Contents Chapter 1 Welcome I’m already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and/or Microsoft Exchange I want to keep using my current desktop app and Your Palm Pixi™ Plus phone ® sync with an online account on my phone What’s in the box? I don’t need to sync, but I do want a copy of my data Where can I learn more? backed up somewhere besides my phone...
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Tasks Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Memos Clock For users of other Palm devices ® Calculator Battery Facebook Screen and performance Phone Chapter 7 Photos, videos, and music Hands-free devices Synchronization Sending and receiving data in Email, Messaging, and Camera Photos Email Videos Messaging YouTube...
Welcome In this chapter Congratulations on the purchase of your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone. Your Palm Pixi™ Plus phone ® What’s in the box? Where can I learn more? Chapter 1 : Welcome...
Your Palm Pixi™ Plus phone ® For example, suppose you have a Google account for personal email, contacts, and calendar events, and an Exchange account for your corporate email, contacts, and events. The Email, Contacts, and Calendar applications on your Pixi Plus phone all provide a kind of view in which you can see In one compact and indispensable device, you now have all of the following: 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...
Consumer Information About Radio Frequency Emissions and Responsible Driving • Gesture Guide • Limited Warranty • General User Guide: Important Safety and Legal Information Hardware • Palm Pixi Plus phone • USB cable • AC charger • Standard lithium-ion battery (installed) Chapter 1 : Welcome...
Palm profile, watch how-to animations, access the Data Transfer Assistant, and read comprehensive information about your phone. • Customer service from Verizon Wireless: For questions about your mobile account or features, contact Verizon Wireless’s customer care. Chapter 1 : Welcome...
Basics In this chapter You’re about to discover the many things about your Palm Pixi™ Plus phone that can help you better ® manage your life and have fun, too. As you become Get to know your phone more familiar with your phone, you’ll want to Set up your phone personalize the settings and add applications to make Charge the battery...
Get to know your phone Be careful not to scratch, crush, or apply too much pressure on IMPORTANT the touchscreen. Do not store your phone in a place where other items might damage it. Front view 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...
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Your phone is connected to an EvDO data network and data is being transmitted over the network. Your phone is on and connected to the Verizon Wireless network. The phone is searching for the Verizon Wireless network.
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Back view Table 1. Title bar icons and descriptions Item Description Bluetooth ® wireless technology is turned on. See Bluetooth ® wireless technology. A Bluetooth connection is in progress. A Bluetooth connection has been made. Your phone is performing a search on the characters you entered.
Set up your phone What is a Palm profile? Your Palm profile gives you the following benefits: Complete setup • Automatic system and software updates are sent to your phone. • A Palm profile account is automatically created for you on your phone. In Press and hold the power button on the upper-left corner of your this account you can store Contacts and Calendar info that you don’t store...
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Connect the small end of the USB cable to the charger/microUSB connector. WARNING 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 property damage, serious bodily injury, or death.
Turn the screen on/off • As with any mobile phone, if you are in an area with no wireless coverage, your phone continues to search for a signal, which consumes power. Turn off your phone if you are outside a coverage area (see Turn wireless Turn the screen on and leave the wireless services turned off when you want services off (airplane...
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Tap Turn off Airplane Mode. connected to any mobile network. When your phone locates a signal, Verizon Wireless appears in the upper-left corner of the screen in the Launcher, Card view, and Phone, and the signal-strength icon appears at the top of the screen.
Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off Usually, turning your phone off and/or putting it in airplane mode is sufficient for normal periods when you have the phone with you but you’re Gestures are an important, basic part of your phone.
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Basic gestures • When you’re in Card view, tap the center of the gesture area to maximize the app in the center of the view. Tap: Tap with the tip of the finger—not the fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, Swipe: A swipe is most often a horizontal gesture, from right to left or left to and then immediately lift your fingertip off the screen.
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Drag: Drag is the gesture you make for a slow scroll up and down a list. To close an application in Card view, flick the card up toward the top of the Slide your fingertip slowly along the surface—no need to bear down. touchscreen.
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Zoom gestures Scroll fast: Flick the screen in the desired direction. 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. Stop scrolling: Tap or drag the screen while scrolling.
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Zoom in or out a fixed amount in Web, Photos, Doc View, PDF View: Move the cursor: Tap the location to insert the cursor. Press and hold Double-tap the screen. Option . Place your finger anywhere onscreen and drag your finger in the direction you want to move the cursor.
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Select a paragraph of text: When you cannot insert a cursor in the text— card in Card view is ready to be dragged when it changes size and becomes for example, on a web page or in an email message you received—the transparent.
The delete gesture is available in applications such as Email, Messaging, Quick Launch can display no more than five icons. By default it displays, Tasks, Music, and Bluetooth. If you can’t delete a list item by throwing it, from left to right, Phone, Contacts, Email, Calendar, and the Launcher. You open the item and look in the application menu for a delete command.
Tap the center of the gesture area to open Card view, and tap To close the Launcher, do one of the following: • Tap the center of the gesture area. • • Make the up gesture: Flick up from the gesture area to the screen. Open an application using search You can also open the Launcher by flicking up twice from the gesture area to the screen.
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Move among open applications To make the back gesture, swipe right to left anywhere in the gesture area. In Card view (see Display all open applications (Card view)), swipe left or right on the screen to see other open apps. Display all open applications (Card view) Tap a card to maximize the application.
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Change the applications that appear in Quick Launch Tap and hold a card, and after the card becomes transparent, drag it to another position. If Quick Launch contains five icons, you must remove an application from Quick Launch before you can add another one. You can remove any application except the Launcher.
Delete an application After the halo appears around the icon, drag it to another location. You can delete applications that you installed on your phone. While pressing and holding Option , tap the app icon. Tap Delete. You can also delete an application you installed by opening the Launcher, opening the application menu, and tapping List Apps.
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Enter characters from the symbols table 5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are composing) or to accept information you entered in a field. See Enter information in a field.
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Enter information in a field Table 2. Symbols and accented characters Press Sym to select… You can enter information in a field by typing or by pasting previously press… copied information (see Cut, copy, and paste information). h or H ¢...
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Tap the currently displayed option to open the list. For example, when you can select by dragging the cursor and paragraphs you can select by creating a new event in Calendar, tap 15 minutes before to display the tapping them (see Text selection gestures).
Save information Do one of the following: • Drag down from the upper-left corner of the phone (above the • On most screens, your information is saved automatically. Just make the screen) onto the screen. back gesture to close the screen (see Go up one level in an app (back gesture)), and your info is saved at the same time.
Search to find info and make calls Open the connection menu The connection menu lets you manage wireless services—the phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth wireless technology. ® Use universal search The connection menu also displays the current day and DID YOU KNOW You can search for contacts and applications on your phone, or search the date and the battery charge level.
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Universal search application keywords Do one of the following: • To look up or get in touch with someone: Tap a contact name to If you don’t know the name of the app you are searching for, you can enter a open the person’s contact information.
View and respond to notifications Table 3. Application Name Keywords Sounds & Ringtones Audio, Music, Volume, Vibrate, Silent, Settings, Respond to a notification Preferences Tasks To Do, Todos, Checklist Notifications show up at the bottom of the screen to notify you of new Updates Settings, Preferences voicemail and messages, upcoming appointments, missed calls, and more.
Respond to a system software notification). When you update Verizon Wireless’s network as long as the battery has at least a 30% your phone’s operating system, your personal information and files are not charge and you have a data connection, as indicated by the icon affected.
• If the battery has less than a 30% charge, you must charge the battery If a message appears stating that a system update is available, do the before you can download or install an update. following: • To avoid roaming charges, updates are not downloaded if your phone is in roaming coverage.
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(Optional) To sort the list of applications or to browse results by date, alphabetical order, rating, or price, tap a sort icon at the bottom of the Applications you installed on your old Palm OS by ACCESS or NOTE ® Windows Mobile smartphone do not work on your Pixi Plus phone because screen.
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Download a free application application) or you can delete some files from your phone (see Copy files between your phone and your computer). BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you put applications on your phone, make Open App Catalog sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the app. Open Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone.
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You can move to other screens and work in other applications while your Do one of the following: new app downloads in the background. For example, find another app in App Catalog and start its download while the first download is finishing. •...
enter your password again for the first purchase, which starts a new four-hour clock. All files that you store on the USB drive of your phone are not IMPORTANT backed up to your Palm profile, and they cannot sync to any of your online accounts.
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Copy music, photos, and videos using third-party software Besides using USB Drive mode to copy your photos, videos, and DRM-free music from your computer to your phone, you can also use solutions available from third-party software developers (sold separately) that facilitate the transfer of media files to your phone.
Transferring data In this chapter If you have data such as contacts or calendar appointments in a desktop organizer such as Palm ® Desktop software by ACCESS or Microsoft Outlook ® Data transfer overview you can transfer that data to your Palm Pixi™...
In either case, you can set things up so Go to a Verizon Wireless store and ask a support agent for help in that you can synchronize new or changed data between your phone and the transferring data from your old phone.
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On your computer, set up an account on the Google website (go to These are the desktop apps that the DTA works with, and what data the gmail.com) or with Microsoft Exchange (speak to an IT person at your DTA transfers to your phone: company).
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I’m already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Enter the account credentials for your Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, or Exchange account. See Use Contacts for the first time. and/or Microsoft Exchange You don’t have to go to Calendar to set up your account there—that’s NOTE done automatically using the credentials you entered in Contacts.
I’d rather sync directly with my computer Open Contacts on your Pixi Plus phone. Enter the account credentials for your Google account. See Contacts for the first time. You don’t have to go to Calendar to set up your account there—that’s NOTE done automatically using the credentials you entered in Contacts.
Phone In this chapter Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to effectively manage multiple calls. You can answer a second call, swap between calls, and set up a three-way Make calls conference call. You can also work with other Receive calls applications while on a call.
Make calls For information on turning the phone off and back on, see Turn the phone on/off. * 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 * These indicate that the phone is on.
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Dial using the keyboard Tap the dial pad numbers to enter the number. In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, use the keyboard to enter the number. You do not need to press Option to enter numbers, *, or #. to dial.
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Dial by contact name in the Phone application If you do not want contact matches to appear when you type a number on the keyboard, you can turn off the Show Contact Matches preference (see How do I add names and other info into Contacts? for instructions on Show contact matches).
If a phone number appears as an underlined link, tap the number. This If you are playing music or a video on your phone and a displays the dial pad with the number already entered. DID YOU KNOW call arrives, playback pauses automatically and resumes when you hang up or ignore the call.
Open the dial pad to enter numbers for navigating phone trees, and three-way conferencing. These features depend on your service plan. responding to prompts, and so on: Tap Contact Verizon Wireless for more information. • Add a call: See Make a second call.
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(Contacts, Calendar, and so on). You can also send and receive text messages. But you can use the Verizon Wireless network for only one activity at a time—phone (which includes text messaging) or data—so you cannot use the network to browse the web, send and receive email, or send and receive multimedia or instant (IM) messages when you are on a call.
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Please on hold while you’re having a long conversation with a second caller, you contact Verizon Wireless for more information. Additional charges may can send the contact a text stating you’ll call him or her back.
What’s my number? Do any of the following: Open Phone Open the application menu and tap Preferences. Your phone number appears at the top of the Phone Preferences screen. • Switch the types of calls displayed: Tap All Calls or Missed Calls. •...
Save a phone number to Contacts Use a wired headset Your phone works with headsets that have a 3.5mm connector (look for three colored bands on the plug). When in doubt, ask the third-party You can save the number from an incoming or outgoing call to an existing headset manufacturer if the product is compatible with your phone.
Customize phone settings 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.
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Enable international dialing Use dialing shortcuts The international dialing preference makes it easy to make calls to another Dialing shortcuts add a prefix at the beginning of a number, so you can dial country, for example, to call home when you are traveling abroad. When an extension instead of the whole number.
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Open the application menu and tap Preferences. you are on the Verizon Wireless network, or tap Automatic to allow roaming on other networks. In TTY/TDD, tap Off to switch TTY/TDD from Off to On. On some phones, the Voice Network list might display several...
In this chapter Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family, and colleagues by email anywhere you can access Verizon Wireless’s data network or a Wi-Fi Email network. You can send and receive attachments as Messaging well.
Email How do I send and receive email on my phone? 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™...
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The first time you open Email, do one of the following: BEFORE YOU BEGIN Get this info from your email provider or system administrator: • Mail server name or IP address for receiving mail • Server domain name • Your username and password If your corporate Exchange system utilizes policies such as remote NOTE wipe and password enforcement (including minimum password length,...
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Any other time you open Email, open the application menu, tap The first time you open Email, do one of the following: Preferences & Accounts, and tap Add An Account. Enter your username and password. Open the application menu and tap Manual Setup. Tap the Mail Type field and tap Exchange (EAS).
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Enter advanced account settings Signature: Tap to create a signature that’s added to outgoing messages (see Add a signature to outgoing messages for more information). These settings apply only to the account you select in step 3. Reply-to Address: Enter the address you want recipients to see and Open Email reply to on your outgoing messages, if this is different from your actual...
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Delete an email account (Optional) Tap From to change the email account you are using to send the message. This option appears only if you have more than one email account set up on your phone. When you delete an email account from your phone, it removes the account information from your phone only.
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Add attachments to a message Tap the folder you want to check messages for. If synchronization doesn’t start, tap While composing a message, tap How can you tell if sync is happening? Look for the animated circular To locate a file, do the following: movement around the number of messages in the upper-right corner of the screen.
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Save attachments If the image is in JPG, BMP, or PNG format, you can also save it to and view it in the Photos app. When you open attachments of certain file types, you can save them to your With the message open, press and hold Option and tap the image.
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View a contact from an email message Copy messages • In a message you received from someone listed in the Contacts app, tap Open a message. the name to open the contact entry. Do one of the following: • To copy the entire contents of the message, including the sender, Search for an email message date, recipient, subject, and body text: Open the application...
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Show or hide message header details Open Email Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. Open a message. Tap the account you want. Tap a recipient name to show details. Tap again to hide details. Tap the Signature field and enter the signature text. To format the text with bold, italics, or color, select the text (see Text selection gestures),...
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Set any of the following: Add a folder as a favorite Smart Folders: Set whether to include All Inboxes and/or All Flagged messages as favorites at the top of Account List view. Favorites appear at the top of Account List view. Accounts: Tap an account name to enter advanced settings (see Enter...
Messaging Reply to meeting invitations You can receive meeting invitations on your phone in the same way that you receive email messages. You cannot create meeting invitations on your What kinds of messages can I send and receive? phone. You can use the Messaging application to send and receive the following •...
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Open Messaging Tap Text or an IM account name in the upper-right corner of the screen. If available, the other ways to communicate with this contact Do one of the following: appear in a list. Tap the account or phone number you want to use. •...
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For Conversations view, tap Conversations. For Buddies view, tap BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you’re Buddies. inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services on). Open Messaging The first time you open Messaging, tap Done to send a text or multimedia message.
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Enter the message text and tap Table 1. Supported emoticons To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations... You can include emoticons in your message (see Use emoticons in a emoticon... message). >:o >:-o >:O >:-O >:( >:-( :angry :mad You can also send a contact entry as part of a multimedia message.
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Table 1. Supported emoticons Tap one of the following: To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations... Add New Contact: Create a new contact for the name or address. emoticon... Add To Existing: Tap the contact you want to add the name or :/ :-/ :\ :-\ =/ =-/ =\ =-\ :doh address to.
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View a contact’s information from a message Set up an instant messaging (IM) account • In a conversation, tap the header of a message received from a contact to To use an IM account on your phone, such as a GoogleTalk IM account, you open the contact entry.
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Tap Buddies. • In Conversations view: Tap an existing conversation and enter a new message. • In Buddies view: Tap a buddy name and enter a new message. Tap Text or an IM account name in the upper-right corner of the screen, and tap the IM account you want to use.
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Do one of the following: Open Messaging • If you already have a custom message: Tap the current message and Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. enter the new message text. Turn either of the following new message notifications on or off: •...
Personal information In this chapter Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone is all you need to organize your personal information and keep it with you wherever you go. Contacts Calendar All your personal information is backed up and kept Tasks private either in your Palm profile or in one of your Memos online accounts.
Contacts 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.
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Use Contacts for the first time Tap the stack of photos to see the contacts that are linked. Thomas is a contact in your Google online account and in your Palm Open Contacts profile account. Do one of the following: Scroll down to see Thomas’s combined contact info.
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Create a contact To add detailed name information—such as a prefix, suffix, or middle name—open the application menu and tap Name Details. When you add a contact, if you don’t specify the account, the new contact is In some fields, such as New Phone Number, when you enter the added to your default account.
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To edit a contact, tap Edit. Info that’s dimmed means it originates from an account that you can’t edit on your phone (like Facebook). In a linked contact, tap the account icon in the upper-right corner to edit fields specific to that account. The fields that make up the contact header (name, photo, job title, NOTE company) are unique to each account.
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Add a ringtone to a contact • In a linked contact, to add or change the photo of another account, tap the account button in the upper-right corner and tap the other account (see Linked contacts). Select the ringtone you want to hear when this contact calls you. While creating (see Create a contact) or editing (see...
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Open the application menu and tap Set Speed Dial. Open Contacts Search for a contact (see Find a contact), and tap the contact name. Open the application menu and tap Add Contact Reminder. Enter the reminder, and make the back gesture to save it. To remove a reminder message before it pops up as a notification, open application menu, and tap Add Contact Reminder.
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Add a contact entry to the Launcher Assign your favorite contacts to the Launcher, so you can open them directly from that location. Open Contacts Search for a contact (see Find a contact), and tap the contact name. Open the application menu and tap Add to Launcher.
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Tap the contact name. If you see Delete Other Profiles rather than Delete All Profiles, NOTE that's because you have linked contacts that come from accounts whose info you can't change on your phone (like Facebook and LinkedIn). Tap it. To delete any remaining contacts, on your computer, go to the account online and delete them there.
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Manually synchronize Contacts with your online accounts If you want to get contacts from an online account on your phone immediately—or upload contacts from your phone to the online account— you can do a manual sync. This synchronizes Contacts with all the accounts you have set up on your phone, and it synchronizes your calendar and email with those accounts also.
Send Contacts Tap one of the following: Save As New: Save the vCard as a new contact. You can send all contacts to a hands-free car kit (with Bluetooth), or send a contact using multimedia messaging (MMS) or email. Add To Existing: Add the vCard information to an existing contact.
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Use Calendar for the first time Calendar, you find that your Google calendar events are already downloaded. And when you first open Contacts, you find that your Google contacts are already in your phone’s Contacts app. Open Calendar Transfer calendar events using the Data Transfer Assistant: When you transfer calendar events from desktop software, you select which account to assign those events to.
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Create an event Enter the event name and press Enter In Day view, available time slots between events are compressed and You can add an event to calendar accounts. If you don’t specify an account, labeled X Hrs Free. To expand free time so you can enter an event, tap the new event is added to your default calendar.
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Add a note to an event Tap No Repeat and tap the repeat interval. While creating an event (see Create an event), tap to the right of the event name. To add a note after creating an event, tap the event name in Day view.
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Change the Calendar display Move around in Calendar You can change the display of Calendar to show events from all of your • Next or previous day: In Day view, swipe left or right on the screen. calendars or just the events recorded in one of your calendars. You can also •...
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Respond to an event reminder Open Calendar Delete an event in one of two ways: 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 •...
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(Optional) Tap a participant’s name. If the participant is a contact, the Event Reminders: Select to play a sound when a calendar notification contact entry is displayed. If the participant is not a contact, tap Add appears. to Contacts to add the participant to your contacts list. Default Event Duration: The default event duration is set to one hour.
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Stop synchronization of Calendar with an online account Open Tasks If you synchronize calendar events with an online account, you can delete the account from Calendar. This stops synchronization of calendar events only—if you also sync contacts or email messages with that online account, those continue to synchronize.
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to the right of the task name. Enter the task name in the Task name field. To set the task priority, see Set any of the following: the next procedure. Priority: High priority tasks appear in red. Normal priority tasks appear in bold text, and low priority tasks appear in gray text.
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Tap the box to the left of the task name. Rename a task On the task list, tap the task name. View tasks that are due today Enter the new name and press Enter Open Tasks . The number to the right of the List All Tasks field shows the total number of tasks that are due today or are overdue.
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Tap My Order in the upper-right corner, and tap the sort option you Open the application menu and tap Set Due Date For All. want: My Order, Due Date, or Priority. Tap the month, date, and year, and then tap Set Due Date. To manually sort tasks, tap and hold a task, wait for the visual cue, and To remove a previously assigned due date, tap No Due Date.
Do one of the following: Do one of the following: • To hide tasks you’ve completed, tap Hide Completed. • Tap New Memo • To delete tasks you’ve completed, tap Delete Completed Tasks. • Open the application menu and tap Add A Memo. Enter the memo text.
Clock Tap the lower-right corner of the screen, and tap the new color. Use Clock to get up at the same time wherever you are, for example, the recurring 7AM alarm you set in San Francisco rings at 7AM in New York. Use Calendar to have your appointment times adjusted so that the notification for a 9AM meeting in San Francisco will sound at noon when you're in New York (see...
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, and then tap When an alarm sounds on your phone, tap Dismiss to stop it or Snooze to have it sound again in five minutes. If you want the ringer switch off but still hear the alarm, go to Sounds & Ringtones >...
Calculator begin, download the Facebook app from the App Catalog. It’s free (see Download a free application). Open Facebook Use Calculator for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and also for determining percent and square root. You can enter numbers in Do any of the following: Calculator using either the onscreen keypad or the keyboard.
Photos, videos, and music In this chapter There’s no need to carry a separate media player; you can play music and videos, and view photos, on your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone. Listen to music through the Camera built-in speaker or through a 3.5mm headset or Photos headphones (both sold separately).
Camera The picture you took is automatically saved in JPG format. Keep snapping pictures, and then go to Photos to look at them and delete the ones you don’t want. Take a picture Your phone offers another way to “take a picture”: You DID YOU KNOW can save any currently displayed screen as a picture file (also known as a Your phone comes with an easy-to-use, 2-megapixel camera with an LED...
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format. In the Photos application, you can view pictures you take with the If you use one of your own pictures as wallpaper (see camera or copy from your computer in JPG, BMP, or PNG format. DID YOU KNOW Save a picture as wallpaper), that picture is not saved to the Wallpapers album.
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Tap a picture thumbnail to view it full-screen. On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens, NOTE click Cancel to close the wizard. is not visible, tap the screen to display it. Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista/ Windows 7), or the Finder (Mac), and double-click the drive representing your phone.
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• To capture the portion of the picture you want for the contact photo: and tap Share via email or Share via MMS. Tap and hold the picture, and then drag the portion you want to the center of the onscreen box. This portion becomes the contact photo. Create the email or multimedia message.
Set up an online pictures account on your phone is not visible, tap the screen to display it. To upload pictures to an account you have with a web service such as Facebook or Photobucket, you must set up the account on your phone. Tap Delete to confirm.
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Open Videos Table 1. Video playback controls Control Function Play. Pause. Move forward or backward (tap and hold the slider, then drag forward or backward). Switch between full-screen view and original size. To skip ahead 30 seconds in a video, flick left to right on the screen. To jump back 10 seconds, flick right to left.
Use video playback controls Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when the USB Drive screen no longer appears on your phone. 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.
Music Do one of the following: Listen to music You can listen to music through the speaker on the back of your phone or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones, stereo headset equipped with Bluetooth wireless technology, or speakers (all sold separately). ®...
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Use music playback controls If you stop playback of an audio file for which the Genre DID YOU KNOW field is defined as podcast, speech, spoken word, netcast, or audiobook, when you play the item again, playback resumes at the point it was stopped. If you put the Music app in the background while you work in another app, a music notification icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
Amazon MP3 Remove a song from the Now Playing list • In Playlist view, throw the song name off the side of the screen. This does not delete the song file from your phone. Before you can download items using the Amazon MP3 application on your phone, you must have an Amazon account, and you must read and agree to the MP3 Music service terms and conditions.
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View artist information Do one of the following: Search for (see Search for a specific song, album, or artist) or browse to (see Browse songs, albums, artists, or genres) an artist, and tap the artist name. Tap the word in the lower-right corner of the screen (Albums, Songs, or Bio).
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View and work with downloaded items Your credit card is charged for the price of an item as soon as IMPORTANT you tap Buy. Tap Download on any screen displaying this button. This displays items that your are currently downloading or that you already downloaded.
Web and wireless connections In this chapter With your wireless service provider’s network and your Palm Pixi™ Plus phone’s web browser, you can ® take the web with you almost anywhere you go. Wi-Fi Location Services The Bluetooth ® wireless technology on your phone helps you easily set up wireless connections to a Google Maps number of devices.
• You want to maintain a web connection while talking on the phone. • You’re inside a coverage area, but outside the Verizon Wireless EvDO For an explanation of open networks, see Are there different kinds of Wi-Fi coverage area. (A Wi-Fi connection may provide faster throughput than a networks? 1x data connection.)
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Connect to a previously used network • If the network you want is not displayed: Tap Join network and enter the network name. Make sure Open is displayed in the Security field, then tap Connect. • If Wi-Fi is turned off: Turn on Wi-Fi (see Turn Wi-Fi on and off).
Open Wi-Fi 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 Tap the network name. data collection. Tap Next and do the following: In Automatic IP settings, tap On or Off. •...
Enter the address of the page. You don’t need to enter the prefix The geotag is stored as an Exif tag in the photo file, not on DID YOU KNOW http:/ /www. the image itself. A common use of the geotag occurs in online photo services like Photobucket and desktop apps like Google Earth, which use the data to position the photo as a thumbnail on a map.
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Open another browser Add a web page to the Launcher If you are looking at one web page and need to check something on a Add any web pages you visit frequently to the Launcher so you can access different one, simply open another browser. them in a few taps.
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Create a bookmark Open a bookmarked page Open the page you want to bookmark. Do one of the following: Open the application menu and tap Add Bookmark. • From the start page when you open the browser, tap a thumbnail. •...
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Edit, reorder, or delete a bookmark Return to previously viewed web pages Open the application menu and tap Bookmarks. Open the application menu and tap History. Scroll to the page name and tap the page. Do one of the following: You can also search for a recently viewed page by entering a term or •...
Google Maps Open the application menu and tap Preferences. Open Google Maps Tap Menu in the lower-right corner. Set any of the following: Block Popups: Prevents websites from opening up new browser windows. Tap Yes to turn Block Popups off. Accept Cookies: Allows cookies from any website you view, even if In Google Maps, use these icons to do the following:...
Review the license agreement and tap Accept to continue. When you agree to buy VZ Navigator, the charge is added to your NOTE monthly Verizon Wireless bill. Check local weather conditions Open VZ Navigator If prompted, tap Allow to turn on Location Services.
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To start turn-by-turn voice navigation: Tap Navigate. Tap Find. • To see step-by-step text directions: Tap Preview. Share location information You can only share location information with other Verizon Wireless NOTE phones. Open VZ Navigator If prompted, tap Allow to turn on Location Services.
Bluetooth wireless technology ® Open the application menu and tap Preferences. Tap any of the following: 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;...
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Accept a pairing request from another device Make sure Bluetooth is on (see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off). NOTE Your phone is discoverable only when the Bluetooth app is open, the app window is maximized, and Bluetooth is turned on. If you move away from the Bluetooth app, minimize the app to a card, or turn off the screen;...
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Open Bluetooth Accept a pairing request from another device). If all you want to do is temporarily disconnect from a device, see Disconnect from a device. Open Bluetooth Throw the name off the side of the screen and tap Delete. Rename a device Open Bluetooth...
Documents In this chapter Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. You can view and search Microsoft Word, Excel ® , and Doc View PowerPoint files on your phone. ®...
Doc View Change the display size For information on zooming in and out, see Zoom gestures. With Doc view, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel ® , and PowerPoint ® files • Pinch out to enlarge items onscreen. on your phone. •...
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Save a file with a new name Work with comments, endnotes, and footnotes in a Microsoft Word document With the file open, open the application menu and tap Save As. In an open Word document, comments, endnotes, and footnotes are Enter the new file name and tap Save As.
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Show or hide rows or columns in a spreadsheet View comments in a spreadsheet • To hide a row or column: Tap the row or column header to select it, and In an open Excel spreadsheet, comments are indicated by a red triangle in ®...
PDF View To move between open PDFs, tap the center of the gesture area to go to Card view. Tap the card of the PDF you want to read. With PDF View, you can view PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files on your phone. Move around in a file Open a file •...
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View bookmarks Type the text you want to find, and press Enter or tap . The first instance of the text appears highlighted. If a PDF file was created with bookmarks, you can see the bookmarks on Find the next instance: your phone.
Preferences In this chapter There are lots of ways to make your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone work better for you. Personalize your phone to make it match your lifestyle. Backup Date & Time You can easily customize many features of your phone Device Info like the wallpaper, screen brightness, ringtone for Regional Settings...
Backup Do any of the following: • Back up your information manually: Tap Back up now. • Turn off automatic backup and delete backed-up information: Back up your information Tap On to switch backup from On to Off. Tap Turn Off And Erase Data.
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Table 1. Table 1. Application Backed up Not backed up Application Backed up Not backed up Calendar Events in your Palm profile Events in online accounts. Launcher Nothing is backed up. account. Location Nothing is backed up. Password for online Services Username for accounts like accounts.
Table 1. Enter your Palm profile password and tap Done. Application Backed up Not backed up Tasks Tasks in your Palm profile Tasks in online accounts. account. Passwords are not backed Username for accounts like Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync that synchronize tasks online.
Rename your phone Open Date & Time Open Device Info Tap the Name field and enter the new name. Restart your phone If an application freezes, first try restarting your phone. No files or settings are changed when you restart. Do one of the following: Do any of the following: •...
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Tap Reset Options. You can also perform a full erase by pressing and holding Option + power If you have a Palm profile from a phone that you no longer use, IMPORTANT you can sign in to your existing profile. All info associated with your profile is downloaded to your new phone.
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Change default applications Open the application menu and tap Certificate Manager. If you have more then one application on your phone that can perform a particular function, you can change the default application to use for that function. For example, your phone comes with two applications that can be used to show the map location of an address: Google Maps and VZ Navigator.
Open Device Info • Scroll down to find a country, and then tap it. Open the application menu and tap Certificate Manager. Confirm you want to change the format, or tap Cancel. Tap the certificate and tap Delete Certificate. Your phone restarts after you select a new country format. You do not lose any data.
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Do one of the following: • Change to front gesture: The front gesture (available in Web only) still goes from left to right in the gesture area, but it’s a shorter swipe, from the • Use an existing picture as the background: Tap the album center outward.
To turn on Secure Unlock, tap Off in Secure Unlock, and then tap Simple PIN or Password and do one of the following: Sliding the ringer switch off turns off system sounds. The ringer switch NOTE does not affect the Clock alarm or media sounds, such as Music and Video. •...
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Open Sounds & Ringtones Adjusting the Ringtone Volume slider is the same as using the volume up and volume down buttons on the side of the phone. Tap the displayed ringtone. System Sounds: Set whether to turn on systemwide sounds for general actions such as transitions and alarms set in Clock.
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The new file appears in the list of ringtones on your phone. You can select the new ringtone to apply to all incoming calls (see Select the ringtone for incoming calls) or set it as a unique ringtone for a contact (see Add a ringtone to a contact).
Troubleshooting In this chapter Although we can’t anticipate all the questions you might have, this chapter provides answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. For additional For users of other Palm devices ® information and answers to other common questions, Battery visit palm.com/support.
For users of other Palm devices Battery ® I want to transfer my data from my computer WARNING 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 If you previously synchronized data from a Palm smartphone—such as ®...
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Turn the phone completely off (see Turn everything (the screen and Run your thumbnail around the hairline opening to release the wireless services) on/off). bottom-left and bottom clasps. End at (b). To begin separating the back cover from the body of the phone, use your thumbnail to release the clasp at the midpoint of the left side of the phone (see a in step 5).
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Remove the battery by sliding your finger under the groove at the side To replace the back cover: Insert the ringer switch into the hole of the battery. provided for it on the right side of the back cover. Press the back cover and the body of the phone together at each pair Insert the new battery.
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To begin separating the back cover from the body of the phone, use If your phone does not turn on after you insert the battery and press and your thumbnail to release the clasp at the midpoint of the left side of hold power, you may need to charge the battery (see Charge the battery).
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I can’t get the back cover back on Run your thumbnail around the hairline opening to release the bottom-left and bottom clasps. End at (b). Insert the ringer switch into the hole provided for it on the right side of the back cover.
An application is not responding to taps Press and hold power on the upper-left corner of your phone until you see the Palm logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). Please be patient while your phone starts up. Try the following steps in sequence: Open Device Info and restart your phone (see...
My phone won’t connect to the mobile network opening a menu begins at the top of the phone, above the screen, and crosses down onto the screen. • If you cannot make the back gesture, check to see if you have the next/ •...
Hands-free devices • Check the signal-strength icon. If the signal is weak, try to find an area with better coverage (see Signal strength is weak). I can’t make or receive calls using a Bluetooth hands-free ® I hear static or interference device Check the signal-strength icon.
How do I set up synchronization with an online account? • Confirm that no obstructions, including your body, are between the phone and your hands-free device. • Move to a quieter location to reduce environmental noise. The first time you open Email, Contacts, or Calendar, you are given the option to enter settings for one or more online accounts (see Set up email,...
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I have an Exchange ActiveSync account at work, but my data is Open the application. not being downloaded to my phone Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. Check with your system administrator to obtain or verify the name of the Tap the account name.
The following icons appear in the title bar to indicate whether data services are available. If you don’t see one of these icons, you cannot open a data Make sure your phone is connected to the Verizon Wireless network or a connection:...
• Some wireless service providers have requirements specific to their service. Check with Verizon Wireless to find out whether any provider-specific requirements exist. After I receive messages, older messages disappear from my •...
Contact Verizon Wireless to verify that your data plan has been correctly open the application menu, and tap Preferences. Under Network, activated. Verizon Wireless should also be able to tell you if there are any make sure Data Usage is set to On. outages in your location. •...
A secure site refuses to permit a transaction In Calendar, to see events from just one calendar, tap the word All in the upper-right corner of the screen and pick the account you want to see. See Change the Calendar display.
I copied files from my computer, but I can’t see or play them on • Hold the phone as still as possible. Try supporting your picture-taking arm up against your body or a stationary object (such as a wall). my phone •...
Updates stored in the USB drive of your phone, which includes all pictures, videos, music files, documents, PDF files, and ringtones. For more information, see Erase data and reset your phone. I dismissed a system update notification, and now I don’t know how to get the update on my phone How do I get my data back after a full or partial erase? If you have a phone network connection or a Wi-Fi connection and the...
Getting more help Contact the author or vendor of any third-party software if you require further assistance. Neither Palm nor Verizon Wireless provides technical Some third-party applications may cause conflicts with your phone. support for applications that are not built into your phone.
Terms airplane mode display of all your memos. See Go up one level in an app (back gesture). A mode in which all the wireless services on your phone are turned off. Making the back gesture is also the way you save your work in many apps. If Wireless services include the phone used for making and receiving calls, and you don't see a Done button, make the back gesture to save your work.
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Data Transfer Assistant Likewise, if you set up multiple email accounts, the Email application A tool that allows you to do a one-way transfer of information such as displays the messages from all your account inboxes in a single view, called contacts and calendar events from a desktop organizer to your phone.
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index fingertips close together on the touchscreen; then slowly spread them apart. To zoom out, you pinch in: Place the thumb and index fingertips apart A light quick touch on the touchscreen. Use the fleshy part of your fingertip on the touchscreen, and slowly bring them together. to tap.
Regulatory and Safety Information FCC Statements 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. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Cet appareil numérique de la classe [*] est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. To view the most recent SAR values of the Palm Pixi™ Plus phone, visit palm.com/ ® sarverizon-pixiplus. Radio Frequency (RF) Safety Exposure Body worn operation: Important safety information regarding radio frequency (RF) radiation General statement on Radio Frequency (RF) energy: Your phone contains a transmitter and...
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phones. Ask your hearing health care professional for the rating of your hearing aid. Add the • Battery usage by children should be supervised. rating of your hearing aid and your phone to determine probable usability: • Avoid dropping the phone or battery. If the phone or battery is dropped, especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a service center for inspection.
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Power Specifications 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 Use only Palm-approved power accessories such as AC-power adapters and batteries. to raise awareness and help keep Palm handheld devices, s, and mobile companions out of Unauthorized and non-approved batteries will NOT operate with the Pixi Plus phone.
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discomfort or tiring begins, and see a doctor if discomfort persists. To minimize the risk of Caution: Avoid Potential Hearing Loss Repetitive Motion Injuries, when texting or playing games with your phone: Prolonged exposure to loud sounds (including music) is the most common cause of preventable •...
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Phone heating: Your phone may become warm during charging and during normal use. 395 E Street, S.W., Suite 9200 Patriots Plaza Building Accessories: Use only approved accessories. Do not connect with incompatible products or Washington, DC 20201 accessories.
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Driving Safety Tip Details traffic signal, a minor traffic accident where no one appears injured, or a vehicle you know to be stolen, call roadside assistance or other special non-emergency wireless number. Get to know your phone and its features such as speed-dial and redial. Carefully read your instruction manual and learn to take advantage of valuable features most phone models General Operation offer, including automatic redial and memory dial.
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Precautions against ESD Make sure to discharge any built-up static electricity from yourself and your electronic devices before touching an electronic device or connecting one device to another. The recommendation from Palm is that you take this precaution before connecting your phone to your computer, placing the phone in a docking station, or connecting it to any other device.
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Table 1. Specifications Category Description Included third-party applications • Google Maps (at time of purchase) • YouTube • VZ NavigatorSM Operating temperature range • 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) • 5% to 90% RH Specifications...
Online accounts available for webOS phones Table 2. Online accounts available for webOS phones Account/Behavior Applications that display Relationship between Can I edit and add info to Can I edit and add data to What happens when I data from this account phone and online this account on my this account on the web?
Index NUMERICS contacts and advanced account settings application update erasing data from advanced gestures applications 112 phone numbers linked contacts from air bags See also third-party 1xRTT data networks music and aircrafts applications; specific types – – 3G2 files online airplane mode adding –...
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– – using on calls life music Card view appointments. See events purchasing VZ Navigator See also wallpaper artists replacing Certificate Manager attachments specifications Change Login Settings option – files as troubleshooting Change Wallpaper option – internal memory and billing accounts cable service providers character searches –...
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– corporate servers and preferences for task lists dates – Internet reminders for tasks See also calendars network settings for ringtones for credit cards Day view online address books and saving information for cursors default accounts Palm profile and custom messages calendar phone calls and searching...
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DNS Server option contacts replying to device. See Palm Pixi Plus phone; DOC files email accounts retrieving – Bluetooth devices Doc View files roaming and – Device Info application...
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– – emoticons See also data transfer properties for basic – endnotes, in documents extensions (phone calls) saving scroll – erasing searching for text selection – sending zoom See also deleting storing Get email option ESD safety Facebook accounts filtering tasks Get My Music option ESMTP authentication availability...
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– headsets See also text ISPs. See Internet service contacts synchronization hearing aid compatibility. See HAC accessing providers deleting from – hearing aids backing up linking to contacts hearing loss cutting, copying List Order option help deleting lists See also troubleshooting entering JavaScript option scrolling in...
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Palm online support MP3 files online accounts Palm OS – MP3 music service names See also accounts; email Palm Pixi Plus phone MP4 files See also user names accounts See also phone MPEG4 files Bluetooth device availability of Palm profile –...
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Palm profile account emergency calls and replying to PINs Palm Synergy feature. See Synergy getting started with ringtones for Pixi Plus phone. See Palm Pixi Plus feature hanging up searching and phone; phone Palm webOS. See webOS installing third-party searching for contacts and...
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protecting information Remove Email Account option images See also Certificate Manager; punctuation Remove Flag information erasing data Purge completed command renaming device phone numbers locking the screen reordering pictures Palm profile bookmarks web page bookmarks seizures cards schedules. See calendars Select All option Quick Launch email accounts...
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settings spelling errors about See also information share option spreadsheets. See Excel files Calendar copying, cutting sharing static Contacts finding files stereo headsets defined formatting images stop scrolling gesture Email pasting locations storage space Google accounts selecting – videos streaming Messaging text messages web pages...
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Exchange to phone phone customer service Facebook to phone screen location services and waking up screen Google to phone Wi-Fi Verizon Wireless network wallpaper old phone to new wireless services connecting to See also Card view planning for TXT files icons for WAV files –...
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– web-based email Windows XP computers webOS platform copying files from websites data transfer from additional browsers wired headsets browsing wireless networks connecting to wireless services customer support restarted phone and internal memory and turning on and off JavaScript for WLANs.
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