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Smartcode Software, Incorporated, a Palm, Inc. company. Graffiti, HotSync, and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and Palm, Palm III, and Palm IIIx are trademarks of Palm, Inc. All other brands or product names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Specifications subject to change without notice.
Overview ... 4 What is SMS? ... 4 Required equipment... 5 Installation ... 5 Getting started ... 6 Starting HandPHONE SMS ... 6 Basic settings... 6 Connection types ... 7 Using SMS ... 9 Retrieving messages ... 9 Leaving originals on the phone ... 11 Sending messages ...
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GSM cellular telephones. These messages may be up to 160 characters in length. HandPHONE SMS sends messages from the Palm phone to an SMS message center, which dispatches them to their destination. Recipients are usually other mobile phones, but some service providers also allow you to send e-mail and faxes in addition to SMS messages.
HandPHONE SMS operates entirely on your Palm handheld. After installation, there is no interaction with your desktop computer. To install the software, you will need to connect your Palm handheld to your PC or Macintosh computer in order to run HotSync software and upload the HandPHONE SMS program file.
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(shown here on the left) in your Palm Applications screen. %DVLF#VHWWLQJV The first time you start HandPHONE SMS, you will be prompted to validate basic SMS settings as shown here: Default values will work fine in most cases, though you may choose enter the Service Center Number at this time.
SMS-C number to your phone. Tap OK or Cancel when you are done. &RQQHFWLRQ#W\SHV To choose the type of connection between your Palm handheld and your GSM phone, select Options Ö Profile Setup and tap on the pull-down menu as shown here:...
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Tap on OK to confirm your choice. At this point, you may test your connection by performing any of the operations that exchange data with your phone, as described in the next sections. HandPHONE SMS...
), select Message Ö Retrieve (or the Graffiti 1. Tap on the Menu icon ( stroke 2. HandPHONE SMS will connect to your mobile phone and download all currently available messages, displaying them in a list as shown here: Using SMS...
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3. Tap on a message to view it, or perform other actions: 4. An opened message looks like this: Note HandPHONE SMS only downloads incoming messages, not outgoing messages that you may have typed manually on your phone. HandPHONE SMS...
Leaving originals on the phone By default, messages are removed from the mobile phone after they are downloaded to your handheld, but you may choose to leave them intact on the mobile phone: ), select Options Ö Phone Options, (Graffiti 1.
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Always set before sending. You may either configure these options for all subsequent messages ( before creating any outgoing messages), or specifically for a single message (i.e. by editing message Details after you have created it). ™ handheld. HandPHONE SMS...
Writing and sending messages Follow these steps to write and send messages: 1. Select Message Ö New Message, (Graffiti 2. Enter a phone number directly on the To field, or tap on To to lookup the recipient’s phone number in your Address Book: 3.
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Details… as described in the preceding section. 7. To send messages currently in your Outbox, make sure your mobile phone is turned on and properly connected, then select Message Ö Send All (Graffiti S) or Send & Retrieve (Graffiti HandPHONE SMS...
0DQLSXODWLQJ#PHVVDJHV This section describes how to handle messages in HandPHONE SMS and how to use the various folders available to you – Inbox, Outbox, Draft, and Sent. Context sensitive pop-up menus present available options whenever you tap on a message in any list view.
Outbox to send again, move it to the Draft folder to send at a later time, or delete it. Note Remember to clean out the Sent folder from time to time to keep it from using memory unnecessarily. HandPHONE SMS...
Cannot establish connection with mobile phone. This message indicates a cabling or infrared problem. Check all connections from your Palm handheld to your mobile phone. If you are using Infrared, make sure that it is enabled on your phone. Troubleshooting...
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Cannot set the Message Center phone number on your phone. This command is not supported by all phones, and is not always necessary. Either your mobile phone is off or HandPHONE SMS cannot access its storage. Check the connection. Sorry, there is not enough free memory to perform this operation.
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Your mobile phone is busy. Exit SMS management before using HandPHONE SMS. This message indicates that your mobile phone is currently performing SMS-related tasks. HandPHONE SMS cannot access the phone in this case, so you need to exit SMS management and leave the phone in “ready” mode.
Send & Retrieve · 13 Send All · 13 Serial cable · 7 Service center · 7, 11 Set · 7, 11 Short Messaging Service (defined) · 4 SMS settings · 6 Status report · 7, 11, 14 Index Telephone number · 7, 11 To ·...