Palm Treo 500 User Manual page 23

If you spend a lot of time using the
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camera, games, media players
(including listening to music with
wireless headphones using the built-in
Bluetooth wireless technology), or
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other applications, keep an eye on the
battery icon and charge when
necessary.
The wireless features (phone, email,
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messaging, instant messaging, and
web) on your smartphone generally
consume more power than the
organizer features. If you don't plan to
use the wireless features on your
smartphone for a while, turn off your
wireless services (see Turning wireless
services on and off). You can forward
calls to a different number or let all calls
be picked up by voicemail (see
Forwarding calls). To see if your
wireless services are on, press Power
and select Wireless Manager.
If you are synchronizing email and other
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information directly with your corporate
Exchange server using Microsoft
Exchange ActiveSync
synchronization interval to a maximum
of every 15 minutes during peak times
, set the
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and every hour (or turned off
completely) during nonpeak times (see
Setting the synchronization schedule).
Turn off the Bluetooth feature when you
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do not need to make a Bluetooth
connection (see Entering basic
Bluetooth settings).
As with any mobile phone, if you are in
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an area with no wireless coverage, your
smartphone searches for a signal, which
consumes power. If you cannot move to
an area of better coverage, temporarily
turn off your phone (see Turning your
phone off).
When your phone is on, press Power to
TIP
display a list of options from which you can
quickly turn off the phone (see Turning your
phone off), silence the ringer (see Selecting a
sound profile), and more.
Turn down the screen brightness (see
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Adjusting the brightness).
Set your screen to turn off automatically
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after a shorter period of inactivity (see
Optimizing power settings).
Turn off the option to receive beamed
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information using Bluetooth technology
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