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Palm, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this guide. Palm, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties that may arise through the use of this software. Palm, Inc. and its suppliers assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction, dead battery, or repairs.
Contents Chapter 1 Welcome Your Palm Pre™ Plus phone ® What’s in the box? Where can I learn more? Chapter 2 Basics Get to know your phone Set up your phone Charge the battery Turn the phone on/off Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch...
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® wireless technology Chapter 9 Documents Doc View PDF View Chapter 10 Preferences Backup Remotely erase your Palm profile account Date & Time Device Info Regional Settings Screen & Lock Sounds & Ringtones Contents Chapter 11 Troubleshooting For users of other Palm...
Welcome Congratulations on the purchase of your Palm Plus phone. In this chapter ® Pre™ Your Palm What’s in the box? Where can I learn more? Pre™ Plus phone ® Chapter 1 : Welcome...
Exchange account for your corporate email, contacts, and events. The Email, Contacts, and Calendar applications on your Pre Plus phone all provide a kind of view in which you can see information from both of those accounts in one place—but even though the information is brought into one view, the sources of that information are webOS™...
Print material • Quickstart guide • Services Guide • Palm warranty • End User License Agreement Hardware for information that helps • Palm Pre Plus phone and pouch • USB cable • AC charger • 3.5mm headset Chapter 1 : Welcome...
To view Help topics for a single application: open the application menu, and tap Help. • Online support from Palm: Visit palm.com/support profile, watch how-to animations, access a tool to help you export data from your desktop to your new phone (the Data Transfer Assistant, or DTA), and read comprehensive information about your phone.
Basics You’re about to discover the many things about your Palm Pre™ Plus phone that can help you better ® manage your life and have fun, too. As you become more familiar with your phone, you’ll want to personalize the settings and add applications to make it uniquely yours.
Get to know your phone Slide out the keyboard • Hold the phone as shown below and gently push up. Chapter 2 : Basics Front view Earpiece Touchscreen: Tap and make other gestures directly on the screen. See Touchscreen. Volume Gesture area: Make the back gesture and begin other gestures here.
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IMPORTANT Be careful not to scratch, crush, or apply too much pressure on the touchscreen. Do not store your phone in a place where other items might damage it. Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents, or aerosols to clean the phone or its accessories.
Icons in the title bar You can monitor the status of several items using icons in the area at the top of the phone screen: Table 1. Title bar icons and descriptions Item Description The battery is being charged. The battery is fully charged. The battery is low.
Back view The back cover of your Pre Plus phone is compatible with the Touchstone charging dock (sold separately). Camera flash Camera lens Speaker Top view Power: Press to wake up or turn off the screen. Press and hold to turn wireless services on and off, replace the battery, or turn your device completely on and off.
Set up your phone Insert the SIM card Your SIM (subscriber identity module) card contains information on your wireless account. To make calls or use your phone’s email or web features, you need to insert a SIM card If you don’t have a SIM card, contact AT&T. To take advantage of the high-speed data connection available on your phone, you may need to have a 3G SIM card.
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Remove the battery by pulling the tab that appears at the top of the battery. WARNING You must remove the battery first whenever you insert or remove the SIM card. Insert the card. * Notch Replace the battery. Make sure to leave the tab showing at the top of the battery.
For detailed information about your Palm profile, see Backup. Although you create a Palm profile by entering a valid email address, setting up a Palm profile is different from setting up email on your phone. To set up email, see Set up email.
USB cable. Charging this way takes much longer than using the AC charger. Do not, however, connect the Palm (sold separately) to your computer. NOTE The back cover of your Pre Plus phone is compatible with the Touchstone charging dock (sold separately). Chapter 2 : Basics...
To purchase batteries that are compatible with your phone, go to palm.com/store for your phone. Turn the phone on/off Your Pre Plus phone’s screen can be turned on and off separately from its wireless services (which are the Phone app, Bluetooth app).
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Do one of the following: • Tap the upper-right corner of any screen to open the connection menu. Turn on Airplane Mode. • Press and hold power and tap Airplane When your phone is in airplane mode, the airplane mode at the top of every screen, and Airplane Mode appears in the upper-left corner of the screen in the Launcher, Card view, and Phone.
When you’re working in an application, the gesture area displays a lighted bar in the center. The lighted bar also appears when you tap the center of the gesture area to maximize a card in Card view. palm.com/ Clips in Help on your phone (see...
Basic gestures Tap: Tap with the tip of your finger—not your fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, and then immediately lift your fingertip off the screen. Don’t bear down on what you’re tapping. Don’t wait for a response; the response comes after you lift your finger.
gesture area and the touchscreen, it seems to drag Quick Launch into view. To open one of the apps in Quick Launch, move your finger to its icon. When you see the app name appear, lift your finger. The application opens. You also make the drag gesture as part of a drag and drop.
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Stop scrolling: Tap or drag the screen while scrolling. Zoom gestures Zoom in/pinch out to increase the size of items on the screen in Email, Web, Photos, Doc View, PDF View, Google Maps: Place two fingers on the screen and spread them slowly apart. Chapter 2 : Basics Zoom out/pinch in to decrease the size of items on the screen in Email,...
Text selection gestures For information on working with text after you select it, see paste information Use the Select All and Copy All Insert the cursor in a text field: Tap the location. See information. Move the cursor: Tap the location to insert the cursor. Press and hold Option .
the next paragraph, release Shift , scroll, press paragraph. Tapping any part of the highlighted selection deselects it. Drag an item Tap and hold the item, drag it, and then lift your finger to drop it. You get a visual cue that the item is ready to be dragged. For example, an icon in the Launcher is ready to be dragged when you see a halo around the icon.
Open an application in Quick Launch Quick Launch is the bar of five icons that is always available at the bottom of Card view and the Launcher. To open an application from Quick Launch, just tap the icon. * Quick Launch Quick Launch can display no more than five icons.
In Card view, tap You can also open the Launcher by flicking up twice from the gesture area to the screen. If you are in Card view, just flick up once to open the Launcher. To find the app you want, swipe up or down to see all the icons on a page.
To make the back gesture, swipe right to left anywhere in the gesture area. Display all open applications (Card view) Card view displays open applications as small cards, so that you can easily scroll through them and drag them to change their order. When an application fills the screen and you want to go to Card view, do one of the following: •...
After the card becomes transparent, drag it to another position. Close an application • In Card view (see Display all open applications (Card card off the top of the screen. Chapter 2 : Basics Change the applications that appear in Quick Launch If Quick Launch contains five icons, you must remove an application from Quick Launch before you can add another one.
Reorder Quick Launch icons You can change the position of any Quick Launch icon except the Launcher icon. In Card view, tap and hold a Quick Launch After a halo appears around the icon, drag it to another location. Reorder Launcher icons In the Launcher, tap and hold an icon.
Enter and save information Use the keyboard Option: Press to enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols that appear above the letters on the keys (see Enter alternate keyboard characters), or to move the cursor (see gestures). Shift: Enter uppercase letters Text selection Space Backspace Enter:...
Enter characters from the symbols table You can enter symbols and accented characters that don’t appear on the keys by using the symbols table. See Symbols and accented characters list of the available symbols and accented characters. Press to display the symbols table. Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character you want.
Enter information in a field You can enter information in a field by typing or by pasting previously copied information (see Cut, copy, and paste Applications with text fields support the auto-correct feature. If the app recognizes a common misspelling, it auto-corrects the word. To cancel the auto-correction, press Backspace To accept the information you entered, do one of the following:...
Cut, copy, and paste information You can copy any selectable text, and you can cut any selectable text that you entered, for example, in a memo or an email. This includes text you can select by dragging the cursor and paragraphs you can select by tapping them (see Text selection gestures).
In an app, do one of the following: • Drag down from the upper-left corner of the phone (above the screen) onto the screen. • Tap the application name in the upper-left corner of the screen. Tap a menu item to open it. If a menu item displays a right-pointing arrow , tap the item to display the submenu for that item—for example, tap the...
Search to find info and make calls Use universal search You can search for contacts and applications on your phone, or search the web. Display Card view (see Display all open applications (Card open the Launcher (see Open an application in the Begin typing a search term or keyword (see application keywords).
Throw a dashboard item off the side of the screen to dismiss it. Update the software on your phone Palm continually provides updates to your phone’s operating system. Update notifications are sent to your phone automatically when a system update is...
App Catalog contains both free apps and apps you can buy. NOTE Applications you installed on your old Palm OS Mobile smartphone do not work on your Pre Plus phone because your Pre Plus phone uses the new Palm webOS™ platform. Check App Catalog for a new ®...
If the app uses Location Services, a notification is displayed (see Location Services). Tap Continue. Do one of the following: • If you have a billing account, enter your Palm profile password (if prompted) to authorize the purchase, and tap Continue. Open Device Info Catalog).
NOTE If you enter an incorrect Palm profile password three times, a message appears that explains how you can contact Palm support for help. • If you don’t have a billing account, tap Continue. Enter your Palm profile password, and tap Continue. See Tap OK.
All files that you store on the USB drive of your phone are not backed up to your Palm profile, and they cannot sync to any of your online accounts. So be sure to keep a copy of all such files somewhere besides your phone just in case you lose your phone or you must do a full erase of the info on your phone.
(sold separately) that facilitate the transfer of media files to your phone. For more information, open the browser on your computer and go to palm.com/sync-solutions. KEY TERM DRM-free: Management.
Address Book and iCal. After you export the data, you can add the data into one of your online accounts or the Palm profile account on your Palm Pre™ Plus phone.
Google or Exchange, but first need to get your data out of an old phone that you want to stop using? You can do a one-time, one-way export of data to your Pre Plus phone, and then sync the data to Google or computer.
How do I get data off my computer? Do you want to sync your personal information between your Pre Plus phone and Google or Exchange, but first need to get the data out of a desktop app that you want to stop using? You can do a one-time, one-way export of data to your phone, and then if you choose to, sync the data to Google or Exchange.
I don’t need to sync, but I do want a copy of my data backed up somewhere besides my phone Use the Data Transfer Assistant to move your data into your Palm profile account. For information on your Palm profile account, see Backup.
You can answer a second call, swap between calls, and set up a six-way conference call. You can also work with other applications while on a call. Your Pre Plus phone helps you to do all these tasks with ease. In this chapter...
Make calls For information on turning the phone off and back on, see on/off. * These indicate that the phone is on. Chapter 4 : Phone Turn the phone * These indicate that the phone is off (airplane mode). Dial using the onscreen dial pad The onscreen dial pad is useful when you need to dial numbers that are expressed as letters and when you need large, brightly lit numbers that you can tap.
Tap the dial pad numbers to enter the number. to dial. Press Backspace or tap the onscreen backspace icon (to the right of the number you enter) to delete numbers one at a time. Tap and hold the icon to delete all the numbers.
Dial using a speed dial Assign a speed dial to a contact for instructions on creating a speed dial. • In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, press and hold the speed-dial key you assigned to the number. Dial by contact name in the Phone application How do I add names and other info into Contacts? adding contacts to your phone.
• If Secure Unlock is on, tap Tap to dial emergency Emergency call. Edit the displayed number if needed, and then tap to dial. If the is turned off (that is, if it’s in airplane mode), you NOTE phone don’t have to turn it on. It automatically tries to connect to a network to make the call.
• Press volume. • Slide the ringer switch off (red means off). This silences the ringer and any notification sounds. These sounds remain off until you slide the switch back on. Other sounds, such as music and video playback, are not affected by sliding the ringer switch off.
Manage a call Do any of the following: • Put the call on speakerphone: Tap • Mute the microphone so you can’t be heard: Tap You don’t need an on-hold button to put a call on hold. Just tap the mute icon to mute your end of the line.
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3G (UMTS or HSDPA) network: You can make simultaneous voice and data connections. So when you’re on a call, you can also send and receive email; browse the web; and send and receive text, multimedia, and IM messages. NOTE You cannot send or receive multimedia messages using a Wi-Fi network. Display Card view (see Display all open applications (Card open the Launcher (see...
to create the conference call. Do any of the following: • To add callers, tap • To extract a call from the conference and talk privately, tap the caller name or number, and then tap • To return an extracted call to the conference, tap When you’re done, tap to end either an extracted call or the conference call.
View your call history Open Phone (Optional) If a call history entry includes a number next to the call icon on the left, this indicates that you made and/or received that number of calls in a row to or from that number. Tap the entry to see the individual call entries.
Do one of the following: • Before dialing a number you entered in the dial pad, tap Contacts. • During a call, tap • After a call, from the dial pad, tap . Tap number, and tap Add To Contacts. Tap one of the following: Add New Contact: Create a new contact for the phone number.
After you set up a connection with a Bluetooth headset or hands-free car kit, you can communicate using that device whenever it is within range and the Bluetooth feature on your phone is turned on. The range varies greatly, depending on environmental factors. The maximum is about 30 feet (10 meters).
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If you turn off the Show Contact Matches preference, you can still perform a contact search in the Phone application. After opening Phone, tap the contact list icon to the right of “Enter name or number. ” Type the contact name or initials, and tap the number when it appears.
Change your voicemail number If AT&T changes the phone number for your voicemail system, you need to change the number on your phone. This is the number your phone dials if you use any of the shortcuts to access voicemail (see messages).
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Use restricted dialing When restricted dialing is turned on, you can make calls to or answer calls from only those numbers that are on your list of restricted numbers. To add to or change the list, you need to enter a PIN2. If you enter an incorrect PIN2 more times than allowed by AT&T, the SIM card locks.
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MMS APN and enter the settings you obtained from AT&T. Change Settings. Enable TTY/TDD A TTY (also known as TDD or text telephone) is a telecommunications device that allows people who are deaf or hard of hearing, or who have speech or language disabilities, to communicate by telephone.
Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family, and colleagues by email anywhere you can access AT&T’s data network. You can send and receive attachments as well. And keep the Messaging app in mind for times when you need to send a short text, multimedia, or instant message to a mobile phone number—especially handy when you’re in a meeting that’s running late.
Use the Email application on your phone to access the many email accounts you have: company (like Exchange), ISP (like EarthLink or Comcast), and web-based (like Gmail). The Palm Synergy™ feature makes it easy to synchronize all data from an ®...
• If this is the first email account you set up, the email address you used for your Palm profile is entered by default. Use that address, or enter an address for one of your other email accounts. Enter your...
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• If this is the first email account you are setting up, the email address you used for your Palm profile is entered by default. Use that address, or enter an address for one of your other email accounts. Enter your password for the account.
Enter info for the incoming and outgoing mail server as needed, based on the server information you got from your system administrator (see BEFORE YOU BEGIN at the beginning of this procedure). Sign Enter advanced account settings These settings apply only to the account you select in step 3. Open Email Open the...
Show Icon, tap or Off. Tap Alert, and tap any of the following: Vibrate: The phone vibrates with no other sound. System Sound: The system sound plays. If the ringer is off, the phone vibrates. Ringtone: Tap Ringtone., and tap a ringtone. Tap ringtone title to preview it.
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• to open the full contact list. Tap the contact you want, or enter a name or address to narrow the list. • Enter the full email address for a recipient who is not a contact. To address an email directly from Launcher or Card view, type the email address.
Tap a message to open it. (Optional) Do any of the following: • To call a number: Tap the number, and tap • To send a text message: Tap and hold the number, and tap Text. • To send an email: Tap and hold the email address, and tap Email.
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• For other file types, open the application menu the Save As menu item is not available, you cannot save the attachment. To open a saved attachment on your phone, open the application that can display the attachment. The attachment appears in the list of available files. Tap the file to open it.
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Reply to a message Open a message. Tap one of the following: : Reply to just the sender. : Reply to the sender and all other addressees. Enter the reply message text and tap Forward a message Open a message and tap Address the forwarded message (see message).
Delete a message Deleting a message moves it to your deleted items folder, so it’s still on your phone. Depending on your email account, this folder is called Deleted Items, Deleted, Trash, or something else. If you accidentally delete a message, you can move it back to the original folder (see Move a message to another folder).
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• View folder information such as last sync and number of messages: Open the folder, and then tap the folder header. Sort email in a folder Open Email If the folder you want is not displayed, tap one of your accounts. Tap a folder, open the application menu, and tap Sort.
Smart Folders: Set whether to include All Inboxes and/or All Flagged messages as favorites at the top of Account List view. Accounts: Tap an account name to enter advanced settings (see advanced account settings). Default Account: Tap the account shown and then tap the account you want to set as the new default.
The Synergy feature enables the Messaging app to gather all your text, multimedia, and instant messages to and from the same contact into a single conversation (sometimes called a thread). So you can see your entire message history with someone regardless of the different methods you happened to use to communicate with that person (see conversations).
Dial a number from a conversation Open Messaging Tap a conversation. Do one of the following: • Tap the contact name or phone number at the top of the screen, and tap the number you want to call. • TEXT or the IM account name in the upper-right corner, and beside the number you want to call.
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Short dialing a number that contains letters—for example, (555) 256 PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M— which would be 7256.
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NOTE Emoticon combinations that use words, such as :cool or :cry, are not supported in most chat applications. Emoticons created using these combinations may not appear correctly on the recipient’s phone. Table 1. Supported emoticons To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations... emoticon...
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Add a contact from a text or multimedia message To add a message sender as a contact: In Conversations view, tap a conversation with someone who is not a contact. Tap the header at the top of the screen. Add To Contacts.
Dial a number from a message • Tap a phone number. Delete a message In a conversation, throw the message off the side of the screen. Delete to confirm. Delete a conversation In Conversations view, throw the conversation off the side of the screen.
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Tap Buddies. to the left of the text Offline Sign out of an IM account Open Messaging Tap Buddies. Tap the status icon to the left of your online status and tap Sign off. Send and receive IM messages BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you’re inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services...
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Tap one of the following: Save As New: Create a new contact for the number or address. Add To Existing: Tap the contact you want to add the number or address to. This option is not available when the phone number or email address is already in Contacts.
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Show Notifications, tap or Off. When Show Notifications is on, tap Alert, and tap any of the following: Vibrate: The phone vibrates with no other sound. System Sound: The system sound plays. If the ringer is off, the phone vibrates. Ringtone: Tap a ringtone.
Pre™ Plus phone makes it easy to organize your personal information and keep it with you wherever you go. All your personal information is backed up and kept private either in your Palm profile or in one of your online accounts. In this chapter Contacts...
You can assign the contact to one of your online address books—if you do, it synchronizes with the online address book. Or you can create the contact in your Palm profile account, which means it shows up on your phone only. Palm profile contacts are included in the daily backup of your Palm profile information, so you can restore them if they are accidentally erased.
1 Tap the stack of photos to see the contacts that are linked. 2 Emily is a contact in your Google online account and in your Palm profile account. 3 Scroll down to see Emily’s combined contact info. You can unlink linked contacts, and you can manually link contacts (see...
Contacts). (Optional) Tap the account icon to the right of account to which the new contact will be added. * Account icon, showing Palm profile account Name to enter the contact name. To add a prefix and other details to a name, open the...
When you enter a phone number that requires pauses—for example, a number for which you need to enter a password or respond to prompts, you can insert a pause or a stop in the number. To insert a two-second pause, enter a where you want the pause to appear.
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Search for a contact (see Find a contact), and tap the contact name. (Optional) To copy a contact, open the Copy All. The contents of the contact entry are copied as plain text, with carriage returns between each element. To edit a contact, tap Edit.
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Add a photo to a contact The photo you add appears onscreen when this contact calls you or when you call the contact. While creating (see Create a contact) or editing (see or delete contact information) a contact, do one of the following: •...
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For example, if you have contact info for Emily Weeks in Google, Facebook, Microsoft Exchange, and your Palm profile account, go ahead and link all four contacts into a linked contact. But don’t link Emily’s contact info with her sister Allison’s.
In the open entry, tap the contact name in the header, and tap more profiles. Search for the contact (see Find a contact) and tap it to link the two contacts. After you create the link, be sure the linked contact appears in your Contacts list under the name you’re most likely to search for and recognize (and not, say, under a person’s IM screen name, which can be unrelated to their real name).
Tap the contact name. Do any of the following: • Tap the appropriate field to call or send an email or instant message to that contact. For example, tap a phone number to call the contact. • to send a text message. •...
Customize Contacts Open Contacts Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Set the following options: List Order: Tap to select the criteria by which the contact list is sorted. If you select Last name to sort on, the names are alphabetized by last name, but they still appear in the Contacts list as first name followed by last name.
How do I get events into Calendar? You have a few options for getting events to show up in Calendar: Connect to an online calendar: that works with the Palm Send Contact. Microsoft Exchange), you can set up Calendar on your phone to synchronize and display events in the online calendar.
You can assign the event to one of your online calendars—if you do, it synchronizes with the online calendar. Or you can create the event in your Palm profile account, which means it shows up on your phone only. Palm profile events are included in the daily backup of your Palm profile information, so you can restore them if they are accidentally erased.
Sign • To open Calendar without creating an online account: Tap Done. This opens your Palm profile account, and you can start creating events in this account. NOTE If you choose to sync Calendar with an online Facebook account, your Facebook events show up in Calendar, but you cannot add calendar events to Facebook from the Calendar app.
• to the right of the name to enter more details about the event. Make the back gesture to return to Day view. Don’t look for a save button—your info is automatically saved when you make the back gesture to close the event. Enter the event location While creating an event (see Create an...
Open the application menu and tap Under Event Reminders, tap Alert Vibrate: The phone vibrates and makes a vibrating sound but makes no other sound. System Sound: The system sound plays. If the ringer is off, the phone vibrates (see Manage system sounds and Ringtone: A ringtone that you choose plays.
Tap the account icon in the upper-right corner to do any of the following: • To switch the Calendar account you're viewing: Tap one of your Calendar accounts. • To remove a Calendar account from the layered calendar view (All): Scroll down and tap Calendar View Options.
Respond to an event reminder When an event reminder appears in the notification bar at the bottom of the screen, tap the event description to open the event, or tap one of the following: Contact meeting attendees: This opens an email message with the participants’...
Event Reminders: Select to play a sound when a calendar notification appears. Default Event Duration: The default event duration is set to one hour. Tap to change this to 30 minutes hours. Accounts: For all calendar accounts, tap an account to change login settings or remove the account.
Open Tasks Enter the list name in the List name field and press Create a task (see Create a task). Create a task Open Tasks Tap the list you want to assign the task to. Chapter 6 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Enter the task name in the Task name field.
to the right of the task name. Set any of the following: Priority: High priority tasks appear in red. Normal priority tasks appear in bold text, and low priority tasks appear in gray text. List: Assign the task to a different list. Due: No due date, and tap a due date option.
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Rename a task On the task list, tap the task name. Enter the new name and press Enter Sort a task list You can sort a task list to show all tasks (the default setting), remaining tasks, or completed tasks. Open Tasks Tap the list you want to sort.
If you used the Data Transfer Assistant and imported notes from Outlook on your desktop to your phone, those notes are in Memos. Your Microsoft Exchange notes, however, do not sync. All memos are backed up to your Palm profile. All, and then tap Mark All...
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Create a memo Open Memos Do one of the following: • New Memo • Open the application menu and tap Enter the memo text. Memos are saved as you type. Find a memo • In Memos, begin typing any letters or numbers in the memo, and then tap the memo when it appears.
Delete a memo In an open memo, open the application menu Delete to confirm. Email a memo In an open memo, open the application menu Enter the email address. The subject, Just a quick memo, is automatically filled in. Clock The Clock application lets you set an alarm.
, and then tap Set the following options: Alarm Preferences: in the upper right to turn the alarm on. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm icon appears in the lower-right corner of the phone screen. Tap the icon to see alarm details. Name: Enter a name for the alarm.
Subtract the currently displayed number from memory. Facebook The Palm Facebook app allows you to make a status comment, view and respond to friends’ comments, and attach photos to your wall. Before you begin, download the Facebook app from the App Catalog. It’s free (see Download a free application).
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Photos, videos, and music There’s no need to carry a separate media player; you can play music and videos, and view photos, on your Palm ® Pre™ Plus phone. Listen to music through the built-in speaker or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones (sold separately).
Camera Take a picture Your phone has an easy-to-use, 3-megapixel camera with an LED flash. You can use the camera to take pictures, and then use the Photos app to view them and send them to your friends and family (see a personal touch to your phone, use your pictures as your wallpaper (see Save a picture as wallpaper) and as caller ID images (see...
(sold separately) that facilitate the transfer of media files to your phone. For more information, open the browser on your computer and go to palm.com/sync-solutions. Save a picture as Contains any pictures you copy from your computer that Contains any screenshots that you take.
Connect your phone and your computer using the On your phone, tap Drive. If prompted, tap OK. On your computer, your phone appears as a removable drive. NOTE On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens, click Cancel to close the wizard.
(Optional) Do either or both of the following: • To zoom out or in on a part of the picture: Pinch in or out on the picture. • To capture the portion of the picture you want for the contact photo: Tap and hold the picture, and then drag the portion you want to the center of the onscreen box.
Likewise, if you set up a Facebook account in Contacts or Calendar, the account is already set up to allow you to upload pictures from Photos. See Online accounts available for Palm information about the behavior of Facebook, Photobucket, and other online accounts on your phone.
Videos Record a video Your phone has an easy-to-use video camera that lets you record videos in VGA Resolution at 30FPS (frames per second) in MPEG-4, with AAC audio. Background sound is recorded when you record a video. Open Camera is hidden, tap to display it.
A file that is not protected by Digital Rights Management. DRM-free video files can be copied as many times as you like and can be played on your Pre Plus phone. Before you put videos on your phone, make sure...
Use video playback controls Playback controls automatically appear when you start a video. They disappear after a few seconds. Tap the video to manually display or dismiss the controls. Table 1. Video playback controls Control Function Play. Pause. Move forward or backward (tap and hold the slider, and then drag it right to move forward or left to move backward).
• To display the most frequently viewed videos: Tap Most Viewed. • To display videos you have recently viewed: Tap History. When the video you want appears, do one of the following: • To view the video: Tap the video thumbnail. •...
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A file that is not protected by Digital Rights KEY TERM Management. DRM-free music files can be copied as many times as you like and can be played on your Pre Plus phone. Open Music If the Music application finds no music files on your phone, tap one of...
• To browse a music store to preview or purchase songs (if available): Tap the music store name. Continue making selections until the song you want appears. Tap the song name. Music continues to play in the background if you switch to DID YOU KNOW another application, turn off the screen, or slide the Use music playback controls...
Music application (see NOTE Music you download from Amazon MP3 is not backed up to your Palm profile. To back up your music, you can copy downloaded files from the AmazonMP3 folder on your phone’s USB drive to your computer (see between your phone and your cable.
Search and enter the song, album, or artist name. Press Enter Do one of the following: • If the item you want appears on the screen: Tap the song, album, or artist name. Tapping the name of a song plays the preview; tapping its price gives you the option to buy it (see •...
Do either of the following: • Tap the album price and tap Buy. • Tap a song price and tap Buy. IMPORTANT Your credit card is charged for the price of an item as soon as you tap Buy. Preview and buy a song BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you download a song to your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the file.
Web and wireless connections With AT&T’s network and your Palm ® Pre™ Plus phone’s web browser, you can take the web with you almost anywhere you go. The Bluetooth ® wireless technology on your phone helps you easily set up wireless connections to a number of devices.
AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots AT&T Wi-Fi service is available at access points called AT&T Hot Spots. If you have a Palm webOS standing, and an appropriate data plan, you can access music, email, and the web at over 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot locations nationwide, including the following: •...
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To connect to an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spot: Turn Wi-Fi on (see Turn Wi-Fi on and off). Tap attwifi. Turn Wi-Fi on and off Do one of the following: • Open Wi-Fi , and tap or Off. • From any screen: Open the connection menu at the upper-right corner, tap Wi-Fi, and tap...
Connect to a previously used network • If Wi-Fi is turned off, turn on Wi-Fi (see Turn Wi-Fi on and automatically attempts to connect to a previously used network, starting with the most recently used network. • If Wi-Fi is turned on but you are not connected to a network, your phone automatically attempts to connect to a previously used network, starting with the most recently used network.
Tap Done. Location Services The Location Services application provides information about your location to applications that request it. For example, Google Maps may use your location information if you need driving directions. Open Location Services for any of the following: Auto Locate: When Auto Locate is on, applications can automatically identify your location.
The first time you open Google Services you may be asked to review and accept the terms of use, and decide whether to allow anonymous data collection. Do the following: • Review the terms of use. • If you decide not to allow anonymous data collection, tap the checkmark to remove it.
Open another browser If you are looking at one web page and need to check something on a different one, simply open another browser. Open , open the application menu Enter an address or search term for the second instance of the browser. To move between the two pages, tap the center of the gesture area to display Card view.
Bookmark. NOTE Web bookmarks are part of the data backed up to your Palm profile. After a partial or full erase, a bookmark is restored with a generic thumbnail icon. After you revisit the page for which you created the bookmark, the original thumbnail icon is restored.
• To open a bookmark if it’s not on the start page, or after you navigate away from the start page: Open the application menu Bookmarks. Then tap a bookmark. Edit, reorder, or delete a bookmark Open Open the application menu and tap Bookmarks.
Return to previously viewed web pages Open the application menu and tap History. Scroll to the page name and tap the page. You can also search for a recently viewed page by entering a term or address in the address bar that matches the page name or address. Use links on a web page •...
Set any of the following: Default Web Search Engine: Select your default search engine. Block Popups: Prevents websites from opening up new browser windows. Tap to turn Block Popups off. Accept Cookies: Allows cookies from any website you view, even if you are redirected to a site from another site.
AT&T Navigator You can use AT&T Navigator to get directions, search for an address, view maps and traffic conditions, share your location, and much more. Sign up for AT&T Navigator The first time you open AT&T Navigator, you are offered the opportunity to either subscribe now to the service and pay a monthly fee or pay for a one - day pass on the service.
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Find a location Open AT&T Navigator If prompted, tap Allow to turn on Location Tap Search. Enter a search term. For example, enter “Cinema” to get a list of cinemas near you. (Optional) Tap Current Location to change the location of your search.
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Table 2. AT&T Navigator maps icons Icon Description See your current location. Get a 3D view of the map. Select a new map location. Return to the 2D view of the map. Share an address You can send an address, and directions to that address, to a friend by text message.
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Tap Save, and tap OK. To return to this location: Share & More, tap Stuff, and then tap Tap the location. If you saved the location to a category, tap the category name, and then tap the location. Do any of the following: •...
Customize AT&T Navigator Open AT&T Navigator If prompted, tap Allow to turn on Location Open the application menu and tap Preferences. Tap any of the following: Route Style: Select your default route type, for example, Shortest, Prefer Highway Ask me each trip.
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Alternatively, browse through service categories in Categories. The first result displayed is the business or branch closest to your current location. Tap to scroll forward or back through the search results. Tap to see the search results in a list. Tap return to map view.
On the service details page, tap Tap OK. To view your favorites, open the application menu Bluetooth wireless technology ® What is Bluetooth wireless technology? ® With the Bluetooth wireless technology on your phone, you can connect to ® a number of Bluetooth devices, including a hands-free device such as a headset or car kit (see Set up and use a Bluetooth Before you can connect to another Bluetooth device, you need to pair with...
• The screen displays a passkey generated by your phone: Enter the displayed passkey on the other device. • The screen prompts you to enter a passkey: Check the documentation that came with the other device to see if there's a required passkey.
Tap the connected device name to disconnect from it. Or tap another device name to disconnect from the current device and connect to the new device. Delete a device Deleting a device means you end the relationship you created between your phone and the device.
Documents Your Palm ® Pre™ Plus phone enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. You can view and search Microsoft Word, Excel PowerPoint files on your phone. ® You can also view PDF files on your phone.
Doc View With Doc View, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel on your phone. Open a file You can view a file that you copy from your computer (see between your phone and your computer) or receive as an email attachment (see Open email attachments).
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Type the text you want to find and press Enter instance of the text appears highlighted. Do one of the following: • Find the next instance: Tap • Find the preceding instance: Tap To exit search, open the application menu and tap Find.
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Tap the text or footnote indicator to open the comment, endnote, or footnote. To close the comment, endnote, or footnote, tap outside it. Select a row or column in an Excel ® • Tap the row header or column header. Resize rows or columns in a spreadsheet Open the application menu...
• Tap the current sheet number in the lower-left corner of the screen. Enter the page number you want to jump to and press View comments in a spreadsheet In an Excel spreadsheet, comments are indicated by a red triangle in the ®...
To search for a file, begin typing the name. Tap the file when it appears. If the PDF file was created with a password, enter the password to open the file. To open another file: Open the application menu the file. To move between open PDFs, tap the center of the gesture area to go to Card view.
Save a file with a new name With the file open, open the application menu Enter the new file name and tap Save Share a file With the file open, open the application menu Create the email message and tap View bookmarks If a PDF file was created with bookmarks, you can see the bookmarks on your phone.
Preferences There are lots of ways to make your Palm ® Pre™ Plus phone work better for you. Personalize your phone to make it match your lifestyle. You can easily customize many features of your phone like the wallpaper, screen brightness, ringtone for incoming calls, and more.
All this information is automatically backed up daily to your Palm profile. So if you ever need to erase the info from your phone, you can restore all your backed-up info. You can turn off automatic backup, and you can also perform a manual backup.
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The following table lists info that is and is not backed up to your Palm profile: Table 1. Backup details Application Backed up Not backed up Amazon Nothing is backed up. can copy files from the AmazonMP3 folder on your...
No photos are backed up. IMPORTANT On your computer, keep a stored on your Palm profile, Palm recommends that you perform a manual backup copy of the photos that are of your data after changing any of your Palm profile settings (see information).
Password. Enter your new password and confirm it. Tap Done. Remotely erase your Palm profile account In the event that your phone is lost or stolen, you can go to your Palm profile palm.com/palmprofile Date & Time You can set your phone to adjust the date and time automatically to the local date and time wherever you are, or you can turn this feature off and enter this information manually.
A reset deletes some or all information from your phone (depending on the type of reset you select). After a reset, you must follow the prompts to sign in to your Palm profile again before you can use your phone.
Palm profile—is untouched. After either type of full erase, you can sign in to your Palm profile either on a new webOS phone or the same phone you just erased. Signing in restores...
In addition, if you have more than one application on your phone that can open a particular file type, you can change the default application to use for opening that file type. Open Device Info Open the application menu and tap Do either or both of the following: •...
Delete a certificate Only user-installed certificates can be deleted. Open Device Info Open the application menu and tap Certificate Tap the certificate and tap Delete Certificate. Enable media sync If you use iTunes version 9.0.1 or earlier, you can synchronize non-DRM music, photos, and videos from your computer to your phone by enabling Media Sync mode on your phone.
Your phone restarts after you select a new country format. The restart does not affect your data or applications. Screen & Lock Change screen brightness Open Screen & Lock Under Screen, drag the Brightness Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically By default, your screen turns off after one minute of inactivity to save battery power.
Open Screen & Lock Switch Applications, tap or Off. Set options for unlocking the screen The screen locks five seconds after it turns off automatically, or immediately if you turn the screen off manually. Use Secure Unlock if you want to require a PIN or a password to unlock the screen.
Sounds & Ringtones Manage system sounds and notifications You can turn system sounds, such as transition sounds and notification alerts, on or off. You can also set the volume for system sounds. Sliding the ringer switch off not only turns off the ringer for incoming phone calls, it also turns off system sounds like the shutter click when you take a picture.
Open Sounds & Ringtones Tap the displayed ringtone. Tap the song title to add it as your ringtone. Tap song title to preview it. To set the ringtone volume, drag the Ringtone Volume to the right of a slider. Chapter 10 : Preferences...
For additional information and answers to other common questions, visit palm.com/support. In this chapter For users of other Palm devices ® Battery Screen and performance Phone...
Use only batteries and chargers that are approved by Palm with your phone. Failure to use a battery or charger approved by Palm may increase the risk that your phone will overheat, catch fire, or explode, resulting in serious bodily injury, death, or property damage.
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Turn the phone completely off (see Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off). Press and release the back cover release. Slide your thumbnail or a credit card between the back cover and the phone, starting at the bottom and moving halfway up one side until you hear the clasp (x) release.
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Palm logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). Then wait until your phone completes startup. If your phone does not turn on after you insert the battery and press and hold...
Instead, press and hold until you see the Palm logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). Then wait until your phone completes startup. NOTE If your phone does not turn on after you press and hold power, you need...
Palm logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). Then wait until your phone completes startup. If your phone does not turn on after you insert the battery and press and hold Charge the battery).
® webOS™ platform. Applications written for Palm smartphones using the Palm OS operating system or Windows Mobile are not compatible with your Pre Plus phone. If you can try a free version of the software before purchasing it, you can test it first to make sure it works properly. In App Catalog, you can purchase the Classic application from MotionApps to run Palm OS applications on your Pre Plus phone.
Phone Signal strength is weak Become familiar with low coverage areas where you live, commute, work, and play. Then you know when to expect signal-strength issues. • If you’re standing, move about 10 feet (3 meters) in any direction. • In a building, move near a window.
® phone • Check the compatibility list at device is compatible with your Pre Plus phone. • Not all hands-free features work with every hands-free device. Check the on/off). documentation that came with your hands-free device or the manufacturer’s website for feature-compatibility information specific to your device.
(see computer?). You can assign this data to sync with an online account. You can also assign it to the Palm profile account. Data in this account is backed You cannot remove individual Exchange account applications. If the application.
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Palm profile daily, so you can retrieve it if you need to reset your phone. But it is not a true sync because you cannot change your Palm profile data anywhere except on your phone. If your desktop Outlook synchronizes with an Exchange server using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, you cannot do a one-way export of that Outlook data to your phone.
A notification tells me that ActiveSync encountered a problem with [item type] [item name] There was an error while synchronizing a single item. This error can usually be corrected only by deleting the item that caused the error. If you sync again to see if the error persists, be aware that items causing this type of error are skipped and do not show up again.
I have problems sending and receiving email • Make sure your phone is on and that your data connection to your mail server or email service provider has not been interrupted (see phone on/off). • Short periods of time when email is unavailable are common, due to server problems or poor wireless coverage.
Some websites redirect simple web addresses given to the public to actual web addresses that are more complex (for example, if you enter the address www.palm.com/support, it may actually go to the web address can’t follow the redirect, enter the web address in a desktop browser and read the actual web address in the address bar.
My personal and work contact and calendar information is getting merged into a single view—I’d rather keep them separate The Palm Synergy™ feature on your phone displays information from ® several sources in a single view, so you can access your info quickly, without having to remember where you stored it.
• For best results, verify that you have the brightest light source coming from behind you, lighting the subject’s face. Avoid taking indoor pictures with the subject in front of a window or light. If the light is behind the subject, try moving closer to the subject and enabling the flash.
My bookmarks were restored, but the thumbnail icon is not displaying Web bookmarks are part of the data backed up to your Palm profile. After a full erase, a bookmark is restored with a generic thumbnail icon. After you revisit the page for which you created the bookmark, a thumbnail icon is restored.
(see Erase data and reset your phone). Enter your Palm profile email address and password to restore your backed-up information. If the problem is resolved, begin reinstalling your third-party applications one at a time. Open each application after you reinstall it to see if the problem recurs.
Making room on your phone If you store a large number of files, or install many third-party applications, the internal memory on your phone may fill up. Here are some ways to clear space on your phone: • Photos, Videos, Music, Amazon MP3, Doc View, PDF View: files take up a lot of memory.
Terms airplane mode A mode in which all the wireless services on your phone are turned off. Wireless services include the phone used for making and receiving calls, and Bluetooth wireless technology. See Turn wireless services off (airplane ® mode). application menu A menu that contains application commands such as cut, copy, and paste (where available);...
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DRM-free file A file that is not protected by Digital Rights Management. DRM-free files can be copied as many times as you like and can be played on your Pre Plus phone. flick A very fast skimming of the finger horizontally or vertically on the touchscreen.
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Palm profile account An account that is automatically set up for you when you create your Palm profile. You can assign contacts and calendar events to it. Palm profile items are included in the daily backup of information to your Palm profile but do not synchronize with any of your online accounts.
Online accounts available for Palm® webOS™ phones Table 1. Online accounts available for Palm webOS ® Account Applications that display data from this account AT&T Address Contacts Book Exchange Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Email Facebook Contacts, Calendar Google My Contacts, Calendar,...
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Table 1. Online accounts available for Palm Account Applications that display data from this account Photobucket Photos Yahoo! Contacts, Calendar, Messaging, Email *Sync: A two-way exchange and update of your data. What you add or change in one location is automatically added or changed in the other.
OMAP 3430 processor • ® Battery • Rechargeable lithium-ion • 1150mA/hr power capacity • Removable Operating system • Palm webOS™ platform ® Camera • 3 megapixel • LED flash with extended depth of field • Auto-exposure • Auto-white balance •...
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16GB (~15GB user available) • USB mass storage support Connector • microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Back cover • Compatible with the Touchstone Included Palm webOS applications • Amazon MP3 (at time of purchase) • App Catalog • Calculator •...
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Table 1. Specifications Category Description Included third-party applications • AT&T Navigator (at time of purchase) • Google Maps • YouTube • YPmobile Operating temperature range • 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) • 5% to 90% RH Specifications...
This phone meets the FCC Radiofrequency Emission Guidelines and is certified with the FCC as: FCC ID: O8F-CASG The FCC ID on your Palm phone is located on a label inside the battery compartment. The battery must be removed as shown below to view the label.
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In order to comply with FCC, IC and EU RF exposure safety guidelines, users MUST use one of the following types of body-worn accessories: A Palm® brand body-worn accessory that has been tested for (specific absorption rate) SAR compliance and is intended for use with this product.
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• Less than one month: -20° C to 60° C • More than one month: -20° C to 45° C Power Specifications Use only Palm-approved power accessories such as AC-power adapters and batteries. Unauthorized and non-approved batteries will NOT operate with the Palm phone. AC Power Adapter source: Palm Part Number: 157-10108-00 Input Rating: 100-240 Vac, 50/60Hz, 0.2A...
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It is everyone’s responsibility to ensure that electrical and electronic products are properly reused, recycled or recovered. As part of Palm’s corporate commitment to be a good steward of the environment, we strive to use environmentally friendly materials, reduce waste, and collaborate with our channel partners to raise awareness and help keep Palm handheld devices, phones and mobile companions out of landfills through evaluation and disposition for reuse and recycling.
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Blackouts and Seizures: Blinking lights, such as those experienced with television or playing video games may cause some people to experience blackout or seizure, even if never experienced before. In the event a phone user should experience any disorientation, loss of awareness, convulsion, eye or muscle twitching or other involuntary movements, stop use immediately and consult a doctor.
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You must always switch off your phone wherever the use of a phone is prohibited. Use of your phone is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment. • Always treat your phone and its accessories with care and keep it in a clean and dust-free place.
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ESD. Devices that you carry with you, such as your Palm device, build up ESD in a unique way because the static electricity that may have built up on your body is automatically passed to the device.
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The model number, regulatory number, and serial number are located on a nameplate inside the battery compartment. Record the serial number in the space provided below. This will be helpful if you need to contact us about your phone in the future. Product: Palm Pre™ Plus Phone ®...
See also Clock application linked contacts Album Art view music and album headers online albums. See specific types Palm profile alerts. See alarms; notifications pictures and All Calendars view Acrobat Reader files. See PDF files All inboxes all-day events See also calendars; events...
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– back cover back gesture Back view Background data collection option – Backup application See also Palm profile – basic gestures battery caring for charging icons – life purchasing – replacing specifications – troubleshooting billing accounts blank screens blink notifications...
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See Palm XXX phone Device Info application device names Devices list diagnostic information dial pad – dialing dialing prefixes dialing shortcuts Digital Rights Management display.
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DTA. See Data Transfer Assistant due dates (tasks) earpiece EarthLink accounts echoes EDGE data network editing contacts email accounts files instant messages accounts memos Palm profile tasks text videos Index web page bookmarks deleting electrostatic discharge (ESD) multiple – email preferences for...
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opening zoom properties for Get email option saving GIF files searching for Global Address Lists sending Gmail storing Google accounts filtering tasks availability of Find command setting up on phone finding. See searching setting up on website flagging messages flick gesture synchronization with –...
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Wi-Fi networks opening applications attachments files maps web pages operating system Option key organizer features outage information Outlook overdue tasks – pairing Palm Desktop software Palm Music Assistant Palm online support Palm profile – –...
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Palm profile account restarting Palm XXX phone restricted dialing See also phone safety information partial erase setting up partnerships. See pairing silencing ringer for passkeys...
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Wi-Fi networks phone security voicemail See also Certificate Manager share option erasing data from phone sharing locking the screen See also sending Palm profile addresses Select All feature files sending images addresses pictures conversation messages videos directions...
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– – UMTS data network unflagging messages universal search See also searching unlinking contact information – unlocking the screen untimed events See also calendars; events up gesture updating applications billing accounts Palm profile settings – phone software – – Index...
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Word files customer support worksheets. See Excel files disabling JavaScript for internal memory and music from XLS files XLSX files XXX phone. See Palm XXX phone; – phone Yahoo! accounts YouTube application – – zoom in gesture zoom out gesture –...
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