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  • Page 1 Applications Handbook QUALCOMM Incorporated, 6455 Lusk Boulevard, San Diego, California 92121-2779 U.S.A. http://www.qualcomm.com...
  • Page 2 (619) 651-4028 (worldwide). QUALCOMM is a registered trademark and registered service mark, Eudora is a registered trademark, and pdQ, pdQsuite, pdQalert, pdQbrowser, Smart Keys, and pdQmail are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. 3Com, the 3Com logo, Palm Computing, Graffiti, and HotSync are registered trademarks, and PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm OS, Palm, the Palm Computing platform logo, the PalmPilot logo, and the Palm III logo are trademarks of Palm Computing Inc., 3Com Corporation,...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1 Address Book ......... . .1 Creating Address Book Entries .
  • Page 4 Selecting Formats ......... . . 137 pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 5 Showing or Hiding Private Entries ......154 Locking the pdQ Smartphone....... . . 155 Restricting the pdQ Smartphone .

  • Page 7: Address Book

    Chapter 1 Address Book Using the Palm™ Address Book, you can easily keep track of names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, URLs, and other information about your personal and business contacts. With the Palm Address Book, you can... Make a phone call, send e-mail, or open web sites directly from the Address List.

  • Page 8: Creating Address Book Entries

    An Address Book entry is the name, address, and phone information you are keeping for a person or business. You can create these entries on the pdQ smartphone, or you can use the Palm™ Desktop software to create them on your computer and download them to your pdQ smartphone during a ®...
  • Page 9 Creating Address Book Entries To add a phone number to the Speed Dial list: In the Address List, locate the person or business you want to add to the Speed Dial list. Tap the name in the left column. Be sure to tap the name in the left column, not the number in the Note: right column.
  • Page 10 Browse. Tap the number you want to call and tap Dial. If you select an e-mail address or URL, the pdQ smartphone recognizes these addresses and makes the appropriate connection. When you have finished your call, tap End to hang up.

  • Page 11: Working With Address Book Entries

    You can also choose the type of information you want your entries to include and exchange Address Book information with other pdQ smartphones or Palm organizers. Editing an Address Book Entry To edit an Address Book entry: In the Address List, tap the name of the entry you want to change.

  • Page 12: Looking Up An Address Book Entry

    Look Up line in the Address List screen. To scroll through the Address Book: Press the up and down buttons on the front panel of the pdQ smartphone. In the Address List screen, you move up or down by a screen of entries.
  • Page 13 Categories can help you file your Address Book entries into groups for easy review. For more information about creating and using categories, see “Using Categories” in the pdQ Basics Handbook. To assign a category to an Address Book entry: In the Address List, tap the name you want to assign to a category.
  • Page 14 Tap Options. In the Options menu, tap Preferences. Tap the setting that you want for the Address List screen. Tap OK. The Address List is resorted based on your choice. Entries with no company name are always sorted by last name. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 15 Working with Address Book Entries Beaming Address Book Entries to Other pdQ Smartphones Using the infrared (IR) port, you can beam Address Book entries to other pdQ smartphones or Palm organizers. To conserve power, your pdQ smartphone is delivered with the beam Note: feature turned off.

  • Page 16: Deleting An Address Book Entry

    Tap the name in the left column, not the phone number in the right column. Tap Edit to display the Address Edit screen. Tap Details. Tap Delete. Tap OK. The entry is removed from both the Address Book and the Speed Dial list. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 17: Using The Address Book Menus

    Using the Address Book Menus Using the Address Book Menus This section outlines menu commands specific to the Address Book. See “Using Menus” in the pdQ Basics Handbook for information about menu commands common to all applications. Record Menu The commands in the Record menu vary depending on which screen is open.

  • Page 18: Options Menu

    List By—Sort address entries by last name or by company. Rename Create your own names for the four custom fields. Your changes Custom Fields apply to all of your Address Book entries. About Show version information for the Address Book application. Address Book pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 19: Calculator

    Chapter 2 Calculator Using the Calculator, you can quickly perform basic calculations. The Calculator is designed to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division operations. You can also store and retrieve values in the Calculator’s memory. In this chapter, you’ll find... Using the Calculator page 14 Using the Calculator Menus...

  • Page 20: Using The Calculator

    (or series of calculations); it merely places the value into memory until it is recalled. Recalls the stored value from memory and inserts it in the current calculation. Removes any value that is stored in the Calculator memory. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 21: Using The Calculator Menus

    The Calculator supports the Copy and Paste commands. You can use these commands to copy a value from the Calculator and paste it into another application on the pdQ smartphone. Similarly, you can copy values from other applications on the pdQ smartphone, such as Expense, and paste the values into the Calculator.

  • Page 23: Call History

    Call History maintains a list of your incoming, outgoing, and missed calls. By default, the pdQ smartphone is set to keep 99 calls in Call History, but you can adjust this number as high as 999 if you choose. The pdQ smartphone automatically replaces older entries with new entries.

  • Page 24: Opening Call History

    The screen shows the calls you have made or received, including the date, time, and length. If the phone number is in your Address Book, the pdQ smartphone displays the associated name in the Who column. Otherwise, it displays the phone number. If you haven’t made or received any calls yet, the Call History screen is empty.
  • Page 25 Do one of the following: To add a new entry, tap Create Address Book Entry. Tap OK in the confirmation dialog. The pdQ smartphone opens the Address Edit screen where you can verify or change the entry. To change an existing entry, tap Update Address Book Entry. In the confirmation message, tap OK.

  • Page 26: Deleting Calls

    Call History list. Tracking Call Length Your pdQ smartphone keeps statistics on the number and length of calls (in minutes) made or received on the phone. Notice that these statistics may not match the number of calls on the Call History screen if you have synchronized more than one pdQ smartphone with the same user name.

  • Page 27: Creating An Expense Record

    Roaming calls. To reset either of these counters, tap the appropriate Reset button. To view all the minutes of calls in the lifetime of your pdQ smartphone, tap Lifetime Calls from the Statistics menu. You cannot reset the Lifetime Calls number.
  • Page 28 Note in the Expense record of this call. Tap Create. Tap Done. Information about this call is moved to the Expense application where you can edit it and export it to Microsoft Excel. For details, see “Chapter 6—Expense.” pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 29: Using The Menus In Call History

    These statistics may not match the calls on the Call History screen if you have synchronized more than one pdQ smartphone with the same user name. The Statistics count the calls on one pdQ smartphone. The Call History screen shows the calls made by one user on all devices synchronized under the same name.
  • Page 30 Generate reports for all calls or for calls in a category. Enter your cost per minute or hour in any currency you have set up. About Call History View version information for the Call History application. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 31: Date Book

    Chapter 4 Date Book Using the Palm™ Date Book, you can quickly and easily schedule appointments or any kind of activity associated with a specific time and date. With the Palm Date Book, you can... Enter your appointment and assign it to a time and date. Display weekly and monthly charts of your appointments to spot potential overlaps or conflicts.

  • Page 32: Scheduling Events In The Date Book

    Graffiti writing area. Tap the time of an event. Tap the appropriate hour and minute in the time columns on the right side of the dialog to set the Start Time. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 33 Scheduling Events in the Date Book Tap to scroll to earlier hours. The start time is highlighted. Tap to change hours. Tap to change minutes. Tap to scroll to later hours. Tap the End Time box. Tap the appropriate hour and minute in the time columns to set the End Time.

  • Page 34: Rescheduling An Event

    Tap the time of the event in the Date Book screen, tap No Time, and then tap OK. Rescheduling an Event You can easily make changes to your schedule with your pdQ smartphone. To reschedule an event: Tap the event you want to reschedule.

  • Page 35: Setting An Alarm For An Event

    OK. Marking a Private Event You can designate events as “private.” When you activate the Security features, the pdQ smartphone hides all private entries. You must enter a password to see them. To mark an event as private: Tap the event you want to mark as private.

  • Page 36: Scheduling Repeating Events

    When you schedule or change a repeating event, be aware of the following: If you change the start date, the pdQ smartphone calculates the number of days you have moved the event and changes the end date to maintain the same duration.

  • Page 37: Deleting An Event

    Deleting an Event Deleting an Event There are three ways to delete an event from the Date Book application: Simply delete the text of the event. If you use this method to delete one instance of a recurring event, all instances of the event are removed. Use the Delete commands in the Record menu.
  • Page 38 End Time in the Date Book Preferences settings. If you have an event before or after this time span, a bar appears at the top or bottom of that day’s column. The on-screen scroll arrows appear if your scheduled events go beyond the displayed time range. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 39: Working In Month View

    Changing the Date Book View Spotting Event Conflicts in Week View With the ability to define specific start and end times for any event, it’s possible to schedule events that overlap. In this case, any event conflict (time overlap) appears in the Week View as overlapping bars. The Day View displays bracketed bars to the left of the conflicting times.

  • Page 40: Using The Date Book Menus

    Using the Date Book Menus Using the Date Book Menus This section explains the menu commands that are specific to the Date Book. See “Using Menus” in the pdQ Basics Handbook for information about menu commands common to all applications. Record Menu Create an event.
  • Page 41 Using the Date Book Menus Options Menu Font Choose a font (text) style for your Date Book entries. See “Choosing Fonts” in the pdQ Basics Handbook for details. Preferences Set preferences for Date Book times and alarms. Start/End Time sets the start and end times for the screen.

  • Page 43: Dialer

    Dialer The Dialer gives you access to an on-screen keypad while the keypad on the front of the pdQ smartphone is flipped open. The Dialer’s keypad works the same as the keypad on the front of the pdQ smartphone. Because the key areas on the Dialer are large, you can tap them with your fingers as well as the stylus.

  • Page 44: Making Calls From The Dialer

    Tap End when you have finished your call. To call a number in your Speed Dial list: Since the Dialer works like the pdQ smartphone’s regular keypad, you can use your Speed Dial numbers on this screen. Open the keypad. Tap to turn on the phone.

  • Page 45: Expense

    Sort your expenses by date or expense type. Transfer your expense information to a Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet (version 5.0 or later) on your computer. (Microsoft Excel is not included with the pdQ smartphone package.) In this chapter Creating an Expense Item...

  • Page 46: Creating An Expense Item

    Tap Expense Type and select a type from the pick list. Tap here to open the pick list. As soon as you select an expense type, your pdQ smartphone saves your entry. If you do not select an expense type, it does not save the entry. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 47: Entering Receipt Details

    See “Options Menu” on page 48. Changing the Expense Item Date Initially, expense items appear with the date you enter them on the pdQ smartphone. You can use the Expense application to change the date associated with any expense item.

  • Page 48: Customizing The Currency Pick List

    Tap OK to activate your selections. Customizing the Currency Pick List You can select the currencies and symbols that appear in the Currency pick list. To customize the Currency pick list: In the Receipt Details dialog, tap the Currency pick list. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 49 Entering Receipt Details Tap Edit currencies. Tap Edit currencies. Tap each Currency pick list to choose the country whose currency you want to display on that line. Tap OK to activate your selections. If the correct currency is not in the list of countries, you can create your own country and currency symbol.
  • Page 50 Sort By Sort the Expense entries by date or expense type. Display Mileage entries in miles or kilometers. Distance Show Currency Show or hide the currency symbol in the expense list. Tap OK to activate your selections. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 51: Transferring Your Data To Microsoft Excel

    Transferring Your Data to Microsoft Excel Transferring Your Data to Microsoft Excel After you enter your expenses on the pdQ smartphone, you can view and print the data on your computer using the Palm Desktop software. You need Microsoft Excel version 5.0 (or later). Microsoft Excel is not included with the pdQ smartphone.
  • Page 52 Palm Desktop. Click Expense in the Palm Desktop to open Microsoft Excel and the Expense Report configuration dialog. If you open Expense from the Start menu (instead of the Palm Desktop), choose the pdQ smartphone user name. Click to select Categories.
  • Page 53 Transferring Your Data to Microsoft Excel Click Create to open a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet containing your data. You can enter information, make formatting changes, save, and print the file in the normal manner. Using Expense Report Templates Palm Desktop software comes with several Excel templates you can use or customize.

  • Page 54: Using The Expense Menus

    Delete an expense item. You must tap the item you want to delete before Delete Item appears in the menu. The item is removed from the pdQ smartphone, but a copy is transferred to an archive file on your computer during your next HotSync operation. To remove the item completely, uncheck the Save archive copy on PC check box.

  • Page 55: Hotsync Technology

    Palm™ Desktop software on your computer. Changes you make on either the pdQ smartphone or the computer appear in both places. Once you complete a few simple setup steps, performing a HotSync operation is as simple as tapping an icon.

  • Page 56: Hotsync Technology And The Hotsync Manager

    HotSync Manager recognizes your pdQ smartphone and doesn’t ask for this information again. If you are a System Administrator preparing several pdQ smartphones for a group of users, see “Creating a User Profile” on page 55 before performing the following steps.

  • Page 57: Performing A Local Hotsync Operation

    Performing a Local HotSync Operation Slide the pdQ smartphone into the cradle. You’ll hear a click when it is inserted properly. Open the keypad. Tap to open the Applications Launcher. . Because you are performing your first HotSync operation for this pdQ smartphone, the New User dialog appears.

  • Page 58: Selecting Hotsync Setup Options

    Selecting HotSync Setup Options Use the Volume Control keys on the left side panel of the pdQ smartphone to scroll through the menu until 6 Launch Hotsync is bold. Press the right smart key under Select. Wait for a message indicating that the process is complete.

  • Page 59: Customizing Hotsync Operations

    In most cases, you won’t need to make any changes in the default conduit settings. However, in the following cases, you must customize these settings: To overwrite data on either the pdQ smartphone or the Palm Desktop. To avoid synchronizing a particular type of file because you don’t use it.
  • Page 60 Set As Default box. Thereafter, just click Default in the Custom dialog to revert to the default settings. Repeat steps 3–6 to change conduit settings for other applications or for a different user name. Click OK to activate your settings. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 61 If you need to configure a number of pdQ smartphones with specific information (such as a company phone list) before distributing them to their actual users, you can create a User Profile to load the data into a pdQ smartphone without associating that data with a user name. The User Profile feature is designed only for the first-time HotSync operation, before you assign a User ID to a particular pdQ smartphone.

  • Page 62: Using File Link

    HotSync Manager stores the data in a separate category on your Palm Desktop and your pdQ smartphone. You can configure the File Link feature to check for changes to the external file when you perform a HotSync operation. For information on how to set up a File Link, see the Palm Desktop Software online Help.

  • Page 63: Memo Pad

    The Palm™ Memo Pad provides a place to take notes that are not associated with Date Book, Address Book, or To Do items. With the Palm Memo Pad, you can... Take notes or write any kind of message on your pdQ smartphone. Drag and drop memos into popular computer applications like Microsoft ®...

  • Page 64: Creating Memos

    Creating Memos Creating Memos A memo can contain up to 4,000 characters; the number of memos you can store is dependent only on the memory available on your pdQ smartphone. To create a memo: Flip open the keypad. Press the button.
  • Page 65 Desktop. If you choose to display your memos alphabetically on the Palm Desktop and then perform a HotSync operation, the arrangement of the memos on your pdQ smartphone will still be in the order defined in the Memo Preferences setting.

  • Page 66: Beaming A Memo

    Marking a Private Memo You can designate any memo as “private.” When you activate the Security features, the pdQ smartphone hides all private entries. You must enter a password to display them on the screen. To mark a memo as private: Tap the memo you want to mark as private to display it on the screen.

  • Page 67: Using Memo Pad Menus

    Using Memo Pad Menus The Memo Pad includes menu commands to make it fast and easy to perform common file and editing tasks. See “Using Menus” in the pdQ Basics Handbook for information about menu commands common to all applications.
  • Page 68 Move to the bottom (last) line of the memo. of Page Phone Lookup Activate the Phone Lookup feature. See “Using Phone Lookup” in the pdQ Basics Handbook. Open the Preferences dialog where you can set up the sort Preferences order for your memos.

  • Page 69: Modem Emulation

    If you prefer, you can connect the pdQ smartphone to your computer with a data cable, instead of the cradle. The data cable is not included in your package, but it is available as an accessory.

  • Page 70: Setting Up Modem Emulation

    From the Options menu, tap Settings. This screen shows the serial communications settings between your computer and the pdQ smartphone. Match your computer’s settings to these values. You can change these settings if necessary. Refer to your computer user guide.

  • Page 71: Opening Modem Emulation

    To start Modem Emulation with the keypad open: Slide the pdQ smartphone into the cradle. If the cradle is attached to the port you use for HotSync operations, turn off HotSync on your computer. If you are using a data cable and/or a different port than the one you use for HotSync operations, it is not necessary to turn off HotSync.

  • Page 72: Exiting Modem Emulation

    When Modem Emulation is in the “Modem Ready” state, you can make and receive calls on the pdQ smartphone. Once it is in the “Modem InUse” state, you can no longer make or receive voice calls until you end the modem session.

  • Page 73: Palm Mail

    Chapter 10 Palm Mail With the Palm™ Mail application, you can... Use your pdQ smartphone to read e-mail messages that you have downloaded from your computer’s e-mail application. View, delete, file, and reply to incoming mail. Create outgoing messages and drafts of messages to finish later.

  • Page 74: Deciding Which E-Mail Application To Use

    Click the Windows Start menu. From the Start menu, choose Programs; choose Palm Desktop; and then choose Mail Setup. Follow the instructions on the screen to set up your pdQ smartphone for use with your computer’s e-mail application. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 75 Synchronize the mail on the pdQ smartphone and your computer’s e-mail application. the files Desktop Replace the mail on your pdQ smartphone with the mail in overwrites your computer’s e-mail application. Use this option only if handheld the two In boxes get out of sync. It applies for one HotSync operation and then reverts back to the default setting.

  • Page 76: Viewing Messages

    Tap a message in the list to open it. Header mode—Abbreviated or Complete Recipient Sender Subject Time and date sent Message body Messages appear by default in the abbreviated mode. To switch to the full header mode, see “Displaying Full Header Information” on page 71. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 77: Creating Messages

    To redisplay the short header, tap the Abbreviated Header icon Creating Messages You create messages on the pdQ smartphone the same way you create messages with your computer’s e-mail application—you identify the recipient(s) of the message, enter a subject, and create the body of the message.
  • Page 78 Select whether to Include original text and Comment original text. Tap OK to return to the New Message screen. Enter your reply text. You have several message options including setting the priority. See “Adding Message Details” on page 74. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 79: Looking Up An Address

    Enter a few letters of the address you want to find. Tap Lookup. If the letters you enter identify a listing from your Address Book, the pdQ smartphone completes the address for you. If not, the Lookup dialog appears. (You can also tap Lookup from the Options menu to open it.) Tap here.
  • Page 80 These attributes, which you select in the Message Detail screen, are dependent on your computer’s e-mail application. If your e-mail application does not support the attribute, the pdQ smartphone cannot use it in your message.
  • Page 81 Creating Messages Tap OK. A BCC line is added to the New Message screen. BCC line Tap the BCC line and enter the address. Adding a Signature to Your Message To add a signature to your messages, you must first create the signature. Then you select the signature option from the Message Detail dialog.

  • Page 82: Sending Messages

    Confirm Delivery—you are notified when the message is delivered. Tap OK. Sending Messages When you send Palm Mail messages from your pdQ smartphone, they are stored in the Outbox folder until you perform a HotSync operation. During synchronization, they are transferred to the Outbox folder in your computer’s e-mail application.

  • Page 83: Working With Draft Messages

    You can store any message you receive or create in the Filed folder. The messages in this folder are not synchronized with your computer’s e-mail application during a HotSync operation. However, the pdQ smartphone does store a backup copy of the Filed folder on your computer hard drive.

  • Page 84: Deleting Messages

    HotSync operation, this folder can become very large. To save space, purge the contents of the Deleted folder periodically. Messages that you purge are removed from the pdQ smartphone immediately; they are then deleted from your computer’s e-mail application during the next HotSync operation.

  • Page 85: Managing The Message List

    In the confirmation dialog, tap Yes to purge the contents of the folder. Managing the Message List After you have used Palm Mail on your pdQ smartphone for a while, you may have many messages. To help you keep track of them, you can modify the way messages are displayed in the Message List.

  • Page 86: Sorting The Message List

    Subject Sort messages by subject. Display them in ascending alphabetical order based on the first word of the subject line. Tap OK to close the Show Options dialog. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 87: Setting Hotsync Options

    Outbox are sent to your computer. Send Only Only the messages in the pdQ smartphone Outbox are sent to your computer’s e-mail application. They are then sent to their recipients. Filter All messages in the pdQ smartphone Outbox are sent to your computer’s e-mail application, and messages in your computer’s...

  • Page 88: Working With Filters

    Working with Filters Working with Filters You can create filters to control which messages are downloaded to your pdQ smartphone during synchronization. Filters work on the premise of ignoring or retrieving messages that contain specific information in their header fields.
  • Page 89 You create a filter string by listing the words you want the pdQ smartphone to find and separating them with either a comma or a space. Each word in the filter string is joined by an implicit OR;...
  • Page 90 High-Priority Messages If your computer e-mail application has the capacity to flag high-priority messages, you can set your pdQ smartphone to retrieve all messages marked high-priority, even if those messages would have been blocked by a filter. To retrieve high-priority messages: Tap the Filter box in the HotSync Options dialog.
  • Page 91 Working with Filters Tap the Retrieve All High Priority check box. Tap the check box. Tap OK to confirm your selection. Truncating Messages You can truncate long messages when you download them to save storage space and synchronization time. By default, the Truncate value is 4,000 characters.

  • Page 92: Using The Mail Menu Commands

    Font Adjust the size of the text on the screen. Preferences Define a signature and to select whether or not the pdQ smartphone displays an alert when you delete a message. HotSync Options Select ways to filter messages (including separate filters for local and remote synchronization).

  • Page 93: Pdqalert

    Chapter 11 pdQalert The pdQalert™ application lets you know if you have received text or pager messages and whether or not your voice mailbox contains voice mail. With the pdQalert application, you can... Distinguish between read and unread messages. All unread messages appear in bold while read messages appear as plain text.

  • Page 94: Setting Up Pdqalert

    “Setting Phone Preferences” in the pdQ Basics Handbook. Receiving pdQalert Messages When you receive a pdQalert message, the light on the front of the pdQ smartphone flashes red five times, the backlight turns on, and the envelope icon appears on the screen.

  • Page 95: Responding To Pdqalert Messages

    Using the Message List, you can quickly view your messages and respond to them with a single tap. To respond to a pdQalert message: Open the keypad. Tap to turn on the pdQ smartphone. to open the Applications Launcher. to open pdQalert. Tap the icon beside the message to respond.

  • Page 96: Checking Messages With The Keypad Closed

    If the pdQ smartphone is not on, press and hold on the keypad. Press the key. Press the Volume Control buttons on the left side of the pdQ smartphone to move through the items listed. To see details about a message, press the left smart key under Details.

  • Page 97: Pdqbrowser

    Chapter 12 pdQbrowser If your phone service provider offers over-the-air digital data coverage in your area, you can use the pdQbrowser™ application for wireless access to Internet sites. This text-only browser makes moving between sites and scrolling through documents a snap. Once the pdQbrowser application is set up, it takes only a few taps to visit an Internet site anywhere in the world.

  • Page 98: Getting Started With Pdqbrowser

    To start pdQbrowser: Flip open the keypad. Tap to turn on the phone. The pdQ smartphone must be turned on to use pdQbrowser. to open the Applications Launcher. to open pdQbrowser. The application displays the screen that appeared when pdQbrowser was last used, either the Bookmarks screen or a Web page.

  • Page 99: Maintaining Pdqbrowser Preferences

    Web pages and save network interaction time. However, that memory cannot be used by other applications. The default cache limit is 300K. If you tend to have a lot of free memory on your pdQ smartphone and Note: are a heavy Web user, you may want to consider increasing the maximum cache limit.
  • Page 100 You must separate multiple domain names by commas. In the Maximum Cache Size line, write the memory size of the cache. If you want to delete the cache, tap Delete Cache. Tap OK when you have finished. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 101: Connecting To The Internet

    Using a bookmark you have set Connecting to a Web Site Using the Options Menu To reach a Web site using the menu: If the pdQ smartphone is not already on, tap to open the pdQbrowser menus. Tap Visit Location from the Options menu.

  • Page 102: Working With Bookmarks

    In the Category pick list, tap the category you want to assign to the bookmark. Then tap OK. If you want to create a new category, see the next procedure, “Adding or Editing Categories.” Tap OK to add the bookmark. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 103 Working with Bookmarks Adding or Editing Categories There are a few preset categories (Business and Personal), but you can add, delete, or rename categories at any time. To add or edit a category: From pdQbrowser, display the Bookmarks screen. If a Web page appears instead of the Bookmarks screen, tap Bookmarks at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 104: Copying Text From A Web Site To Applications

    You can copy information from a Web site and paste it into any application that supports cut and paste operations (for example, pdQmail or the Memo Pad). Keep in mind there is a 1K memory limit on the pdQ smartphone’s clipboard.

  • Page 105: Disconnecting From The Internet

    Disconnecting from the Internet Disconnecting from the Internet After you finish searching the Web you can disconnect from the network, if you wish. If you are going to use other network applications, like pdQmail, you don’t have to disconnect at this time. Searching is faster if you stay connected to the network;...

  • Page 107: Pdqmail

    Chapter 13 pdQmail You can use the pdQmail application to send and receive e-mail wirelessly by connecting to any Internet Service Provider that supports Internet standard protocols and e-mail services. (Digital data coverage must be available in your area to send and receive e-mail in this way.) Alternatively, you can use the pdQmail application to synchronize and send e-mail via a desktop e-mail program such as Eudora or Microsoft Outlook.

  • Page 108: Deciding Which E-Mail Application To Use

    Deciding Which E-Mail Application to Use Deciding Which E-Mail Application to Use The pdQ smartphone is delivered with two e-mail applications—Palm Mail and pdQmail. Choose which one you want to use based on how you handle your e-mail and what e-mail program you are running on your computer.
  • Page 109 Setting Up pdQmail Collecting Information Before you start, use the table below to collect the necessary information. An asterisk (*) identifies information your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can either provide or help you determine. If you receive Internet service from your employer, check with your corporate information technology department.
  • Page 110 From the pdQmail Options menu, tap Getting Started. Tap the Real Name line. Write your first and last name. If you have already entered your name in the pdQ smartphone owner preferences, it appears automatically. Change it, if necessary. The name you enter here appears in the From line of all your outgoing e-mail.
  • Page 111 While your pdQ smartphone can store over 1 Mb of e-mail, you might have 10 Mb of mail waiting on the server. See “Setting or Adjusting pdQmail Preferences”...
  • Page 112 Sync with. From the list, select the appropriate e-mail program. Note that when you choose to “sync with” an e-mail program, your mail is sent via that program when you perform a HotSync operation. If you selected Back up to desktop pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 113 Desktop overwrites Smartphone—Transfer messages from your computer and delete the existing messages on your pdQ smartphone. Use this setting if you no longer need any of the messages on the pdQ smartphone. If you want to keep these settings in place, click Make default.

  • Page 114: Opening Pdqmail

    In the Download first ___ characters field, select the number of characters to download in each message. This setting is designed to save memory on the pdQ smartphone. The lower you set this number, the more messages you can download, but the shorter each individual message will be.
  • Page 115 Checking Your Incoming E-mail Messages In the mailbox, tap the message you want to read. Tap here to display the complete header. Tap here to display the abbreviated header. Use the arrows to see other messages. Use the scroll bar to see the rest of this message.

  • Page 116: Creating And Sending E-Mail Messages

    If you need to check the address, see “Looking Up an Address” on page 112. If you want to send a copy of the message to additional recipients, tap the Cc line. Enter the e-mail address for each additional recipient. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 117 You can enter a message of at least 15K, but no longer than 30K (depending on the amount of free memory). The pdQ smartphone beeps if you try to enter more characters in the body of the message than will fit.
  • Page 118 To look up an address: Tap the To or Cc field name to expand the field. Tap To or Cc. Enter a few letters of the e-mail address you want to find on the first line. Tap Lookup. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 119 Creating and Sending E-mail Messages If the letters you enter identify a unique listing from your Address Book, the pdQ smartphone completes the address for you. Tap Done to enter the address in the To, Cc, or Bcc field. If the letters you enter do not identify a unique listing, the Lookup dialog appears.

  • Page 120: Forwarding A Message

    Tap the body of the message and edit the content, as needed. Tap Send to forward the message or tap Save to save the message in the Out mailbox for further changes. If you forward a message with attachments, the attachments are NOT included. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 121: Working With Mailboxes

    Working with Mailboxes Working with Mailboxes Mailboxes provide an efficient way to organize your incoming and outgoing mail. The pdQmail application includes three mailboxes—In, Out, and Trash. These three cannot be deleted or renamed, but you can create other mailboxes (up to a total of 15) to sort your mail into logical categories.
  • Page 122 Tap OK to delete the mailbox and move the messages to the Trash. To rename a mailbox: In the pdQmail screen, select Edit mailboxes from the pick list. Tap the mailbox you want to rename. Tap Rename. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 123 Working with Mailboxes Write the new name for the mailbox. Tap OK. The mailbox is renamed. Sorting E-mail Messages You can sort your e-mail by date, sender, subject, grouped subject, or priority. To sort your messages in a mailbox: In the pdQmail screen, select the mailbox from the pick list. With the mailbox on screen, tap to open the pdQmail menus.
  • Page 124 Empty the Trash to permanently delete the e-mail messages. To empty the Trash: Emptying the Trash permanently deletes messages from the pdQ smartphone and frees the memory they were using. You can empty the Trash manually at any time using the procedure below. If you prefer, you can set a preference to empty the Trash automatically each time you check mail.

  • Page 125: Organizing Your Incoming Messages Using Filters

    From the Options menu, tap Filters. Select which messages should be retrieved from the server. If you plan to retrieve most of your mail on your pdQ smartphone, check the Retrieve all except skipped box. When you check this box, all of your messages are sent to the pdQ smartphone except those you have filtered, which are not retrieved.
  • Page 126 Displays the Priority pick list for you to select the priority level. Priority Filters messages based on the level you select. Subject Filters messages based on the subject. Filters messages based on the recipient in the To field. Filters messages based on the recipient in the Cc field. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 127 Organizing Your Incoming Messages Using Filters Tap the top-right to open the next match type pick list. (“Contains” is the default.) Select an option to indicate how the header item should be matched with the text you enter in the text line. The match options are as follows: Contains or Filters messages based on whether the header contains or...
  • Page 128 By setting up multiple filters using the Retrieve and Don’t Retrieve filter actions, you can streamline the messages you retrieve to those you want to view on the pdQ smartphone. File In Mailbox File messages that match the filter in a selected mailbox. After you select File In Mailbox, select the mailbox from the mailbox pick list that appears (the default is “In”) or select...
  • Page 129 Filter Example Let’s say Paul is a very busy person who receives a lot of mail and only wants to retrieve certain messages on the pdQ smartphone. Here is an example of how he might set up his filters. First, Paul checks the box that says “Retrieve only filtered,” so that messages won’t be retrieved unless he sets up a filter to get them.

  • Page 130: Setting Or Adjusting Pdqmail Preferences

    There are many options you can set to streamline your e-mail. Some options can be set up in either the Getting Started panel or another panel. When you enter or update an option in one place, the pdQ smartphone automatically updates all other related entries.
  • Page 131 Deletes e-mail on the server that you have deleted on the from trash pdQ smartphone. This option saves you from having to delete the same message more than once. It is especially useful if you retrieve mail using more than one computer.
  • Page 132 If you (SMPT) entered a Mail Host name in the Getting Started screen, the pdQ smartphone inserts it here automatically. Be sure to edit this line if you use different servers to receive and send e-mail.
  • Page 133 Setting or Adjusting pdQmail Preferences Setting More Sending Preferences To set up More Sending Preferences: From the pdQmail Options menu, tap Mail Sending. Tap More Prefs from the Mail Sending Preferences screen. Enter or change any of the following options: Default Domain The Default Domain is the domain name (server name) that pdQmail automatically adds to an unqualified...
  • Page 134 Tap OK. Now, every time you complete a HotSync operation, your mail will be backed up. After a hard reset or a power loss on the pdQ smartphone, the most current backup will be automatically restored. If you don’t want to back up to or sync with your computer, select Do Nothing.

  • Page 135: Changing Your Password

    This filter is useful if you have a large number of messages (more than 200) in your computer’s In mailbox. If you don’t use filters, all of these messages will be copied to your pdQ smartphone. Tap OK.

  • Page 136: Disconnecting From The Server

    (If you don’t disconnect, the connection will be dropped based on the timeout setting in the Network preferences Details dialog.) To disconnect from the server: With pdQmail open, tap to open the menus. From the Mail menu, tap Disconnect. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 137: Preferences

    Chapter 14 Preferences Using the Preferences screens, you can customize the configuration of your pdQ smartphone. Your choices range from selecting ringer sounds to configuring the pdQ smartphone for use on a network. In this chapter, you’ll find... Selecting Alerts...

  • Page 138: About Preferences

    Modem Change the modem speed and type (for external modems). Network Configure the pdQ smartphone for use with a network. Select your network service provider and enter your account information. Owner Enter your name, company name, phone number, and other data.

  • Page 139: Selecting Alerts

    Selecting Alerts Selecting Alerts On the Alerts screen, you can choose the types of signals your pdQ smartphone uses to alert you about your calls and pages. To set your Alerts Preferences: In the Preferences screen, tap the pick list and select Alerts.

  • Page 140: Changing Button Preferences

    On the Buttons Preferences screen, you can change the applications that open when you press a button on the pdQ smartphone. For example, if you find that you seldom use the To Do List and often use the Expense application, you can assign the To Do List button to start the Expense application.
  • Page 141 Tap the next to the button you want to change. The pick list shows all the applications on your pdQ smartphone. Tap the application you want to assign to the button. If you later decide to restore the buttons to their factory settings, tap Default.

  • Page 142: Using The Digitizer

    In the Preferences screen, tap the pick list and select Digitizer. Tap the exact center of each target that appears on the screen. If you do not tap the exact center, the pdQ smartphone prompts you to repeat the process.

  • Page 143: Selecting Formats

    24-hour clock. In the United States, it is usually based on a 12-hour clock with an AM or PM suffix. All pdQ smartphone applications use the Country default settings. You can, however, customize your preferences as described in “Time, Date, Week Start, and Numbers Formats”...

  • Page 144: Setting General Preferences

    Date and Time You can set the date and time manually on this screen. However, if you have set up your pdQ smartphone to read the correct time over the air, it is not necessary to adjust these settings. Auto-Off Delay Your pdQ smartphone automatically turns off the power and backlight after a period of inactivity to conserve battery power.

  • Page 145: Setting Modem Preferences

    Setting Modem Preferences Setting Modem Preferences If you are using the built-in modem in your pdQ smartphone, there is no need to change the modem preferences. However, if you want to attach an external modem to your pdQ smartphone, you can adjust the settings as necessary.

  • Page 146: Setting Network Preferences

    The Network Preferences screen is where you enter the settings for connecting to your network service provider or server. Since you might want to connect to several different servers or network services, the pdQ smartphone saves your settings for each service in a separate service template. The service template contains all the required settings, such as phone number and IP address.
  • Page 147 This section explains the menu commands you can use in the Network Preferences screen to work with service templates. For information about the Edit menu, see “Using Menus” in the pdQ Basics Handbook. Service Menu Create a new, empty service template. Add it to the Service pick list.

  • Page 148: Recording Owner Preferences

    If you turn off and lock the pdQ smartphone with a password, the information you put in the Owner Preferences appears the next time you turn on the pdQ smartphone. See “Chapter 15—Security” for more information.

  • Page 149: Setting Phone Preferences

    Tap Unlock in the Owner Preferences screen. Enter the password that you defined in the Security application. Tap OK. Setting Phone Preferences On the Phone Preferences screen, you can customize the way your pdQ smartphone operates. To define the Phone Preferences: In the Preferences screen, tap the pick list and select Phone.
  • Page 150 Tap the Type pick list and select All, Numbers Only, or a specific type of number (such as work, home, fax, or e-mail). When using the Address Book with the keypad closed, only this type of phone number appears. Tap Done. You return to the Phone Preferences screen. pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 151 Phone Preferences menus. From the Service menu, tap System Settings. If you want the pdQ smartphone to switch automatically between preferred carriers, put a check mark in the Automatic NAM Change check box. Tap the Set NAM pick list and select NAM1 or NAM2 to identify your current home service provider.
  • Page 152 If you want the telephone features to turn on automatically when you reset the pdQ smartphone, put a checkmark in Power Phone On at Reset. If you want to leave the pdQ smartphone turned off until you turn it on yourself, remove the check mark from this checkbox.

  • Page 153: Setting Registry Preferences

    Setting Registry Preferences Entering the Dialing Settings Use these settings if you want your pdQ smartphone to automatically add numbers before or after your local or long-distance phone numbers (for example, a code number for long-distance access). Any numbers you enter in this screen have precedence over all other phone settings except the automatic Area Code setting.

  • Page 154: Creating Shortcuts

    Dialer. If you don’t want your pdQ smartphone to open or respond to a particular type of URL, tap the item. Then tap Disable. The Stat (status) column changes to Disable.

  • Page 155: Changing The Sidestrip Icons

    In the alert dialog, tap Yes to delete your ShortCut. Changing the SideStrip Icons You can change the applications that are launched using the SideStrip icons on the right side of the pdQ smartphone screen. In the Preferences screen, tap the pick list and select SideStrip. Chapter 14 Preferences...
  • Page 156 In addition to applications, the pick list includes the following special features you can select: Phone Power Turns the pdQ smartphone on and off. This is the default setting for the icon on the SideStrip. Voice Mail Dials your voice mail number.

  • Page 157: Security

    Chapter 15 Security Your pdQ smartphone comes with a Security application so that unauthorized users cannot make calls or view any entries you wish to protect. Use Phone Preferences to define security for the pdQ smartphone. With the Security application you can...

  • Page 158: Setting Up Passwords

    Setting Up Passwords Setting Up Passwords You can assign a password to protect your private entries and to lock the pdQ smartphone. Assigning a Password To assign a password: Flip open the keypad. Tap to open the Applications Launcher. to display the Security screen.
  • Page 159 To delete the password, tap Delete. Recovering from a Forgotten Password If you forget your password, you can delete the password from the pdQ smartphone. Deleting a forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked as Private. If you synchronize with your computer before deleting a...

  • Page 160: Showing Or Hiding Private Entries

    You can hide entries that you mark as private. If you assign a password to your private entries, you must enter that password before the entries appear. Note that the pdQ smartphone merely hides the entries; it does not delete them. To hide Private entries: Tap the Hide box in the Security screen.

  • Page 161: Locking The Pdq Smartphone

    Locking the pdQ Smartphone Locking the pdQ Smartphone You can lock your pdQ smartphone so that no one can use it without entering a password. Be aware, however, that if you forget the password yourself, you must perform a hard reset using the reset button to unlock your pdQ smartphone.

  • Page 162: Restricting The Pdq Smartphone

    Press the left smart key under Menu. Press the Volume Control buttons on the left side of the pdQ smartphone to move through the menu. When 3 Set Security Options is bold, press the right smart key under Select.

  • Page 163: Speed Dial

    The names and numbers in the Speed Dial list are taken from the Address Book. You simply mark which Address Book entries you want to include in the Speed Dial list. Every time you change an entry, the pdQ smartphone updates the Speed Dial list automatically.

  • Page 164: Adding Phone Numbers To The Speed Dial List

    Tap the plus sign (+) to the right of the phone number you want to add to the Speed Dial list. Tap the up and down arrows to select the Speed Dial number. For numbers that have already been assigned, the pdQ smartphone displays the names. Tap Add.

  • Page 165: Making Calls Using Speed Dial

    Making Calls Using Speed Dial If you want to verify that the number has been added to the Speed Dial list, to open the Applications Launcher. to open the Speed Dial list. Your new entry is added to the Speed Dial list. To add a number while using the Speed Dial list: If you decide that you want to add a new number while you are using the Speed Dial list, use this quick shortcut to jump to the Address Book.

  • Page 166: Modifying Entries In The Speed Dial List

    To renumber one entry, tap the entry. Then tap the Move arrows to move the entry to a different Speed Dial number. To resort the entire Speed Dial List, do the following: to open the menus. Tap Renumber from the Options menu. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 167: Removing Entries From The Speed Dial List

    Removing Entries from the Speed Dial List Tap the Sort List By pick list and select a sorting method. Address Book Sort the Speed Dial entries alphabetically by name. Sort the entries by how often each number appears in Frequently Used #s your Call History log.
  • Page 168 URL you have put in the Speed Dial list. Tap the Speed Dial number. Tap Remove. In the Remove dialog, tap Yes. You return to the Address Edit screen. The Speed Dial number has been replaced with a plus (+) sign. Tap Done. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 169: To Do List

    Chapter 17 To Do List The Palm™ To Do List is a convenient place to create reminders and prioritize the things that you have to do. With the Palm To Do List, you can... Make a quick and convenient list of things to do. Assign a priority level and due date to each task.

  • Page 170: Creating To Do Items

    To set a Priority level for a To Do item: Tap the Priority number on the left side of the To Do item. Tap here. Select the priority. Tap the Priority number for this item. (1 is most important; 5 is least important.) pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 171: Setting Item Details

    Categories can help you file individual To Do items into groups for easy review. You can assign and edit categories by using the Categories pick list in the Details dialog. (See “Using Categories” in the pdQ Basics Handbook.) Setting a Due Date You can assign a due date for any To Do item.

  • Page 172: Deleting A To Do Item

    To delete a To Do item with the To Do Details dialog: Tap anywhere in the text area of the item you want to delete. Tap Details to open the To Do Item Details dialog. Tap Delete. Tap OK. pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 173: Displaying Your To Do List

    Displaying Your To Do List Displaying Your To Do List You can control which items appear in your To Do list and how they are arranged. For example, you may not want to see items which have been completed or you might want to see due dates for all current items. To change the Show Options settings: Tap Show in the To Do List screen to open the To Do Preferences dialog.

  • Page 174: Using The To Do List Menus

    Save archive copy on PC check box. Beam Item Beam the current To Do item to another pdQ smartphone. Beam Category Beam all To Do Items in the current category to another pdQ smartphone through the IR port. Options Menu Font Choose a different font (text) style for your To Do items.

  • Page 175: Appendix A Expense Reports

    The Expense application includes four sample report templates that you can customize to meet your needs. They are stored in the Templates folder (the same folder as the Palm Desktop application). Open them using Microsoft Excel. (Microsoft Excel is not included with your pdQ smartphone.) Sample 1 Appendix A Expense Reports...
  • Page 176 Sample 2 pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 177 Sample 3 Appendix A Expense Reports...
  • Page 178 Sample 4 pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 179: Customizing The Expense Reports

    Maptable.xls file. You can rename cells without changing the Maptable.xls file provided that the expense type corresponds to the pdQ smartphone data. For example, if you change “Snack” to “Munchies,” all items entered on the pdQ smartphone as “Snack”...

  • Page 180: Determining The Layout Of The Expense Report

    Before you begin a custom mapping table: 1. Print a copy of your custom expense report. Activate the Row and Column Headings option in the Sheet settings of the Page Setup command so you pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 181: Programming The Mapping Table

    Programming the Mapping Table Once you have analyzed the components of your report, you can program the mapping table to fill the report with data from the pdQ smartphone. To program a new custom mapping table: 1. Open a copy of the Maptable.xls file in Microsoft Excel.
  • Page 182 Expense Report template. 8. Define the number of Sections. Each row in a table defines how the pdQ smartphone data will be placed in a Section of your custom Expense Report. Note that the prepaid portion of a section has its own row and counts as a separate section for map table purposes, even though it is not a separate section in your template.
  • Page 183 Start Column The number of the first column of the Section that will be filled with the pdQ smartphone data. 11. In the light blue columns (14–17), define the Dates and Intervals. In the Date cell, enter the row or column number where date information will be placed.

  • Page 184: Using Applications Other Than Microsoft Excel

    Quattro Pro) to open and manipulate Expense data on your computer. The data file (named Expense.txt) is stored in the Expense folder within the folder containing pdQ smartphone user data. The data is in tab-delimited format. Expense File Details The Expense.txt file contains four groups of data. It will be easier to see these four distinct groups of data if you open the file with a spreadsheet application.

  • Page 185: Appendix B Non-Ascii Characters For Login Scripts

    Appendix B Non-ASCII Characters for Login Scripts About Non-ASCII Characters Use the information in this appendix if you need to create custom login scripts using non-ASCII characters. This appendix is provided for advanced users who understand the use and requirements of such characters in a custom login script. Use of ^ char You may use the caret ( ^ ) to transmit ASCII command characters.

  • Page 186: Literal Characters

    Examples: \^Includes a caret as part of the string \<Includes a < as part of the string \\Includes a backslash as part of the string pdQ Applications Handbook...

  • Page 187: Index

    Index beaming , 9, 10 Address Book entries adding , 9, 11 business card Address Book entry , 34 Date Book events , 96 bookmarks , 60, 61 memos , 26 Date Book event , 168 To Do items , 40 Expense item turning on or off , 138...
  • Page 188 , 105 bookmarks , 98 , 20 configuring calls from Call History , 55 , 31 multiple pdQ smartphones Date Book events conflicts, viewing in Date Book , 33 e-mail from server in pdQmail , 125 , 121 conjunctions (in filters)
  • Page 189 113 , 136 opening Graffiti Help sending preferences, 126 using, see pdQ Basics Handbook sorting messages, 117 emptying trash , 118 entering text, see pdQ Basics Handbook header information, displaying event , 109 dQmail , 34 adding new Palm Mail...
  • Page 190 Palm Mail, 76 deleting messages , 78 pdQmail, 113 differences between Palm Mail and , 68 sorting pdQmail Palm Mail, 80 filters , 82 , 69 HotSync options pdQmail, 117 , 76 sending messages pdQ Applications Handbook...
  • Page 191 Index setting up , 68 Call History , 21 sorting messages , 80 Date Book , 35 password formats , 137 changing in pdQmail , 129 general , 138 , 34 , 144 past events, purging from Date Book keypad , 139 pause in dialing modem...
  • Page 192 (total call minutes) , 20 system , 138 setting system sounds templates, for expense reports , 169 text entry, see pdQ Basics Handbook , 147 third-party applications time , 29 setting alarm , 145 setting time zone...

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