is being charged.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Button Function TALK/SEND This a multipurpose button that you can: • Press to answer a call or dial out. • Press and hold to speak a voice command. • Press and hold during a call to turn the speakerphone on and off. • Press while viewing a message to call the sender. HOME Press to return to the Home screen. START • Press to open the Start screen. • While on the Start screen, press twice to return to the Home screen. BACK Press to return to the previous screen.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 25 Left panel VOLUME UP Press to increase the earpiece volume during a call or the speaker volume. VOLUME DOWN Press to decrease the earpiece volume during a call or the speaker volume. Bottom panel 3.5mm Audio Jack Connect a 3.5mm wired headset for hands-free conversation or for listening to music. Microphone Sync Connector • Connect the power adapter to recharge the battery. • Connect the supplied USB cable to sync your phone with your computer.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.3 Before Charging the Battery and Turning On Your Phone When you take your phone out from the box and remove the back cover, you will find that the battery is inside the phone, with a thin film inserted in between the battery and the battery compartment. You need to remove this film and reinsert the battery before charging or turning the phone on. Also install your SIM card before turning the phone on.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 27 Inserting the SIM card The SIM card contains your phone number, service details, and phonebook/message memory. Your phone supports both 1.8V and 3 V SIM cards. Note Some legacy SIM cards may not function with your phone. You should consult with your mobile operator for a replacement SIM card. There may be fees for this service. SIM CAR D micr oSD 1. Insert the SIM card with its gold contacts facing down and its cut-off corner facing out. 2.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Replacing the back cover After the thin film has been removed, and the SIM card and battery have been inserted, put back the back cover. Secure the right side of the back cover first and then press down the cover into place.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 29 1.4 Charging the Battery The battery is partially charged. Before you turn on and start using your phone, it is recommended that you charge the battery. Some batteries perform best after several full charge/discharge cycles. 1. Attach the power plug to the AC adapter. 2. Connect one end of the USB sync cable to the sync connector on your phone. 3. Connect the other end of the USB sync cable to the USB port of the AC adapter. 4.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Warning! To reduce the risk of fire or burns: • Do not attempt to open, disassemble, or service the battery pack. • Do not crush, puncture, short external contacts, or dispose of in fire or water. • Do not expose to temperatures above 60oC (140oF). • Replace only with the battery pack designated for this product. • Recycle or dispose of used battery as stipulated by local regulations. 1.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 31 1. Your phone first walks you through a tutorial on how to use the onscreen keyboard. Follow through the tutorial to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard. 2. If there are Wi-Fi® networks in range, a message asks you whether to connect to a Wi-Fi network. Tap OK and then tap the wireless network that you want, or tap Cancel to set up your WiFi connection at a later time. 3.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 7. The subsequent screen displays the Web address from which the PC synchronization software can be downloaded. Note down the Web address so you can download and install the synchronization software on your computer later on, and then tap Next. 8. The final screen shows you where you can learn more about using your phone. Tap Finish. Switching to Sleep mode Briefly press the END/POWER button to turn off the display temporarily and switch your phone to Sleep mode.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 33 Turning the power off If you do not need to use your phone, you can turn the power off to save battery life. 1. If the display is off, press the END/POWER button to turn the display back on. 2. Unlock your phone if the Lock screen is displayed. See “Lock Screen” for details. 3. Press and hold END/POWER for a few seconds. 4. On the Quick List screen, tap Power Off. 1.
Chapter 1 Getting Started as well as add quick links to people who matter most to you, your favorite websites, and applications. For more information about using the Home screen, see Chapter 3. 1.7 Status Icons Status icons are displayed in the title bar at the top of the screen. The following are some of the status icons that you may see on your phone.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 35 No phone service Wireless network(s) available No signal Connected to a wireless network Voice call in progress Uploading photo or video Speakerphone on Photo or video upload completed Multiple notifications Connection is active Alarm Connection is not active Wired headset connected Sync in progress Bluetooth on Call on hold Bluetooth visible mode on Calls are forwarded Bluetooth stereo audio Roaming Bluetooth hands-free Dialing while no SIM card is inserte
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.8 Notifications When you tap any of the status icons in the title bar, the Notifications screen opens and displays the remaining battery status, call duration of an ongoing phone call, as well as network connection status, such as Wi-Fi (if your phone is connected to a Wi-Fi network), data connection usage (if your data connection is on), and other types of connections.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 37 1.9 Start Screen The Start screen gives you one-touch access to the programs and settings of your phone. To open the Start screen, tap Start ( ) at the top left corner of the screen, or press the START button ( ). On the Start screen: • Swipe your finger up or down to scroll through the screen. • Tap the Today icon to return to the Home screen. See “Home” in Chapter 3 for details. • Tap an icon to open the corresponding program or open a folder containing more programs.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.10 Lock Screen The Lock screen is displayed whenever your phone is locked. You can lock your phone to prevent accidental button or touch screen presses when the phone is in your bag or pocket. Locking your phone Your phone automatically locks when one of the following occurs: • The display is turned off (automatically or you have pressed the END/POWER button) and your phone goes to sleep mode. See “Switching to Sleep mode” earlier in this chapter for details.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 39 Unlocking your phone When you see the Lock screen, slide the Lock button ( right to unlock your phone. Note ) left or If you have set a password for your phone, you will be prompted for the password when you unlock the phone. See “Protecting your phone with a password” in Chapter 14 for information on setting a password.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Note If you have set a password for your phone, you will be prompted for the password before you can view the information. See “Protecting your phone with a password” in Chapter 14 for information on setting a password. Receiving a call when the phone is locked You can receive and answer calls even when your phone is locked. For more information about answering calls, see “Answering and Ending Calls” in Chapter 2.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 41 1.11 Adjusting the Volume You can set a single volume for both the system and the ring volume, or set their volumes separately. You can also separately control the phone volume of an ongoing call. Setting the system and ring volumes By default, your phone lets you separately set the system (notifications and audio/video playback) and the ring volume. 1. Press the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the left panel of your phone to open the Volume screen 2.
Chapter 1 Getting Started Setting a single volume You can turn on the the Single Volume option to set a single volume for both the system and the ring volume. See “To set and adjust a single ring and system volume” in Chapter 14 for details. Adjusting the phone call volume Press the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the left panel of your phone to adjust the volume during an ongoing call For more information about making and receiving phone calls, see Chapter 2. 1.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 43 • To auto-scroll, flick your finger left or right. Tap the screen to stop scrolling. Finger panning You can use finger panning to move to and view other parts of a zoomed photo, Web page, document, or an email. To pan, press and hold on the touch screen and then drag your finger in any direction. Pinch zooming When you are viewing Web pages, photos, messages, or documents, zoom in and out freely with just a simple pinch of your fingers.
Chapter 1 Getting Started On certain screens wherein some onscreen controls or icons appear small and hard to tap on, you can also use pinch zooming to zoom in and out. After zooming in, the onscreen control or icon becomes larger and you can easily tap it with your finger. You will also see a small preview window, and you can drag your finger around this window to pan around the zoomed screen.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 45 1.13 Connecting Your Phone to a Computer Whenever you connect your phone to the computer with the USB cable, the Connect to PC screen displays and prompts you to choose the type of USB connection: ActiveSync Select this mode when you need to do the following: • Sync Outlook email messages, contacts, calendar appointments, files, and other data between your phone and your computer. • Have read and write access to the whole phone.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 2.1 Making Calls To make a call, you can either dial a number or select a contact you want to call. While viewing a message that you received, you can also directly call the sender of the message if the sender’s phone number is stored in your contacts. Before you begin making calls, add contacts to your phone by creating new contacts or synchronizing contacts to your phone. For more information about adding contacts, see “Adding Contacts to Your Phone” in Chapter 4.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 47 1. To open the Phone dialer screen, press the TALK/SEND button on your phone. 2. Begin entering the first few numbers or letters by tapping the keys on the Phone keypad. As you enter numbers or letters, the Phone dialer screen displays matches found. If you tap a wrong number or character, tap to erase each subsequent digit or character. To erase the entire entry, press and hold . 3. Tap to close the keypad and to see if there are more matching numbers or contacts found.
4. To call a number or contact, do one of the following: • Tap the desired phone number or contact from the list. • To call a different phone number associated with the contact, tap the contact card icon on the right side of the contact name. On the contact summary screen, tap the number you want to call. Tips • During a call, use the VOLUME UP/DOWN button on the side of your phone to adjust the phone volume.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 49 Making an emergency call On the Phone dialer screen, enter the emergency number (911) and then press the TALK/SEND button on your phone. Making an international call (plus code dialing) To make an international call, first press and hold the number 0 key on the Phone dialer screen until the plus (+) sign appears. The plus (+) sign replaces the international prefix of the country that you are calling.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls • Tap Yes, use number above to dial the displayed number. • To change the prepended code to another country, tap the country selection box and choose the country that you want. The displayed number now changes with the code of your selected country prepended. Tap Yes, use number above to dial the displayed number.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 51 2.2 Answering and Ending Calls When you receive a phone call, the Incoming Voice Call screen will appear, allowing you to either answer or ignore the call. Accepting or rejecting an incoming call To answer a call Press the TALK/SEND button, or fully slide the center button of the Answer/Ignore bar to the left. To reject a call Press the END/POWER button, or fully slide the center button of the Answer/Ignore bar to the right.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls To reject a call and send a text message When you are busy and unable to take an incoming call, you can send a text message to the caller and reject the incoming voice call. Tap Send Text when you have an incoming call, use the preset message or enter another message, and then tap Send.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 53 3. Scroll down the screen and then tap Pocket mode to turn this feature on. 4. Tap Back to return to the Home screen’s Settings tab. During a call When a call is in progress, use the onscreen buttons to put a call on hold, dial another contact for a phone conference, mute the call, or put the call on speakerphone.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls To use the speakerphone Placing your phone face down automatically turns on the speakerphone. To turn the speakerphone off, place your phone face up. You can also tap the onscreen Speaker button ( ) or press and hold the TALK/SEND button to turn the speakerphone on or off. The speakerphone icon ( speakerphone is on. Warning! ) appears in the title bar when the To decrease potential damage to your hearing, do not hold the phone against your ear when the speakerphone is on.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 55 2.3 Using Call History The missed call icon ( ) appears in the title bar when you missed a call. Use the Call History to check who the caller was or view all your dialed numbers and received calls. Missed call Received call Dialed number You can access the Call History from People, the Notifications screen, or from the Phone dialer’s menu: • On the Home screen, slide to the People tab, tap All People, and then tap the Call History tab (rightmost tab).
Chapter 2 Phone Calls To view the exchange of calls with a particular contact only, tap the Contact Card button ( ) that appears to the right of the contact. 2.4 Speed Dial Use Speed Dial to call frequently-used numbers with a single tap. For example, if you assign a contact to the location 2 in Speed Dial, you can press and hold the number 2 key on the Phone dialer keypad to dial the contact’s number.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 57 Making a call using Speed Dial Do the following to call the contact that is assigned to a speed dial key: • On the Phone dialer screen, press and hold the assigned key, if it is a single-digit speed dial number. • To dial a two-digit speed dial number, tap the first number key first, and then press and hold the second number key. 2.5 Making Conference Calls There are two ways to start a conference call from the Phone dialer screen.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 4. Tap to close the Phone dialer keypad so you can scroll and select from contacts or phone numbers. 5. Select conference call participants by selecting the check boxes of contacts or phone numbers, and then tap Conference. The participants list is then displayed. Tips • If you want to choose from other stored phone numbers of a participant, tap the Phone Selection button ( ) that appears next to the participant’s name and then select another number.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 59 8. When the second call is connected, tap the Join button ( ) to add it to the conference call. After combining the calls to the conference, dial the next participant. 9. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until all participants are added and connected to the conference call. 10. While the conference call is in progress, you can still dial and add more calls. Tap Invite participants ( ) to dial another call. At most, you can have up to five participants in the conference call.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls During the conference call You can turn on the speakerphone during the conference call by simply placing your phone face down. When you tap a participant while the conference call is in progress, you will see these buttons: To talk in private with the selected participant, tap the Private button ( ). This separates the participant from the conference call and puts the others on hold.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 61 To end the conference call and stay connected with the private call, tap Menu > End Active Calls. To end the private call and the conference call, tap Menu > End All Calls. If you do not have any private call, tapping the End Call button at the bottom of the screen ends the conference call.
Chapter 2 Phone Calls 2.6 Turning the Phone Connection On and Off In many countries, you are required by law to turn off the phone while on board an aircraft. To enable or disable the phone connection 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls. 2. Tap the Off/On switch at the right side of the Phone option to enable or disable the phone connection.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.1 About the Home Screen The Home screen is the quickest route to the essential features of your phone, which include People, Messages, Mail, Internet, and more. The tabs at the bottom of the Home screen correspond to the different phone features. Home screen tabs Note Home Calendar People Stocks Messages Footprints Mail Recent Documents Internet Twitter Photos & Videos Weather Music Settings The Footprints tab is hidden from the Home screen by default.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.2 Switching Between the Tabs of the Home Screen To switch between the tabs, you can do one of the following: • Tap the desired tab on the Home screen. • Press and hold your finger on the active tab, and then slide your finger right or left over the tabs. Release when you have selected the desired tab. Tip While on any other tab or screen, press the HOME button to return to the Home tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 65 3.3 Personalizing Home Screen Tabs You can move or hide the tabs on the Home screen, except for the Home tab. The Settings tab can be moved on the Home screen but cannot be hidden. 1. On the Home tab, tap Menu > Personalize Home Screen Tabs. 2. To move a tab, press and hold the icon before the tab name, and then drag it up or down the tabs list. Release the icon when you reach the desired location. 3. To hide a tab, clear the check box at the right of the tab name.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Weather clock Date Alarm icon Calendar appointment Quick links Changing the wallpaper On the Home tab, you will see a lifelike animation of your current weather. You can change the wallpaper of this weather animation or choose another animated wallpaper for the Home tab. On the Home tab, tap Menu > Home Wallpaper and do one of the following: • To choose another wallpaper image for the weather animation, tap Weather Wallpaper.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 67 To reset the Home tab back to the weather animation, tap Menu > Home Wallpaper > Weather Wallpaper and select any wallpaper image. Updating weather information Your phone can determine your current location and display your local time and weather conditions on the weather clock.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 4. On the World Clock screen, scroll through the list of cities and select a city. To select, tap on the circle that appears to the left of the city. Tips • You can rearrange or remove cities on the World Clock screen. Tap Menu > Rearrange Cities and then drag them to the order that you want. Tap Menu > Remove Cities to delete one or more cities. • Locations that you added to the World Clock screen are also added to the Weather tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 69 Setting the alarm clock When the alarm clock is not enabled, “Alarm Off” will be shown on the Home tab. Tap it to open the Alarm Clock screen so you can turn on and set the alarm clock. 1. On the Alarm Clock screen, tap an Off/On switch to turn on an alarm clock. You can turn on and set up to three alarm clocks. 2. Tap the time of one of the alarm clocks that you turned on. 3. On the Set Alarm screen, set the time and days when to sound the alarm clock.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Adding quick links Quick links are shortcuts that give you one-touch access to your favorite programs, people who matter most to you, and frequentlyvisited websites. The Home tab already contains preset quick links that you can remove to make room for your own customized quick links. Up front on the Home tab, you can add up to nine quick links. To remove preset quick links 1. On the Home tab, tap Menu > Remove Quick Links. 2.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 71 Note When you swipe your finger up on the screen, the appearance of the Home tab changes, showing only the date, time, and alarm icon on a horizontal bar. Tap the horizontal bar when you want to change the date, time, or alarm clock setting. (Tapping the horizontal bar opens the World Clock screen.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.5 People Add the people who matter most to you to the People tab so you can quickly make calls or send text and email messages to them without going through your contacts list. You need to have contacts already stored on your phone before you can add them to the People tab. From the People tab, you can also set up your own contact card and share it, add new contacts, and easily view exchanged text, multimedia and email messages with a contact.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 73 3.6 Messages Quickly browse through and read text messages as they arrive directly from the Messages tab. This tab also displays received multimedia messages. An attachment icon is shown to indicate that a received message is a multimedia message. You only see the subject of the multimedia message. Text message Multimedia message On the Messages tab, you can: • Swipe your finger up or down the screen to flip through received text and multimedia messages.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen screen to create a new text message. • Tap All Messages to access your inbox and other message folders. • Tap Menu to access more options for handling messages. For more information about working with text and multimedia messages, see Chapter 7. 3.7 Mail Set up your email accounts on the Mail tab so you can easily check your email and send email messages.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 75 enter more details, such as the incoming and outgoing email server settings. Obtain these settings from your email provider. 6. If you want your phone to automatically send your email messages and download received email at a set interval, select the Send/Receive E-mail automatically check box and then choose the desired time interval. 7. Tap Done.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Also consult your network administrator if the option, This server requires an encrypted (SSL) connection, needs to be enabled or disabled. 5. Select Mail and other information types to sync with the Exchange Server. 6. By default, your phone is set to use Direct Push so that Outlook email and other information can be instantly synchronized to your phone as they arrive or are updated on the Exchange Server at work.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 77 Checking and reading email Your email accounts When you have newly received or unread email messages, the icon on the Mail tab and the respective icons of your email accounts will show the number of new email messages. The mail icons displayed on the right side of the screen are your email accounts. Tap an icon to select an email account.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.8 Internet Easily search for information on the Web. Directly on the Internet tab, you can enter words on the search bar and then tap the Search icon ( ) to open the Web browser and locate the information that you want. You can also tap Launch Browser or the globe image to open the Web browser. Search bar Web favorite For more information about using the Web browser, see Chapter 9.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 79 3.9 Photos & Videos Get full enjoyment when glancing photos and watching videos with the extra large screen of your phone. On the Photos & Videos tab, you can view your photos and videos either in portrait or landscape view. Portrait view When you are holding your phone upright, flip through photos and videos by swiping your finger up or down the screen.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Landscape view While you’re on the Photos & Videos tab, turning your phone sideways to the left changes the screen to landscape view. In landscape orientation, you get a wider view of the screen and can glide through your photos and videos with more ease. To browse through photos and videos If you have lots of photos and videos, flick left or right across the screen to quickly skim through them.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 81 3.10 Music Enjoy listening to music while on the go. Download or copy entire albums or selected music tracks to your phone and listen to them using the Music tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 1 Tap to update album covers. (You can also tap Menu > Update Album Art and choose what to download and update.) 5 Note Updating album covers may result in additional data charges. Shows the repeat mode (Repeat All, Repeat One, or Repeat Off). Shows whether shuffle mode is on or off. Press and hold on the thin bar below the album art to display the progress bar. Drag your finger right or left on the progress bar to move forward or backward in the current track.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 83 To select an album and listen to music 1. Tap the album cover of the music album that you want to bring up to the center of the screen. 2. After the selected album moves to the center of the screen, tap it again or tap the Track List button ( ) at the bottom left of the screen to display the music tracks of this album. 3. Tap the Play button ( ) at the bottom right of the screen to listen to the whole album.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Finding albums and music tracks in the Library The Library organizes music into categories, such as All Songs, Artists, Albums, Genres, and more. If you added new albums or music tracks to your phone, you can find them in the Library. 1. On the Music tab, tap Library. 2. The tabs at the bottom of the Library screen correspond to the different categories. Select a category.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 85 To create a playlist 1. On the Music tab, tap Library. 2. Tap or slide to the Playlists tab. 3. Tap Menu > New, enter a playlist name, and then tap Done. 4. On the Playlists screen, tap the playlist you have just created, and then tap Add Songs. 5. On the subsequent screen, tap or slide your finger across the tabs to select a category. For instance, to select music tracks from a certain album, tap the Albums tab and then tap the album that you want. 6.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.11 Calendar Keep track of your important appointments and events with the calendar. The Calendar tab displays a monthly calendar with markers to inform you of the dates that you have appointments and events. You can also change the tab to display in day, week, year, or agenda view. Note Agenda view displays appointments for the next seven days, including the current day.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 87 7. Fill in the other details of the appointment. 8. When finished, tap Done. Viewing and managing your appointments In month view, the highlighted date indicates that it is the current date. Dates with appointments are indicated by a triangle ( ) at the upper-right corner of the date box. To check your appointments To check what appointments you have during a certain date, tap a date on the month calendar.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen In Day view, tap an appointment to view complete details of that appointment. On the subsequent screen, you can tap Menu to choose whether to edit or delete the appointment. When in month view, swipe your finger up or down the screen to display the next or previous month on the calendar. You can also tap the Up and Down arrows that appear on the left and right sides of the month.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 89 3.12 Stocks Get the latest stock updates by adding your favorite stock quotes and market indexes to the Stocks tab. Note Additional charges may apply when downloading stock or stock market information. Adding stock quotes and market indexes You can add up to 30 stock quotes and market indexes to the Stocks tab. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Stocks tab and then tap Menu > Add Stock. 2.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen Viewing stock information The Stocks tab lists all your stock quotes and stock market indexes, including the current price or volume, and the change in price or volume from the previous trading day. The change in price or volume box indicates whether the stock or stock market has gained (green) or declined (red). 1 2 1 3 2 4 3 4 5 5 Swipe your finger upward to scroll down the list of stock quotes on the Stocks tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 91 3.13 Footprints Record the chronicles of your life. Wherever you go, take photos of the places you visited and store their GPS location and other details to your phone. From the Footprints tab, you can then easily flip through the photos and find your favorite places again. Note The Footprints tab is hidden from the Home screen by default. To learn how to show hidden tabs, see “Personalising Home Screen Tabs” in this chapter.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.14 Recent Documents The Recent Documents tab keeps Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat documents stored on your phone or storage card, or received as email attachments accessible from one convenient location. Large preview thumbnails make it easy to browse and find documents. You can also open documents for viewing or editing, and download documents sent as email attachments right from the Recent Documents tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 93 • Tap All Documents to access more methods for sorting and finding documents. (See “Using the All Documents screen” for details.) • Tap Search to search for a specific document. (See “To search for a document” for details.) Landscape view While you’re on the Recent Documents tab, turning your phone sideways to the left changes the screen to landscape view. In landscape orientation, you get a wider view of the screen and can glide through your documents with more ease.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen To view additional information about the selected document, tap the Information button ( ) on the bottom left of the screen. Opening the All Documents screen The All Documents screen gives you access to all of the Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF documents on your phone. . From the Recent Documents tab on the Home screen, tap All Documents. The All Documents screen opens on the Title tab.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 95 Working with documents On the All Documents screen, swipe upward or downward on the screen to scroll through the list of your documents. From any tab on the All Documents screen, you can open a document for viewing or editing, search for documents, download and open documents received as email attachments, and more. 4 1 2 5 6 3 1 Icon indicating the document type. Tap to open the document. 2 Document received as an email attachment that has not been downloaded.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen To search for a document 1. Tap the search button ( screen. ) in the upper-right corner of the 2. On the Search Documents screen, begin entering your search query. Matching documents are displayed as you type. Note You can search for a document’s file name and for text within the document. For documents sent via email, you can also search for the sender, subject or text of the email. 3. Tap a document in the search results to open it.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 97 3.15 Twitter Enjoy twittering directly from your phone. On the Twitter tab, you can type in and send your tweet. This tab also readily displays the most recent tweets from the people that you follow. See “Twittering on Your Phone” in Chapter 9 for details.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.16 Weather Your phone automatically connects to the Internet to download weather information. On the Weather tab, it displays the weather information of your current location and other preselected cities. The current day’s weather as well as the weather conditions for the next four days of the week are displayed. On the Weather tab, you can: • Swipe your finger up or down the screen to view the weather in other cities.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 99 country or city name. The screen then displays a matching list of locations. Scroll through the list and then tap the name of the desired city. Your phone then downloads the weather information of the city that you selected and adds it to the Weather tab. Weather settings You can change the displayed temperature to Celsius or Fahrenheit on the Weather tab. You can also enable or disable auto download options and change the download time. 1.
Chapter 3 Using the Home Screen 3.17 Settings Changing or tweaking settings is as easy as one, two, three. With the phone settings neatly organized on the Settings tab and labeled with clear descriptions, you can easily find what you are looking for and just tap your way to the setting you want to change. For more information about changing phone settings, see Chapter 14.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.1 It’s All About People Bringing people who matter most closer to you – that’s what your phone is all about. Add everyone you know to your phone to keep them within reach. For even faster communication, you can put people you keep in touch with often up front on your Home screen’s People tab. You can also add your own personal details to your phone and easily send this information to others.
4.2 Adding and Sharing Your Personal Details You can save your phone number and personal details to your phone and easily send them to your family, friends, and other people. Adding your personal details My Contact Card stores your personal details on your phone. There are two ways to add your personal details to My Contact Card. To enter your personal details to My Contact Card On your phone, enter your personal details directly to My Contact Card. 1.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 103 To sync your Outlook contact card from your computer and save to the phone’s My Contact Card If you are using Microsoft® Office Outlook® on your computer, you can create your own contact card containing your personal details on your computer and sync it along with other Outlook contacts to your phone. To find out how to sync your computer with your phone, see Chapter 6. After synchronization is complete, do the following: 1.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.3 Adding Contacts to Your Phone There are several ways to add contacts to your phone. You can: • Create new contacts on your phone. See “Creating new contacts” for details. • Sync Outlook contacts from your computer to your phone. See Chapter 6 for details. • Sync contacts from your existing Microsoft® My Phone account, if you have one. See “Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone” in Chapter 6 for details.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 105 6. To add the photo of your contact, tap the Contact Photo icon ( ) on the upper-right corner of the New Contact Card screen. Choose whether to use the Facebook photo, select a photo from Albums, or take a photo. 7. When you have finished entering all the contact details, tap Done. Tip Tap More at the bottom of the New Contact Card screen to enter additional contact information. To create a SIM contact 1.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.4 Working With Favorite Contacts You need to have contacts already stored on your phone before you can add them as favorite contacts to the Home screen’s People tab. If there are no existing contacts, create or sync them first on your phone. See “Adding Contacts to Your Phone” in this chapter for details. Adding favorite contacts to the People tab You can add up to 15 favorite contacts to the Home screen’s People tab.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 107 Tip To remove favorite contacts from the People tab, tap Menu > Remove Favorite, tap the photos of the contacts you want to remove, and then tap Done. Quickly calling or sending a message to a favorite contact On the Home screen’s People tab, the following icons are shown on each photo to indicate the type of contact method that is associated to each favorite contact.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.5 Viewing and Managing Your Contacts To look for contacts on your phone, go to the Home screen’s People tab and then tap All People. The People screen then opens. On the People screen, tap or slide your finger right or left at the bottom of the screen to switch between the following tabs: 1 1 All 2 Favorites 3 Groups 4 Updates and Events 5 Call History 2 3 4 5 Lists all contacts on your phone and on the SIM card.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 109 Browsing and finding contacts On the People screen, the All tab shows you the complete list of contacts that are stored on your phone and your SIM card. Swipe upward or downward on the screen to scroll through the contacts list. Use the Quick Scroll Bar or the Search button to quickly find the contacts that you want. 4 5 1 The “f” icon indicates that the photo is the contact’s Facebook profile photo.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.6 Viewing Contact Information and Exchange of Communications With the Contact Your phone organizes contact details, text and multimedia messages, email conversations, Facebook information, and phone logs of a contact all in one place. Simply tap a contact name from the contacts list to view all these information. After you selected a contact, the Contact Details screen opens.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 111 Changing the number for sending text and multimedia messages By default, the number that’s entered to the Mobile field in the contact details is the primary phone number to which your text and multimedia messages are sent when you tap Send Message on the Contact Details screen. If a contact has two or more mobile phone numbers for personal use and work, you can change the primary phone number on the Contact Details screen for sending messages to the contact. 1.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 4.7 Contact Groups By organizing contacts into groups, sending messages to several contacts is a lot easier. Using groups to categorize contacts is also a way of filtering the contacts list so that browsing and finding contacts can be faster and easier. Creating a contact group Create a group of contacts so you can easily send a text or multimedia message to the group without having to add the addressed contacts to your message one by one. 1.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 113 Filtering the contacts list by group If you have a long list of contacts, you can more easily browse and find the contacts that you want by filtering the list to display only a certain group of contacts. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People. 2. Tap Menu > Filter. 3. Select the group name that you want and then tap Done. 4.
Chapter 4 Staying Close Checking all Facebook updates and events You can check yours and other people’s Facebook updates and events in one convenient location. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People. 2. Tap the Updates and Events tab ( ). 3. If you haven’t linked your stored contacts to their Facebook accounts, the Updates and Events tab will show a Link Profiles option. Tap this option, choose which contacts you want to link to Facebook, and then tap Done. 4.
Chapter 4 Staying Close 115 5. In the Events list of the Updates and Events tab, you’ll see the events of your contacts, such as someone’s birthday or anniversary. Tap a contact in this list to open the Web browser so you can view more details about that contact’s events. 6. When you tap a contact in the Updates list, you will see the complete status message of the contact and other Facebook updates of the contact.
Chapter 4 Staying Close Updating your Facebook status You can share your thoughts to your Facebook contacts directly from your phone. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the People tab and then tap All People. 2. Tap Me to open your own contact card. . Scroll to the bottom of the screen and then tap your Facebook name. . Enter your status message in the provided text box and then tap Share.
Chapter 5 Entering Text 5.1 Using the Onscreen Keyboard When you start a program or select a field that allows you to enter text or numbers, a keyboard icon will be displayed at the bottom center of the screen to indicate that the onscreen keyboard is available for use. Tap the keyboard icon to display or hide the onscreen keyboard. Tap the Input Selector arrow that appears next to the keyboard icon to open a menu from which you can select different keyboard layouts and customize text input settings.
Chapter 5 Entering Text Full QWERTY The Full QWERTY is a full onscreen QWERTY keyboard layout similar to a desktop computer keyboard. Compact QWERTY The Compact QWERTY layout features two letters on each key. With its large, touchfriendly keys and enhanced features such as XT9 predictive input, you can enter text faster and more accurately. Phone Keypad The Phone Keypad is an onscreen keypad that has a layout similar to mobile phone keypads, plus some additional keys.
Chapter 5 Entering Text 119 Onscreen navigation pad Use the onscreen navigation pad for onscreen directional control. Onscreen navigation pad On the navigation pad, tap the up, down, left, or right key to move the text cursor in the direction that you want while you are entering or editing text. If you are browsing a list, you can tap the up or down key to navigate the list and select an item from the list. Entering text 1. Start a program that accepts text input, such as Word Mobile. 2.
Chapter 5 Entering Text • When using the Phone Keypad, tap a key once to enter the first letter, twice to enter the second letter, or three times to enter the third letter that is shown on the key. 5. Tap the CAPS shift key ( ) to enter an uppercase letter. Tap this key twice to turn Caps Lock on when you need to enter consecutive uppercase letters. 6. Press and hold a key to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that is shown on the upper half of the key.
Chapter 5 Entering Text 121 5.2 Using Predictive Mode XT9 is a predictive text input mode which displays a word suggestions list as you enter the first few characters so you just select the word that you want. To enter text using XT9 mode 1. Make sure that the input mode is set to XT9 ( ). 2. Start entering the first few letters of a word. As you enter each letter, suggested words will be displayed.
Chapter 5 Entering Text When using the Compact QWERTY or the Phone Keypad, you can also manually add new words to the dictionary. 1. While in XT9 mode, type a letter and then tap the down arrow icon ( ) on the right side of the word suggestions list. 2. Tap Add word. 3. Type the new word you want to add and then tap the check mark icon ( ). 5.
Chapter 5 Entering Text 123 To enter accented characters If you are using the Compact QWERTY or Phone Keypad, go to the last page of symbols to find accented characters. • Tap an accented character to enter it to your text. • Tap the CAPS shift key ( ) to turn on Caps Lock and enter accented characters in uppercase. Tap again to change back to lowercase. • Press and hold a key to choose from other similar accented characters.
Chapter 5 Entering Text 5.4 Text Input Settings Text input settings can be accessed either from the keyboard layout selection menu or from the phone settings: • From any of the keyboard layouts, tap the Input Selector arrow at the bottom of the screen and then tap Text Input Settings. Or, • On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Locale & text > Text input. On the Text Input Settings screen, tap the Off/On switches to enable or disable the various input settings.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 6.1 Ways of Synchronizing Your Phone You can take information wherever you go by synchronizing it to your phone. There are different ways you can sync your phone: • Sync information from your computer to your phone.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information • Sync your phone with Microsoft My Phone. If you have a Microsoft My Phone account, you can sync and restore the contacts, calendar appointments, photos, and other information that you stored on your account to your current Windows phone. See “Synchronizing With Microsoft My Phone” in this chapter for details. 6.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 127 6.3 Setting Up Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Mobile® Device Center is the replacement for Microsoft® ActiveSync® on Windows Vista®. Some versions of Windows Vista come with Windows Mobile Device Center already installed. If Windows Mobile Device Center is not available on your Windows Vista, go to the following website for information on downloading and installing Windows Mobile Device Center to your computer: http://www.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information Note Choose Connect without setting up your device if you only want to transfer media files, check for updates, and explore your phone but not sync Outlook information. 4. Select the items you want to sync and then click Next. 5. Enter a name for your phone and then click Set Up. When you finish the setup wizard, Windows Mobile Device Center syncs your phone automatically.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 129 • When you click Pictures, Music and Video > XX new pictures/ video clips are available for import, a wizard guides you to tag and transfer photos from your phone to the Photo Gallery on your computer. • Click Pictures, Music and Video > Add media to your device from Windows Media Player to sync music and video files using Windows Media Player. For more information, see “Using Windows Media Player Mobile” in Chapter 12.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 4. Select or clear the Allow wireless data connections check box according to your preference. 5. Click Finish. When you finish the wizard, ActiveSync syncs your phone automatically. Notice that Outlook email messages and other information appear on your phone after synchronization. 6.5 Synchronizing With Your Computer Connect and sync your phone with your computer using the USB cable or Bluetooth connection.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 131 From ActiveSync on your computer When you connect your phone to your computer, ActiveSync automatically opens on your computer and syncs. • To manually start synchronization, click . • To end synchronization before it completes, click . Selecting information to sync You can select the information types and the amount of information to sync for each type either on your phone or your computer. Follow the steps below to change sync settings on your phone.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information Troubleshooting sync connection problem In some cases, when the computer connects to the Internet or a local network, it may disconnect the connection with your phone in favor of the Internet or network connection. If this happens, slide to the Settings tab of the Home screen, tap Other > USB to PC, and then clear the Enable faster data synchronization check box. This makes your computer utilize a serial USB connection with your phone. 6.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 133 6. Enter an alphanumeric password, which can be 1 up to 16 characters, to create a secure Bluetooth connection with your computer, and then tap OK. 7. On your computer, accept the Bluetooth connection and enter the same password. 8. On the subsequent screen, select a serial port to use for ActiveSync, and then tap Continue. 9. The computer name now appears in the Devices tab ( ) of Bluetooth settings, with ActiveSync added as a service.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information • Connect your phone to the computer with a USB cable. If your phone is currently connected using Bluetooth, you must end that connection before media can be synchronized. • Set up a sync partnership between your phone and your computer’s Windows Media Player. See “Using Windows Media Player Mobile” in Chapter 12 for details. 6.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information 135 Changing sync settings To change sync settings such as the sync schedule and items to synchronize, you need to access the settings from the menu. To change which items to sync 1. Tap Start > Microsoft My Phone. 2. Tap Menu > Sync Options. 3. Select the items you want to include or exclude during synchronization. 4. Tap Done. To adjust sync schedule and roaming settings 1. Tap Start > Microsoft My Phone. 2. Tap Menu > Sync Schedule. 3.
Chapter 6 Synchronizing Information Managing your My Phone Web account from your computer You can use a Web browser on your computer to access your My Phone Web account and: • Add, edit, or delete contacts, calendar appointments, and other types of information. Changes will be synchronized with your phone. • View photos and videos that are stored on your My Phone account, delete them, save them to your computer, and more. • Share photos directly on Facebook, Flickr™, MySpace™ and Windows Live.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 7.1 Sending Text Messages Send short text messages (SMS) to other mobile phones. If you exceed the limit on the number of characters for a single text message, your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Messages tab. 2. Tap the New Message icon ( ). 3. Fill in one or more recipients.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages • Add a recipient from the Company Directory. Tap Menu > Add Recipient and then tap the Company tab. Tap the “Search in company directory” field and start entering the first few letters of the recipient’s name to display a matching list of names from the Company Directory. Tap the number to which you want to send your text message and then tap Done.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 139 1. Create a new message by following steps 1 to 4 in “Sending Text Messages”. When adding one or more recipients in the To field, select or enter the mobile phone number or email address of each recipient. 2. Tap the Attach button ( ) or tap Menu > Insert. 3. Choose what you want to include in your multimedia message. Types of attachments What to do Photo or Video Select a photo or video to attach to your message.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Creating a slideshow In a multimedia message, you can add slides, each containing a photo, video, audio, or other attachments such as a contact card or calendar appointment. 1. In your multimedia message, tap the Attach button ( Menu > Insert. 2. Tap Slideshow ( ) or tap ). 3. On the new slide, enter your subject. 4. Tap Insert Picture and then select a photo or video to add to the slide. If the photo size exceeds the remaining message size, tap Yes to resize.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 141 Tips While composing a text or multimedia message, you can: • Tap a recipient to open a menu and choose whether to call the recipient, change the person’s phone number before sending the message, remove the recipient, and more. • Tap Menu > Save as Draft to save your message as a draft. To resume editing the message, tap Menu > Drafts on the All Settings screen and then tap the message 7.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 7.4 Message Conversations Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are grouped into conversations or message threads. Threaded messages let you see exchanged text and multimedia messages with a contact in one place. Viewing the exchange of messages with a contact Go to the All Messages screen to select the contact for whom you want to view the exchange of messages. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Messages tab. 2.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 143 Tip Tapping a received text or multimedia message on the Home screen’s Messages tab also opens the contact’s Messages tab. Replying to conversations To reply to the contact in a conversation While viewing the exchange of messages with a contact, you can directly enter and send your reply to the contact in the reply window at the bottom of the screen. You can reply with a text or multimedia message.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages To reply to all contacts in a multimedia message conversation with multiple recipients If you want to reply to all contacts in a multimedia message conversation with multiple recipients, do one of the following: • On the All Messages screen, press and hold the multimedia message conversation you want to reply to and then tap Reply All. • While viewing a multimedia message thread, tap the message in the thread you want to reply to and then tap Reply All.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 145 2. To highlight and select text, you can: • Tap the Select All button to select the whole text in the source message. • Move the left and right anchor buttons to highlight and select a range of text in the source message. 3. After selecting the text that you want, tap the Copy button. 4. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen where your reply message is. Press and hold the reply window and then tap the Paste button.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Viewing a multimedia message When you receive a multimedia message, the Home screen’s Messages tab only displays the subject of the message. (If there is no subject, a short message about how to view MMS will be displayed.) You have to open the multimedia message to view the content. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Messages tab and tap the multimedia message that you received. The contact’s Messages tab then opens. 2. Tap the multimedia message you want to view.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 147 4. On the Save List screen, select the attachments that you want to save and then tap Done. 5. For each attachment, specify the file name, destination folder, and location (Main memory or Storage card) for saving the file and then tap Save. Managing individual messages and message threads While viewing the exchange of messages with a contact, you can select an individual message to forward, delete, copy or move between your phone and SIM card, and more.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages To delete a text or multimedia message 1. While you are viewing the exchange of messages with a contact, tap the text message that you want to delete. 2. A selection menu then opens. Tap Delete Message. To delete several text or multimedia messages from the thread 1. While you are viewing the exchange of messages with a contact, tap Menu > Delete Messages. 2.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 149 To forward a text or multimedia message • When you are on the Home screen’s Messages tab, you can forward the current text or multimedia message by tapping Menu > Forward. • When you are on the All Messages screen, you can select a contact and forward the most recent sent or received message. Press and hold the contact that has the message that you want and then tap Forward.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 7.5 Text and Multimedia Message Settings On the All Messages screen, tap Menu > Settings > Options to check the text and multimedia message settings available on your phone and change them to suit your needs. Adding MMS server settings Check your phone to see if it is preconfigured with T-Mobile’s MMS server settings. If your phone already has preset MMS server settings, it is recommended that you do not change these settings.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 151 7.6 Directly Making Calls from Text Messages While you are viewing a text message on the Home screen’s Messages tab, you can directly call the sender of the message. 1. While viewing the text message, press the TALK/SEND button. 2. The Phone dialer screen then opens, with the sender’s phone number automatically filled in and ready to be dialed. To place the call, press TALK/SEND again.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages To add additional communities 1. On the Instant Messaging screen, tap Options > Select Services. 2. Tap each community that you want to use, or tap Options > Select All to select all of them. After selecting, tap OK. 3. Selected communities are then displayed as tabs on the screen. On each tab, enter the required sign-in information for each community, and then tap Sign In.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 153 7.8 Email You can set up the following types of email accounts on your phone: • Outlook email that you sync with your computer or the Exchange Server. • Email account that you have from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other email provider. • Web-based email accounts from a variety of popular providers. • Custom domain email accounts. The email domain name is hosted by a different email provider.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Setting up your Internet email account On the Mail tab of your Home screen, easily set up POP3 or IMAP email accounts from popular Web-based email providers such as Yahoo! Mail Plus and AOL or other email providers. See “Mail” in Chapter 3 for instructions. Creating and replying to email messages After setting up email accounts on your phone, you can start sending and receiving email messages. To create and send an email 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 155 6. To add an attachment to your message, tap Menu > Insert and tap the item you want to attach: Picture, Voice Note, or File. Select the file or picture you want to attach, or record a voice note. 7. When finished composing the message, tap Send. Tips • For more information about entering text and symbols, see Chapter 5. • If you are working offline, email messages are moved to the Outbox folder and will be sent the next time you connect.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Downloading a complete email Long email messages that you receive may only contain the first few kilobytes of the message. If an email displays only the headers and part of the message when you open it, you must download the whole email to view the complete content.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 157 When viewing email While viewing an email, you can: • Tap the sender’s photo or a recipient to access the person’s contact details. • If the sender or a recipient is not in your stored contacts, tap the person’s name to open the Verify email address screen. On this screen, tap Save to People to save the person’s email address to your phone contacts. You can also send an email to the sender or recipient.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Directly making calls from email messages You can directly place a call to the sender of an email message if the sender’s phone number is stored in your contacts. You can do the following: • While viewing an open email, tap the Phone button ( ) that appears to the right of the sender name to dial the sender’s number. • Select an email on the Home screen’s Mail tab or navigate to an email in the Inbox, and then press the TALK/SEND button.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 159 Synchronizing email messages Synchronizing email messages ensures that new email messages are downloaded to the phone Inbox folder, email messages in the Outbox folder are sent, and email messages deleted from the server are removed from your phone. The manner in which you sync email messages depends on the type of email account you have. To automatically sync an Outlook email account 1. Connect your phone to your computer through USB or Bluetooth.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages Filtering your email inbox When your inbox is full of email, you can filter the inbox to display only the email messages that contain a particular sender or subject that you are looking for. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab. 2. Tap an email account and then tap Inbox. 3. Enter the sender name or subject you want to look for. As you type characters, the message list narrows down to the sequence of characters you have entered.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages 161 To change the sync schedule for an Internet email account 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Data services. 2. Scroll down the screen to see your email accounts. 3. Tap the email account whose sync schedule you want to change. 4. Make sure the Send/Receive E-mail automatically option is selected, and then tap the box under this option to choose a time interval for synchronizing email. 5. Tap Done.
Chapter 7 Exchanging Messages To customize settings for Outlook E-mail 1. Disconnect your phone from your computer. 2. Tap Start > Tools > ActiveSync. 3. Tap Menu > Options, select E-mail, and then tap Settings. 4. On the Sync Options screen, you can set the message format to HTML or plain text, select the download size limit, and choose whether to include file attachments when downloading email to your phone. 5. Close ActiveSync and reconnect your phone to your computer.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 8.1 Synchronizing With the Exchange Server To keep up-to-date with your work email and meeting schedules and still have access to the Company Directory while you’re out of the office, you can connect your phone to the Internet through Wi-Fi or a data connection and sync with your company’s Exchange Server.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests To manually start synchronization 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Data services. 2. Tap ActiveSync. 3. Tap Sync now. 8.2 Working With Company Email Messages Your phone gives you instant access to your company email messages and lets you manage your messages easier. Direct Push, Fetch Mail, Remote email search, and email flags are just some of the tools you can use to manage your email messages.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 165 To turn Direct Push on and off in Comm Manager After you have set up your Outlook work account, your phone automatically performs a full synchronization with the Exchange Server and enables Direct Push. You can turn Direct Push on and off anytime from the Comm Manager. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and tap Wireless controls. 2.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests Instant download through Fetch Mail The Fetch Mail feature downloads an entire email immediately without the need for you to perform a full Send/Receive action. This limits the download to just the email message that you want and helps save data cost. Requirement Fetch Mail works for your phone only if your company is using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or later. 1. Tap Start > E-mail > Outlook E-mail and open an email message. 2.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 167 Searching for email messages on the Exchange Server You can access email messages that are not available on your phone by searching your Microsoft Exchange Server mailbox. The search results are downloaded and displayed in a Search Results folder. Requirement Your company must be using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or later. 1. Tap Start > E-mail > Outlook E-mail. 2. Tap Menu > Tools > Search Server. 3.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests Flagging your messages Flags serve as a reminder for you to follow-up on important issues or requests contained in email messages. Flagging messages, which is a useful feature on desktop Outlook E-mail, can also be done in Outlook E-mail on your phone. You can flag received email messages on your phone. Requirement Flags are enabled only if email messages are synchronized with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or later.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 169 8.3 Starting a Conference Call from an Email From an email message that you received in your Outlook work account, you can directly start a conference call with the sender and other recipients of the email. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Mail tab and then select your Outlook E-mail account. 2. Swipe your finger up or down the screen to browse through received email. Tap an email message to open it. 3. Tap the To or Cc button.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 5. The participants list is then displayed from which you can start the conference call. You need to call each participant one at a time and connect each call to the conference call. The primary phone number (mobile number) of each participant will be dialed.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 171 10. To manage your conference call, such as a putting the conference call on hold while talking in private with one participant, ending the conference call, and more, see “During the conference call” in Chapter 2 for details. 8.4 Meeting Requests When you schedule and send meeting requests from your phone, you can invite attendees to your meeting and check their availability. You can also receive and reply to meeting requests on your phone.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests of contacts will then be displayed, and you can just tap a contact to add it. Repeat this process to add more attendees. Tap Done after adding all attendees. Note If you’re sending the meeting request using your Outlook work account, you can specify if an attendee is required or optional only if the Outlook E-mail account on your phone syncs with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or later version.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 173 3. Choose whether or not to edit your response email before sending, and then tap OK. If you accept the meeting request, it is automatically added as an appointment in Calendar on your phone. 8.5 Making a Call from a Meeting Request or Reminder When you receive a calendar reminder or meeting request e-mail that contains a phone number, you can tap the number to directly place the call.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 8.6 Finding Contacts in the Company Directory You can access information of your work contacts, such as their email addresses, from your company’s Company Directory on your phone. By having over-the-air access to the Company Directory, you can easily send email messages and meeting requests to anyone in your company.
Chapter 8 Working With Company Email and Meeting Requests 175 When viewing a received Outlook email message 1. Open a received Outlook email message. 2. If a Search button ( ) appears to the right of the sender name in the email message, tap this button to search for the sender in the Company Directory. 3. If the sender is found, the contact details will be displayed. You can then choose to save the sender to your contacts, call the sender, and more.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 9.1 Ways of Connecting to the Internet Your phone’s networking capabilities allow you to access the Internet or your corporate network through Wi-Fi, GPRS/3G (or EDGE when available), or dial-up. You can also add and set up a VPN or proxy connection. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi provides wireless Internet access over distances of up to 100 meters (300 feet). To use Wi-Fi on your phone, you need access to a wireless access point or “hotspot”.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 177 Indicates that your phone is connected to this Wi-Fi network Indicates a secured Wi-Fi network. Signal strength Network name (SSID) 4. Tap Back to return to the previous screen. Next time you use your phone to detect Wi-Fi networks, you will not be prompted to enter the network key of the previously accessed Wi‑Fi network (unless you perform a hard reset which will erase custom settings on your phone).
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking To add a wireless network 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Menu > All Settings. 2. Tap Connections > Wi-Fi and then tap the Wireless Networks button. The Configure Wireless Networks screen then opens. 3. Tap Add New (or Menu > Add New) and enter the details for connecting to the wireless network. To set your phone to turn off Wi-Fi automatically Wi-Fi quickly consumes battery power. Manually turn off Wi-Fi when not in use.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 179 GPRS/3G Use GPRS/3G (or EDGE, if available) to connect to the Internet and to send and receive multimedia messages on your phone. You will need a data plan to access the T-Mobile GPRS/3G network. GPRS/3G settings are already preconfigured on your phone, and your phone is ready to use T-Mobile GPRS/3G services. Please do not change the settings as this may cause services to stop working.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking Starting a data connection The data connection is automatically started when you begin using a function that accesses the Internet such as email or the Web browser. To manually start a data connection If you have several types of data connections on your phone, you can manually start a connection. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Wireless controls. 2. Tap Menu > Connections and then tap Manage existing connections. 3.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 181 9.2 Using Opera Mobile Opera Mobile™ is a full-featured Internet browser, optimized for use on your phone. On the Home screen, slide to the Internet tab and then tap Launch Browser to open Opera Mobile. From the Internet tab, you can also enter a search keyword first on the search box and then tap the Search button ( ) to do a Web search in Opera Mobile. The browser screen Opera Mobile displays in two modes: full-screen and normal viewing modes.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking In normal viewing mode, you can use the following browser controls: 1 2 3 4 5 1 Return to the previous Web page viewed. 2 Add, edit, or delete Web favorites. 3 Add a new browsing tab or switch to another browsing tab. 4 Go to the home page. 5 Open the browser menu and choose display settings, save Web pages, and more. See “Opera Mobile menu” for details. Searching for a website and adding it to favorites 1.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 183 Mobile view When you open a Web page in Opera Mobile, the page is displayed in desktop view and text may appear in the smallest size. To reformat Web pages to fit the screen of your phone so that the content is readable, set Opera Mobile to display in mobile view. Tap box. > Settings > Display, and then select the Mobile view check Desktop view Mobile view Zooming and panning Use pinch zooming to easily zoom in and out of a Web page.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking Opera Mobile menu 1 1 2 Open the Settings screen where you can set your home page, change display settings, set privacy settings, and more. 2 3 View items being downloaded, and resume or stop current downloads. View information about the Web page you are browsing. 3 4 4 See Web pages that you have viewed. 5 5 Manage and view Web pages that you have saved. 6 6 Open the Opera Mobile help file. 7 Close Opera Mobile completely.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 185 9.3 Using Internet Explorer Mobile Internet Explorer Mobile is the standard Web browser that is included with Windows Mobile. To use Internet Explorer Mobile, tap Start > Internet Explorer. The browser screen Internet Explorer Mobile displays in two modes: full-screen and normal viewing modes. Full-screen mode hides the address bar and the browser controls.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking In normal viewing mode, you can use the following browser controls: 1 2 3 4 5 1 Return to the previous Web page viewed. 2 Open the Favorites screen where you can add, edit, or delete Web favorites. 3 Display or hide the onscreen keyboard of your phone. 4 Display the onscreen zoom slider so you can zoom in or out of the page. 5 Open the browser menu and choose display options and other settings.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 187 Zooming and panning Tap the Zoom icon ( ) at the bottom of the browser screen to display and use the onscreen zoom slider. While viewing a Web page, slide your finger up on the onscreen zoom slider to zoom in, or slide down to zoom out. While zoomed in, drag your finger in any direction to move around the Web page.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 9.4 Using YouTube YouTube™ lets you browse, search, and watch Internet videos that are posted in YouTube. To open YouTube, tap Start > YouTube. Note You need an active data or Wi-Fi connection to use YouTube. If you are using a GPRS/3G connection, watching Internet videos may significantly increase your data connection costs. The YouTube main screen Slide your finger up or down the main screen to browse through the most popular YouTube videos.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 189 Searching for videos Tap the Search tab ( ) to open the Search screen where you can specify your criteria for searching for YouTube videos. 1. On the Search screen, enter the video information, and then tap Search. YouTube searches for the video, and then displays all related videos on the screen. 2. Tap a video to watch it. See “Watching videos” for details.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking To change the program channel 1. Tap to return to the main screen and then tap Program Guide on top of the screen. 2. On the Program Guide, select a channel. Tip You can scroll down to view more channels. The video list refreshes to display the available videos for the selected channel. To delete a program channel You can only delete channels that you have added to the Program Guide. 1. Tap Program Guide. 2.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 191 9.5 Using Streaming Media Streaming Media lets you stream live broadcasts or on-demand media content from the Web. The media is sent in a continuous stream to your phone and is played as it arrives, along with the audio. The Streaming Media program allows you to play 3GP and MPEG-4 files. It also supports playback of SDP (Session Description Protocol) files.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 4. During playback, use the slider and playback control buttons to play/pause, switch to full screen, fast forward, and more. To configure streaming video connection settings Tap Menu > Options to configure the Streaming Media settings. From this screen, you can set the media buffer, select the connection to use, set all streaming videos to play in full screen, and more. 9.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 193 7. Tap Next. 8. After synchronization is complete, tap Done. The Windows Live screen 1 1 2 2 3 4 3 Search bar. Enter the information you want to search, then tap . Switch between the Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail, and Sync status screens. Change your display name, picture, and personal message. Adjust Windows Live settings.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 4. On the message screen, enter your message in the text field, then tap the Enter key on the onscreen keyboard to send the message. You can also do any of the following on the message screen: • To add an emoticon, tap Menu > Add emoticon, then tap an emoticon on the screen. The emoticon is attached to your message. • To send a file, tap Menu > Send, select the type of file (picture, voice clip, or any file), and then locate the file you want to send.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 195 9.7 Twittering on Your Phone Share your thoughts with people in Twitter anytime, anywhere. Directly from your Home screen’s Twitter tab, it is simple and convenient to use this popular Internet social networking service. Logging in to your Twitter account If you do not have a Twitter account yet, you can sign up for free on the following Twitter website using your computer or your phone’s Web browser: http://twitter.com/signup.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking Viewing tweets On the Home screen’s Twitter tab, you can see tweets of the people that you follow and your sent tweets, starting with the most recent. Swipe your finger up or down the screen to scroll through the tweets. To use more Twitter functions, tap any tweet or tap All Tweets at the bottom of the screen. The All Tweets screen opens, listing all tweets organized by date.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 197 Sending tweets You can send tweets either from the Home screen’s Twitter tab or from the All Tweets screen. 1. Tap the text box that shows the words “What are you doing?” 2. On the subsequent screen, enter your tweet message. 3. In your tweet, you can also share your photo and location information. See “Sharing a photo in Twitter” for details. 4. Tap Update to send your tweet.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 3. From the search results, tap the photo of the person or topic you want to follow. 4. The Profile screen is then displayed, showing details about the person or topic. Tap Follow. If you want to stop following a certain Twitter user or topic, go back to the All Tweets screen, tap the photo of that user or topic, and then tap Unfollow.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 199 When you return to the Home screen’s Twitter tab and tap All Tweets, you will see the sent tweet that contains the URL of your shared photo. Changing Twitter settings On the Home screen’s Twitter tab or the All Tweets screen, tap Menu > Settings when you want to change the number of tweets to download, download time, photo hosting site, URL shortening host, and more.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 9.8 Sharing Photos and Videos on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube Directly from your phone, you can easily share your photos on Facebook and Twitter. You can also upload videos to YouTube. Logging into your social networks If you skipped setting up your social network accounts when you turned on your phone for the first time, you need to log in first to your accounts before you can upload and share your photos and videos. 1.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 201 After upload is complete, you can check and view your Facebook photos in Albums. See “Viewing Facebook photos” in Chapter 12 for details. Uploading a photo to Twitter You can upload only one photo at a time to Twitter and share the URL location of the photo in your sent tweet. To find out how to upload your photo to Twitter, see “Sharing a photo in Twitter” in this chapter.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 9.9 Using Facebook on Your Phone Using Albums on your phone, you can view yours and other people’s Facebook albums and photos. For more information, see “Viewing Facebook photos” in Chapter 12. Your phone notifies you about what’s happening with your Facebook world. On your phone, you can check whether there are new updates and events in your Facebook and see what’s happening with other people.
Chapter 9 Internet and Social Networking 203 The Facebook application is also included on your phone. To open and use this application: 1. Tap Start > Facebook. 2. Follow the onscreen instructions to log into your Facebook account (or to create a new Facebook account first, if you have not yet created one). 3. Tap the different tabs at the top of the screen to use the different functions of Facebook. With the Facebook application, you can: • Share your thoughts and check other people’s status updates.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 10.1 Bluetooth Modes Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communications technology. Devices with Bluetooth capabilities can exchange information over a distance of about eight meters (26 feet) without requiring a physical connection. Bluetooth on your phone operates in three different modes: • On. Bluetooth is turned on. Your phone can detect other Bluetooth-enabled devices, but not vice versa. • Visible.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 205 Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible Turn Bluetooth on and make your phone visible (discoverable) when you want other Bluetooth-enabled devices to detect and connect with your phone. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Menu > All Settings > Bluetooth. 2. When prompted to turn on Bluetooth, tap Yes. 3. Tap the Settings tab ( ), and then tap Not Discoverable. 4. Select Always Visible.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 10.2 Bluetooth Partnerships A Bluetooth partnership is a relationship that you create between your phone and another Bluetooth-enabled device in order to exchange information in a secure manner. Creating a Bluetooth partnership 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls > Bluetooth. Your phone then starts searching for other Bluetooth devices. 2. Tap a Bluetooth device to connect with. 3.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 207 Creating a Bluetooth partnership is a one-time process. Once a partnership is created, your phone and the paired device can recognize the partnership and exchange information without entering a passcode again. Accepting a Bluetooth partnership 1. Ensure that Bluetooth is turned on and in visible mode. 2. When prompted, enter or accept the passcode (the same passcode from the device requesting the partnership) to establish a secure connection. 3. Tap OK.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 2. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Wireless controls > Bluetooth. Your phone then starts to search for the Bluetooth headset. 3. Tap to select the hands-free or stereo headset from the list. Your phone will automatically pair with the Bluetooth headset. Note Your phone will automatically try one of the preconfigured passcodes (0000, 8888) to pair with the Bluetooth headset.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 209 10.4 Sending and Receiving Information Using Bluetooth You can send the following types of information from your phone to your computer or to another Bluetooth-enabled device: Outlook email, contacts, tasks, notes, calendar items, audio files, ringtones, images, and videos. Note If your computer does not have built-in Bluetooth capability, you need to connect and use a Bluetooth adapter or dongle on your computer. Sending information from your phone to a computer 1.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth c. Create a Bluetooth partnership between your phone and computer. For instructions, see “Creating a Bluetooth partnership”. d. In the Options tab of Bluetooth Devices, select Show the Bluetooth icon in the notification area. e. To enable your computer to receive information via Bluetooth, right-click the Bluetooth icon in the notification area at the bottom-right corner of your computer screen and select Receive a File. You are now ready to send/receive. 2.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 211 Sending a file to another Bluetooth-enabled device 1. Tap Start > File Explorer. 2. Navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to send. 3. Press and hold the desired file, and then tap Send via Bluetooth. 4. Tap to select the name of the Bluetooth device to which you want to send the file. Receiving information from another Bluetooth-enabled device 1.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 10.5 Printing via Bluetooth Connect your phone to a Bluetooth printer to print your photos. Note Before you start printing, make sure to turn on the Bluetooth printer and turn on Bluetooth on your phone. For instructions, see “Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible” earlier in this chapter. Printing a photo 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab, and then tap Menu > All Settings > Bluetooth. 2. Tap the Accessories tab ( ), and then tap Print Images.
Chapter 10 Bluetooth 213 10.6 Connecting to Car Kit Phones Bluetooth car kit phones that support the SIM Access Profile (SAP) can connect to your phone and access your SIM card via Bluetooth. Once a SAP connection has been established, you can download phone and SIM contacts from your phone to the car kit phone, and use the car kit phone to answer and make calls. 1. Turn Bluetooth on and set your phone to visible mode.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 11.1 Guidelines and Preparation for Using GPS To ensure safety on the road, follow these guidelines before and when using your phone for GPS navigation. • When using GPS navigation software in the car, always plot your GPS route before starting to drive. Do not try to configure the GPS navigation software while driving. • The plotted GPS route is only for driving reference. It should not interfere with actual driving behavior.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 215 • Use the GPS system cautiously. Users shall be liable for any damages resulting from negligent operation of the system. • Do not leave your phone in a vehicle or expose the phone to direct sunlight to avoid overheating the battery, which could pose damage to the phone or risk to the vehicle. • The GPS signal cannot pass through solid non-transparent objects.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places On the Download satellites screen, initially, you will see the Valid time of the downloaded data. As time passes, the remaining days and hours of validity will be shown. To speed up GPS positioning, download the latest satellite location data when the validity of the data expires.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 217 11.3 HTC Footprints Capture and relive your journeys with HTC Footprints™. Using Footprints, you can take photos of the places you visited and store their GPS location and other details to your phone. From the Home screen’s Footprints tab, you can then easily flip through the photos and find your favorite places again.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 3. Footprints then displays a live camera screen. Point the camera at the place of interest and wait for the GPS position to be determined. 4. When the GPS position is displayed on the screen, you can now take a photo of your place of interest. Tips Before taking a photo, you can: • Tap the onscreen Flash Light button to choose a flash mode. For more information about the differences between the flash modes, see “Using the flash light” in Chapter 12.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 219 1 1 2 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 Retake the photo (if the photo is not clear enough). Retry GPS positioning (if positioning is unsuccessful and the GPS location is not shown). Find the location on Google Maps. Add your voice recording. Edit the footprint to a more information such as your personal notes. 7. Tap Done. The footprint is automatically named with the location name, city, or country where the photo was taken.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places Selecting and saving a photo from Albums as a footprint When you select a location’s photo from Albums that is already geotagged with the GPS position, this information will be added to the new footprint. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos & Videos tab and then tap Albums. 2. Tap the photo of the location that you want. 3. While viewing the photo in full screen, tap the screen to display onscreen controls. 4. Tap Menu ( ) > Save as Footprints. 5.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 221 2. To change the footprint name, enter the new name on the uppermost text box. Tip Tap the photo below the footprint name if you want to retake or select another photo. 3. By default, footprints are all classified as Favorites. To change the category for your footprint, tap the Favorites box and select another category such as Shopping, Dining, Leisure, or Other. 4.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places Browsing your footprints to find a place you visited On the Home screen, slide to the Footprints tab and swipe your finger up or down the screen to flip through the photos of the places that you visited. If a footprint contains a voice recording, tap the Play button to listen to the recording. You can also browse footprints by category.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 223 Exporting footprints to your storage card Back up your footprints by exporting them to your storage card. You can back up all your footprints or back up by category. Separate backup files for each category will be saved on your storage card. You can also export a single footprint only. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Footprints tab. 2. Tap Footprints at the bottom of the screen. 3.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 11.4 Google Maps Google Maps tracks your current location through your phone’s Wi-Fi connection, data connection, or GPS. With Google Maps, you can search for places of interest or a street address and get detailed directions to reach your selected destination. You can also easily locate addresses of your contacts if they are stored on your phone. To open Google Maps, tap Start ( Zoom in Zoom out Search for places Note ) > Google Maps.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 225 2. Enter the name, address, or postal code of the place on the search field and then tap OK. 3. In the search results list, tap the place to view its address, phone number, and other details. 4. On the Address tab, tap: • The [phone number] to call the place of interest. • The Web address (if available) to go to the website of the place of interest. • Get directions to get directions to the place of interest from your current location.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places • Save as contact to save the contact information of the place of interest to your contacts list. • Send as text message to send the place’s information to someone via SMS. 5. Tap See map to view the place of interest on the map. Tap Menu > Help > Tips for some basic tips on using Google Maps. For more information about Google Maps and its many features, go to: http://www.google.com/gmm/index.html.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 227 To navigate a location in Street View When viewing a location in Street View, a small portion of the map appears in the bottom right corner of the screen. The person icon on the map indicates the location of the current Street View image. The green arrow underneath the person icon points in the direction shown in the image. Slide your finger left or right on the screen to pan around the Street View image.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places Using Layers Layers lets you overlay location-specific information on Google Maps. You can add multiple layers at a time to create a customized map containing the specific information you want to view. To add a layer 1. On the Google Maps screen, tap Menu and then tap Layers. 2. Tap Browse layers, and then select the layer you want from the list.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 229 Notes • You must be logged in to your Google Account to view the My Maps and Latitude layers. To sign in, on the Google Maps screen tap Menu and then tap Sign In. • You must join Latitude before you can view the Latitude layer. To join Latitude, on the Google Maps screen tap Menu and then tap Join Latitude. • The Latitude, traffic, and transit lines features are available only in certain regions. To remove a layer 1.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 11.5 Using Your Phone as a Compass Use Digital Compass when you want to know which direction you are facing. Digital Compass determines your location using GPS and displays your precise GPS location. With GPS, you can also use the compass to navigate to a destination you select in Google Maps.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 231 Using the compass Digital Compass works just like a normal compass. As you move, the compass rotates to show your current direction. 1. Hold your phone so that it is parallel to the ground with the top of the phone facing away from you. 2. Use the red line in the middle of the compass to determine your direction. The compass value beneath the upper end of the red line is the direction you are facing.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 11.6 Using Your Phone with the Car Kit If you purchased the dedicated car kit for your phone, you can use the included in-car holder to mount your phone securely inside your car and use your phone on the road. Refer to the car kit guide for instructions on how to install the in-car holder and properly mount your phone to the holder.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places 233 NaviPanel keeps opening by itself when you’re using a mini-to-micro USB converter? If you connect a mini-USB power adapter or car charger to your phone through a mini-to-micro USB converter, your phone may misinterpret this to be a car kit connection (due to the different connector PIN assignment on the mini-USB power adapter or car charger) and automatically display the NaviPanel screen. You can disable NaviPanel by following these steps: 1.
Chapter 11 Finding and Recording Places To set up your phone to connect to your Bluetooth car kit or headset Select which Bluetooth device to auto connect with your phone when in car kit mode. This is a one-time setup process. 1. Turn on Bluetooth on your phone and set to visible (discoverable) mode. For instructions, see “Turning Bluetooth on and making your phone visible” in Chapter 10. 2. Turn on the Bluetooth car kit or headset and set to visible mode. 3.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 12.1 Taking Photos and Videos Use Camera to take photos and record video clips. The screen orientation automatically switches to landscape mode when you open Camera. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos & Videos tab and then tap the Camera icon ( ) to open the Camera screen in Photo mode and start taking photos. To record videos, tap the Camcorder icon ( ) on the Photos & Videos tab to open the Camera screen in Video mode.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Capture mode Function Photo Captures standard still images. Video Records video clips, with or without audio. Panorama Captures still images continuously in one direction, and then stitches them to create a panoramic view of a scenery. Video Messaging Records video clips suitable for sending via MMS. Contacts Picture Captures a still image that you can assign as a contact picture.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 237 Capture mode Photo Resolution 5M 3M 2M 1M L Video Video Messaging Panorama VGA CIF L M M L M Contacts Picture Normal: 2592 x 1944 Widescreen: 2592 x 1552 Normal: 2048 x 1536 Widescreen: 2048 x 1216 Normal: 1600 x 1200 Widescreen: 1600 x 960 Normal: 1280 x 960 Widescreen: 1280 x 768 Normal: 640 x 480 Widescreen: 640 x 384 640 x 480 352 x 288 320 x 240 176 x 144 176 x 144 640 x 480 320 x 240 272 x 272 Zoom range 1.0x to 1.6x 1.0x to 1.6x 1.0x to 1.6x 1.0x to 1.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Flash Mode Function When there is not enough environmental light, the camera flash turns on automatically when you take a photo, while the assist light turns on automatically when you capture a video and remains on until you stop capturing. The assist light turns on every time the camera focuses. The camera flash then turns on when you take a photo, while the assist light turns on when you capture a video and remains on until you stop capturing.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 239 Capturing photos and videos The camera features two types of focus modes: Auto Focus and Touch Focus. When using either type of focus mode, the camera is capable of automatically focusing when you move and point it in another direction. While the camera is focusing, the screen displays an animated bracket that changes to a steady, rectangular bracket ( ) when the focus is set. Use the Virtual Camera button ( ) as the shutter release when capturing photos or videos.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 3. Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and take a photo. You can also directly press and hold the area you selected (that is, the area enclosed within the focus indicator) to focus on that area and take a photo. To capture photos in Panorama mode Press and hold the Virtual Camera button to set the focus and capture the first photo. Press and hold the button again to focus and capture each subsequent photo and complete the panorama.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 241 Onscreen control / Function Virtual Camera button Functions as the shutter release button. See “Capturing photos and videos” for details. Progress indicator In Panorama mode, this shows the number of consecutive shots. Focus indicator The screen displays an animated bracket when focusing that changes to a steady, rectangular bracket when the focus is set. Zoom buttons Tap to zoom in or out when capturing a photo or video. See “Zooming” for details.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Setting Function ISO Set the ISO level manually to 100, 200, 400, or 800, or set it back to AUTO. Higher ISO numbers are better for taking pictures in low light conditions. Note The camera automatically adjusts the ISO level up to 400 only. Storage Choose between saving your captured photos and videos on the phone’s storage or the inserted storage card. Self-timer Set the self-timer to 2 seconds, 10 seconds, or Off when in Photo or Contacts Picture mode.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 243 • Review Duration. Set the time for a captured photo/video to remain on the Review screen. • Quality. Select the image quality level for captured photos. • Capture Format (Video and Video Messaging modes). Select the file format for recorded videos. • Time Stamp (Photo mode). Include the date and time on captured photos. • Keep Backlight. Turn the backlight on or off. This overrides your phone’s backlight settings while you are using the camera. • Shutter Sound.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia • Counter. Reset the file numbering back to 1. • Flicker Adjustment. When taking indoor shots under fluorescent lighting, keep this setting on Auto or change it to the proper frequency (50Hz or 60Hz) of the power in your country to reduce flicker. • Grid (Photo mode). Show a grid on the screen so you can easily frame and center your subjects. • Record with Audio (Video and Video Messaging modes).
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 245 12.2 Viewing Photos and Videos Using Albums Use Albums to view photos and videos on your phone. You can also view photos that you and your friends have shared on Facebook. On the Home screen, slide to the Photos & Videos tab and then tap Albums. You can also tap from the Camera screen to open Albums. On the Albums main screen, swipe your finger up or down to scroll and browse through photos and videos that are stored on your phone and storage card.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Viewing photos While viewing a photo, tap the screen to display and use onscreen controls. 1 Return to the previous screen. 2 Start the slideshow. 3 Send the photo using email or MMS, or upload it to Facebook. 4 Save the photo as a contact picture, save the onscreen image as a new file, and more. 1 Note 2 3 4 When playing a slideshow, animated GIF and video files are excluded from the slideshow.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 247 After zooming in on a photo, press and hold the screen and then drag your finger to pan to other areas of the photo. Tip To save the zoomed in part of the photo as a new file, tap the screen, tap and then select Save Screen Image. To view the next or previous photo in the current album While holding your phone upright, view the next or previous photo by swiping your finger up or down the screen.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Viewing Facebook photos You can use Albums to view photos you and your friends have shared on Facebook. You must be logged in to your Facebook account to be able to view Facebook photos. 1. On the Albums main screen, tap Albums. 2. Tap or slide to the Facebook tab ( ). If you have not logged in to Facebook, the subsequent screen lets you log in to your Facebook account. 3. Tap the person whose photos you want to view, and then tap an album. 4.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 249 When you’ve finished or stopped playing the video, you can replay the video by tapping the Play icon on the center screen. You can also send this video by email or MMS or share it on YouTube. Tap the screen, tap the Share icon ( ), and then choose how you want to share the video. Sharing photos and videos Using Albums, you can send photos and videos via email and MMS, upload photos to Facebook, and upload videos to YouTube.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Closing Albums To close Albums, return to the main Albums screen first. (If you were viewing a video or photo slideshow, stop the playback.) Tap the screen to show the onscreen controls and then tap to go back to the main Albums screen. Tap on the main Albums screen to close Albums. 12.3 Using Windows Media Player Mobile Windows Media Player Mobile plays digital audio and video files that are stored on your phone or on the Web.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 251 3. Press and hold the item that you want to play (such as a song, album, or artist name), and then tap Play. The Playback screen opens and plays the audio or video file. Use the playback controls to pause, resume, stop playback, play in full screen, and more. Synchronizing video and audio files Use the latest version of Windows Media Player on your computer to sync digital media files from your computer to your phone.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 4. On the left panel of Windows Media Player, right-click the name of your phone and click Set Up Sync. Note To set up media synchronization on a storage card, right-click Storage Card in the left panel of Windows Media Player, and then click Set Up Sync. 5. Select the playlist(s) that you want to sync between your computer and phone, and then click Add. Note On the Device Setup dialog box, make sure that the Sync this device automatically check box is selected.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 253 Playlists and Library List Content List Sync List 4. Click Start Sync to start synchronizing the selected files to your phone. Notes • Use Windows Media Player 11 or higher on your computer to sync media files to your phone. • Audio files copy faster if Windows Media Player is configured to automatically set the quality level for audio files copied to your phone. For more information, see the Windows Media Player Help.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia Creating playlists Create a new playlist by saving the current Now Playing playlist and giving it a new name. To save a new playlist 1. If you are not on the Library screen, tap Menu > Library. 2. Tap to select a category (for example, My Music or My Playlists). 3. Select a media file that you want, then tap Menu > Queue Up. This adds the file to the Now Playing list. Repeat this step until you have added all desired media files to the Now Playing list.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 255 12.4 Using Audio Booster Audio Booster optimizes sound by providing an audio equalizer for a better listening experience. To use Audio Booster, connect the supplied wired headset to your phone. To open Audio Booster Tap Start > Multimedia > Audio Booster, or from the Home screen, slide to the Music tab and then tap Menu > Audio Booster. 3 1 1 Enable or disable the equalizer. 2 Apply the modified settings. 3 Choose the equalizer preset to use.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 12.5 Using FM Radio FM Radio lets you to listen to FM radio stations on your phone. Since FM Radio uses the provided stereo wired headset as the antenna, connect the headset first to the earphone jack of your phone before you open the program. To open FM Radio, tap Start > Multimedia > FM Radio. The first time you open FM Radio, it automatically scans for available FM stations, saves them as presets, and plays the first FM station found.
Chapter 12 Camera and Multimedia 257 Saving presets Save favorite FM stations as presets so you can easily access them. You can save up to 20 preset radio stations. Radio stations that are saved on Presets 1 to 6 can be accessed on the FM Radio screen. To save FM stations as presets 1. Tune in to the desired FM frequency, and then tap Presets. 2. On the Presets list, tap that appears on the desired preset number where you want to save the FM station.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 13.1 Calculator Calculator features basic calculation functions, and also works as an advanced scientific calculator. Basic Calculator Use the Basic Calculator to do basic arithmetic such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. You can also work with numbers you store in the calculator memory. 1. Tap Start > Tools > Calculator. 2.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 259 Scientific Calculator Use the Scientific Calculator to perform more complex calculations such as square roots, logarithmic and trigonometric functions, percentages, and more. 1. Tap Start > Tools > Calculator. 2. Turn your phone sideways to the left to display the Scientific Calculator. 3. Tap the Rad/Deg button to toggle between degrees or radian measurement. 4. Tap the FN button to display the second layer of scientific calculation buttons. 5.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 13.2 Microsoft Office Mobile Microsoft® Office Mobile consists of the following applications: • Microsoft® Office Excel® Mobile lets you create and edit Excel workbooks and templates on your phone. • Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile lets you create notes with text, photos, and voice recordings for synchronization later with Microsoft Office OneNote 2007 on your computer. • Microsoft® Office PowerPoint® Mobile allows you to view (not create) slide show presentations in *.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 261 • If you want Word Mobile to save documents in .doc format, tap Menu > Tools > Options (or Menu > Options when no document is opened), and then change the Default template to Word 97-2003 Document (.doc). • If you want Excel Mobile to save workbooks in a format that is compatible with Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, tap Menu > Options (with no workbook opened), and then change the Template for new workbook to Blank 97-2003 Workbook. 13.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 3. Channels are grouped by categories. Select a category to choose all channels in that category, or select individual channels that you want to subscribe to. Category Channels Note If the RSS channel you want to subscribe to is not in the list of known channels, tap Back, and then select another option on the New Channel Wizard screen. For more information about the available options, see the RSS Hub Help on your phone. 4.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 263 To filter the channels to display • In the channel list, tap Menu > View, and then select Updated to display only those channels with unread items, or All to display all subscribed channels. • To filter the channel list by category, tap All Categories above the channel list and then tap the category you want to display. Viewing headlines In the channel list, tap a channel to display the headlines for that channel.
Chapter 13 Other Programs Sharing the headline link To share a headline that you have read with other people, you can send the link to the headline in a text message, multimedia message, or email. 1. Tap a headline to view the news summary. 2. On the news summary screen, tap Menu > Send Link via Email. 3. Tap the messaging account that you want to use to send the headline link. A new message is created, with the link inserted in the message. 4. Specify the recipients and then tap Send. 13.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 265 To copy SIM contacts to your phone If you have saved contacts on your SIM card, you can copy them into Contacts on your phone. 1. On the SIM Manager screen, select the desired contact, or select all SIM contacts by tapping Menu > Select All. 2. Tap Menu > Save to Contacts. To copy contacts to the SIM card Only one phone number per contact name can be stored on a SIM card. 1. On the SIM Manager screen, tap Menu > Contacts to SIM. 2.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 13.5 Sun Java Use Sun Java to download, install and manage MIDlets or MIDlet suites on your phone. MIDlets are Java applications such as games and tools that can run on mobile devices, while a MIDlet suite is a collection of one or more MIDlets. Your phone supports Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME). To open Sun Java Tap Start > Tools > Java. Installing and launching MIDlets/MIDlet suites To download and install from the Internet 1. Open the Web browser on your phone. 2.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 267 To run a MIDlet/MIDlet suite On the Sun Java screen, open the folder that contains the MIDlet/MIDlet suite, and then tap the MIDlet/MIDlet suite. To uninstall a MIDlet/MIDlet suite Before you uninstall a MIDlet, make sure that it is not running. 1. On the Sun Java screen, press and hold the MIDlet, and then tap Menu > Delete. 2. Tap Yes to confirm. 13.6 Voice Recorder Quickly capture voice notes, reminders or any important moment with Voice Recorder.
Chapter 13 Other Programs To open and play a saved voice recording 1. On the Voice Recorder screen, tap All Recordings. 2. Tap a file to open it and begin playback. To send a voice recording 1. Open the voice recording you want to send. 2. On the Voice Recorder screen, tap Share, and then choose a send option: • Send via Bluetooth. If prompted to turn on Bluetooth, tap Yes. Select a device to send the voice recording to. For more information about using Bluetooth, see Chapter 10. • Send via Mail.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 269 13.7 Voice Command Voice Command lets you make phone calls, open programs, play back music, get calendar information, and more, just by using your voice. It only responds to a set of predefined commands and does not allow you to record your own commands. This section gives a few examples on how to use Voice Command. For more information, see Voice Command Help. To access the Help, tap Start > Help > Help for Added Programs > Voice Command. To use Voice Command 1.
Chapter 13 Other Programs • “Call [contact name] at [location]” to call a contact at a specific number. For example, say: “Call Ann at mobile” “Call Ann at home” “Call Ann at work” 3. Voice Command will then confirm with you the contact or number to call. Say“Yes” or “Correct.” Note If Voice Command is wrong about the contact or number to call, say “No” or “Incorrect” to try again. 4. Your phone starts to call the contact or number. To open a program 1.
Chapter 13 Other Programs 271 To request the date and time 1. Press and hold the TALK/SEND button, then release when you see a Microphone icon on the title bar. 2. In a clear voice, say “What date is today?” 3. Voice Command then tells you the current date. 4. Press and hold the TALK/SEND button again. 5. Say “What time is it?” 6. Voice Command then tells you the current time. 13.
Chapter 13 Other Programs To install a program directly on your phone 1. If the installer is a .cab file, directly download or copy it to your phone. 2. On your phone, tap Start > File Explorer and navigate to the installer file. 3. Tap the file to launch the installer. 4. Choose whether to install the program into the main memory or your storage card, if you have the storage card inserted on your phone. 5. Wait for the installation to complete.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 14.1 Copying and Managing Files Copy files between your phone and computer, or copy files to a storage card installed on your phone. You can also efficiently manage your files and folders using File Explorer. To copy files using Windows Mobile Device Center or ActiveSync 1. Connect your phone to the computer. 2. Click File Management > Browse the contents of your device in Windows Mobile Device Center on your computer, or click Explore in ActiveSync on your computer.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone To manage files on your phone using File Explorer File Explorer lets you browse and manage the contents of your phone. The root folder on the phone is named My Device, and contains the following folders: My Documents, Program Files, Windows, and more. 1. Tap Start > File Explorer. 2. Tap a folder or file to open it. 3. To return to an upper level folder, tap Up. 4.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 275 14.2 Settings on Your Phone To access your phone’s settings, press the HOME button to return to the Home screen and then slide to the Settings tab. The tables below describe about the different settings that you will find on the Settings tab. Tip On the Home screen’s Settings tab, tap Menu > All Settings to access more settings. Personalize Setting Description Home tab wallpaper Select a wallpaper for the Home tab.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone Sound & Display Setting Description Profiles Choose a profile to automatically set your phone with the proper volume level that suits your environment. Volume Set a single volume for the ringer and your phone, or separately set their volume. Ring and Notifications Choose a ringtone and ring type, set different notification sounds for different events such as reminders, new messages, and more.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 277 Setting Description Social Networks Easily log in or out of your social network accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube by simply tapping the Off/On switch of each account. E-Mail Set the sync schedule for the Internet email accounts that you have set up on your phone. Location If Assisted GPS (AGPS) service is available for your phone, you can turn AGPS on or off by tapping its Off/On switch. You can also turn location service on or off.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone Application Setting Description Remove programs Uninstall programs that you previously installed on your phone. Managed programs Displays the programs that were installed on your phone using System Center Mobile Device Manager. SD card & phone storage Check the storage space and usage information of your phone and storage card. Date & time Set local time settings and time format.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 279 Updates & feedback Setting Description Customer feedback Set your phone to automatically send information about how you use Windows Mobile. By default, this option is disabled. Error reporting Enable or disable the phone's error reporting function. When this function is enabled and a program error occurs, technical data about the state of the program and your computer is logged in a text file and delivered to Microsoft's technical support if you choose to send it.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone About phone Setting Description Phone identity Specify a name to be used for identifying the phone to other devices. You can also see basic information such as the model number, IMEI, and serial number of your phone. Hardware information Shows phone specifications such as processor type and speed, storage size, display resolution, and more. Software information Shows information such as the Windows Mobile version, ROM version, duration of calls, and more.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 281 14.3 Basic Settings Choose settings for your phone that best suit your needs. Changing sound and display settings From the Sound & Display screen, you can choose sound settings for your phone, such as profile, ringtone, volume level, and different notification sounds. You can also adjust screen brightness. To select a phone profile A profile is a preset that determines how your phone will alert you when you have incoming calls.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone To change the ringtone and ring type 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound & Display. 2. Scroll down to the Ring and Notifications settings. 3. Tap Ringtone. Select the ringtone you want to use and then tap Done. 4. Tap Ring Type. Select the ring type you want to use and then tap Done. Tips • You can use sound files that you downloaded from the Internet or copied from your computer.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 283 To set notification sounds You can personalize your phone with unique notification sounds for different events such as missed calls, new text messages, new email, reminders, and more. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound & Display > Notification sounds to choose a different sound for each type of event. On the Notification Sound screen, tap the left side of the screen that shows the types of events to choose the sound to use for each event.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone To change backlight and automatic Sleep mode settings Dimming the backlight and switching the phone to Sleep mode help save battery power. You can change the idle time before the backlight automatically dims. You can also change the idle time before the phone goes into Sleep mode. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Sound & Display. 2. Scroll down to the Display setting and then tap Backlight. 3.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 285 Specifying a phone name Specify a name to use for identifying your phone to other devices, for instance, when synchronizing with a computer, connecting to a network, or restoring information from a backup. Note If you sync multiple phones with the same computer, each phone must have a unique name. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap About phone > Phone identity. 2. Enter a phone name and then tap Done.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 14.4 Using Comm Manager Comm Manager lets you easily turn on and off the communication features such as the phone connection, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and data connection. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Wireless controls to access Comm Manager. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Switch all wireless connections on your phone on or off. (See “Turning the Phone Connection 1 On and Off” in Chapter 2.) 2 Switch In-flight Internet mode on 8 or off.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 287 11 Switch between automatically receiving (as items arrive) or manually retrieving Outlook email messages. (See “Working With Company Email Messages” in Chapter 8 for details.) 12 Connect or disconnect the active data connection (3G/GPRS, or EDGE).
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 14.5 Using Task Manager Task Manager shows which programs and processes are currently running on your phone. When you close a program by tapping the Close icon ( ) on the top-right corner of the screen, the program still runs in the background. Use Task Manager to switch between programs or stop running programs. 1. On the Home screen, slide to the Settings tab and then tap Other > Task Manager. 2.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 289 3. Tap the PIN code OFF/ON switch. 4. Enter 1234 which is the preset PIN, tap OK, and then tap OK on the message box. Tips • To change the PIN, tap Change PIN on the Phone Settings screen. • Emergency calls can be placed at any time, without requiring a PIN. Protecting your phone with a password You can help keep your data more secure by requiring a password every time the phone is turned on. To set a password 1.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone Notes • To ensure that you can always make emergency calls, do not begin your password with the digits of your local emergency number. ��• If you entered a hint, the hint will be displayed after the wrong password is entered five times. • If you forget your password, you can hard reset or clear the phone’s memory. For more information about hard resetting the phone and clearing the memory, see “Resetting Your Phone”.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 291 14.7 Resetting Your Phone Performing a soft reset Perform a soft (normal) reset to clear all active program memory and shut down all active programs. This is useful when your phone is running slower than normal, or a program is not performing properly. If a soft reset is performed when programs are running, unsaved work is lost. 1. With your thumb or finger, open the back cover by lifting up from the left side of the cover.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone Performing a factory reset If a normal reset does not solve a system problem, you can perform a factory reset. After a factory reset, the phone is restored to its default settings—the way it was when you first purchased it and turned it on. You will lose any programs you installed, data you entered, and settings you customized on your phone, and only Windows Mobile software and other pre-installed programs will remain. There are two ways to do a factory reset.
Chapter 14 Managing Your Phone 293 To perform a hard reset 1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then press the END/POWER button shortly and release it. You will then see this message on the screen. This operation will delete all your personal data, and reset all settings to manufacturer default. Press VolUp to restore manufacturer default, or press other keys to cancel. 2. Release the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons. 3.
Appendix Specifications CPU Processing Speed 1 GHz Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.5 Professional Memory • ROM : 1 GB • RAM : 576 MB Dimensions (LxWxT) 120.5 X 67 X 11 mm (4.74 X 2.64 X 0.43 inches) Weight 157 grams (5.54 ounces) with battery Display 4.3-inch TFT-LCD capacitive touch screen with 480 X 800 WVGA resolution Network HSPA/WCDMA: • 1700/2100 MHz • Up to 2 Mbps upload and 7.
Appendix 295 Audio supported formats .aac, .amr, .m4a, .mid, .mp3, .mp4, .qcp, .wav, .wma Video supported formats .wmv, .asf, .mp4, .3gp, .3g2, .m4v, .avi Battery • Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery • Capacity: 1230 mAh • Talk time: Up to 320 minutes for WCDMA Up to 380 minutes for GSM • Standby time: Up to 390 hours for WCDMA Up to 490 hours for GSM (The above are subject to network and phone usage.) Expansion Slot microSD™ memory card (SD 2.
Index A A2DP 207 ActiveSync - ActiveSync mode 45 - set up 129 - sync settings 276 - sync with computer 130 - sync with Exchange Server 163 Add and remove programs 271 Add contacts to your phone 104 Add quick links to Home screen 70 Alarm clock 69 Albums 245 Answer calls 51 Application (Settings tab) 278 Appointment 86 Attachment - add to email 155 - download 156 Audio Booster 255 B Back cover - remove 26 - replace 28 Backlight 284 Basic settings 281 Battery - battery time 295 - char
Index 297 Car kit phones 213 Certificates 277 Clear storage 277, 292 Comm Manager 286 Compact QWERTY 118 Company Directory 174 Conference call 57, 169 Connections - 3G/GPRS/EDGE and dial-up 287 Connect phone to Internet - dial-up 179 - GPRS/3G 179 - Wi-Fi 176 Contact groups 112 Contacts 104, 108 Contacts Picture capture mode 236 Copy - copy and manage files 273 - media files from PC to phone 251 Create new contacts 104 Customer feedback 279 D Data connection 179, 180 Data services (Set
Index FM Radio 256 Footprints 217 Footprints tab (Home screen) 91 Forward email 155 Full QWERTY 118 G G-Sensor 276 Google Maps 224 GPS 214, 215 H Hard reset 293 Home dialing 49 Home screen 33, 63 Home tab (Home screen) 65 I Input - enter text 119 - onscreen keyboard 117 Install and uninstall programs 271 Instant Messaging 151 International call - home dialing (auto prepend country code) 49 - plus code dialing 49 Internet 176 Internet email 154 Internet Explorer Mobile 185 In
Index 299 O Office Mobile 260 OneNote Mobile 260 Onscreen keyboard - Compact QWERTY 118 - Full QWERTY 118 - Phone Keypad 118 Opera Mobile 181 Other (Settings tab) 279 - Windows Media Player Mobile 250 Pocket mode 52 Power - END/POWER button 24 - turn off 33 - turn on 30 PowerPoint Mobile 260 Predictive mode 121 Profile 276, 281 P Q Panorama capture mode 236 Password 277, 289 People tab (Home screen) 72, 101 Personalize (Settings tab) - Font 275 - Home screen tabs 275 - Home tab wa
Index - text message (SMS) 137 Settings 275 Settings tab (Home screen) 100 Set up phone for the first time 30 Share photos and videos from Albums 249 Shortcuts 70 SIM Access Profile (SAP) 213 SIM card - insert 27 - PIN 288 SIM Manager 264 Sleep mode 32, 284 Smart Dial 46 SMS 73, 137, 141 Social networking 176, 277 Soft reset 291 Sound & Display (Settings tab) 276 Speakerphone 54, 60 Specifications 294 Speed Dial 56 Start screen 37 Status icons 34 Stocks tab (Home screen) 89 Stop r
Index 301 Voice call 46 Voice Command 269, 279 Voicemail 48 Voice Recorder 267 Volume 41, 276, 282 W Wallpaper 66 Weather tab (Home screen) 98 Wi-Fi 176, 286 Windows Live 192 Windows Live Messenger 193 Windows Media Player Mobile 250 Windows Mobile Device Center 127 Wireless controls (Settings tab) 275 Wireless network 176, 286 Word Mobile 260 World Clock 67 X XT9 predictive mode 121 Y YouTube 188, 201 Z Zooming - Camera 236 - Internet Explorer Mobile 187 - Opera Mobile 183
