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Table Of Contents

Getting contacts into your

phone

The first time you open the Contacts application, you

get hints on how to start adding contacts to your

phone. This is a good time to choose a method that

suits your situation and setup. View all import

options on www.sonyericsson.com/support/

contacts. Here are two recommended options:

Synchronise your phone with contacts

already stored with an online

synchronisation service, such as Sony

Ericsson Sync or Google Sync™.

Import contacts from a SIM card. You may

not be able to transfer all information from

one phone to another using this method

because of limited memory on the SIM

card.

To synchronise your phone contacts with a

synchronisation account

From your Home screen, tap , then tap .

Press

, then tap Settings > Accounts &

sync.

To set up a synchronisation account, tap Add

account and follow the on-screen instructions. If

you have already set up a synchronisation account

and you want to sync with that account, tap the

account, press

, and tap Sync now.

To import contacts from a SIM card

From your Home screen, tap

, then tap .

Press

, then tap Import contacts > SIM

card.

If you have set up a synchronisation account, you

can choose to add the SIM card contacts under

that account. Or you can choose to only use these

contacts in the phone. Select your desired option.

To import an individual contact, find and tap the

contact. To import all contacts, press

, then tap

Import all.

Finding your way

Home screen

Your phone Home screen is the equivalent of the

desktop on a computer. You can customise your

Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders,

themes, wallpaper and other items.

The Home screen extends beyond the regular

screen display width, so you need to flick left or right

to view content in one of the screen's four

extensions.

The items in the bar at the bottom of the screen are

always available for quick access.

To go to the Home screen

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Press .

To browse the Home screen

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Flick right or left.

To change your Home screen wallpaper

From your Home screen, press .

Tap Wallpaper, then select a wallpaper.

Widgets

Widgets are small applications that you can use

directly on your Home screen. For example, the

Music player widget allows you to start playing

music directly and the Sony Ericsson Timescape™

widget displays incoming messages.

Application screen

The Application screen, which you open from your

Home screen, contains the applications that come

installed with your phone as well as the applications

you download.

The Application screen extends beyond the regular

screen width, so you need to flick left and right to

view all content.

To open the Application screen

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From your Home screen, tap .

To open an application

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From your Home screen or the Application screen,

tap the application.

Applications

An application is a phone program that helps you

perform a task. For example, there are applications

to make calls, take photos and download more

applications.

Status and notifications

The status bar at the top of your screen shows

what's going on in your phone. For example, new

message and calendar notifications appear here.

Checking notifications and

ongoing activities

You can drag down the status bar to open the

Notification panel and get more information. For

example, open a new message or view a calendar

event from the Notification panel. You can also open

running applications, such as the music player.

To open the Notification panel

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Drag the status bar downwards.

Phone settings menu

View and change your phone settings from the

Settings menu.

To access the phone settings

From the Home screen, tap .

Tap Settings.

More basics

Calling

To make a call by dialling

From your Home screen, tap

Find and tap Phone.

Enter the number of the recipient and tap Call. To

delete a number, tap

To end a call

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Tap End call.

To answer a call

•

Drag to the right across the screen.

To decline a call

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Drag to the left across the screen.

Multimedia and text

messaging

To create and send a message

From your Home screen, tap

, then find and tap

Tap New message.

Tap Write message and enter your message text.

To add a recipient, tap Add recipient, then select

a contact or enter the full number manually.

If you want to add a media file, tap

and select

an option.

If you want to add or remove recipients before

sending the message, press . To add a

recipient, tap Add recipient. To remove a

recipient, tap Edit recipients and tap next to a

recipient field. When you are finished, tap Done.

To send the message, tap Send.

Legal information

Android Market™ is not available in all

countries. Some of the services and features

described in this Startup guide are not

supported in all countries/regions or by all

networks and/or service providers in all areas.

Without limitation, this applies to the GSM

International Emergency Number 112. Please

contact your network operator or service

provider to determine availability of any specific

service or feature and whether additional

access or usage fees apply.

Sony Ericsson MK16i/MK16a

This Startup guide is published by Sony Ericsson Mobile

Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any

warranty. Improvements and changes to this Startup guide

necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current

information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be

made by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB at any time and

without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new

editions of this Startup guide.

Publication number: 1245-2926.1

Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward

additional content, e.g. ringtones. The use of such content may be

restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not

limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not

Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you

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third-party website, please review such websites’ terms of use and

applicable privacy policy in advance. Sony Ericsson does not warrant

or guarantee the availability or performance of any third-party

websites or offered services.

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All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict

the actual phone.

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Microsoft. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this

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