User's Manual

Applications and Development 113
Swype tips
Using the SwypeTips application you can watch a
video or start a tutorial that teaches you how to use
Swype most efficiently.
䊳 From the Home screen, tap
( Applications ) ➔ ( Swype Tips ).
For more information, refer to “Swype Text Entry
Tips” on page 55.
Talk
You can instant message with Google Talk. Google
Talk allows you to communicate with other people
who are also connected with Google Talk on the
phone or on the web.
䊳 From the Home screen, tap
( Applications ) ➔ ( Google Talk ).
For more information, refer to “Google Talk” on
page 88.
Task Manager
Sometimes your phone might seem to slow down over
time, and the biggest reason for this are background
applications. These are applications that were not
properly closed or shutdown and are still active but
minimized. The Task Manager not only lets you see
which of these applications are still active in the
background but also easily lets you choose which
applications are left running and which are closed.
Shutting Down Applications
1. From the Home screen, tap
( Applications ) ➔ ( Task Manager ).
– or –
Press and hold then tap Task manager .
This screen contains the following tabs:
• Active applications display those currently active
applications running on your phone.
•Package displays any installed packages or
applications from the Market that are taking up
memory space. Tap Uninstall to remove them from
your phone.
•RAM , displays the amount of current RAM (Random
Access Memory) currently being used and allows you
to Clear memory .
• Summary displays a visual graph indicating the
available and used space within the internal Storage
location and External SD card.
•Help provides additional battery saving techniques.
2. From the Active applications tab, tap End to
close selected applications or tap End all to
close all background running applications.
ThinkFree Office
ThinkFree Office Mobile for Android is a Microsoft
Office compatible office suite. This application
provides a central place for managing your
documents online or offline.
The application can also open Adobe PDF (Portable
Document Format) files.