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  • Page 1 User Manual...
  • Page 2 Congratulations on the purchase of your new Windows Mobile™ Smartphone! Please Read Before Proceeding. THIS DEVICE IS NOT CHARGED WHEN YOU TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX. DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY PACK WHEN THE DEVICE IS CHARGING. YOUR WARRANTY IS INVALIDATED IF YOU OPEN OR TAMPER WITH THE DEVICE’S OUTER CASING.
  • Page 3 Important Health Information and Safety Precautions When using this product, the safety precautions below must be taken to avoid possible legal liabilities and damages. Retain and follow all product safety and operating instructions. Observe all warnings in the operating instructions on the product. To reduce the risk of bodily injury, electric shock, fire and damage to the equipment, observe the following precautions.
  • Page 4 WARNING! Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. To reduce risk of fire or burns, do not disassemble, crush, puncture, short external contacts, expose to temperature above 60 C (140 F), or dispose of in fire or water. Replace only with specified batteries.
  • Page 5 SAFETY IN AIR CRAFTS Due to the possible interference caused by this product to an aircraft’s navigation system and its communications network, using this device’s phone function on board an airplane is against the law in most countries. If you want to use this device when on board an aircraft, remember to turn off your phone by switching to Flight Mode.
  • Page 6 NONIONIZING RADIATION This product should be operated in the suggested normal condition only to ensure the radiative performance and safety of the interference. As with other mobile radio transmitting equipment, users are advised that for satisfactory operation of the equipment and for the safety of personnel, it is recommended that no part of the human body be allowed to come too close to the antenna during operation of the equipment.
  • Page 7 • Mounting Accessories Do not use the product on an unstable table, cart, stand, tripod, or bracket. Any mounting of the product should follow the manufacturer’s instructions, and should use a mounting accessory recommended by the manufacturer. • Avoid unstable mounting Do not place the product with an unstable base.

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 Getting to Know your Phone and its Accessories ....12 1.2 Inserting the SIM Card and Micro SD Card ......18 1.3 The Home Screen ..............19 1.4 Status Indicators and Program Icons ........20 1.5 Using the Start Menu ............23 1.6 Using the Quick List ..............24 1.7 Entering Information ............24 1.8 Battery Information ..............28...
  • Page 9 3.3 Synchronizing Information ..........43 3.4 Synchronizing via Bluetooth ..........48 3.5 Synchronizing Music, Video and Pictures ......49 3.6 Setting Up E-mail Security ...........50 Chapter 4 Managing Your Phone 4.1 Personalizing your Phone ............54 4.2 Adding and Removing Programs ........59 4.3 Using Task Manager and Managing Memory .....60 4.4 Managing and Backing Up Files ..........62 4.5 Protecting your Phone ............64 4.6 Restarting your Phone ............66...
  • Page 10 6.3 Using Pocket MSN Messenger .......... 103 6.4 Using Calendar ..............105 6.5 Using Contacts ..............106 6.6 Using Tasks ................. 111 6.7 Using Voice Notes .............. 112 Chapter 7 Experiencing Multimedia 7.1 Using Camera and Video Recorder ........116 7.2 Using Pictures &...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1 Getting Started

    Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.1 Getting to Know your Phone and its Accessories 1.2 Inserting the SIM Card and Micro SD Card 1.3 The Home Screen 1.4 Status Indicators and Program Icons 1.5 Using the Start Menu 1.6 Using the Quick List 1.7 Entering Information 1.8 Battery Information...

  • Page 12: Getting To Know Your Phone And Its Accessories

    Getting started 1.1 Getting to Know your Phone and its Accessories...
  • Page 13 Getting started 13 Item Function 1. Speaker Listen to audio media or a phone call. 2. LED Indicators Left LED: The bi-color indicator (green/red) notifies you of the battery and network status of your phone respectively. Right LED: The blue indicator notifies you of Bluetooth connectivity status.
  • Page 14 Getting started...
  • Page 15 Getting started 15 Item Function 14. Car Antenna Allows you to attach your phone to the car antenna for Connector better network signal reception. Simply peel off the rubber cap and connect the antenna jack. Replace the rubber cap if unused. 15.
  • Page 16 Getting started LED indicator lights Various colors that might display in the LED Indicator are summarized here. Left LED Status Solid green Battery is fully charged. Blank Battery case is empty. Battery is charging or the phone is using ActiveSync Solid amber to synchronize with a PC.
  • Page 17 Getting started 17 Accessories The following accessories are provided with the device: Accessory Function 1. AC adapter Recharge the phone battery. 2. USB cable Connect your phone to a PC and synchronize data. 3. Stereo Plug the headset into the sync connector on your headset phone.

  • Page 18: Inserting The Sim Card And Micro Sd Card

    Getting started 1.2 Inserting the SIM Card and Micro SD Card Your SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card is given to you by your wireless service provider and contains your basic subscriber information, such as your phone number and your address book. Before you begin, ensure that the phone is turned off.

  • Page 19: The Home Screen

    Getting started 19 1.3 The Home Screen The Home screen displays important information, such as upcoming appointments, status indicators, the current date, time, profile and icons of programs that you have recently used. You can open a program directly by selecting its icon and pressing ENTER.

  • Page 20: Status Indicators And Program Icons

    Getting started 1.4 Status Indicators and Program Icons The following table lists common status indicators and their meanings. New e-mail or text message (SMS, GPRS available Short Message Service) GPRS connected New instant message Multipress text input mode, Voice call in progress lowercase Multipress text input mode, Data call in progress...
  • Page 21 Getting started 21 The following table lists icons of the programs that are already installed on your phone. ActiveSync Synchronizes information between your phone and a PC. Searches for other Bluetooth devices that have file sharing Bluetooth enabled and allows you to access their Bluetooth shared Explorer folder.
  • Page 22 Getting started Internet Allows you to browse Web and WAP sites, and to download Explorer new programs and files from the Internet. Internet Lets your phone act as an external modem for your computer Sharing by using USB port or Bluetooth. Messaging Lets you send and receive e-mails and text messages.

  • Page 23: Using The Start Menu

    Getting started 23 Voice Notes Allows you to make short voice recordings. Windows Lets you play back video and audio files. Media 1.5 Using the Start Menu The Start menu is located at the bottom-left corner of the Home screen and displays various program icons that are spread across one or more screens.

  • Page 24: Using The Quick List

    Getting started 1.6 Using the Quick List The Quick List offers convenient access to a list of functions, such as locking your phone or keypad and choosing a different profile. For more information about profiles, see Chapter 4. To access the Quick List Briefl...
  • Page 25 Getting started 25 Multipress text input mode, lowercase Multipress text input mode, uppercase Multipress text input mode, caps lock T9 text input mode, lowercase T9 text input mode, uppercase T9 text input mode, caps lock Numeric input mode To change the input mode Press and hold the key.
  • Page 26 Getting started Use T9 mode To form a word in T9 mode, press the numeric keys that contain the letters you want. As you enter letters, T9 analyzes your key presses and attempts to complete the word. For example, to enter the word “shoe”, press 7, 4, 6, 3. To enter text in T9 mode Press and hold the key.
  • Page 27 Getting started 27 More text entry tasks In both Multipress and T9 modes, the first letter of a sentence is by default capitalized. To change between uppercase, lowercase and caps lock • Press the key to change between uppercase, lowercase and caps lock within a text input mode.

  • Page 28: Battery Information

    Getting started 1.8 Battery Information Battery performance depends on many factors, including your wireless service provider’s network configuration, signal strength, the temperature of the environment in which you operate your phone, the features and/or settings you select and use, items attached to your phone’s connecting ports and your voice, data and other program usage patterns.

  • Page 29: Chapter 2 Using Phone Features

    Chapter 2 Using Phone Features 2.1 Using the Phone 2.2 Making a Voice Call 2.3 Receiving a Voice Call 2.4 In-Call Options 2.5 Additional Dialing Information...

  • Page 30: Using The Phone

    30 Using Phone Features 2.1 Using the Phone You can use your phone to make, receive, keep track of voice calls and send text messages (SMS, Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages. You can also dial a phone number directly from Contacts and easily copy SIM contacts to Contacts on the phone.

  • Page 31: Making A Voice Call

    Using Phone Features 31 Set ring tones You can choose how to be notified for incoming calls, reminders, new messages, alarms and more. To set a ring tone for incoming calls On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Sounds. In the Ring tone list, select a ring tone.
  • Page 32 32 Using Phone Features Tips • While entering the phone number, press the BACK button if you need to backspace • You will notice that when you press a numeric key on the Keypad, a list of names and numbers is displayed as your phone searches Contacts, Call History, Speed Dial and your SIM card to find a matching name or number.
  • Page 33 Using Phone Features 33 Make a call from Call History On the Home screen, click Start > Call History. Select a name or number and press TALK. In the Call History screen, press ENTER to view details, such as the dialed, missed, received call, call duration, date and time.

  • Page 34: Receiving A Voice Call

    34 Using Phone Features 2.3 Receiving a Voice Call When you receive a phone call, you have the option to answer it or ignore it. To answer or ignore an incoming call • To answer the call, click Answer or press TALK ( •...
  • Page 35 Using Phone Features 35 To answer another call Click Answer to take the second call and put the fi rst call on hold. To end the second call and return to the fi rst call, press END. To switch between calls •...

  • Page 36: Additional Dialing Information

    36 Using Phone Features 2.5 Additional Dialing Information Make an emergency call • Enter the appropriate emergency number for your locale and press TALK. Additional emergency numbers may be included in your SIM card. Contact your service provider for details. Make an international call Press and hold on the phone keypad until the sign appears.
  • Page 37 Using Phone Features 37 Insert a longer pause in a dialing sequence Some phone numbers may require a longer pause than the default pause in the dialing sequence. In these cases, you can pause as long as you want and manually continue the dialing sequence.
  • Page 38 38 Using Phone Features...

  • Page 39: Chapter 3 Synchronizing Information And Setting Up E-Mail Security

    Chapter 3 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 3.1 About ActiveSync 3.2 Setting Up ActiveSync 3.3 Synchronizing Information 3.4 Synchronizing via Bluetooth 3.5 Synchronizing Music, Video and Pictures 3.6 Setting Up E-mail Security...

  • Page 40: About Activesync

    40 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 3.1 About ActiveSync ActiveSync synchronizes information on your phone with information on your PC such as Outlook content. ActiveSync can also synchronize over a wireless or cellular network with Exchange Server if your company or service provider is running Exchange Server with Exchange ActiveSync.
  • Page 41 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 41 If you will synchronize your phone with Exchange Server, select the Synchronize directly with a server running Microsoft Exchange Server check box, then click Next. On the Exchange server credentials screen, enter the Exchange server address, your user name and password and the domain name.
  • Page 42 42 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security On your phone, you also need to enter the Exchange server settings. For information about this, see “Synchronizing directly with Exchange Server. ” On the Synchronization Setup Wizard, click Next. Select the information types to synchronize between your phone and computer.

  • Page 43: Synchronizing Information

    Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 43 Click Next. Click Finish. When you finish the wizard, ActiveSync synchronizes your phone automatically. Once synchronization completes, you can disconnect your phone from your PC. 3.3 Synchronizing Information When you connect your phone to the PC, ActiveSync will immediately synchronize.
  • Page 44 44 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security Synchronize Outlook information with the computer If you have set up a synchronization relationship between your phone and the PC, synchronization keeps Outlook information up-to-date on both of them. You can also set up your phone to synchronize with more than one PC or with a combination of one or more PCs and Exchange Server.
  • Page 45 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 45 • Clear the check box for any items you want to exclude. • To customize synchronization of a computer, select the computer name then click Menu > Settings. • To customize synchronization of a particular information, select the information type then click Settings.
  • Page 46 46 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security On the Edit Server Settings screen, enter the name of the server running Exchange Server in the Server address box, then click Next. On the User Information screen, enter your user name, password and domain name.
  • Page 47 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 47 The Direct Push feature works for your phone, if your private network such as your corporate network is using Microsoft Exchange Server Service Pack 2 (SP2) with Exchange ActiveSync and after your first full synchronization with the Exchange Server.

  • Page 48: Synchronizing Via Bluetooth

    48 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 3.4 Synchronizing via Bluetooth You can connect your phone to the PC to synchronize using the local wireless technology, Bluetooth. To synchronize with a PC via Bluetooth Follow the instructions in ActiveSync Help on the PC for confi guring Bluetooth on your PC to support ActiveSync.

  • Page 49: Synchronizing Music, Video And Pictures

    Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 49 3.5 Synchronizing Music, Video and Pictures If you want to take your music or other digital media with you, ActiveSync works with Windows Media Player to synchronize music, video and pictures with your phone. Other than selecting the media information type in ActiveSync to be synchronized, all media synchronization settings must be set in Windows Media Player.

  • Page 50: Setting Up E-Mail Security

    50 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 3.6 Setting Up E-mail Security Windows Mobile on your phone protects your Outlook e-mails through Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME), which allows you to digitally sign your messages as well as encrypt them. Using authorization keys and certificates, S/MIME allows you to digitally sign your e-mail messages to prove your identity to the recipients.
  • Page 51 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security 51 Do one or both of the following: • To sign all your outgoing e-mail messages so that recipients can be certain that the messages were sent by you and have not been altered in any way, select Sign messages.
  • Page 52 52 Synchronizing Information and Setting Up E-mail Security...

  • Page 53: Chapter 4 Managing Your Phone

    Chapter 4 Managing Your Phone 4.1 Personalizing your Phone 4.2 Adding and Removing Programs 4.3 Using Task Manager and Managing Memory 4.4 Managing and Backing Up Files 4.5 Protecting your Phone 4.6 Restarting your Phone 4.7 Resetting your Phone...

  • Page 54: Personalizing Your Phone

    54 Managing Your Phone 4.1 Personalizing your Phone Set up the Home screen The Home screen is your starting place for most tasks. You can gain access to all features and programs from the Home screen. The top of the Home screen displays icons for the programs that you have most recently used.
  • Page 55 Managing Your Phone 55 On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Regional Settings. In Language, select your preferred language. In Locale, select the locale for the language you selected. The Locale option automatically changes the format of the remaining options (such as date, time and currency) according to the locale you specify.
  • Page 56 56 Managing Your Phone Do one of the following: • Modify the settings and click Done. • To cancel without saving changes, click Cancel. To revert to the default profile settings, click Menu > Reset to default. To specify the sound for an event On the Home screen, click Start >...
  • Page 57 Managing Your Phone 57 To set an alarm On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Clock & Alarm > Alarm. In Alarm, choose one of the following: • Off to turn the alarm off. Off to turn the alarm off. •...
  • Page 58 58 Managing Your Phone • In-call alert volume to set the volume for incoming call or receiving new message alerts while you are in a call. Click Done. To change power management settings You can use Power Management to check the battery and configure settings that prolong battery life.

  • Page 59: Adding And Removing Programs

    Managing Your Phone 59 To turn on and off error reporting On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Error Reporting. Do one of the following: Select Enable to turn on error reporting. • • Select Disable to turn off error reporting. Click Done.

  • Page 60: Using Task Manager And Managing Memory

    60 Managing Your Phone • If an installation wizard does not start, you will see an error message stating that the program is valid but that it is designed for a different type of computer. You will need to copy this program to your phone.
  • Page 61 Managing Your Phone 61 The Task Manager Menu contains the following options. Option Allows you to Go To Switch to the selected program. Refresh Refresh the Task Manager screen to reflect a list of currently running programs. Stop Stop the selected program. You can view the free memory status at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 62: Managing And Backing Up Files

    62 Managing Your Phone 4.4 Managing and Backing Up Files You can back up files to your PC using ActiveSync or copy files to a storage card that is installed by you on your phone. You can also efficiently manage your files and folders using File Explorer installed on your phone.
  • Page 63 Managing Your Phone 63 File Explorer operates in the following two views: • List View • Icons View File Explorer displays the entire file structure in your phone’s memory. The functions focus primarily on folder management. When initially started, File Explorer is in List View by default.

  • Page 64: Protecting Your Phone

    64 Managing Your Phone To send a fi le as an e-mail attachment In File Explorer, select a fi le. Click Menu > Send. On the Messaging screen, select Outlook E-mail or a custom e-mail account. The fi le will automatically be attached to the new message. Specify the recipient and subject, and then type your message.
  • Page 65 Managing Your Phone 65 Click Start > Settings > Security. Click Change SIM PIN. In Old PIN, enter the current PIN. Enter and confi rm the new PIN and click Done. To lock the keypad Locking the keypad turns off keypad functionality. This is a helpful feature if, for example, the phone is turned on and in your pocket and you want to prevent accidental keypresses.

  • Page 66: Restarting Your Phone

    66 Managing Your Phone 4.6 Restarting your Phone Occasionally, you may want to restart your phone, for example, when a program is not performing properly or the phone does not respond to any keypresses. To restart the phone Remove the battery. Reinsert the battery and turn on your phone.

  • Page 67: Chapter 5 Getting Connected

    Chapter 5 Getting Connected 5.1 Connecting to the Internet 5.2 Using Internet Explorer Mobile 5.3 Using Internet Sharing 5.4 Using Comm Manager 5.5 Using Bluetooth...

  • Page 68: Connecting To The Internet

    68 Getting Connected 5.1 Connecting to the Internet Your phone’s powerful networking capabilities allow you to access the Internet or your corporate network at work through wireless and conventional connections. Specifically, you can configure your phone to establish a connection via Dial-up, GPRS, Bluetooth, Virtual Private Network (VPN) or Proxy.
  • Page 69 Getting Connected 69 To set up a GPRS connection On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Connections > GPRS. Click Menu > Add. In Description, enter a name for the connection. In Connects to, select The Internet. Enter the name of the GPRS Access point of your wireless service provider.
  • Page 70 70 Getting Connected To set up a dial-up connection for browsing the Internet On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Connections > Dial-up. Click Menu > Add. In Description, enter a name for the connection. In Connects to, select The Internet. Enter the appropriate information in the remaining fi...
  • Page 71 Getting Connected 71 Advanced options From the Connections screen, you can access advanced options to specify the service provider, the number of redial attempts, the amount of idle time to wait before disconnecting and so on. On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Connections. Click Menu >...

  • Page 72: Using Internet Explorer Mobile

    72 Getting Connected 5.2 Using Internet Explorer Mobile Internet Explorer Mobile is a full-featured Internet browser, optimized for use on your phone. To open Internet Explorer • On the Home screen, click Start > Internet Explorer. To go to a link While on a Web page, scroll vertically or horizontally to see all available links.
  • Page 73 Getting Connected 73 To view a page in full-screen mode • While on a Web page, click Menu > View > Full Screen. To exit full-screen mode, press either SOFT KEY, and then click Menu > View > Full Screen to cancel the selection. To add a Web page to the Favorites list To go to the page you want to add, click Menu >...

  • Page 74: Using Internet Sharing

    74 Getting Connected To send a link via e-mail Go to the desired Web page. Click Menu > Tools > Send Link via E-mail. Select Text Messages or Outlook E-mail. A new message is created with the page address inserted in the message body.

  • Page 75: Using Comm Manager

    Getting Connected 75 To end the Internet connection On the Internet Sharing screen, click Disconnect. • To set up the phone as a Bluetooth modem You can connect your phone to a computer through Bluetooth and use the phone as a modem for the computer. To learn how to set up the phone as a Bluetooth modem, see “Use the phone as a Bluetooth modem”...

  • Page 76: Using Bluetooth

    76 Getting Connected Click to toggle between enabling and disabling the phone. Click to toggle between turning on and off Bluetooth. Click Settings > Bluetooth Settings to confi gure Bluetooth on your phone. See “Using Bluetooth” for details. Click to toggle between automatically receiving (as items arrive) and manually retrieving Outlook e-mails.
  • Page 77 Getting Connected 77 • Use a Bluetooth service. Once you connect your phone to another device or computer using Bluetooth, you can locate and use any of the services available on that device. • Use your phone as a Bluetooth modem for a computer. Bluetooth modes Bluetooth on your phone operates in three different modes: On.
  • Page 78 78 Getting Connected Enter a Bluetooth phone name for your phone. This will be the phone name that will be shown on another Bluetooth-enabled device when it searches and detects your phone. Click Done. Note Selecting the Visible option on the Bluetooth screen also turns on Bluetooth. Bluetooth partnerships A Bluetooth partnership is a relationship that you create between your phone and another Bluetooth-enabled device in order to exchange...
  • Page 79 Getting Connected 79 • If you are creating a Bluetooth partnership between your phone and computer, a balloon message will appear at the bottom-right of the computer screen, prompting your computer to accept the partnership. Click the message then enter the passcode. On your phone, a message will appear, indicating that your phone has connected with the paired device.
  • Page 80 80 Getting Connected Click Menu > Edit. Enter a new display name for the Bluetooth device, then click Next. Click Done. To delete a Bluetooth partnership On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Connections > Bluetooth. Click Menu > Devices. Select a Bluetooth device.

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