Palm® Pre 2 User Guide TM
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Contents Chapter 1 Basics 6 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Chapter 2 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Email Messaging Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 28 30 Contacts Calendar PDF View Preferences 40 40 Chapter 9 Wi-Fi Web Bluetooth® wireless technology Documents 38 Chapter 8 Camera Photos Videos Music Web and wireless connections 36 36 36 Email and other messages 22 23 Chapter 4 Make calls Receive calls Use voicemail What can I do during a call? Set up and use a Bluetooth® hands-free device P
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Basics You’re about to discover the many things about your Palm® Pre™ 2 phone that will 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 Slide out the keyboard • Hold the phone as shown below and gently push up. 1 Earpiece 2 Touchscreen: Tap and make other gestures directly on the screen. 3 Volume 4 Gesture area: Make the back gesture and begin other gestures here. 5 Microphone 6 Keyboard: See Use the keyboard.
TIP 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. Touchscreen 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.
Back view Top view The back cover of your Pre 2 phone is compatible with the TouchstoneTM charging dock (sold separately). 1 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. Turn your device completely off before you remove the battery. 2 Ringer switch: Slide to turn the ringer and notification sounds on or off. (Red means off.
Set up your phone To turn the screen on, do one of the following: • Press power . Drag up to unlock the screen. Verify your profile 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.
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.
Quick Launch can display no more than five icons. By default it displays, from left to right, Phone, Contacts, Email, Calendar, and the Launcher. You can change the order of icons (except the Launcher icon) in Quick Launch, or swap in whatever applications you like. NOTE If you have a notification or the dashboard is open , you need to dismiss them to access Quick Launch. Make the following gesture to display Quick Launch and open one of its applications.
2 Tap a card to maximize the application. 4 Backspace 5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are TIP You can also maximize the center card in Card view by flicking down from the screen to the gesture area. TIP You can set a preference to move among open apps without first going to Card view. Close an application • In Card view, throw the card off the top of the screen.
Enter characters from the symbols table Select items in a list You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the keys by using the symbols table. See Symbols and accented characters for a list of the available symbols and accented characters. Lists enable you to select from a range of options. Lists are different from menus, which give you access to additional features. Lists are hidden until you tap the currently displayed option for that list.
Open the application menu 2 The application menu contains items for the application you are working in, such as Cut and Copy, Preferences, Help, and other application-specific menu items. Help is available on the app menu of every application. Tap a menu item to turn that wireless feature on or to display a list of menu items for that feature. If you see a downward-pointing arrow at the bottom of the menu, scroll down to see additional menu items.
Some notifications enable you to perform multiple actions. For example, on a calendar notification, tap the calendar icon to open Calendar in Day view with the event displayed, or tap the event name to open the event details screen. Find info on your phone You can search for contacts and applications on your phone. 1 Open Card view or the Launcher. 2 Begin typing the search term. As you type, your phone displays the following items whose name matches the characters you entered.
Chapter 1 : Basics
Phone Your Palm® Pre™ 2 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 Palm® Pre™ 2 phone helps you to do all these tasks with ease.
Make calls 2 When you finish entering the number, tap it to dial. TIP If you turn off the preference to show contact matches in the dial pad (see Turn contact match display on/off), this changes how you dial using the keyboard in the Phone application. In Phone, after you enter the number with the keyboard, tap the onscreen dial icon to dial. For information on turning the phone off and back on, see Turn the phone on/off.
Receive calls Use voicemail If you want to answer calls, your phone must be on. This is different from having only the screen turned on. When your phone is off, your calls go to voicemail. Set up voicemail 1 In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, press and hold 1 . When the search results screen appears, continue holding 1 until the Phone application appears. 2 Follow the voice prompts to set up your voicemail. You can pick the ringtone for incoming calls.
• Open the dial pad to enter numbers for navigating phone trees, responding to prompts, and so on: Tap . • Add a call: See Make a second call. • Adjust call volume: Press Volume. End a call • Tap . • If a headset is attached, press the headset button. Set up and use a Bluetooth® hands-free device Your phone is compatible with many headsets and car kits (sold separately) enabled with Bluetooth® wireless technology version 2.1, with EDR and Stereo (with AVRCP media controls).
Email and other messages Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family, and colleagues anywhere you can access your wireless service provider’s data network or a Wi-Fi network. You can send and receive attachments as well. In this chapter 22 23 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 Create and send an email message 1 Open Email Set up email 2 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 ActiveSync, see Set up email: Microsoft Exchange.
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.
• Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact. • Do you need to enter a short code that contains letters—for example, to text a vote to a TV poll or to make a donation to a charity? Use the keyboard to enter it; just press the letter keys and tap the code that appears under Short Code. This is not the same as dialing a number that is expressed as letters—for example, (555) 256 PALM.
• Any other time: Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. Tap Add IM Account. 4 When the message recipient replies, the reply appears below your message in the conversation. Repeat step 3 to reply to that person. 3 Tap the account type. 5 (Optional) Do any of the following from a message you receive: 4 Enter your username and password. 5 Tap Sign In. 6 Tap Done. • To call a number: Tap the number, and tap . • To send a text message: Tap and hold the number, and tap Text.
Chapter 3 : Email and other messages
Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Your Palm® Pre™ 2 phone is all you need 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 Use Contacts for the first time 1 Open Contacts 2 Do one of the following: 4 Tap Name to enter the contact name. 5 To add detailed name information, such as prefix, suffix, or middle name, to a name, open the application menu and tap Name Details. 6 Tap fields to enter contact details, select a ringtone for this contact, and so on. Scroll to see all fields. You can add a reminder that appears whenever you and this person get in touch.
3 For more search options, tap Global Address Search. (This option is available if you are using Microsoft Exchange with a Global Address List.) 4 Tap the contact. • To delete a piece of contact information: Throw the item off the side of the screen and tap Delete. 7 View, edit, or delete contact information 1 Open Contacts . 2 Search for a contact, and tap the contact name. 3 (Optional) To copy a contact, open the application menu, tap Edit, and tap Copy All.
Calendar 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. Use Calendar for the first time . Enter the event name, and then do one of the following: • Press Enter to add the event to the calendar. 1 Open Calendar 2 Do one of the following: • Tap to the right of the name to enter more details about the event. Make the back gesture to return to Day view.
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® Pre™ 2 phone. Listen to music through the built-in speaker or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones (sold separately). Take pictures and record videos and then share them with your friends immediately, directly from your phone.
Camera The following table shows you the photo formats that you can see on your phone and the apps you can see them in. Your phone comes with an easy-to-use 5-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 . 2 The camera is set to automatically determine if the flash is needed.
Videos Get music onto your phone To get music onto your phone, you can do any of the following: To get videos on your phone, you can do any of the following: • • • • Record a video. Copy videos from your computer. Receive videos as email attachments. Receive videos as part of a multimedia message. You can view DRM-free videos that you receive as email attachments or that you copy from your computer in the MPEG-4, H.263, H.264, MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, and 3GP2 formats.
Listen to music After you begin to play music, music continues to play if you switch to another application, turn off the screen, or slide the ringer switch off. If a call comes in, music pauses automatically and resumes when you hang up or ignore the call. If you put the Music app in the background while you work in another app, a music notification icon appears at the bottom of the screen. Tap the icon to display the music playback controls. You can use the controls even if the screen is locked.
Web and wireless connections With your wireless service provider’s network and your Palm® Pre™ 2 phone’s web browser, you can take the web with you almost anywhere you go. You can use your phone’s Wi-Fi feature to connect to a public, work, or home network. The Bluetooth® wireless technology on your Palm® Pre™ 2 phone helps you easily set up wireless connections to a number of devices.
Wi-Fi Go to a website using search You can also search the web from the Launcher or Card view. Turn Wi-Fi on/off 1 Open Web Do one of the following: 2 Enter the search term and tap a search option. • Open Wi-Fi , and tap On or Off. • From any screen: Open the connection menu in the upper-right corner of the screen, tap Wi-Fi, and tap Turn on Wi-Fi or Turn off Wi-Fi. Bluetooth® wireless technology If your phone finds the network you want, tap the network name to connect to it.
Documents Your Palm® Pre™ 2 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 38 PDF View You can also view PDF files on your phone.
PDF View Change the text display size For information on zooming in and out. With PDF View, you can view PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files on your phone. Open a file You can view a PDF file that you copy from your computer or receive as an email attachment. 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. Open Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone. 1 Open PDF View . The list of your files appears onscreen.
Preferences There are lots of ways to make your Palm® Pre™ 2 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. .
Ringtone Volume: Drag the slider to set the ringtone volume. This also sets the Clock alarm volume. TIP Adjusting the Ringtone Volume slider is the same as using the volume up and volume down buttons on the side of the phone. System Sounds: Set whether to turn on systemwide sounds for notifications, 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.
Chapter 8 : Preferences
Learn More In this chapter 44 While using your phone Chapter 9 : Learn More 43
WARNING Please refer to Reg for information that hleps 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. • Online support from Palm: Visit palm.
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.
CAUTION Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. Precaution against hearing loss: Protect your hearing. Listening to this device at full volume for a long period of time can damage your hearing. Antenna Care/Unauthorized Modifications A pleine puissance, l’écoute prolongée du baladeur peut endommager l’oreille de l’utilisateur. Consultez notre site web www.palm.com/fr pour plus d’informations.
The highest reported SAR values of the Palm® Pre™ 2 Phone are: Protecting your Battery Table 2. The guidelines listed below help you get the most out of your battery's performance. Maximum 1g SAR values (W/kg) FCC 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.
• Battery usage by children should be supervised. • Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped, especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a service center for inspection. • Do not handle a damaged or leaking Lithium-Ion (LI-ion) battery as you can be burned. • Improper battery use may result in a fire, explosion, or other hazard. User Safety • Based on DOT rules, spare batteries must not be transported in checked luggage on commercial flights.
• Make use of the special features in the handset which minimize the number of buttons which have to be pressed, such as message templates and predictive text • Take lots of breaks to stretch and relax Blackouts and Seizures: Blinking lights, such as those experienced with television or playing video games may cause some people to experience blackout or seizure, even if never experienced before.
Product Handling & Safety General statement on handling and use: You alone are responsible for how you use your phone and any consequences of its use. You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. • Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place.
accessory, take advantage of these devices. If driving while using a phone is permitted in your area, we recommend using a phone headset or a hands-free car kit (sold separately). However, be aware that use of a headset that covers both ears impairs your ability to hear other sounds. Use of such a headset while operating a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle may create a serious hazard to you and/or others, and may be illegal. If you must use a stereo headset while driving, place a speaker in only one ear.
plugged into a standard three-prong grounded outlet, touching the case should discharge the ESD on your body. • Increase the relative humidity of your environment. • Install ESD-specific prevention items, such as grounding mats. Conditions that enhance ESD occurrences Conditions that can contribute to the buildup of static electricity in the environment include the following: • Low relative humidity. • Material type. (The type of material gathering the charge.
Index NUMERICS 3G2 files 33 3GP files 33 3GP2 files 33 3GPP files 33 A accented characters 13 accessories 50 accounts contacts and 28 Acrobat Reader files.
D demagnetization 50 dial pad 18 dialing 18–??, 29 Digital Rights Management (DRM) 33 display size 38 displaying contacts 29 multimedia messages 24 pictures 32 text messages 24 videos 33 documentation 44 downloading email 23 pictures 32 driving safety tips 50 DRM-free music files 33 E editing contacts 29 electrostatic discharge (ESD) 51 email creating 22 receiving 23 retrieving 23 sending 22 synchronizing 23 email accounts multiple 22 setting up 22–?? email addresses 54 Index entering 22 email service p
O online status 25 online support 44 opening application menu 14 applications 10–11 attachments 24 connection menu 14 files 38 web pages 36 Option key 7, 12 organizer features 27 P pacemakers 48 page indicators 7 Palm online support 44 Palm profile 9 passwords entering 12 PDF files and 38 pauses in phone numbers 28 PDF files 38–?? PDF View 38–?? phone See also phone calls answering 19 caring for 50 dialing 18–??, 29 disposing of 48 getting started with 6 Help 44 redialing 18 safety information 45–52 turni
touchscreen 7 See also screens troubleshooting 43 Turn off Airplane Mode option 10 Turn on Airplane Mode option 10 turning on and off Bluetooth feature 36 phone 9 screen 9 Wi-Fi 36 wireless services 9 U up gesture 11 uppercase letters 12 URLs 36 user safety information 48 V videos answering phone and 19 watching ??–33 voicemail 19 volume adjusting for phone calls 20 system sounds 40 W waking up screen 9 wallpaper 40 See also Card view web addresses 36 Web application 36–?? 56 Index web browser 36–?? w
