User Guide
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Contents Chapter 1 Basics 6 8 10 12 13 13 15 16 16 Chapter 2 Make calls Receive calls Use voicemail What can I do during a call? Set up and use a Bluetooth® hands-free device Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 24 25 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Email Messaging Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 30 Contacts Doc View PDF View Preferences 44 44 Chapter 9 Wi-Fi Web Bluetooth® wireless technology Documents 40 40 Chapter 8 Camera Photos Videos Music Web and wireless
Regulatory and safety information Index 4 Contents
Basics You’re about to discover the many things about your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone that can help you better manage your life and have fun, too. As you become more familiar with your phone, you’ll want to personalize the settings and add applications to make it uniquely yours. But first, take the few easy steps in this chapter to set up your phone and get it running.
Get to know your phone Front view IMPORTANT Be careful not to scratch, crush, or apply too much pressure on the touchscreen. Do not store your phone in a place where other items might damage it. Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or aerosols to clean the phone or its accessories. Keyboard 1 Option: Press to enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols that appear above the letters on the keys, or to move the cursor.
Touchscreen Back view 1 Application name: Displays the name of the currently open application. Drag down over the app name to open the application menu. 2 Launcher: See Open an application in the Launcher. 3 Scroll arrow: Swipe up or down to see icons that are on the page but hidden. 4 Quick Launch: See Open an application in Quick Launch. 5 Connection icons: Show the status of wireless service connections and battery strength. Tap the icons to open the connection menu.
Top view 4 To begin separating the back cover from the body of the phone, use your thumbnail to release the clasp at the midpoint of the left side of the phone (see (a) in step 5). 5 Run your thumbnail around the hairline opening to release the upper-left and top clasps. You may hear a sound when the clasp releases. 1 3.5mm headset jack 2 Power: Press to wake up or turn off the screen. Press and hold to turn wireless services on and off, replace the battery, or turn your device completely on and off.
6 Run your thumbnail around the hairline opening to release the bottom-left and bottom clasps. End at (b). 8 Remove the battery by putting your finger in the recess to the right of the battery; push the battery left and then lift it up and out. WARNING You must remove the battery first whenever you insert or remove the SIM card. 7 Swing the body of the phone out of the back cover as if the right side were a hinge. 9 Insert the SIM card.
Replace the battery. Verify your profile 11 To replace the back cover: Insert the ringer switch into the hole provided for it on the right side of the back cover. After you finish setup, look for an email on your computer at the address you used for your Palm profile. If you don’t see the confirmation email in your Inbox, check your spam mail folder in your desktop email program. Click the link in the email to do the following: • Verify your Palm profile.
To turn the screen on, press power . Drag up to unlock the screen. Do one of the following: • Tap the upper-right corner of any screen to open the connection menu. Tap Turn on Airplane Mode. • Press and hold power and tap Airplane Mode. When your phone is in airplane mode, the airplane mode icon appears at the top of every screen, and Airplane Mode appears in the upper-left corner of the screen in the Launcher, Card view, and Phone. Your phone is not connected to any mobile network.
Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off Usually, turning your phone off and/or putting it in airplane mode is sufficient for normal periods when you have the phone with you but you’re not using it. On rare occasions, however, you may want to put your phone into deep sleep because you are not going to use it for an extended period. At those times, do one of the following: • Open Device Info and tap Reset Options. Tap Shut Down, and tap Shut Down again.
2 Enter the name of or a keyword for the application. 3 When the application icon appears in the search results, tap it. 2 Tap a card to maximize the application. TIP You can also maximize the center card in Card view by flicking down from the screen to the gesture area. Work with applications Go up one level in an app (back gesture) The back gesture takes you up one level from a detailed level to a more general view of the application you’re working in.
5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are composing) or to accept information you entered in a field. Enter characters from the symbols table 6 Sym You can enter symbols and accented characters that don’t appear on the keys by using the symbols table. Enter uppercase letters 1 Press Sym By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalized and the remaining text you enter is lowercase.
To accept the information you entered, do one of the following: • Tap outside the field. • Press Enter . If a screen contains multiple fields, pressing Enter accepts the information you just entered and jumps the cursor to the next field. • When you are done entering information on the screen containing the field, make the back gesture to accept the information and back out of the screen. menu hidden in the upper-right corner, which provides access to wireless services.
Open the connection menu The connection menu lets you manage wireless services—the phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth® wireless technology. DID YOU KNOW? The connection menu also displays the current day and date and the battery charge level. 1 Do one of the following: • Drag down from the upper-right corner of the phone (above the screen) onto the screen. • Tap the upper-right corner of the screen. 2 3 Tap a menu item to turn that wireless feature on or to display a list of menu items for that feature.
Do one of the following: • Tap the notification to act on it. • For some types of notifications, throw the notification off the side of the screen to dismiss it. View all your notifications For most types of notifications, if you do not tap a notification after a few seconds, it becomes an icon in the lower-right portion of the screen. 1 Tap anywhere on the bottom of the screen to display your notifications. 2 Tap a notification to act on it.
Chapter 1 : Basics
Phone Your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to effectively manage multiple calls. You can answer a second call, swap between calls, and set up a six-way conference call. You can also work with other applications while on a call. Your Pixi Plus phone helps you to do all these tasks with ease.
Make calls NOTE If the phone is turned off (that is, if it’s in airplane mode), you don’t have to turn it on. It automatically tries to connect to a network to make the call. For information on turning the phone off and back on. Dial using the onscreen dial pad Dial by contact name using universal search The onscreen dial pad is useful when you need to dial numbers that are expressed as letters and when you need large, brightly lit numbers that you can tap.
Dial using a speed dial You can pick the ringtone for incoming calls. You can set a ringtone for individual contacts as well. See Assign a speed dial to a contact for instructions on creating a speed dial. • In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, press and hold the speed-dial key you assigned to the number. Answer a call Do one of the following: Dial by contact name in the Phone application • If the screen is on when the phone starts ringing, tap .
2 End a call Follow the voice prompts to set up your voicemail. • Tap Listen to voicemail messages 1 Do one of the following: Set up and use a Bluetooth® hands-free device • In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, press and hold 1 . • Tap a voicemail notification at the bottom of the screen. 2 . • Open Phone . Then tap . • Open Phone . Then tap and hold 1 onscreen. Follow the voice prompts to listen to your messages.
Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family, and colleagues by email anywhere you can access your wireless service provider’s data network. You can send and receive attachments as well. In this chapter 24 25 Email Messaging And keep the Messaging app in mind for times when you need to send a short text, multimedia, or instant message to a mobile phone number—especially handy when you’re in a meeting that’s running late.
Email 2 If this is the first time you opened the Email application, and you set up at least one email account already, tap Done. If you did not set up an email account, see Set up email. Set up email 3 Tap Follow this procedure if you have a common email provider, for example, AOL, EarthLink, or Yahoo! If you are setting up the Email application to work with your corporate email account that uses Microsoft Exchange. 4 (Optional) Tap From to change the email account you are using to send the message.
Receive and read email messages Messaging The Email application synchronizes messages anytime you open a mail folder. It also synchronizes messages on an automatic schedule—the default interval is every 20 minutes. Create and send a text or multimedia message Each text message can have up to 160 characters. You can send a message of more than 160 characters, but the message may be split into several messages.
PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M— which would be 7256. • Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone number, or email address. Tap the IM or email address you want to use to send the message when it appears. 4 Tap the To field and repeat step 3 to enter additional recipients.
3 Tap to the left of the text Offline and tap Available. Send and receive IM messages BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you’re inside a coverage area. 1 Open Messaging . 2 Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation: • In Buddies view, tap a buddy name and enter a new message. If there's more than one account for that buddy, the most recently used IM account is opened. • In Conversations view, tap an existing conversation and enter a new message.
Chapter 3 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone makes it easy to organize your personal information and keep it with you wherever you go. All your personal information is backed up and kept private either in your Palm profile or in one of your online accounts.
Contacts When you add a contact, if you don’t specify the account, the new contact is added to your default account. If you have an address book in an online account that works with the Palm® Synergy™ feature (for example, Google or Microsoft Exchange), you can set up Contacts on your phone to synchronize and display contacts that you store in the online address book. Set up synchronization the first time you open Contacts, or anytime after that.
Assign a speed dial to a contact Use Calendar for the first time You can assign a speed dial to any contact phone number. You can assign up to 26 speed dials. 1 Open Calendar 2 Do one of the following: • To set up your first online account to sync: Tap the account type, enter the account information, and tap Sign In. NOTE You cannot assign 1 (the E key) as a speed dial. The number 1 is reserved for speed dialing your voicemail system.
In Day view, available time slots between events are compressed and labeled X Hrs Free. To expand free time so you can enter an event, tap X Hrs Free. 4 Enter the event name, and then do one of the following • Press Enter to add the event to the calendar. • Tap to the right of the name to enter more details about the event. Make the back gesture to return to Day view. Don’t look for a save button—your info is automatically saved when you make the back gesture to close the event.
Photos, videos, and music There’s no need to carry a separate media player; you can play music and videos, and view photos, on your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone. Listen to music through the built-in speaker or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones (both sold separately). Take pictures and record videos and then share them with your friends immediately, directly from your phone.
Camera camera or copy from your computer in JPG, BMP, or PNG format. You can also look at pictures on the web directly in the web browser (see Web). Your phone has an easy-to-use, 2-megapixel camera with an LED flash. You can use the camera to take pictures, and then use the Photos app to view them and send them to your friends and family. To add a personal touch to your phone, use your pictures as your wallpaper and as caller ID images. 1 Open Camera .
Music tap the first song. The songs play one after the other in sequence. To listen to songs in random order, tap Shuffle All. You can listen to music through the speaker on the back of your phone or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones, stereo headset equipped with Bluetooth® wireless technology, or speakers (all sold separately). • To listen to all songs in a genre: Tap Genres and tap the genre name. To listen to the songs in the order they are displayed onscreen, tap the first song.
Chapter 5 : Photos, videos, and music
Web and wireless connections With your wireless service provider’s network and your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone’s web browser, you can take the web with you almost anywhere you go. The Bluetooth® wireless technology on your phone helps you easily set up wireless connections to a number of devices.
Wi-Fi 1 Open Web . 2 Enter the search term and tap a search option. Turn Wi-Fi on and off Bluetooth® wireless technology Do one of the following: • Open Wi-Fi , and tap On or Off. • From any screen: Open the connection menu at the upper-right corner, tap Wi-Fi, and tap Turn on Wi-Fi or Turn off Wi-Fi. Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off Do one of the following: • Open Bluetooth , and tap On or Off.
Documents Your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. You can view and search Microsoft Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® files on your phone. In this chapter 40 40 Doc View PDF View You can also view PDF files on your phone.
Doc View PDF View With Doc View, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® files on your phone. With PDF View, you can view PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files on your phone. Open a file You can view a file that you copy from your computer or receive as an email attachment . You can view files in DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSX, PPT, and PPTX formats. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you put a file on your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the file.
Change the text display size For information on zooming in and out. • Pinch out to enlarge items onscreen. • Pinch in to decrease the size of items onscreen. • Double-tap the screen to zoom in or out a specified amount.
Chapter 7 : Documents
Preferences There are lots of ways to make your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone work better for you. Personalize your phone to make it match your lifestyle. You can easily customize many features of your phone like the wallpaper, screen brightness, ringtone for incoming calls, and more.
Screen & Lock 4 • To zoom out or in on a part of the picture: Pinch in or out on the picture. Change screen brightness 1 Open Screen & Lock 2 Under Screen, drag the Brightness slider to the preferred level. By default, your screen turns off after one minute of inactivity to save battery power. You can change this interval. 1 Open Screen & Lock 2 In Turn Off After, tap the interval shown, and then tap the number of seconds or minutes. .
System Sounds: Set whether to turn on systemwide sounds for notification, transitions, shutter click, and the like. Drag the Volume slider to set the system sounds volume. Select the ringtone for incoming calls The ringtone you select here applies globally to all incoming calls. You can also set a unique ringtone for a contact. 1 Open Sounds & Ringtones . 2 Tap the displayed ringtone to open the full list of tones. 3 Tap the name of the ringtone to select it.
Chapter 8 : Preferences
Learn More In this chapter 48 While using your phone Chapter 9 : Learn More 47
WARNING Please refer to Regulatory and safety information for information that helps you safely use your phone. Failure to read and follow the important safety information in this guide may result in serious bodily injury, death, or property damage. While using your phone • On-device Help: Read short how-tos and watch animations on your new phone. To view all Help: Open Help . To view Help topics for a single application: Open the application, open the application menu, and tap Help.
Regulatory and safety information FCC Statements. Table 1. Caution icons Icon Description Icon Description This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. indicates this equipment uses non-harmonized frequency bands. France - 2.4GHz for Metropolitan France: Antenna Care/Unauthorized Modifications Use only the supplied integral antenna. Unauthorized antenna modifications or attachments could damage the unit and may violate FCC regulations.
As SAR is measured utilizing the device's highest transmitting power, the actual SAR of this device while operating is typically below that indicated below. This is due to automatic changes to the power level of the device to ensure it only uses the minimum power required to communicate with the network. Body-worn operation: Important safety information regarding radio frequency (RF) radiation exposure: To ensure compliance with RF exposure guidelines the phone must be used with a minimum of 1.5 cm (0.
(1) Valeur DAS la plus élevée pour ce modèle de téléphone et pour une utilisation à l'oreille, communiquée par le constructeur. Le DAS, exprimé en w/kg, quantifie le niveau d'exposition aux ondes électromagnétiques et permet de vérifier la conformité des mobiles à la réglementation française et européenne qui impose que celui-ci soit inférieur à 2w/kg.
Recently there have been some public reports of wireless phone batteries overheating, catching fire, or exploding. It appears that many, if not all, of these reports involve counterfeit or inexpensive, aftermarket-brand batteries with unknown or questionable manufacturing standards. Use only manufacturer-approved batteries and accessories found at Carrier Stores or through your device’s manufacturer. Buying the right batteries and accessories is the best way to ensure they are genuine and safe.
Interference to medical and personal electronic devices: Most but not all electronic equipment is shielded from RF signals and certain electronic equipment may not be shielded against the RF signals from your phone. Pacemakers: The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum separation of 15 centimeters (6 inches) be maintained between a phone and a pacemaker to avoid potential interference with the pacemaker.
• Do not turn the volume up to block out noisy surroundings. If you choose to listen to your portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-cancelling headphones to block out background environmental noise. • Limit the amount of time you listen. As the volume increases, less time is required before your hearing could be affected. • Avoid using headphones after exposure to extremely loud noises, such as rock concerts, that might cause temporary hearing loss.
Driving Safety Driving Safety Tips Overview Always obey all laws and regulations on the use of the phone in your driving area. Safety—Your most important call. The Wireless Industry reminds you to use your phone safely when driving. 1 Get to know your phone and its features, such as speed-dial and redial. 2 Use a hands-free device where it is allowed. In some areas, you may not use your phone while driving even with a hands-free accessory. 3 Position your phone within easy reach.
ESD Safety Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause damage to electronic devices if discharged into the device, so you should take steps to avoid such an occurrence. While you should always take appropriate precautions to discharge static electricity, if you are in an environment where you notice ESD events, you may want to take extra precautions to protect your electronic equipment against ESD.
Regulatory and safety information
Index NUMERICS 112 phone numbers 20 3G SIM card 8 3G2 files 34 3GP files 34 3GP2 files 34 3GPP files 34 911 phone numbers 20 999 phone numbers 20 A AAC files 35 AAC+ files 35 accented characters 614 Acrobat Reader files.
customer support 48 D dial pad 20 dialing 20, 31 displaying contacts 31 multimedia messages 26 pictures 34 text messages 26 videos 34 DOC files 40 Doc View 40 documentation 48 documents 40 DOCX files 40 downloading email 25 pictures 34 driving safety tips 56 E EarthLink accounts 24 editing contacts 31 email creating 24 music and 35 receiving 25 sending 24 synchronizing 25 email accounts multiple 24 email addresses 60 Index entering 24 email service providers 24 emergency phone numbers 20 events calenda
O online address books 30 online calendars 31 online support 48 opening applications 12–13 attachments 26 files 40 web pages 38 Option key 6, 13, 14 organizer features 29 P Palm online support 48 passwords entering 14 for PDF files 40 PDF files 40 PDF View 40 phone airplane mode 11 answering 21 caring for 55 cleaning 6 dialing 20, 31 disposing of 53 Help 48 redialing 21 setting up 8 turning on or off 11, 12 volume 22 phone calls 20–21 driving and 56 hands-free devices and 22 hold 22 making 20 messages dur
Wi-Fi 38 TXT files 40 U universal search 16 uppercase letters 14 URLs 38 user safety information 53 V videos answering phone and 21 sending 26 watching 34 voicemail 22 volume adjusting 22 system sounds 44 W wallpaper 44 See also Card view WAV files 35 web addresses 38 Web application 38 Web browser 38 web pages opening 38 websites accessing customer support 48 connecting to 38 playing music from 35 searching for 38 62 Index Wide View 40 Wi-Fi turning on and off 38 wireless services turning on or off 1
