I want to keep using my current desktop app and sync with an online account on my phone I don't need to sync, but I do want a copy of my data Your Palm Pre™ phone ® backed up somewhere besides my phone What's in the box?
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Memos Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Clock Calculator For users of other Palm devices ® Facebook Battery Screen and performance Chapter 7 Photos, videos and music Phone Hands-free devices Synchronisation Camera Sending and receiving data in Email, Messaging and Photos Videos Email...
Welcome In this chapter Congratulations on the purchase of your Palm ® Pre™ phone. Your Palm Pre™ phone ® What's in the box? Where can I learn more? Chapter 1 : Welcome...
Exchange account for your corporate email, contacts and events. The Email, Contacts and Calendar applications on your Pre 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 –...
• Palm Pre phone and pouch WARNING Please refer to Regulatory and safety information for information that • USB cable helps you safely use your phone. Failure to read and follow the important safety • AC charger information in this guide may result in property damage, serious bodily injury or •...
Basics In this chapter You're about to discover the many things about your Palm Pre™ phone that will help you better manage ® your life and have fun, too. As you become more Get to know your phone familiar with your phone, you'll want to personalise...
Get to know your phone Front view Slide out the keyboard • Hold the phone as shown below and gently push up. 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. See Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch.
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Touchscreen 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. When you pack your phone away, use the pouch to protect it. Do not use harsh chemicals, cleaning solvents or aerosols to clean the phone.
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Icons in the title bar Table 1. Title bar icons and descriptions Item Description You can monitor the status of several items using icons at the top of the Your phone cannot detect or read your SIM card. You can phone screen.
Back view 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. Turn your device completely off before you remove the battery. Ringer switch: Slide to turn the ringer and notification sounds on or off.
Set up your phone Slide your nail all the way around to the top of the phone until you hear the clasps release (x). Insert the SIM card Your SIM (subscriber identity module) card contains information on your wireless account. Depending on your wireless service provider, this information might include your phone number and voicemail access number.
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Remove the battery by pulling the tab that appears at the top of the Insert the card. battery. * Notch WARNING You must remove the battery first whenever you insert or remove the SIM card. Replace the battery. Make sure you leave the tab showing at the top of the battery.
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NOTE If you have a Palm profile from an old webOS phone that you no longer use, you can enter that profile email address and username to download that profile information to your new phone. But if you are still using the other phone, you must create a new Palm profile for your Palm Pre™...
Data transfer). 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. To change your Palm profile information after you...
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On the right side of your phone, open the charger/microUSB You can also charge your phone battery by connecting your phone to your connector. This is easier to do if you slide the keyboard out first. computer using the USB cable. Charging this way takes much longer than using the AC charger.
To purchase batteries that are compatible with your phone, go to palm.com/store. Turn the phone on/off * Power Your Pre phone’s screen can be turned on and off separately from its wireless • Slide out the keyboard. services (which are the Phone...
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Do one of the following: BEFORE YOU BEGIN To use the phone, you must have an active SIM card from your wireless carrier inserted into your phone (see Insert the SIM card). • Tap the top right-hand corner of any screen to open the connection menu. •...
Do not use your fingernail. Don't bear down. • Press and hold power and tap Power. Tap Shut Down/Swap To see short animations illustrating how to make gestures, go to palm.com/ Battery and tap Shut Down. support or tap...
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Basic gestures In Web, the back gesture performs the same function as the back button on the browser, allowing you to move back through previously viewed pages. Tap: Tap with the tip of the finger—not the fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, and then immediately lift your fingertip off the screen.
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Scroll gestures You also make the drag gesture as part of a drag and drop. Flick: As its name tells you, this is a quick gesture, great for scrolling long Scroll a specific amount: Drag the screen in the desired direction. lists, documents or pages.
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Stop scrolling: Tap or drag the screen while scrolling. Zoom out/pinch in to decrease the size of items on the screen in Email, Web, Photos, Doc View, PDF View, Google Maps: Place two fingers on the screen and bring them together. Zoom gestures Zoom in or out a fixed amount (Web, Photos): Double-tap the screen.
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Text selection gestures Select text when you can see a cursor: Tap the location to insert the cursor. Press and hold Shift . Place your finger anywhere onscreen and drag your finger in the direction you want to select text. Tap the highlighted text to deselect it.
card in Card view is ready to be dragged when it changes size and becomes To delete multiple list items, throw each one off the screen. If you get the transparent. Delete confirmation prompt after throwing the first item, you don't need to tap it—just throw the second item, and the first deletion is confirmed automatically.
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(see Reorder Quick Launch icons), or swap in whatever applications you like Press Centre and tap (see Change the applications that appear in Quick Launch). NOTE If you have a notification or the dashboard is open (see View and respond notifications), you need to dismiss them to access Quick Launch.
To close the Launcher, do one of the following: To make the back gesture, swipe right to left anywhere in the gesture area. • Press Centre • • Make the up gesture: Flick up from the gesture area to the screen. Open an application using search Press Centre...
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Move among open applications Tap and hold a card and after the card becomes transparent, drag it to another position. In Card view (see Display all open applications (Card view)), swipe left or right on the screen to see other open apps. Close an application Tap a card to maximise the application.
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Open the Launcher. Quick Launch appears at the bottom. Tap and hold a Quick Launch icon, and after you see the visual cue appear around the icon, drag it onto the Launcher. Reorder Launcher icons In the Launcher, tap and hold an icon. Tap an icon in the Launcher, and after the visual cue appears around...
Enter uppercase letters Tap Delete. By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalised and the You can also delete an application you installed by opening the Launcher, remaining text you enter is lowercase. To enter other uppercase letters, do opening the application menu and tapping...
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Enter characters from the symbols table Table 2. Symbols and accented characters Press Sym to select… You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the press… keys by using the symbols table. See Symbols and accented characters for a h or H ¢...
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Enter information in a field Tap the currently displayed option to open the list. For example, when creating a new event in Calendar, tap No Reminder to display the list of reminder options. You can enter information in a field by typing or by pasting previously copied information (see Cut, copy and paste information).
Cut, copy and paste information • Contacts: On the contact details screen, use Copy All to copy the contents of the contact entry as plain text; or on the contact edit screen, insert the cursor in a field and use Select All to highlight the contents of You can copy any selectable text, and you can cut any selectable text that that field.
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Open the connection menu Do one of the following: • Tap the application name in the top left-hand corner of the screen. The connection menu lets you manage wireless services—the phone, Bluetooth wireless technology and Wi-Fi. ® DID YOU KNOW The connection menu also displays the current day and date and the battery charge level.
Search to find info and make calls Do one of the following: • To look up or get in touch with someone: Tap a contact name to open the person's contact information. Tap a phone number to dial Use universal search it, an email address to send a message and so on.
View and respond to notifications Table 3. Universal search application keywords Application name Keywords Location Services Settings, Preferences Respond to a notification Memos Notes, Stickies, Notepad Messaging Text, SMS, MMS, IM, Instant Chat Notifications show up at the bottom of the screen to notify you of new voicemail and messages, upcoming appointments, missed calls and more.
(see Manually check for system updates). What's more, both Palm and many application developers make updates available for applications you have installed on your phone. You can check in App Catalog at any time for application updates (see Update downloaded applications).
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– you don't have to do anything. If Wi-Fi is not turned on when the update becomes available, the Palm servers continue to check your device for Wi-Fi availability for two days.
Applications you installed on your old Palm OS by ACCESS or Windows ® Mobile smartphone do not work on your Pre phone because your Pre phone uses (Optional) To sort the list of applications or to browse results by date, the new Palm ®...
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If available, tap Support to go to the developer's product support • To buy the app: If required, enter your Palm profile password to page. authorise the purchase and tap Continue. • To set up a billing account: Tap Continue, enter your Palm profile password and tap Continue.
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Enter your Palm profile password and tap Continue. and tap Applications. Tap the app name. NOTE If you enter an incorrect Palm profile password three times, a message appears that explains how you can contact Customer Support for help. Do one of the following: •...
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 When your phone is in USB Drive mode, you can’t make or receive calls or accounts.
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(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: Describes a file that is not protected by Digital Rights Management.
How do I get data off my computer? From a Windows computer, you can transfer contacts, I'm already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and/or calendar events, tasks and memos/notes from Palm Microsoft Exchange. How do I sync data? Desktop software by ACCESS version 6.2 and I want to keep using my current desktop app and Microsoft Outlook 2003 or later.
You can do a one-time, one-way export of data to your Pre phone, and then if you choose to, use the Synergy feature to sync While you have many options for transferring data, Palm recommends that the data to Google or Exchange.
DTA to transfer your data. • Do you use Palm Desktop on the Mac? Don't worry, you can export your The DTA enables you to do a one-time, one-way export of data from contacts, calendar events and tasks into Address Book and iCal. Then use selected desktop apps to your Pre phone through the USB cable included the DTA to transfer your data.
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.
Make calls work with other applications while on a call. Your Receive calls Palm ® Pre™ phone helps you to do all these tasks with Use voicemail ease. What can I do during a call? What's my number? View your call history...
Make calls Press Backspace or tap the onscreen backspace icon (to the right of the number you enter) to delete numbers you've entered one at a time. Tap and hold the icon to delete all the numbers. For information on turning the phone off and back on, see Turn the phone You can paste numbers copied from other applications—for example, from an on/off.
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Dial using the keyboard Dial by contact name in the Phone application In the Launcher, Card view or Phone, use the keyboard to enter the How do I add names and other info into Contacts? for instructions on number. You do not need to press the orange to enter numbers, * adding contacts to your phone.
Tap the number. If a phone number appears as an underlined link, tap the number. This displays the dial pad with the number already entered. If you do not want contact matches to appear when you type a number on to dial.
Answer a call Do one of the following: • Press power Do one of the following: • Press volume. • If the screen is on when the phone starts ringing, tap • Slide the ringer switch off (red means off). This silences the ringer and any notification sounds.
Listen to voicemail messages Manage a call Do one of the following: Do any of the following: • In the Launcher, Card view or Phone, press and hold • Tap a voicemail notification at the bottom of the screen. • Open Phone .
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• Adjust call volume: Press Volume. web or send or receive email, multimedia or instant (IM) messages. To browse the web or to send or receive email or IM messages while on a call, you must connect to a Wi-Fi network. See Wi-Fi. UMTS (3G or HSDPA) network: You can make simultaneous voice and data connections.
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Make a second call Make or answer a first call and then make or answer a second call. to create the conference call. While on a call, tap Dial the second call. Answer a second call (call waiting) When a second call notification appears, tap .
View your call history • Edit to edit the contact entry. For example, if a contact gives you his or her new email address while you're talking, you can enter the address during the call. Open Phone What's my number? (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 Open...
• Delete a call history entry: Throw the entry off the side of the screen. Delete to confirm. WARNING If driving while using a phone is permitted in your area, we recommend using a headset or hands-free car kit (sold separately). However, be •...
Customise phone settings Set up and use a Bluetooth hands-free device ® Your phone is compatible with many headsets and car kits (sold separately) enabled with Bluetooth wireless technology version 2.1, with EDR and ® Use Phone Preferences to customise phone settings. Stereo (with AVRCP media controls).
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Turn call waiting on or off 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 You can choose to be notified when you receive a call while you are on a icon to the right of "Enter name or number".
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coworker's five-digit extension (51234), your phone automatically dials the To add to or change the list, you need to enter a PIN2. If you enter an whole number: 5555-1234. incorrect PIN2 more times than allowed by your wireless service provider, the SIM card locks.
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Under Network, set any of the following: Open the application menu and tap Preferences. Network auto-select: Set whether your phone automatically selects In TTY/TDD, tap to switch TTY/TDD from Off to On. a network. If you turn auto-select off, tap the network to use. Allow voice roaming: Set whether to allow phone calls when you are roaming.
Email, text, multimedia and instant messaging In this chapter Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family and colleagues anywhere you can access the your wireless service provider data network Email or a Wi-Fi network. You can send and receive Messaging attachments as well.
Use the Email application on your phone to access the many email accounts you have: company (like Exchange), ISP (like EarthLink and Comcast) and web-based (like Gmail). The Palm Synergy™ feature makes it easy to synchronise all data from an ®...
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If this is the first email account you set up: The email address you send or receive messages. If you want delivery of Microsoft Office used for your Palm profile is entered by default. Use that address, or Outlook email using Microsoft Direct Push, make sure that your IT enter an address for one of your other email accounts.
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Incoming and outgoing mail server names • 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 • Incoming mail server username and password enter an address for one of your other email accounts.
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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 and tap Sign •...
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Signature: Tap to create a signature that's added to outgoing Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. messages (see Add a signature to outgoing messages for more information). Tap the account name. Reply-to Address: Enter the address you want recipients to see and Change Login Settings and tap the relevant fields to change the reply to on your outgoing messages, if this is different from the email...
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formatting, open the application menu and tap Edit > [the option you want to turn off]. • To enter coloured text: Open the application menu and tap Edit > scroll down > Text Colour. Tap the colour and enter the text. To format text you have already entered, select the text, open the application menu...
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Receive and read email messages (Optional) If the message contains a phone number in the subject line, tap the number > to call it. The Email application synchronises messages anytime you open a mail (Optional) If the message contains a URL in the subject line, tap it to folder.
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Save or share an inline image If a message contains an inline image—an image inserted directly into the body text—you can share the image with someone else via email. If you choose this option, a new blank email message opens with the image file as an attachment.
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Add a contact from an email message Do one of the following: • Reply to just the sender: Tap You can add a contact name or email address to your Contacts list directly • Reply to the sender and all other addressees: Tap from the To, Cc or Bcc field of an incoming email message.
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Open a message. Open Email Open the application menu and tap Set flag Remove flag. Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. Tap the account you want. Show or hide message header details Tap the Signature field and enter the signature text. To format the text with bold, italics or colour, select the text (see Text selection gestures),...
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Set email preferences • View folder information such as last sync and number of messages: Open the folder, and then tap the folder header. Open Email Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. Set any of the following: Add an email folder as a favourite Favourites appear at the top of Account List view.
Reorder accounts Send email messages from within another application You can change the order of the accounts in Account List view. Use the share menu item in any application that supports this feature to send an item as an attachment to an email message. This feature is available in the Contacts, Photos, Doc View, PDF View and Memos applications, Open Email...
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the top part of the conversation screen displays all messages you've Text or an IM account name in the top right-hand corner of the exchanged with this person, and the bottom part provides the area where screen. If available, the other ways to communicate with this contact you type your next message.
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160 characters, but the message may be split into several (555) 256 PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad and messages. If you send a text message to an email address, the email address tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M, which are 7256.
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Use emoticons in a message • If you have already entered the message text: Open the application menu and tap Picture. Tap the album containing the picture you want and tap the picture, or tap New Photo and take the picture. To include an emoticon in a text, multimedia or IM message, type in a keyboard character combination for that emoticon.
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Add a contact from a text or multimedia message Table 1. Supported emoticons To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations... In a conversation, tap the header of a message received from someone emoticon... who is not a contact. <3 :heart Add To Contacts.
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Set up an instant messaging (IM) account Sign in to an IM account To use an IM account, such as a Google Talk IM account, on your phone, Open Messaging you must already have the account online. If you have an IM account with a provider that takes advantage of the Synergy feature, that IM account is Tap Buddies.
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Open Messaging Open Messaging Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation: Tap Buddies. • In Conversations or Buddies view, tap to start a new Do one of the following: conversation. • If you already have a custom message: Tap the current message •...
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Turn messaging notifications on or off You can set your phone to show a notification and/or play a sound when a new message arrives. These settings apply to all your Messaging accounts. Open Messaging Open the application menu and tap Preferences &...
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. Clock Calculator Facebook...
You can assign the contact to one of your online address books – if you do, it synchronises 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. How do I add names and other info into Contacts? 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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• To set up your first online account to sync: Tap the account type, 2 Emily is a contact in your Google online account and in your Palm profile account. enter the account information and tap Sign 3 Scroll down to see Emily's combined contact info.
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To find a contact within the Contacts app, use these steps. Open Contacts Enter any of the following: • First, middle or last name • First and last initial (no space between) * Account icon, showing Palm profile account Chapter 6 : Contacts, Calendar and other personal information...
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• Company Search for a contact (see Find a contact) and tap the contact name. • Nickname To edit a contact, tap Edit. For more search options, tap Global Address Lookup. (This option is Info that's dimmed means it originates from an account that you can't available if you are using Microsoft Exchange with a Global Address edit on your phone (like Facebook).
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• To copy a contact: Open the application menu, tap Edit and tap Select All. The contents of the contact entry are copied as plain text, with carriage returns between each element. • To delete a piece of contact information: Throw the item off the side of the screen and tap Delete.
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While creating (see Create a contact) or editing (see View, edit, copy Open the application menu and tap Set Speed Dial. or delete contact information) a contact, tap Set a ringtone. Do one of the following: • Tap a ringtone name. •...
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Emily Weeks in Google, Facebook, Microsoft Exchange and Contacts list under the name you're most likely to search for 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.
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Tap the contact name in the header, and tap the contact you want to Tap the contact name. unlink. Unlink This Profile. Add a contact entry to the Launcher Assign your favourite contacts to the Launcher, so you can open them directly from that location.
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Do one of the following: Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. • Delete only one entry in a linked contact: Tap the displayed contact name to open the list of all entries in the linked contact. Tap the entry you want and tap Delete This Profile.
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Send Contacts Add An Account: Tap and then tap an account type. Enter the account information. Before you can set up an account on your phone, you must already have an account online with the provider. You can send all contacts to a hands-free car kit (with Bluetooth) or send a contact with multimedia messaging (MMS) or email.
How do I get events into Calendar? synchronises 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 You have a few options for getting events to show up in Calendar: information, so you can restore them if they are accidentally erased.
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To open Calendar without creating an online account: Tap Done. the calendar you want to use for this event. This opens your Palm profile account, and you can start creating events in this account. If you create an event in All Calendars view, the event is created in the...
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In Day view, available time slots between events are compressed and No Repeat and then tap a repeat interval, or Custom to define a labelled X Hrs Free. To expand free time so you can enter an event, tap repeat interval and set the end date. X Hrs Free.
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Create an all-day (untimed) event Open Calendar Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. An all-day event such as a birthday appears in your calendar without a specific time slot. Under Default Event Reminder, tap Timed and choose the notification timing, or if it is an all-day event, choose All Day Open...
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Open Calendar Other ways to go to today: When you're in Day View, just tap the Day view icon. Also, in the application menu, tap Jump To and tap Go To Today. Tap an icon on the bottom of the screen to see different calendar views: Table 1.
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• Tap the event name. Open the application menu and tap Delete event, and then tap Delete to confirm. If this event is one of a series of repeating events, tap the option to delete just this event or the entire series.
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Customise Calendar Accounts: For all calendar accounts, tap an account to change login settings or remove the account. You should change login settings only if you have changed this information for the calendar account online— Open Calendar the information you enter here must match the information in the online account.
the account from Calendar also deletes any associated events from your phone only. The entries are not deleted from the online account. NOTE Microsoft Exchange is an exception to other online accounts. If you delete your Exchange account from Calendar, the account is also deleted from Contacts, Email and Tasks.
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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: Set task priority, due date and other details. Priority: High priority tasks appear in red. Normal priority tasks appear in bold text and low priority tasks appear in grey text.
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Check off a task View tasks that are due today Tap the list containing the task. 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. The Tap the box to the left of the task name.
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Sort a task list Set due dates for all tasks in a list You can sort a task list to show all tasks (the default setting), remaining tasks Open Tasks or completed tasks. Tap the list containing the tasks. Open Tasks Open the application menu...
Memos. Your Microsoft Exchange notes, however, do not sync. All memos are backed up to your Palm profile. • In Memos, begin typing any letters or numbers in the memo and then tap the memo when it appears.
Delete a memo Tap the screen to position the cursor (see Text selection gestures), and edit the memo text. In an open memo, open the application menu and tap Delete. In the application menu, tap Edit > Copy All to select the whole memo. Delete to confirm.
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• To change the time: See Date & Time. Set the following options: • To turn off the alarm when the ringer switch is off: Open the Alarm Preferences: in the top right to turn the alarm on. application menu, tap Preferences and tap to set...
You can enter numbers in Calculator using either the onscreen keypad or the phone's keyboard. 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.
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• Update your status: Type a comment and then tap Share. • Add a photo to your status: Type a comment, tap Attach, choose a photo or take a new one, tap Attach Photo and then tap Share. • Add a comment to a post: Tap , tap (optional), type your comment and then tap...
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There's no need to carry a separate media player; you can play music and videos, and view photos, on your Palm ® Pre™ phone. Listen to music through the built-in Camera speaker or through a headset or headphones (sold Photos separately).
Camera Press Space or tap Press and hold Space to take pictures in continuous burst mode. Release Space to stop taking pictures. Continuous burst mode allows you to capture Take a picture several images with a single action. Your phone comes with an easy-to-use 3-megapixel camera with an LED The picture you took is automatically saved in JPG format.
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(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. Chapter 7 : Photos, videos and music...
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Add a picture to a contact Connect your phone and your computer using the cable. On your phone, tap Drive. If prompted, tap OK. On your You can also add a picture to a contact using the Photos application. computer, your phone appears as a removable drive. You can also add a picture to a contact in the Contacts application (see Add a NOTE...
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(Optional) Do either or both of the following: 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 to use as wallpaper, tap and hold the picture, and then drag the portion you want to the centre of the onscreen box.
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Tap a picture thumbnail to view it full-screen. Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts. is not visible, tap the screen to display it. and tap Upload. Do one of the following: • If you have already set up your picture web service on your phone, tap the name of the service you want to use.
Videos To rename the video: Tap the video date or name and enter a new name. To add a description: Tap Description and enter the description. Record a video Open Camera Video frames are displayed at the bottom of the screen. To shorten the video: Tap, hold and drag either end of the video frame display.
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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 phone. Use video playback controls Playback controls automatically appear when you start a video. They Use the YouTube application to view YouTube videos (see YouTube).
Table 1. Video playback controls Do one of the following: Control Function Play. Pause. Move forward or backward (tap and hold the slider, then drag it right to move forward or left to move backward). Switch between full-screen view and the original size. To skip ahead 30 seconds in a video, flick left to right on the screen.
Describes a file that is not protected by Digital Rights Management. DRM-free music files can be copied as many times as you like and can be played on your Pre phone. On the video details screen (see Watch a YouTube video), tap Share.
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• Listen to playlists you have synced to your phone: Tap Playlists. Go Do one of the following: palm.com/sync-solutions for a list of third-party solutions (sold separately) that you can use to sync music and playlists from your computer to your phone.
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Search for related songs or content Table 3. Music playback controls Control Function When you are listening to a song, you can search the web for related items Play. such as songs by the same artist or from the same album. Pause.
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Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista) or Finder (Mac), and double-click the drive representing your phone. Delete the song using your computer's controls. End the connection safely. On a Windows computer, right-click the drive representing your phone and click Eject. On a Mac computer, drag the drive representing your phone to the Trash.
Wi-Fi Location Services You can use your phone's Wi-Fi feature to connect to a public, work or home network. The Bluetooth ® Google Maps wireless technology on your Palm ® phone helps Bluetooth wireless technology ® you easily set up wireless connections to a number of devices.
Wi-Fi • Secure networks: These networks may broadcast their name, but at the very least, they require you to enter a password that you get from an administrator (who may be, for example, the librarian or the person behind the counter at the coffee shop). You may also have to get other What is a Wi-Fi connection? network settings from the system administrator.
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• From any screen: Open the connection menu, tap Wi-Fi and tap Turn on Open Wi-Fi Wi-Fi Turn off Wi-Fi. Make sure Wi-Fi is on (see Turn Wi-Fi on/off). Do one of the following: • If the network you want is displayed: Tap the network name. •...
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• If the network you want is not displayed: Tap Join network • If you are connected to one network and want to use a different one: enter the network name. Follow steps 4 to 7. Open Wi-Fi . Tap another network name. Disconnect from a network When you disconnect from a network, you can keep it on your list of known networks so that your phone can automatically connect to it again.
If you turned automatic IP settings off, enter any of the following: To change settings after you accept the terms of use, tap any of the following: IP Address Subnet Address Gateway DNS Server: addresses (#1 and #2) Tap Done. Location Services The Location Services application provides information about your location to applications that request it.
To choose how you want to be located, open application menu, tap If the page appears in the list of viewed pages, tap it to go there again. Locate Me Using and choose one or both of the following: If not, press Enter If you browse to a secure web page, the lock icon in the DID YOU KNOW...
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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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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.
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Edit, reorder or delete a bookmark Open Open the application menu and tap Bookmarks. 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 in the standard Web view, that matches the page name or address.
Download files from the web Set any of the following: Block Pop-ups: Prevents websites from opening up new browser Open windows. Tap to turn Block Pop-ups off. Go to the web page with the file you want to download. Accept Cookies: Allows cookies from any website you view, even if you are redirected to a site from another site.
Bluetooth wireless technology ® Menu in the bottom right-hand corner. 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 hands-free...
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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 only discoverable when the Bluetooth app is open, the app windows is maximised and Bluetooth is turned on. If you move away from the Bluetooth app, minimise the app to a card, or turn off the screen, your phone is no longer discoverable.
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Delete a device Open Bluetooth Deleting a device means you end the relationship you created between your phone and the device. This means that you will need to pair with the device again if you want to connect (see Make a pairing request to another device Accept a pairing request from another device).
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Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections...
Documents In this chapter Your Palm ® Pre™ phone enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. You can view and search Microsoft Word, Excel ® Doc View PowerPoint files on your phone. ® PDF View You can also view PDF files on your phone.
Doc View To search for a file, enter the name. Tap the file when it appears. To open a second file: Open the application menu and tap Open. Tap the file. With Doc View, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel ®...
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Type the text you want to find and press Enter or tap . The first With the file open, tap the file name. instance of the text appears highlighted. Do one of the following: • Find the next instance: Tap •...
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Show or hide rows or columns in a spreadsheet Tap the text or footnote indicator to open the comment, endnote or footnote. • To hide a row or column: Tap the row or column header to select it and Hide selected.
Switch between sheets Upgrade to Documents To Go from DataViz ® Do one of the following: With Documents To Go from DataViz, you can create and edit Word, Excel ® and PowerPoint files right on your phone, in addition to viewing them. •...
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Change the display size To search for a file, begin typing the name. Tap the file when it appears. For information on zooming in and out, see Zoom gestures. • Pinch out to enlarge items onscreen. • Pinch in to decrease the size of items onscreen. •...
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View bookmarks If a PDF file was created with bookmarks, you can see the bookmarks on your phone. With the file open, open the application menu and tap Bookmarks. To search for a specific bookmark, type the bookmark name. Tap a bookmark to jump to that section of the file. Chapter 9 : Documents...
Preferences In this chapter There are lots of ways to make your Palm ® Pre™ phone work better for you. Personalise your phone to make it match your lifestyle. Backup Date & Time You can easily customise many features of your phone...
All this information is automatically backed to switch Backup from Off to On. up 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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Table 1. Backup summary table Table 1. Backup summary table Application Backed up Not backed up Application Backed up Not backed up Calendar Events in your Palm profile Events in online accounts. Memos All memos. account. Password for online Messaging Username of accounts.
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Edit any of the following: IMPORTANT To ensure that the data on your phone is consistent with that stored on your Palm profile, it is recommended that you perform a manual backup First Name/Last Name: Change the first name and/or last name...
Erase your Palm profile data Open Date & Time In the event that your phone is lost or stolen, you can go to your Palm profile on your computer and from there, erase the data on your phone. On your computer, go to palm.com/palmprofile.
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(depending on the type of reset you select). After a reset, you must follow way that it is completely wiped from your phone and is the prompts to sign in to your Palm profile again before you can use your unrecoverable, tap Secure Full Erase.
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Delete an application). If you are troubleshooting your device with a support agent and need more After either type of full erase, you can sign in to your Palm profile either information after running Quick Tests (see Run Quick Tests), you can run on a new webOS phone or the same phone you just erased.
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Install a certificate from USB Drive storage Open Device Info More Info. You can install a certificate that is located in the USB drive storage on your phone. For information on copying a certificate into USB drive storage, see Open the application menu and tap Certificate...
Formats NOTE If you’ve already transferred media files using Media Sync mode—or if the Media Sync button appears when you connect your phone to a computer with the You can set your phone to format numbers, currency, date and time to USB cable—then media sync is already enabled on your phone.
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Get notifications when the screen is off Open Screen & Lock Turn off after, tap the interval shown, then tap the number of When notifications are set to blink, when the screen is off, the light in the seconds or minutes. gesture area pulses when a notification arrives and continues to pulse until you tap the notification or turn on the screen.
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Turn advanced gestures on/off Set options for unlocking the screen Turning on advanced gestures gives you two additional gestures, previous The screen locks five seconds after it turns off automatically or immediately and next, and also changes the way you make the back gesture and the if you turn the screen off manually.
Sounds & Ringtones Tap, hold and drag the Ringtone Volume slider to set the ringtone volume. Adjusting the Ringtone Volume slider is the same as using the volume button Manage system sounds and notifications on the side of the phone. You can turn system sounds, such as transition sounds and notification alerts, on or off.
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The ringtone you select here applies globally to all incoming calls. You can On a Windows computer, to end the connection safely, right-click the also set a unique ringtone for a contact (see Add a ringtone to a contact). drive representing your phone and click Eject. On a Mac computer, from your desktop, drag the drive representing your phone to the Trash.
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,...
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 synchronised data from a Palm smartphone—such as ®...
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Press and release the back cover release. Lift off the back cover. 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. Remove the battery by pulling the tab that appears at the top of the...
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Position the back cover over the phone and gently press the top two Press and hold the power button on the top right-hand corner of clasps (a), located at the top corners. Then press the two clasps (b) your phone until you see a logo on the screen (approximately five halfway down either side of the phone.
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I can't get my screen to turn on after removing and replacing 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 the battery you hear the clasp (x) release. Removing the battery turns off your phone completely, so you can't just slide out the keyboard or press power...
Press and hold power on the top right-hand corner of your phone until you see the Palm logo on the Position the back cover over the phone and gently press the top two screen. clasps (a), located at the top corners. Then press the two clasps (b) halfway down either side of the phone.
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Pre phone. If you can try a free version of the software before purchasing it, you right or left for the next or previous open app.
Phone • If you're using the speakerphone feature with your phone lying on a flat surface, try turning the phone face down (screen facing the surface). Signal strength is weak I hear my own voice echo Become familiar with low coverage areas where you live, commute, work Ask the person on the other end of the call to turn down the volume on his and play.
Devices list device is compatible with your Pre phone. (see Connect with a paired device). • Not all hands-free features work with every hands-free device. Check the •...
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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 up to your Palm profile daily, so you Online accounts available for webOS phones for the current list of can retrieve it if you need to reset your phone.
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A notification tells me that there is not enough free memory to A number of third-party applications (sold separately) are available that let synchronise you synchronise data on your Pre phone with a desktop application. Visit palm.com/sync-solutions to learn more.
One of • Make sure your ISP or email provider allows you to access email on a Pre the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies that is designed for phone. (Some providers do not offer this option at all; other providers high-speed data transfer, with rates up to 384 Kbps, as well as voice and multimedia services.
I have problems sending email (IMAP and POP accounts) • If your phone is connected to your computer in USB Drive mode, disconnect your phone from your computer (see Copy files between your phone and your computer). If you are able to receive email messages but cannot send them, try the •...
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 Your phone supports UMTS (HSDPA and 3G), GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi...
(see Link a contact). separate The Palm Synergy™ feature on your phone displays information from ® Camera several sources in a single view, so you can access your info quickly, without having to remember where you stored it.
When I open the Palm Pre drive folder on my computer, I see subfolders. Do I need to move my files into these folders? After a full or a partial erase, on your phone, enter your existing Palm profile email address and password—don't create a new one! When you do this, all data that has been backed up to your profile—contacts, calendar events and...
Transferring information from another Palm ® After you revisit the page for which you created the bookmark, the original thumbnail icon is restored. webOS™ platform phone Updates I want to get files off my old webOS phone, but the screen is...
You can delete infrequently used applications (see Delete an application). 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.
Terms aeroplane 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, the you don't see a Done button, make the back gesture to save your work.
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You create a Palm profile by entering a working email the information in one place—but the information is kept separate in the address during initial setup of your Palm ®...
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Palm profile account An account that is automatically set up for you when you create your Palm The key you use to enter symbols and accented characters. Press Sym to profile. You can assign contacts and calendar events to it. Palm profile items open the full table of symbols.
LinkedIn Contacts Transfer (from web to Only one app is affected: phone) Contacts Palm profile Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Transfer (from phone to All data is deleted from all Memos; see "Backup" for web) affected apps; see full list of affected info...
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Table 1. Online accounts available for webOS phones Account/ Applications that display Relationship between Can I edit and add info to Can I edit and add data to What happens when I Behaviour data from this account phone and online this account on my this account on the web? delete this account from...
• ® OMAP 3430 processor Battery • Rechargeable lithium-ion • 1150 mA/hr power capacity • Removable Operating system • Palm ® webOS™ platform Camera • 3 megapixel • LED flash with extended depth in field • Auto-exposure • Auto-white balance •...
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• Proximity Memory • 8 GB (~7 GB user available) • USB mass storage support Connector • microUSB connector with USB 2.0 Hi-Speed Included Palm webOS applications • App Catalog (at time of purchase) • Calculator • Calendar • Camera •...
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Table 1. Specifications Category Description Included third-party applications • Google Maps (at time of purchase) • YouTube Operating temperature range • 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) • 5% to 90% RH Specifications...
Regulatory and safety information FCC statements Table 1. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Icon Description Icon Description digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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The FCC ID on your Palm phone is located on a label inside the battery compartment. The • ETSI EN 301 908-2 battery must be removed as shown below to view the label. • ETSI EN 300 328 • ETSI EN 301 489-1/-7/-17/-24 •...
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To view the most recent SAR values of the Palm Pre™ phone, visit www.palm.com/ ® and health. sarumts-pre. In order to certify this unit for sale in the US, Canada and Europe, this unit has been tested for...
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Directive implementation in the various EU member states please see www.weee-forum.org. 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 AC Power Adapter source: Palm...
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Pacemakers: The Health Industry Manufacturers Association recommends that a minimum Operating machinery: Do not use your phone while operating machinery. Full attention must separation of 15 centimetres (6 inches) be maintained between a phone and a pacemaker to be given to operating the machinery in order to reduce the risk of an accident. avoid potential interference with the pacemaker.
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• Do not turn the volume up to block out noisy surroundings. If you choose to listen to your • Do not drop, throw or try to bend your phone or its accessories. portable device in a noisy environment, use noise-cancelling headphones to block out •...
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Driving safety Do not take notes, look up phone numbers, read/write email or surf the Internet while driving. If you are reading an address book or business card while driving a car, or writing a Driving safety tips overview to-do list, then you are not watching where you are going. It's common sense. Do not get caught in a dangerous situation because you are reading or writing and not paying attention Always obey all laws and regulations on the use of the phone in your driving area.
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• Increase the relative humidity of your environment. • Install ESD-specific prevention items, such as earthing mats. Précautions d'usage de votre téléphone mobile Conditions that enhance ESD occurrences Le taux de DAS(1) (Débit d' A bsorption Spécifique) de votre Pre est 0.767 w/kg. Regulatory and safety information...
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Conseils d'utilisation pour réduire le niveau d'exposition aux rayonnements: Bitte beachten Sie, dass nach §7 ElektroG Verordnung alle elektronischen Geräte, die sowohl mit diesem Symbol gekennzeichnet sind, sowie jegliches elektrische Zubehör Utiliser le plus souvent possible les kits piétons (oreillettes), notamment en cas d'usage fréquent nicht über den normalen Hausmüll entsorgt werden dürfen.
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Table 4. Limitar a exposição a campos de radiofrequência (RF) Ícone Descrição Ícone Descrição Aos utilizadores interessados em reduzir a exposição aos campos RF, a Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) aconselha que optem por limitar a duração das chamadas, ou recorrer a Desligar em ambientes Utilizar apenas acessórios dispositivos mãos livres, para manter os telefones longe da cabeça e do corpo.
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• Não utilize produtos químicos irritantes, solventes de limpeza nem aerossóis para limpar o Ataques/Encandeamentos dispositivo ou os acessórios. EsLesões resultantes de movimentos repetitivos (LRMR)te telefone consegue emitir luzes • Não pinte o telefone nem os acessórios. brilhantes intermitentes. • Não tente desmontar o telefone nem os acessórios; tal deve ser feito exclusivamente por Lesões resultantes de movimentos repetitivos (LRMR) pessoal autorizado.
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Produtos defeituosos e danificados Aviões Não tente desmontar o dispositivo nem os respectivos acessórios. Desligue o telefone sempre que receber instruções para tal por parte do pessoal do aeroporto ou da companhia aérea. Todas as operações de reparação ou assistência do telefone e respectivos acessórios só podem ser realizadas por pessoal qualificado.
See alarms; notifications keywords for Automatic IP settings options Palm profile All Calendars view losing auto-shut off interval pictures and all-day events moving between active calls. See phone calls See also calendars; events music and –...
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– Backup application browser. See Web browser Change Login Settings option troubleshooting See also Palm profile built-in applications TTY/TDD devices and – basic gestures Change Wallpaper option Wi-Fi settings battery character searches contact lists – – caring for characters contacts...
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Device Info application Excel files; PowerPoint files creating See also calendars device names Documents To Go bookmarks Day view device. See Palm Pre phone; DOCX files contacts default accounts Bluetooth devices Download for free option – email Calendar Devices list...
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– instant messages accounts email accounts Exchange ActiveSync accounts creating memos accessing availability display size Palm profile changing phone synchronisation downloading – tasks default setting up finding text in text deleting Synergy feature and freeing memory and electrostatic discharge (ESD)
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See also specific types HSDPA UMTS data networks transferring Launcher advanced installing backup summary – basic third-party applications contacts in – – scroll updates defined text selection iCal on Mac instant messages gesture zoom icons accounts icons Get email option battery notifications for pages...
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Palm Pre phone data transfer from sending Now Playing list See also phone maps troubleshooting numbers Palm profile Mark all completed/incomplete multitasking about – command music backups Mark as read/unread command answering phone and...
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PPT files See also alarms number for Photobucket accounts PPTX files for contacts preferences for photos. See pictures Pre phone. See Palm Pre phone; preferences for – redialling Photos application phone remote diagnostics – restarting pictures preferences. See customising...
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Facebook accounts technical support locking the screen smart folders online accounts temperature ranges network SMTP servers online calendars text Palm profile soft resets. See partial erase online contacts copying, cutting sending software retrieving information and finding – contacts software updates...
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– selecting from computer universal search views text messages from Exchange See also searching See also cards addressing from Facebook unlinking contacts Vista computers contact information and from Google unlocking screens copying files – creating from old phone untimed events copying files from –...
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recently viewed data transfer from refreshing wired headsets setting display options for wireless networks troubleshooting access to wireless services – web-based email restarted phone and webOS operating system turning on and off WLANs. See wireless networks – websites Word files browsing worksheets.
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