User's Manual

TERMS
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Terms
Alt (alternative)
A keyboard key. Enter a letter on the
keyboard, and then press Alt to access
variations such as international characters
and symbols.
Applications View
The screen on your Palm
®
Centro
™
690
smart device from which you can open all
applications.
Auto-off interval
The time of inactivity that passes before
the screen on your Centro 690 turns off.
The wireless features on your Centro 690
are unaffected by this setting.
Beam
The process of sending or receiving an
entry or application using the infrared (IR)
port on your Centro.
Bluetooth
®
wireless technology
Technology that enables devices such as
the Centro 690, mobile phones, and
computers to connect wirelessly to each
other so that they can exchange
information over short distances. For more
info, visit www.bluetooth.com
.
CSD (circuit-switched data)
A dial-up Internet connection. You pay for
the connection time, not for how much
information you transfer. Contrast with
GPRS.
Device name
The name associated with your Centro 690
and with the info in your desktop software.
The device name (sometimes called the
username) distinguishes your Centro 690
from all other Palm OS
®
devices. When you
first synchronize your Centro 690, you are
asked to give it a device name. This name
appears in the User list in Palm Desktop
software. Every Palm OS device that is
synchronized with the same computer
must have a unique device name.
Dialog box
A set of options and command buttons that
is enclosed by a border and that enables
you to carry out a specific task.