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User Guide Gandalf_VZW_UG.book Page i Mo nday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
Intellect ual pro perty notices © 2008 Palm, Inc. All rights reserved. Blazer , HotSync, Palm, P alm OS, Centro, and the P alm and Centro logos are among the trademarks or registered trademarks owned b y or licensed to Palm, Inc. V erizon Wireless, Wireless S ync, and the Veri zon Wireless logo are trademarks of Veriz on.
CONTENTS iii Contents Chapter 1: Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Your new Palm ® Centro ™ smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONTENTS iv Using a hands-f ree devic e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Customizing phone settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 What are all those icons? .
CONTENTS v Chapter 10: Your application and info management tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Usin g Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 1 Viewing and usi ng the alert s .
CONTENTS vi Messagin g. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHAPTER 1 1 We l c o m e Congra t ulation s on t he purc hase of your Palm ® Centro ™ smartphon e! Benefits • Make and receive phone calls • Manage your contacts , calendar , and t ask list •.
In this c hapter Y our new Palm ® Centro ™ sm artphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What’ s in the b ox? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What do I ne ed to get st arted? . . . . . .
WELCOME YOUR NEW P ALM ® CENTRO ™ SMARTPHONE 3 1 CHAPTER Y our ne w P alm ® Centro ™ smartphone In one compact and indispensable device, you no w have all of the following: • Phone application.
WELCOME WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED? 4 1 CHAPTER Docume ntation a nd softwar e • Quic k Ref erence • Quic ksta rt Gu ide • Palm Sof t ware Installation CD, whic h includes the following: • P.
WELCOME WH ERE CAN I L EAR N MO RE? 5 1 CHAPTER receive email. Find the tutorial on the web at palm.com/centroveriz on-support . While usin g your smartphone On-dev ice User Guide: A specially format ted copy of this User Guide is on your smartphone. T o vie w the guide, press Appl ica tion s an d then select My Centro .
WELCOME WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE? 6 1 CHAPTER Gandalf_VZW_UG.book Page 6 Monday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
CHAPTER 7 Set ting up 2 Y ou’re about to dis cov er the ma ny things abou t your P alm ® Centro ™ sm artpho ne tha t can help you be t t er manage your lif e and have fun, too. As you become more familiar wi th your smartp hone, you’ll want to persona lize the set tings and add applic ations t o make it uniqu ely yo urs.
In this c hapter Pa l m ® Centro ™ smar tphone over view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Charging the bat ter y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 Maximizing bat ter y life . . . . . . . . .
SETTING UP PALM ® CENTRO ™ SMAR TPH ONE OVE RVIEW 9 2 CHAPTER Pa l m ® Centro ™ smartphone o v er vie w Front view 1 Charge indicator light 2 Vo l u m e 3 Side bu t ton 4 Phone 5 Send (for makin.
SETTING UP PALM ® CENTRO ™ SMAR TPHON E OV ERVIEW 10 2 CHAPTER Bac k view 1 Self-po rtrai t mirror 2 Came ra l ens 3 IR (infrar ed) po rt 4 Expansio n card slot 5 Lanyard connector 6 P ower connect.
SETTING UP INSERTING THE BATTERY 11 2 CHAPTER Inserting the bat t er y IMPORT ANT Use the bat ter y that came with your smartphone. An unauthorized bat ter y cannot power your Centro smartphone. Do not use a bat tery from another device in y our smartphone.
SETTING UP CHARGING THE BATTERY 12 2 CHAPTER desktop synchronization sof tware. Other wise, you may lose information or hav e dif f iculty with synchronization. Support is not provided f or mismatc hed language setups. NO TE If you insert the correct battery into your smartphone and it still does not turn on, you need to c harge the bat ter y .
SETTING UP CHARGING THE BATTERY 13 2 CHAPTER 3 T o confirm that y our smartphone is being c harged, c hec k the indicator l ight on your smartphone. • Solid red indicates that your smartphone is being c harged. • Solid gr een indicates that your smartphone is f ully c harged.
SETTING UP MAXIMIZING BATTERY LIFE 14 2 CHAPTER T o see the remaining bat ter y c harge expressed as a percent age, t ap the onscreen batt ery icon. * Batt e r y i c on Maximizing bat ter y lif e Bat ter y lif e depends on how you use y our smartphone.
SETTING UP MAKING YO UR FIRST CALL 15 2 CHAPTER • Wireles s and media features consume more p ow er than a pplications like Calendar an d Contac ts. If you use the phone, speakerphone, email, messaging , web, camera, media play ers, and games a lot, keep an e y e on the bat ter y icon.
SETTING UP MAKING YO UR FIRST CALL 16 2 CHAPTER 4 Press Sen d to dial. 5 When prompted, press 1 (this number appears on the E let ter ke y) to program your phone. A ser vice–provisioning message a ppears on your smartphone screen. 6 W ait a fe w m inutes until you see the Programming Successful! message, and then tap the onscreen OK but ton.
SETTING UP SETTING UP YOUR COMPUT ER FOR S YNCHRONIZ ATION 17 2 CHAPTER 1 Vo l u m e 2 Side but ton What’ s m y phone n umbe r? 1 Make sure your phone is on (see T urning your phone on and of f ). 2 Press Phone . 3 Press Menu . 4 Select Option s and th en select Phone Info .
SETTING UP SET TING UP YO UR CO MP UTER FOR SY NCH RONI ZAT ION 18 2 CHAPTER Pa l m ® Des ktop sof tware (included) or Microsof t Outlook for Windows (sold separately) as your sync hronization sof tware.
SETTING UP SETTING UP YOUR COMPUT ER FOR S YNCHRONIZ ATION 19 2 CHAPTER fol der labeled palmOne or Handspring instead. F or more info, see I can ’t find my user folder .) IMPORT ANT Sync hronize your smartphone only w ith the version of P alm Desktop sof tware included with your device.
SETTING UP SET TING UP YO UR CO MP UTER FOR SY NCH RONI ZAT ION 20 2 CHAPTER 64MB, do any of the following to reduce the storage space you’ re using before you go to the next st ep: • Delete any thi rd-party applications that you no longer use. • Mov e large files, suc h as eB ooks and images, to an expansion c ard.
SETTING UP SETTING UP YOUR COMPUT ER FOR S YNCHRONIZ ATION 21 2 CHAPTER on your previous device to remo ve its associated device name. (See the document ation that came with your previous device for instructions on performing a hard r eset.) Each de vice you sync hroniz e with your computer must hav e a unique name.
SETTING UP SET TING UP YO UR CO MP UTER FOR SY NCH RONI ZAT ION 22 2 CHAPTER 3 If you are inst alling on a M ac, double-clic k the CD icon on the desktop, and then double-click the Pa lm Sof tw ar e.pk g icon. 4 When the insta llation wizard opens, follow the onscreen instructions.
SETTING UP SYNC HRO NIZI NG IN FOR MA TION— THE B ASI CS 23 2 CHAPTER 1 Plug the AC c h arger into a wall outlet. 2 Plug the USB sync cable into an av ailable USB port or into a pow ered USB hub connected to your com puter . 3 With the sync but ton facing up, connect the sync cable to the bot tom of your smartphone.
SETTING UP SYNCHRO NIZING INFO RMATION— THE BASICS 24 2 CHAPTER desktop synchronization sof tware fo r instructions. 1 Connect your smartphone to your computer , as described in Connecting your smartphone to your computer . 2 Press the sync button on the sync cable.
SETTING UP SYNC HRO NIZI NG IN FOR MA TION— THE B ASI CS 25 2 CHAPTER How eac h application sync s depends on your computer type and the desktop sof tware you are using, as follo ws: If you c hoose to use the V ersaMail ® application, you can a lso set it up to sync hronize email on your smartphone with email on your computer .
SETTING UP SYNCHRO NIZING INFO RMATION— THE BASICS 26 2 CHAPTER Where ’ s m y info stor ed? When you sync hronize your smartphone, your i nfo is stored on your computer in one of these locations: .
CHAPTER 27 3 Mo ving around on y our Pa l m ® Centro ™ smartphone Hav e you ev er been t o a new cit y a nd f elt a b it lost u ntil you figured ou t that the numbered streets run north/so uth and the av enues run east/west? Learning to move around on your smartphon e is similar .
In this c hapter Moving around th e screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Using the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Opening applic ations . . . . . . . . . . . .
MOVING ARO UND ON YOUR P ALM ® CENT RO ™ S MARTPHO NE MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN 29 3 CHAPTER Mo ving around the scree n T o move around the P alm ® Centro ™ screen, you can use the 5-way na vigator for one-handed navigation, or y ou can tap items on the screen with the stylus.
MOVIN G AROUND ON YOUR PALM ® CENTR O ™ SMARTPHONE MOVI NG AR OUND T HE SCRE EN 30 3 CHAPTER Learn to recognize the highlight. It can ta ke tw o fo rms: Border glow: When an entire screen, an onscreen but ton (suc h as Done, Ne w , or OK), or a pic k list is highlighted, a glow appears around its border .
MOVING ARO UND ON YOUR P ALM ® CENT RO ™ S MARTPHO NE MOVING AROUND THE SCREEN 31 3 CHAPTER Accessing command butt ons In most ap plications, command but tons suc h as New , OK, and Deta ils appear at the bot tom of the screen. In many cases, you can jump directly to these but tons instead of scrolling to them .
MOVIN G AROUND ON YOUR PALM ® CENTR O ™ SMARTPHONE MOVI NG AR OUND T HE SCRE EN 32 3 CHAPTER Selectin g option s in a pick list A range of options is of ten presented in a type of menu called a pic k list, whic h can be identified by a down ward-pointing arrow .
MOVING ARO UND ON YOUR P ALM ® CENT RO ™ S MARTPHO NE USING THE KE YBOARD 33 3 CHAPTER Using the k e yboard 1 Option 2 Shift/Find 3 Space 4 Bac klight 5 Bac kspace 6 Re tur n 7 Menu 8 Alt Enter ing low ercase and uppercase lett ers • T o enter lowercase letters, press the desired key s.
MOVIN G AROUND ON YOUR PALM ® CENTR O ™ SMARTPHONE USING THE KEYB OARD 34 3 CHAPTER • T o turn Caps Loc k on, press Shift/ Find t wice. T o turn it of f , press Shif t/F ind once. When Ca ps Loc k is on, an underlined up arrow appears in the lower -right cor ner of the screen.
MOVING ARO UND ON YOUR P ALM ® CENT RO ™ S MARTPHO NE USING THE KE YBOARD 35 3 CHAPTER Enter ing othe r symbols a nd accented ch a ra ct e r s Symbols and accented c hara cters that do not appear on the k eyb oard are ava ilable when you use the A lt key .
MOVIN G AROUND ON YOUR PALM ® CENTR O ™ SMARTPHONE USING THE KEYB OARD 36 3 CHAPTER Symbols and accented c haracters Ent er… The n pr e ss Alt to select… Ent er… Then pr ess Alt to select… .
MOVING ARO UND ON YOUR P ALM ® CENT RO ™ S MARTPHO NE OPENING APPLICATI ONS 37 3 CHAPTER Opening applications When you open an a pplication, you automatically close the app you were previously using. Using the quick buttons The front of your smartphone has thre e quic k but tons— Phone, Calendar , and Wireless Sync—that ope n applications.
MOVIN G AROUND ON YOUR PALM ® CENTR O ™ SMARTPHONE OPENING APPLICATI ONS 38 3 CHAPTER • Af ter you t urn on y our smartphone, open a but ton ’ s seconda r y application by pressing Option and then pressing the quic k but ton . Using Ap plicat ions View Y o u can a ccess all available applications through Applications Vie w .
39 4 Y our phone Th e Phone application is your home base f or making and receiving calls and for sto ring info a bout the peop le you need to s t ay in t ouc h wi th. Y ou can ef f ectively manage multiple calls, suc h as swapping bet w een calls, sending text messages to ignored calls, and cre ating conf erence calls with up to fiv e callers.
In this c hapter T u rning your sma rtphone o n and off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Making c alls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Receiving calls . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR PHON E TURNING YOUR SMARTP HONE ON AND OFF 41 4 CHAPTER T urning y our smartphone on and of f NO TE W e use the term phone to describe the f eature of y our smartphone that lets you connect to the n etwork to ma ke and receive calls and transmit data.
YOUR P HONE TURNING YOUR SMARTPHONE ON AND OFF 42 4 CHAPTER 3 Press and relea se Pow er / E nd to turn of f the screen and loc k the keyboard. T u r ning your ph one o n and off When your phone i s on.
YOUR PHON E MAKING CALLS 43 4 CHAPTER Opening the Phone a pplica tion • Press Phone to open the Phone applicatio n ’ s Main View . 1 St atus icons 2 Dial P ad 3 Fav orit e buttons Making c alls The re a re s ever al ways to m a ke a c a ll . T r y them all to find out which w ay y ou like best.
YOUR P HONE MAKING CALLS 44 4 CHAPTER 3 Press the numbered keys to enter the phone number . (Y ou don’ t need to press Option.) 4 Press Sen d to ma ke the ca ll. Dialing by contact na me Y o u need to hav e names and numbers in your contact list before you can make a call by contact na me or phone num ber .
YOUR PHON E MAKING CALLS 45 4 CHAPTER 4 Highlight the number you want to dial. 5 Press Sen d to ma ke the ca ll. V oic e Dial ing Y o u can use t he V oice Dialing a pplication to call people in your Cont acts list by saying their name or number . If the person you are calling has more than one phone number , you can specify whic h number to call.
YOUR P HONE MAKING CALLS 46 4 CHAPTER Dialing f rom a web page or message Y o ur smart phone re cognizes most phone numbers that appear on web pages or in text or email mes sages. 1 Select the phone number on the w eb page or in the messa ge. 2 Press Cen te r to open the Dial Number dialog box.
YOUR PHON E RECEIVING CALLS 47 4 CHAPTER Send and selecting Call Log from the Redial list. R eceiving calls T o receive calls, your phone must be on. This is dif f e rent from having only the screen turned on (see T urning your phone on and off ) . When your phone is of f , your calls go to voicemail.
YOUR P HONE USING VOIC EMAIL 48 4 CHAPTER NO TE Sending text messages to land-line phones may not be supported. T o silence the phone w hile it is ringing , do one of the following: • Press any ke y on your smartphone ex cept Send, P ower/End, or the 5-way .
YOUR PHON E USING VO ICEMAI L 49 4 CHAPTER When you have messages that you hav e not listened to, a V oicemail icon also appears in the title bar of the Phone application. Y ou can also select this icon to listen to your voicemail. Listening to voicema il mes sages 1 Press Phone .
YOUR P HONE WHAT CAN I D O WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 50 4 CHAPTER What can I do when I’m on a call? When you mak e or receive a call, Activ e Call View appears. 1 Call duratio n 2 Caller ’ s name a nd number Use the 5-wa y or the stylus to select the onscreen but tons.
YOUR PHON E WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 51 4 CHAPTER Ending a call Do one of the follo wing: • Press P ow er/ End . • Select Hang Up All . • Press the but ton on t he headset (if the headset is attac hed).
YOUR P HONE WHAT CAN I D O WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 52 4 CHAPTER send or receive email or multimedia messages. 1 Do one of the f ollowing: • Sele ct Hold to pause your conv ersation while you view the other application. • Select Spkr -phone to continue th e conv ersation while you view the other application.
YOUR PHON E WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 53 4 CHAPTER 1 In the Call L og (see R edialing a recently called number ), highlight the number you wa n t t o save . 2 Press Menu . 3 Select A dd Contac t . 4 Enter the information for the entr y . 5 Select Done .
YOUR P HONE WHAT CAN I D O WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 54 4 CHAPTER Receivin g a secon d call (call waiting ) When you are on a call, you can re ceive a second call and have separate conv ersations with each caller . When the second call comes in, you hear a call waiting tone and the Call Waiting dialog box appears.
YOUR PHON E WHAT CAN I DO WHEN I’M ON A CALL? 55 4 CHAPTER 3 T o end the conference, press Pow e r / End to end all the calls. Using Flash mo de dur ing a call Flash mode enables you to manually manage your calls while one or more c alls are active.
YOUR P HONE EN TERI NG N AME S AND PH ONE NUMB ERS 56 4 CHAPTER • If you ha ve two calls in conf erence, press Send to han g up one of the calls; you can then dial a nother number and connect the new caller to the conf erence session. 4 T o exi t Flash mode and end all the calls, press Pow e r / E n d .
YOUR PHON E ENTER ING NAMES A ND PHONE NUMB ERS 57 4 CHAPTER A dding a co ntact 1 Press Phone . 2 Select the Contacts f av orite but t on. 3 Select New C ontact . 4 Use the 5-way to mov e between fields as you enter info. 5 Do any of the f ollowing: Add a call er ID ph oto : Select the Picture bo x.
YOUR P HONE EN TERI NG N AME S AND PH ONE NUMB ERS 58 4 CHAPTER 3 Select Edit , make c hanges to the entr y as necess ar y , a nd then select Done . Getting directions to a contact ’ s address If you ha ve a data plan, you can get directions to a cont act’ s address from Google Maps.
YOUR PHON E ENTER ING NAMES A ND PHONE NUMB ERS 59 4 CHAPTER 5 Select the Pictur e bo x and do one of the follo wing: • Sele ct Camer a to take a photo and add it to this cont act entr y when you sav e the photo. • Sele ct Photos and select an existing photo that you w ant to assign to this contact .
YOUR P HONE DEFINING FAVORI TE BUTTONS 60 4 CHAPTER Deletin g a contact 1 Open the cont act you w ant to delete. 2 Press Menu . 3 Select Del ete Cont act from the Record menu, and then select OK . Cr eating a business card for beami ng 1 Create a new cont act and enter your own business card info.
YOUR PHON E DEFINING FAVORITE BUTTO NS 61 4 CHAPTER Cr eating a speed-di al f avor i te butt on 1 Press Phone . 2 Use the 5-way to select a blank fa vorite but ton. 3 Enter a label for the f av orite: • If the entr y is f or an existing contact, select Lookup .
YOUR P HONE DEFINING FAVORI TE BUTTONS 62 4 CHAPTER Dial Extr a Digits A utomatically: Dials predefined extra digits imm ediately af ter dialing the phone number , when c hec ked. 6 Select OK . Cr eating other ty pes of fav or ite butt ons 1 Press Phone .
YOUR PHON E USING A HANDS -FREE DEVIC E 63 4 CHAPTER 7 Select OK . De l et i ng a favo rite b u tto n 1 Press Phone . 2 Use the 5-way to access Fav orites. 3 Highlight the fa vorite but ton you w ant to delete. 4 Press Menu . 5 Select Ed i t Favo ri te s B u tto n on the Recor d menu.
YOUR P HONE USING A HANDS-FR EE DEVICE 64 4 CHAPTER Chec k the specifications for y our hands-free device to confirm compatibility . When in doubt, ask the manufacturer if the product is compa tible with your smartphone. T o view a list of compatible Bluetooth hands-free devices, go to palm.
YOUR PHON E USING A HANDS -FREE DEVIC E 65 4 CHAPTER BEFOR E YOU B EGIN Prepare your hands-free device to accept a B luetooth connection. See the documentat ion that came with your hand s-free device for instructions. 1 Press Applic ations and select Bluet ooth or tap the Blue tooth icon in the t itle bar .
YOUR P HONE USING A HANDS-FR EE DEVICE 66 4 CHAPTER device. W e recomm end that, where possible, you mak e up a passke y of 1 6 alphanumeric characters (let ters and numerals only) to improv e the security of your smartphone. The longer the pas skey , the more dif ficult it is f or the passke y to be deciphered.
YOUR PHON E USING A HANDS -FREE DEVIC E 67 4 CHAPTER these f eatures. Y our smar tphone can support the foll owing actions, provided that your hands-free de vice also supports them: • Dial a call. • Answer an incom ing call. • Hang up a c all and answer a call-waiting call .
YOUR P HONE CUSTOMI ZING PHON E SETTI NGS 68 4 CHAPTER 3 Do one of the f ollowing: T o send all cal ls t o your hands-f r ee device: Chec k the Always r oute calls to hand sfr ee bo x. Se lect the Au t o answer pic k list and select wheth er you want your hands-free device to automatically answer incoming calls and how quic kly it answers.
YOUR PHON E CUSTOM IZING PHONE S ETTINGS 69 4 CHAPTER and then s elect an image to use as wallpaper . T yping: Sets whether t yping while viewing the Dial Pad calls the number s you enter , or sta rts a contact sea rc h. Show Calend ar ev ent: Sets whether the current event from the Calenda r application appears.
YOUR P HONE CUSTOMI ZING PHON E SETTI NGS 70 4 CHAPTER 5 Select the Vo l u m e pic k list and s elect the volume lev el. 6 Select the Vib rate pic k list and select when you want your smartphone to vibr ate for an inco ming call .
YOUR PHON E CUSTOM IZING PHONE S ETTINGS 71 4 CHAPTER 4 Select the A pplic at ion pic k list and select Phone Aler ts . 5 Select the Vo l u m e pic k list and s elect the volume lev el. 6 Select the Vib rate pic k list and select when you want your smartphone to vibrate for a phon e alert.
YOUR P HONE CUSTOMI ZING PHON E SETTI NGS 72 4 CHAPTER Adjusting ringer volume When a call is not in progress and music is not pla ying , press the Vo l u m e but ton on the side of y our smartphone to adjust the ringer volume, and then press the Side but ton to confirm your selection.
YOUR PHON E CUSTOM IZING PHONE S ETTINGS 73 4 CHAPTER Choosing your priv acy settings T o maint ain privacy , you can encr ypt conv ersations when you place or receive calls, provided that this feature is supported by the V erizon Wi reless network.
YOUR P HONE CUSTOMI ZING PHON E SETTI NGS 74 4 CHAPTER hearing, or have speec h or language disabilities. Y o ur device is compatible w ith select TTY devices. Y ou can connec t a TTY/ TDD mac hine to your device through the headset jac k while this mode is enabled.
YOUR PHON E WHAT ARE ALL THOS E ICONS? 75 4 CHAPTER 4 Chec k the Hear ing Aid Com patibil ity box. 5 Select OK . What are all those icons? Y ou can monitor the status of several i tems using icons in the title bar in the Phone application: Y our phone is on and you are i n a V erizon Wire less coverage area.
YOUR P HONE WHAT ARE ALL THOSE ICONS? 76 4 CHAPTER Y our ph one is on and is connected to a 1xRTT network, but you are not a ctively transmit ting data . Y ou can s till make and answer calls. Y our ph one is on and is connected to a n EVDO network, but you are not a ctively transmit ting data .
YOUR PHON E WHAT ARE ALL THOS E ICONS? 77 4 CHAPTER The Location set t ing is on a nd your l ongitude and latit ude position are av ailable to the network and third-part y applications. When you select the 91 1 Only set ting , the radiating wav es disappear from this icon and your location is av ailable only during emergency calls.
YOUR P HONE WHAT ARE ALL THOSE ICONS? 78 4 CHAPTER Y ou have ne w text or multimedia messages. The numbers next to the icon indicate the number o f unread messages in your Inbox. Y ou can select this icon to retrieve y our messages. Display s the current (or next) ev ent from the C alendar application.
CHAPTER 79 5 Y our email and other messages Y ou alre ady kno w ho w ef ficien t emai l and messag ing are for stay ing i n tou c h. No w y our P alm ® Centro ™ sma rtphon e brings you a new lev el of convenience: ema il on th e go.
In this c hapter Email o n your smartphon e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Wire less Sync applicat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Messagin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES EMAIL O N YOUR S MARTPHONE 81 5 CHAPTER Email on y our smartphone Y o ur smart phone includes the Wireless Sync email application. Y ou can also acc ess web-based email, like Y ahoo! Mail or Hotmail, from the web browser on your smartphone.
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES THE WIRELESS SYNC APPLICATION 82 5 CHAPTER The sections that follo w cover ho w to enter your email account set tings in the Wireless Sync application. T o use the W ireless Sync application, you must subscr ibe to the Wireless Sync feat ure from V erizon Wirel ess (additional c harges may apply).
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES THE WIR ELES S SYNC APPLI CAT ION 83 5 CHAPTER Setting up Wi r eless Sync to wor k with Int er net em ail In the Wireless Sync application, all personal email a ccounts, suc h as Earthlink, AOL, or Y ahoo! Mail Plus, are considered Internet email accounts.
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES THE WIRELESS SYNC APPLICATION 84 5 CHAPTER 8 Set the follo wing Email Setup info, and then select Next : Set up In t er net email: Sele ct this set ting to set up Wireless Sync to w ork with your existing Internet email account.
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES THE WIR ELES S SYNC APPLI CAT ION 85 5 CHAPTER The first sync can t ake se veral minutes; once it’ s complete, Wireless Sync is ready to keep you up-to-date.
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES THE WIRELESS SYNC APPLICATION 86 5 CHAPTER NO TE Y ou are prompted to scribble on the screen to create a random number for encr yption. 6 Set the follo wing Account Set up inf o, and then s elect Next : Confir m home time zo ne: Select the pic k list and select the time z one where you live.
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES THE WIR ELES S SYNC APPLI CAT ION 87 5 CHAPTER 1 Press Wir eless S ync . 2 Select St ar t to download the W ireless Sync sof tware to your smartphone . (The download takes a fe w minutes. ) 3 When asked if your company has a sync ser ver , c hec k the bo x, and then select Next .
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES MESS AGI NG 88 5 CHAPTER Messaging When your phone is on, icons appear in the title bar of the Phone application ’ s Main Vie w to indicate wh ether data s er vices are av ailable. Look f or either the 1xR TT or EVD O icon in the title bar of the Phone application’ s Main View .
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES MESSAGING 89 5 CHAPTER NO TE Sending text messages to land-line phones may not be supported. 4 Press Down to jump to the body of the messag e. 5 Enter your message or select QuickT ext to insert predefined phrases. T o insert emoticons, select .
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES MESS AGI NG 90 5 CHAPTER Receiving messages When your phone is turned on a nd is in an area of wireles s cov erage, you automatica lly receive ne w text messages.
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES MESSAGING 91 5 CHAPTER 2 Press Cen te r . Y o ur smart phone automatically la unc hes the appropriate applic ation from the link. Viewing/playing a mult imedia messa ge 1 Press Applic ations and select Messag ing . 2 Select the message you want to view .
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES MESS AGI NG 92 5 CHAPTER Ar ranging your me ssages Y ou can re arrange the m essages in any folder b y using the Sort command. 1 Press Applic ations and select Messag ing . 2 In the title bar , select the f older (f or example, Inbo x or Sent) y ou want to sort.
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES MESSAGING 93 5 CHAPTER Y ou can carr y on multi ple c hats at the same time and easily switc h between them, using the pic k list at the top of the screen. 1 Press Applicat ions and select Messag ing . 2 Do one of the f ollowing: Start a new chat: S ele ct a me ssag e and reply to it.
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES MESS AGI NG 94 5 CHAPTER MMS Recei pts: Set whether or not you want to receive a confirmation when an outgoing MMS message is delivered. Va l i d i t y P e r i o d : S et how long you want an outgoing mes sage to be valid.
YOUR EMAIL AND OTHER MESSAGES MESSAGING 95 5 CHAPTER A ut omatic ally c ollect MMS messag e s: Set whether or not y ou want to download multimedia messa ges automatically . Networ k Confi gura tion: Set your messa ge retrieval pref erence: A utomatic or M anual.
YOUR EMAI L AND OT HER ME SSAGES MESS AGI NG 96 5 CHAPTER 7 Select the M essage T one pick list and select a tone for incoming message alerts. 8 Chec k the box es if you want to see onscreen alerts when a new message arrives and when a message you sent is received.
CHAPTER 97 6 Y our connections to the w eb and wireless de vices Y ou us e the web for many things: dri ving dir ectio ns, shopp ing , news, web-based ema il. Now , with th e V erizon W irele ss net work and th e built -in web b rowser , you can ta ke the web with you almost anywhere.
In this c hapter W eb browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Conne cting your co mputer t o the Int ernet through your smartp hone 10 7 Conne cting w ith Blu etoot h ® devices . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES WEB BROWSER 99 6 CHAPTER W eb browser The web brow ser on your smartphone provides quic k and easy ac cess to web pages.
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES WEB BROWS ER 10 0 6 CHAPTER 3 Do any of the f ollowing to na vigate within the web page: View a page in wide lay out for mat (as on your computer) : Pr ess Menu , select Options , and then select Wide P age Mode .
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES WEB BROWSER 101 6 CHAPTER from a sav ed page and dif f erent from a fa vorite (see Deleting a fav orite but ton ). 1 Go to the page you w ant to bookmark. 2 Press Menu . 3 Select A dd Bookma r k from the Pa ge menu.
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES WEB BROWS ER 10 2 6 CHAPTER Editing o r dele ting a b ookmark or saved page 1 In Bookmarks View , press Menu . 2 Select Edit Bookmar ks from the Bookmar ks menu. 3 Select the bookmark you want to edit or delete.
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES WEB BROWSER 10 3 6 CHAPTER music and video files in many popular formats—provided that the website permits the downloading of files.
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES WEB BROWS ER 10 4 6 CHAPTER • Select to return to the web page containing th e streamed content. • Select or press Cente r to pause playbac k. • Select or press Cente r to resume playbac k af ter pausing .
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES WEB BROWSER 10 5 6 CHAPTER 5 Select Find to sta rt the s earc h. Customizing your w eb browser settings 1 In Page Vie w , press Menu .
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES WEB BROWS ER 10 6 6 CHAPTER T ap and Dra g: Determines whether dragging the stylus selects text or scrolls through the contents of the page. Nor mal mo de/F ast mod e: Determines whether a web page appears as designed (Norma l mode) or w ith some of the items remov ed for f aster display .
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES CONNECTI NG YOUR COMPUT ER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH YOUR SM ARTPHONE 10 7 6 CHAPTER Cac he: Se ts ho w muc h me mory is being used by y our cac he to store recent pages and histor y . T o free up this memo r y , sel ect Clear Ca che .
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES CONNECTIN G YOUR COMP UTER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH Y OUR SMARTPH ONE 10 8 6 CHAPTER Bluetooth® wireless tec hnology , you can set up a w ireless connec tion to use BroadbandAccess Connect using your smartphone’ s built-in Bluetooth tec hnology .
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES CONNECTI NG YOUR COMPUT ER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH YOUR SM ARTPHONE 10 9 6 CHAPTER 4 On the Wel come scre en, clic k Next . 5 Select the option to accept the License Agreement, and then c lic k Next .
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES CONNECTIN G YOUR COMP UTER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH Y OUR SMARTPH ONE 110 6 CHAPTER interr upts the BroadbandAccess Connect connection. In a NationalAccess co verage area, incoming calls go to voicemail.
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES CONNECTI NG YOUR COMPUT ER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH YOUR SM ARTPHONE 111 6 CHAPTER it’ s ready to receive a connection request (see your com puter ’ s document ation), and then select Fi nd Mor e on your smartphone to search agai n.
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES CONNECTIN G YOUR COMP UTER TO THE INTERNE T THROUGH Y OUR SMARTPH ONE 11 2 6 CHAPTER documentat ion that came with your computer for det ails. 1 Open the Bluetooth application on your computer and let it loca te the smartphone you paired it with in the previous procedure.
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES CONNECTI NG WITH B LUETOOTH ® DEVI CES 11 3 6 CHAPTER Bluetooth devices, and it optimizes bat tery lif e, too. 1 On your computer , right-click the icon or option representing your smartphone. 2 Cli c k Disconn ect.
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES CONNECTING WITH BLU ETOOTH ® DEVIC ES 11 4 6 CHAPTER 3 (Optional) Enter a device na me that identifies your smartphone w hen it is discovered b y other B luetooth devices. NO TE Use the same device name for all your Bluetooth connections.
YOUR CONNE CTIONS TO THE WE B AND WIRELESS DEVICES CONNECTI NG WITH B LUETOOTH ® DEVI CES 11 5 6 CHAPTER the more dif ficult it is f or the passke y to be deciphered. 10 Select Done . A ccep tin g a conn ect ion f r om anot her Bluetooth device 1 Press Applic ations and select Bluet ooth .
YOUR CO NNECTIONS TO THE WEB AND WIRELE SS DEVI CES CONNECTING WITH BLU ETOOTH ® DEVIC ES 11 6 6 CHAPTER inaccessi ble to other devices af ter two minu te s. Hidden: Allows only de vices with whic h you ha ve previously f ormed a partnership to request a c onnection with your smart phone.
CHAPTER 117 7 Y our photos, videos, and music Do you hav e a wallet b ulging with ph otos of frien ds, family , pets, and your most rec ent vacatio n? Are you tired of c arr ying bo th your MP3 player and your phone? Yo u r P a l m ® Cen tro ™ smar tphone s olves both probl ems.
In this c hapter Camera a nd Camcord er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 9 Pictures & Videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 23 P ock et T unes TM Deluxe . . . .
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC CAMERA AND CAMCO RDER 11 9 7 CHAPTER Camera and Camcorder Y o ur smart phone comes with an easy-to-use, built-in, 1 .3-megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom. Y ou can use the camera to take and view pict ures and videos and send them to your friends and family .
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC CAMERA AND CAMCORD ER 12 0 7 CHAPTER Recording a video Y ou can store videos on your sm artphone or on an expansion c ard.
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC CAMERA AND CAMCO RDER 12 1 7 CHAPTER By default, the Camcorder application stores pictures you take in the Pal m folder on y our expansion card (if a card is inserted). O ther w ise, Camera stores pictures in the Pa l m album on your smartphone.
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC CAMERA AND CAMCORD ER 12 2 7 CHAPTER Customizing your Camera settings Y o u can c ustomize the built-in cam era’ s set tings for y our smartphone. 1 Press Applic ations and select Camer a or Cam corder . 2 Press Menu .
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC PICTU RES & V IDEOS 12 3 7 CHAPTER 4 Select Done . Pict ures & V ideos Vi ewing a pict ur e In addition to vie wing the pictures y ou capture with the built-in camera, you can view pict ures captured on many popular digital cameras or downloaded from the Internet.
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC PICT URES & VI DEOS 12 4 7 CHAPTER Vi ewing a vid eo In addition to vie wing the videos you capture with the built-in camcorder , you can view videos captured on many popular digital camera s. Y ou can also play the audio portion of m ultimedia files.
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC PICTU RES & V IDEOS 12 5 7 CHAPTER 5 Press Cen te r to return to the previous view . Cr eating a new album Y o u can c reate albums to organize your pict ures and videos. 1 F rom the Album list, select Creat e New Album .
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC PICT URES & VI DEOS 12 6 7 CHAPTER Copying a picture or video Y o u can c opy pictures or videos into another album. Y ou can a lso copy pictures and videos bet ween your smartphone and an expansion card. 1 F rom the Album list, select the album that cont ains the picture(s) or video(s) you wa nt to co py .
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC PICTU RES & V IDEOS 12 7 7 CHAPTER Org anizing the contents o f an a lbum 1 Open the album you w ant to organize. 2 Press Menu . 3 Select Album and then select A dd to album or Remo v e fr om albu m . 4 Select the pictures or videos to a dd or rem ove, or se lect Select All to add or remove the entire album.
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC POCKE T TUNES TM DELUX E 12 8 7 CHAPTER 3 Select Delet e from the Phot o (or Vide o ) menu. 4 Select the pictures or videos that you want to delete, or select Select All to delete the entire album. (An X appears next to selected item s.
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC POCKE T TUN ES TM DELUXE 12 9 7 CHAPTER F or more information about P oc ket T unes Deluxe, go to poc ket-t unes.com/userguide/ en/ .
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC POCKE T TUNES TM DELUX E 13 0 7 CHAPTER Mac: Drag and drop the files onto the Send T o Device droplet in the Pa l m folder . Select your device name, the file name, an d the destination ( card). Clic k OK . S ync hronize your smartphone with your computer .
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC POCKE T TUN ES TM DELUXE 13 1 7 CHAPTER Listening t o music o n your smartphone CA UTION Protect y our hearing. Listening to this device at full volume for a long period of time ca n damage your hearing. 1 Make sure the Ring er switc h is set to Sound On .
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC POCKE T TUNES TM DELUX E 13 2 7 CHAPTER P oc ket T unes Deluxe continues playing until it reac hes the end of y our list or until you select Pa u s e . Music continues to play e ven if you switc h to another application or t urn of f your screen.
YOUR PHOTO S, VIDEOS , AND MUSIC POCKE T TUN ES TM DELUXE 13 3 7 CHAPTER 5 Do any of the f ollowing: • T o delete a song fr om the playlist, select the song and then select Remove . • T o add a song , select Add So ng , select the songs you want to add, and then select OK .
YOUR PHO TOS, VID EOS, AND MUSIC POCKE T TUNES TM DELUX E 13 4 7 CHAPTER Gandalf_VZW_UG.book P age 134 Mo nday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
CHAPTER 13 5 8 Y our personal inf o rmation organiz er Say good-bye to paper calenda rs and throw awa y those scribbl ed to-do li sts. Y our P alm ® Centro ™ s martp hone is all you need to or ganize your personal information a nd keep it with you wherever y ou go.
In this c hapter Calenda r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 37 W orld Cloc k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 T asks . . . . . . . . .
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER CALE NDAR 13 7 8 CHAPTER Calendar Calendar is a powerful organizer application that helps you manage your sc hedule. Y ou can view y our calendar by da y , week, or month, or as an agenda list that c ombines your T asks list and email notifications with your appointments.
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER CALENDAR 13 8 8 CHAPTER Cr eating an even t 1 Press Cal endar until Day Vi ew appears. 2 Select Go T o and then select the desired d a y . 1 Selected date in Day View 2 Selec ted da y 3 Select New . 4 Using the keyboard, enter a starting hour and minute for the e vent, suc h as 545 for 5:45.
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER CALE NDAR 13 9 8 CHAPTER can c hange the time z one set ting f or individual ev ents. If you want y our ev ents with time zones to stay at t he same time i n Calen dar regardless of the time z one you are i n, go to the Pref erences app and select Dat e & Time .
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER CALENDAR 14 0 8 CHAPTER Scheduling a r epea ting event 1 Create a n event, and then select it. 2 Select Details . 3 Select the R epeat pic k list, and then select a repeat inter val. If the interval you need doesn ’t appear on the list, select Other to define a custom inter val.
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER CALE NDAR 14 1 8 CHAPTER Color -coding you r schedule Use color - coding to quic k ly spot various types of events. F or example, make appointments with family green, co-workers blue, and friends red. F ollow these steps to create a categ ory and assign it a c olor code.
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER CALENDAR 14 2 8 CHAPTER Customizing disp lay options for your calendar 1 Press Menu . 2 Select Opti ons a nd then select Display Options . 3 Select the Default View pic k list and select the view y ou want to see when you open Calendar .
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER CALE NDAR 14 3 8 CHAPTER indicate under which categor y the ev ent is filed. 6 Select Mont h and s et any of the follo wing options: Show Categ ory List: The Categor y pic k list appears in Month Vie w . Time d Event s: The ev ents that are sc heduled for a specific time appea r in Month View .
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER WORLD CLOCK 14 4 8 CHAPTER Reminder Sound: The tone that play s if an alarm is not ac knowledged and the alarm repeats itself. Repeat: T he number of times the alarm repeats itself if the alarm is not ac knowledged.
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER WORLD CLOCK 14 5 8 CHAPTER Selecting c ities Whatever city' s time appears abov e the world map is the system time f or your device, including for all ev ents in your Calendar . Be sure this city is always located in the time z one where you're cur rently located.
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER TASKS 14 6 8 CHAPTER 4 Enter the name of the city . 5 (Optional) Select Location to adjust the latitude and l ongitude f or the location, either by moving the cross hairs on the map, or by entering the coordinates .
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER TASKS 14 7 8 CHAPTER 3 Enter a desc ription of the task. The te xt can be longer than one line. Setting task prior ity , du e date, and ot her details The Details dialog bo x enables you to assign a priorit y level, due date, categor y , privacy flag, a nd other details for each task .
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER TASKS 14 8 8 CHAPTER 4 Select OK . Check ing off a ta sk 1 Select the task you want to c heck of f . 2 Press Cen te r or tap the c hec k bo x to c hec k of f the t ask. Org anizing your tasks In the T asks list, select one of these options: All: Displa ys all y our t asks.
YOUR PERSONAL I NFORMATION ORG ANIZER TASKS 14 9 8 CHAPTER then press Cen ter to see the various options: Due T oday , Last 7 Da ys , Ne xt 7 Day s , or Pa s t D u e . Categ ory: Displays tasks that are assigned to the selected categor y . Select the Categ ory pic k list to select a dif f erent categor y .
YOUR PERS ONAL INF ORMATION ORGA NIZER TASKS 15 0 8 CHAPTER Cus t omizi ng T asks The T asks Pref erences screen ena bles you to control the appearance of the T asks list screen. 1 In the T as ks list screen, press Menu . 2 Select Opti ons and then se lect Pref er ences .
CHAPTER 15 1 9 Y our memos and documents W ith its abili t y to store la rge amounts of import ant information, your Pa l m ® Centro ™ smartphone lets you take your of fice wi th you—including your Microsof t Of fice and PDF files .
In this c hapter Documents T o Go ® Prof essional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Memos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 55 V oice Memo . . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR MEMO S AND DOCUMENTS DOCUMEN TS TO GO ® PROFES SIONA L 15 3 9 CHAPTER Documents T o Go ® P rof essional NO TE The P alm Sof tware Inst allation CD includes the sof tware from DataViz. On your smartphone, the companion for Documents T o Go is named Documents and it’ s already inst alled o n your smartphone.
YOUR MEMO S AND D OCUMENTS DOCUMENTS TO GO ® PROF ESSI ONAL 15 4 9 CHAPTER NO TE The Documents application does not support some editing functions, suc h as multiple font sizes and spell chec king. Opening a doc ument 1 Press Applic ations and select Docu me nts .
YOUR MEMO S AND DOCUMENTS MEMOS 15 5 9 CHAPTER Memos Memos are a great way to store notes on your smartphone. Cr eating a memo 1 Press Applic ations and select Memos . 2 Enter the text you want to appear in the memo . 3 Select Done . Deleting a me mo 1 Open the memo you w ant to delete.
YOUR MEMO S AND D OCUMENTS VOICE MEMO 15 6 9 CHAPTER Vo i c e M e m o V oice Memo provides a place for y ou to record and play back notes and other important thoughts directly on your smartphone. Cr eating a vo ice memo When recording a voice memo, hold your smartphone with the screen facing you while you’ re speaking .
YOUR MEMO S AND DOCUMENTS VOICE M EMO 15 7 9 CHAPTER 3 Press Cen te r to pause or stop playbac k. TIP T o adjust the volume level, press the Vo l u m e b utton on the sid e of your smartpho ne. TIP T o c hange a voice memo ti tle, ope n the V oice Memo menu and se lect Rename Memo .
YOUR MEMO S AND D OCUMENTS VOICE MEMO 15 8 9 CHAPTER Gandalf_VZW_UG.book P age 158 Mo nday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
CHAPTER 15 9 10 Y our application and inf o management tools Sync hron ization is a grea t wa y to tr ansfer , up date, a nd bac k up info on your Palm ® Centro ™ smart phone . Sync hron izing si mply means tha t info you entered or updat ed in on e plac e (your smartphon e or your compu ter) is a utomatical ly update d in the other .
In this c hapter Using Fi nd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 61 Vie wing and u sing the alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Calcula tor . . . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS USING FIND 16 1 10 CHAPTER Using Find The Find f eature locates any text in the built-in applications and databases and in some th ird-party applica tions, including Of fice files stored in Documents.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS CALCULATOR 16 2 10 CHAPTER In the Alert dialog bo x, you can do an y of the f ollowing: • Chec k the box ne xt to the alert to remove it from the list. • Select the alert to open the corresponding application and view the alert item (messa ge, ev ent, missed call, and so on).
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS CALCUL ATOR 16 3 10 CHAPTER Selectin g functi ons in Advanced Cal cul at or Mo de 1 Sw it ch t o Adv anced Mode (see the preceding procedure).
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS INSTALLING APPLICATIONS 16 4 10 CHAPTER 5 Select Pr ef and then select the decimal displ a y f orma t: Flo at , Fix ed (x) , Sci(x) , or Eng(x) . 6 Press Menu . 7 Select Pr ef and then select the num ber displ a y f orma t: Degr ees , Radi ans , or Grads .
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS INSTALLING APPLICATIONS 16 5 10 CHAPTER 3 Select the Install link below the name of the applica tion you want to install.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS INSTALLING APPLICATIONS 16 6 10 CHAPTER BEFOR E YOU B EGIN T o inst all an app from your computer to y our smartphone, you must first install Palm ® Desktop sof tware on y our computer (see Inst alling the deskto p sync hronization software ).
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS REMOVING APPLI CATIONS 16 7 10 CHAPTER R emo ving appl ications If y ou decide that you no longer need an application, or you w ant to free up memor y , you can remov e apps from your smartphone or an expansion card (for more on ex pansion cards, see Inserting an e xpa nsi on car d ) .
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS VIEWIN G APPL ICATI ON IN FO 16 8 10 CHAPTER Manua lly dele ting ap plicat ions If an app you delete reappears on your smartphone, you may need to manually delete the app fr om your computer . 1 Locate your Bac kup subf older on your computer .
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS SENDING I NFORMATI ON WITH BLUET OOTH ® WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY 16 9 10 CHAPTER Ve r s i o n : The version numbers of applications on your smartphone. Size: The size (in kilob ytes) of applications and information on your smartphone.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS SENDING I NFORMATI ON WITH BLUE TOOTH ® WIRELESS TE CHNOLOGY 17 0 10 CHAPTER 8 Select the receiving device(s) from t he Discovery Results list, and then select OK . 9 W ait for a message to indicate that the transfer is complete before y ou continue using your sm artphone.
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS BEAMING INFORMA TION 17 1 10 CHAPTER 4 Use the oth er device to discover your smartphone a nd send information to it: • See the other device ’ s documentation to learn how to discover and send inf ormation over a Bluetooth wireless connection.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS BEAMING IN FORMATION 17 2 10 CHAPTER categor y , suc h as all the c ontacts in the Business or Family ca tegor y . 1 Open the application that holds the entr y you want to beam. 2 Select t he entr y or categ ory you want to beam.
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS SYNCHRONIZ ING INFORMA TION—ADVANC ED 17 3 10 CHAPTER 5 Select the application you w ant to transfer . 6 Select Beam . 7 When the Beam Status dialog bo x appears, point the IR port on y our smartphone directly at the IR port of the receiving device.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS SYNCHRO NIZING INFO RMATION— ADVANCED 17 4 10 CHAPTER example, if y ou don ’t use the Memos application and you w ant to speed up sync hronization, you can turn of f sync hronization for Memos. WINDOWS ONLY 1 Cli c k Hot S ync ® manager in the tas kbar in the lower -right corner of your screen.
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS SYNCHRONIZ ING INFORMA TION—ADVANC ED 17 5 10 CHAPTER smartphone and “desktop” refers to y our computer .
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS SYNCHRO NIZING INFO RMATION— ADVANCED 176 10 CHAPTER ov erw r it es Macint osh for th e Calendar app to ha ve your smartphone inf o replace the info on your Mac. Note that “handheld” ref ers to your smartphone.
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS SYNCHRONIZ ING INFORMA TION—ADVANC ED 17 7 10 CHAPTER 4 Select the Visi bil ity pick list and select Visible or Te m p o r a r y . 5 Select Set up Devi ces . 6 Select HotSync Setup . 7 Foll ow the onscreen instr uctions to create a partnership bet ween y our smartphone and your co mputer .
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS SYNCHRO NIZING INFO RMATION— ADVANCED 17 8 10 CHAPTER 1 Press Applic ations and select Hot S ync . 2 Select Local .
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS SYNCHRONIZ ING INFORMA TION—ADVANC ED 17 9 10 CHAPTER 2 On your smartphone, pres s App li cat ion s and select Hot S ync . 3 Select Local . 4 Select the pic k list belo w the HotSync icon and selec t IR t o a PC /Handheld .
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS USING EXPAN SION CARDS 180 10 CHAPTER Using expansion card s The expansion card slot on your smartphone enables you to add microSD cards to extend the storage capacity of your smartphone (expansion cards sold separately).
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS USING EXPANSION CARDS 181 10 CHAPTER Removing an expansion ca rd 1 Gently p ress down on the ba t t er y door , and then s lide the door downward to remove it from your de vice. 2 Open the expansion slot door .
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS USING EXPAN SION CARDS 182 10 CHAPTER 1 Insert th e expansion card into the expansion card slot. The Card category of Applications View automatically appears. 2 Select the category pic k list in the title bar , and select All .
YOUR APPLICATION AND INFO MANAGEMENT TOOLS USING EXPANSION CARDS 183 10 CHAPTER Viewing ex pansio n card infor matio n The Card Inf o application display s general inf ormation about the expansion card that is currently in the expansion slot, and it enables you to rename and format a card.
YOUR AP PLICATION AND INFO MA NAGEMENT TOO LS USING EXPAN SION CARDS 184 10 CHAPTER 1 Insert th e expansion card into the expansion card slot. 2 Select the category pic k list at the top of the screen and select All . 3 Select Car d Inf o . 4 Pre ss Menu .
185 11 Y our personal set t ings Customi zin g your Palm ® Centro ™ s martph one is a grea t wa y to make it matc h your lif est yle and work ev en harder for you. On your smar tphone, you c an easi ly cus tomize the sounds, fonts, screen c olors, and more .
In this c hapter Sy stem sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Display and appe arance sett ings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Applic ations s et ti ngs . . . . . . . . . .
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS SYSTE M SOUN D SE TTING S 187 11 CHAPTER S y stem sound set tings Silencing so unds Y o u can immediately silence all alerts, ringtones, music that play s through the built-in speaker , and s ystem sounds by sliding the Ringer switc h to Sound Of f .
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS DISPLAY AND APPEARANCE SETTINGS 188 11 CHAPTER 4 Select Done . Display and appear ance set ti ngs Adjusting th e brightness Depending on the lighting c onditions in whic h you’ re using your smartphone, y ou may need to adju st the brightness of the screen.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS DISPLAY AND APPEARANCE SETTINGS 18 9 11 CHAPTER 1 Open the application in whic h y ou want to c hange the font. 2 Press Menu . 3 Select Option s and th en select Font . 4 Select a font style. (In the web bro wser , select the F ont size pic k list and select Larg e or Small .
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS APPLICATIONS SETTINGS 19 0 11 CHAPTER Alignin g the scr een to co r rect tapping problems Occasionally , the smartphone touc hscreen alignment may need to be readjusted. If this problem occurs, you may see the wrong f eature being activ ated when you tap the scre en.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS APPLICATIONS S ETTINGS 19 1 11 CHAPTER Ar rangin g app licati ons by category Y o u can assign an application to a categor y and then display a specific catego ry of applications in Applicat ions View .
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS APPLICATIONS SETTINGS 19 2 11 CHAPTER Rea ssi gning but t ons With Buttons P ref erences, you can select whic h applications are associated with the quic k but t ons and t he Side but ton on your smartphone.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS LOCKING YOUR SM ARTPHONE AND INFO 19 3 11 CHAPTER 3 Select each pic k list and select t he application you want to assoc iate with that function. 4 Select Done . L oc king your smartphone an d info Y o ur smart phone includes several f eatures that protect it from unintend ed use and keep y our information private.
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS LOCKING YO UR SMARTPHO NE AND INFO 19 4 11 CHAPTER Y ou can c hange how quic kly Keyguard turns on, or y ou can disable this f eature altogether . T o c hange the Key guard set tings, do the f ollowing: 3 Press Applic ations and select Pr efs .
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS LOCKING YOUR SM ARTPHONE AND INFO 19 5 11 CHAPTER 4 Select Done . Locking your phon e (Pho ne Lock) Y o u can loc k y our phone to pre vent unauthorized calls and use of other wireless feat ures. When your phone is loc ked, you must enter the cor rect code to unloc k it.
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS LOCKING YO UR SMARTPHO NE AND INFO 19 6 11 CHAPTER 8 Select OK . If you selected Immediately in step 5, your phone loc ks right awa y . If you selected On phone po wer of f , your phone loc ks the next time y ou press and hold Pow e r / E n d to turn of f your phone.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS LOCKING YOUR SM ARTPHONE AND INFO 19 7 11 CHAPTER 3 Assign a password and a password hint. 4 Select the Au to Lock Device box. 5 When prompted, enter your password and select OK . 6 Select one of the f ollowing options: Never: Pre vents your smartphone f rom loc king automatical ly .
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS LOCKING YO UR SMARTPHO NE AND INFO 19 8 11 CHAPTER the entr y is there but k eeps it from being legible. Af ter you enable the mask or hide set ting, any entries marked as pr ivate are immediately hidden or m asked. If you define a password, you must enter it to display priv ate entries.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS LOCKING YOUR SM ARTPHONE AND INFO 19 9 11 CHAPTER Secur ity passwor d and Pa lm ® Desk top so ft wa re ( Wi n d ow s ) Y o u can s et the W indows version of Pa l m ® Des ktop sof tware to obser ve the security pas sword for your smartphone.
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS SYSTE M SETTI NGS 200 11 CHAPTER enter your password, and then select OK to continue. 4 Enter the text that you want to appear in the Owner Preferences screen.
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS SYSTEM SET TINGS 20 1 11 CHAPTER 4 If the Loca ti on pic k list appears, select it and then select a city in your time zone. 5 If the Date and Time fields appear , select the Date field and s elect the date, and then se lect the Time fi eld and select the time.
YOUR P ERSON AL SET TINGS CONNECTING TO A VPN 202 11 CHAPTER specified time period, your smart phone tu rns o f f a utoma tica ll y . Bac kligh t dur i ng call s: T o preser ve power during an active call, you can set the screen bac klight to ei ther dim or turn of f af ter a s pecified amount of time .
YOUR PE RSONAL S ETTINGS CONNECT ING TO A V PN 203 11 CHAPTER third-part y VPN client on your smartphone to use this feature. 1 Inst all your third-party VPN client. See Inst alling applications for details. 2 Press Applic ations and select Pr efs . 3 Select VPN .
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CHAPTER 205 T roubleshooting 12 Althoug h we can ’t an ticipat e all the quest ions you migh t have, this c hapter pro vides answ ers to so me of the most commonly asked quest ions you mig ht have about your P alm ® Centro ™ smartphon e. F or ad diti onal informat ion a nd answers to other common que stio ns, visit palm.
In this c hapter Upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Desktop software insta llation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Reset ting your s martphone . . . .
TROUBLESHO OTING UPGRADING 207 12 CHAPTER Upgrading If you e xperience problems with your smartphone af ter performing the upgrade steps in this gu ide, you may hav e incompatible applications or set t ings that were not quarantined during the installation pro cess.
TROUBLESHOOTING UPGRADING 208 12 CHAPTER time from t he Old_Ap ps folder to the Bac kup f older , and then sync. If the p roblem recurs, dele te the last app you inst alled and report t he problem to its developer . See Removing applications for instr uctions.
TROUBLESHO OTING DESKTOP SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 209 12 CHAPTER Desktop sof t ware installation If y ou are having trouble installing the desktop sof t ware, y ou may have the wrong version of the sof tware or some of your computer ’ s resources may be una vailable.
TROUBLESHOOTING RESE TTING YOUR SM ARTPHON E 21 0 12 CHAPTER 1 Remov e the battery fro m your smartphone, and then reinsert it. Don ’t know how? See Replacing the bat ter y . NO TE The reset begins when you reinsert the bat tery . 2 At the end of the sof t reset, Date & Time Pref erences appear .
TROUBLESHO OTING RESE TTING YOUR SMAR TPHON E 21 1 12 CHAPTER your f ormats, pref erences, and other set tings to the f actor y default set tings. 1 Remov e the battery from your smartphone, and then reinsert it. Don ’t know how? See Replacing the bat ter y .
TROUBLESHOOTING REPLACING THE BATTE RY 212 12 CHAPTER R eplacing the bat ter y Y o ur sm artphone comes w ith a replacea ble bat tery . Y ou must use a replacement bat ter y that is recommended or sold by P alm and is com patible with the smartphone.
TROUBLESHO OTING SCREEN 213 12 CHAPTER and then follow the onscreen instructions to set up your smartphone. Screen The scr een app ears blan k 1 When a call lasts longer than the limit specified in P ow er Pr eferences, the screen dims automatica lly .
TROUBLESHOOTING SYNCHRO NIZATION 214 12 CHAPTER There’ s a blinkin g bell in th e upp er -left cor ner The blinking bel l in the upper -lef t corner of the screen is the Alert icon. It appears when you ha ve alarms or messages that you ha ven ’ t ac knowledged.
TROUBLESHO OTING SYNCHRONIZ ATION 215 12 CHAPTER I can’ t fi nd my user folder Windows: If your device name is one word, your user folder name is the firs t six c haracters of your device name.
TROUBLESHOOTING SYNCHRO NIZATION 216 12 CHAPTER screen, and m ake sure that Local USB is c hec ked. If y ou don ’t see the HotS ync manager icon, c lic k St ar t , select Pr ogr ams , select Palm, and then select HotSync Manager . Mac: Find the Pal m folder on your Mac hard drive.
TROUBLESHO OTING SYNCHRONIZ ATION 21 7 12 CHAPTER MAC ONL Y Mac computers do not provide an option for uninstalling Palm Desktop sof tware. F or information on uninsta lling Pa lm Desktop sof tware on a Mac, go to palm.com/ centroveriz on-support or cont act Palm T ec hnical Support f or Mac computers.
TROUBLESHOOTING SYNCHRO NIZATION 21 8 12 CHAPTER 2 Sync hronize. 3 If the p roblem is resolved, begin reinsta lling your third-party applications one at a time by double-clic king a single file in the original Backup subfolder that you renamed, and sync after eac h application you install.
TROUBLESHO OTING SYNCHRONIZ ATION 219 12 CHAPTER 3 Open the HotSync m anager on your computer , and mak e sure the necessar y conduits are set to Synchronize th e file s . NO TE If you need to c hang e the set ting to Sync hr oniz e the files , be sure to c he c k the Set as default box as well.
TROUBLESHOOTING SYNCHRO NIZATION 220 12 CHAPTER 4 Select an application that h as duplicate entries and also has Outlook in its name. 5 Cli c k Cha nge . 6 Select Deskt op overw r ite s handhel d , and then c lic k OK . 7 If more than one application has duplicate entries, repeat steps 4 through 6 for eac h applicat ion with duplicates.
TROUBLESHO OTING SYNCHRONIZ ATION 221 12 CHAPTER Y o u shou ld now be able to assign time zones to your e vent s without encountering this problem. If you’ re using Palm Desktop softw are: 1 On your smartphone, pres s Calen dar . 2 Press Menu . 3 Select Option s and th en select Pref er ences .
TROUBLESHOOTING PHONE 222 12 CHAPTER Phone Signal s trength is wea k Become familiar with lo w coverage areas where you live, commute, work, and play . Then y ou will kn ow when to expect signal–strength issues. Y ou can c hec k signal strength by looking a t the signal–strength icon in the title bar of the Phone application ’ s Main View .
TROUBLESHO OTING PHONE 223 12 CHAPTER I hear m y own v oice ec ho Ask the person on t he other en d of the call to t urn down the v olume on his or her phone or to hold the phone c loser to his or her ear . My voice is too qui et on the other end • Be sure to place the bot tom of the smartphone, or the hands-free microphone, close t o your mouth.
TROUBLESHOOTING HANDS-FRE E DEVICES 224 12 CHAPTER touc h-sensitive f ea t ure during incoming calls (see Loc king your screen ). Hands-free de vices Bluetooth range is up to 30 f eet (1 0 meters) in optim um environmental conditions.
TROUBLESHO OTING EMAI L 225 12 CHAPTER • Confirm that no obstructions, including your body , are between your smartphone and your hands-free device. • If the problem persists, turn the Bluet ooth set ting to Of f and then turn it bac k on again.
TROUBLESHOOTING WEB 226 12 CHAPTER Delay s can a lso occur bet ween the time that a message is sent and the time it is received. • V erify with th e recipient that t he receiving device can handle text messa ges. • If a text message arrives but does not display an alert, perform a sof t reset (see P e rforming a s of t reset ).
TROUBLESHO OTING WEB 227 12 CHAPTER My smartphone won’t co nnect to the Inter net Y o ur smartphone supports the 1xRTT and EVDO wireless dat a networks. T o connect to the Internet, you must subscribe to and activate data ser vices with V e rizon Wirel ess, and you must be in a location with data coverage.
TROUBLESHOOTING WEB 228 12 CHAPTER page you were originally tr ying to view , the page may contain elements that are not supported by the web browser . These include Flash, Shockw av e, VBScript, WMLScript, and other plug- ins. Some websites use a redirector to their tr ue home page.
TROUBLESHO OTING WEB 229 12 CHAPTER smartphone screen. Switc h to Wide Page Mode to see the full-size image (see Vie wing a web page ). Y o u may also be ab le to save the image on your smartphone or a n expansion card and then view the image lat er on your computer .
TROUBLESHOOTING CAMERA 230 12 CHAPTER Camera Here are some tips for ta king good pic t ures with the built-in camera: • Clean the camera’ s lens with a sof t, lint-free cloth. • T ake pictures in bright lighting conditions. Low -light images may be grainy , due to the sensitivity of the came ra.
TROUBLESHO OTING THIRD -PAR TY APPL ICAT IONS 231 12 CHAPTER Emai l: Message s that have large at tac hments can quickly consume memor y on your smartphone. Delete messa ges with large at tac hments. If you ha ve hundreds of messages with or without at tac hments, you may want to delete older messages to make room.
TROUBLESHOOTING THIRD-PARTY APPLICATIONS 232 12 CHAPTER 1 P erform a soft reset (see P e rforming a s of t reset ). 2 If the problem persists, perform a system reset ( see P erforming a system reset ). 3 Delete the most recently installed application from your smartphone (see Removing applications ).
TROUBLESHO OTING ERRO R MESSAG ES 233 12 CHAPTER Error messages Y o ur smartphone is designed to minimize interr uptions when a system error occurs. If your smartphone encounters a system error , it automatically resets itself and resumes functioning as norm al.
TROUBLESHOOTING ERROR M ESSAGES 234 12 CHAPTER Gandalf_VZW_UG.book P age 234 Mo nday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
TERM S 235 Te r m s 1xEVDO (Ev o lution Data Optimiz ed) : A wireless broadband tec hnology (also known as EVD O and BroadbandAccess) that is designed f or very high-speed data transf er , with a verage do wnload speeds of 400 to 700Kbps and the capability of reac hing speeds up to a theoretica l maximum of 2.
TERMS 236 Dialog box A set of options and comma nd but tons that is enclosed by a border and that ena bles you to carr y out a specific t ask. Dia l-up ne tw or ki ng (D UN) Wireless technology that enables y ou to convert y our smartphone into a wireless modem so that you can access the Internet from your computer .
TERM S 237 Pa l m ® OS by ACCESS The operating system of your smartphone. Pa l m ® O S is known for its simplicity of use and for the large number of com patible third-part y applications tha t can be added to your smartphone.
TERMS 238 messages can usually include up to 1 60 c haracters; messages with more tha n 1 60 c haracters are a utomatically split into several messages.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LEGAL INFORMATION 239 Import ant saf et y and legal informati on FCC Noti ce This equipment has been tested and f ound to comply with the limits for a C lass B digital device, pursuant to part 1 5 of the FCC Rules.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LE GAL INFORMATION 240 Static Electr icity , ESD, and Y our P alm ® Device Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause damage to electronic devices if discharged into the device, so you should t ake steps to avoid suc h an occurr ence.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LEGAL INFORMATION 241 • A void dropping the phone or bat tery . If the phone or bat tery is dropped, especially on a hard surface, and the user suspects damage, take it to a ser vice center for inspection. • Improper bat tery use may result in a fire, explosion or other hazard.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LE GAL INFORMATION 242 • Make use of the special f eatures in the handset that minimize the number of but tons whic h have to be pressed, suc h as message templates and predicti.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LEGAL INFORMATION 243 1 CHAPTER The amount of sound produced by a portable audio device varies depending on the nature of the sound, the device, the device set tings and the headpho nes.
IMPORTANT SAFETY AND LE GAL INFORMATION 244 1 CHAPTER Gandalf_VZW_UG.book P age 244 Mo nday, February 25, 2008 10:50 PM.
SPECIFICATIONS 245 Specifications Radio CDMA 1900/800 M Hz digita l dual-band EVDO and 1xRTT Phone f eatures • S peakerphone • Hands-free heads et jac k (2 .
SPECIFICA TIONS 246 Size • 4. 2" x 2.1" x 0.73" • (1 07 .2 m m x 53.65 m m x 18.6 mm) W eight 4.1 2 ounces (1 16. 8 grams) Connectivit y • IR • Bluetooth ® wireless technology ( 1 .
SPECIFICATIONS 247 Included softw are • Blazer ® web browser (Internet) • Calculator (Basic and Adv anced) • Calendar • Camcorder • Camera • Contacts • Documents T o Go ® Prof essiona .
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249 Inde x SYMBO LS ! in Tasks list 148 NUMERI CS 1xEV-DO technol ogy 235 1xRTT data ser vices 75 1XRT T pro toco l 235 24-hour clock 189 5-way navigator 29, 30 911 calls 77, 195 911 Only op tion 73, .
250 albums crea ting 125, 126 albums. See photo albums; video al bums alert button s 90 Alert dialo g box 48, 90, 16 1 alert icon 76 alert tones 70, 95 alerts clearing 48, 162 displaying 16 2 hiding t.
251 Backup folder 168, 2 15 Basic Mode (calculator) 163 battery charging 12–14 conserving 14–15, 201 disp osi ng of 213 inse rti ng 11, 212 precaution s for 11 repla cing 14, 212 viewing status o .
252 C cache 107, 231 Calc icon 162 calculatin g device space 19 Calculator app 162–164 calculator mod es 162 calendar adding alarms 139, 143 adding even ts 138, 139 color-co ding events 141 customiz.
253 Chat View 90, 92 Choose song butt on 131 Choose Songs command 132 city informati on 201 City pick list 145 Clear Cache button 107 Clear Cookies bu tton 106 Clear Voicemail Icon option 49 clock 144.
254 assigning cal ler IDs to 58–59 assigning favo rites to 61 categorizin g 57 changing i nfo for 57 crea ting 57 delet ing 60 entering i nfo for 56, 57 getting di rections for 58 looking u p 44, 61.
255 changing eve nt 141 completing tasks and 147, 148, 150 setting system 200 sorting on 92 viewing curre nt 144 viewing due 148, 150 Day View 137, 142 daylight savi ngs 145, 146 decimal values 164, 1.
256 alternate charact ers 35 applicati on info 168–169 applicati on menus 31 applicati ons 38, 191 attachments 153 bookmarks 101 Call Log 46 connection info 112 connection status 75, 99 contact info.
257 emergency calls 77, 195 emoticons 89 empty battery ico n 14 empty time slots 142 Enable backgroun d play opti on 132 Enable Voice Privacy opt ion 73 encryption 73, 99 Eng(x) displ ay format 164 en.
258 Files applicat ion 181 financial calculator 162 financial functions 163 Find d ialog bo x 161 Find Te xt on Page command 104 finding chat sessions 93 contacts 44, 57, 69 text 104, 161 firewalls 20.
259 home pa ge 100, 105 HotSync icon 174, 216 HotSync Log 217 HotSync manager 177, 178, 215, 236 HotSync technology 23 6 See also synchronizatio n hypertext li nks.
260 J JavaScript elements 105 K keyboard diali ng f rom 43, 44 entering al ternate characters from 35, 36 entering i nfo from 33–35 locking 42, 193–194 restoring de faults for 192 keyboard b ackli.
261 memory slots (calcul ator) 164 memos 155, 221 See also notes; voice memos Memos application 25, 151, 155, 188 Memos icon 155 Menu i con 31 menus 31 message icons 96 Message Tone pick list 96 messa.
262 Music_Audio folder 130 mute but ton 51 N name s. See customer names; devi ce names nami ng expansion card s 183 photo g roups 122 playlists 132 voice memos 157 NationalAcces s connec tions 75, 227.
263 Palm i nstallation tool 237 Palm o nline su pport 5 Palm operating system 237, 245 Palm OS devices 19, 217, 218 Palm OS software 164 Palm Software Installation CD 4, 209 partner ships 65, 110, 113.
264 forwarding 56 making 16, 43–47, 50, 53 mana gi ng 51, 55 placing on hold 51 receiv ing 47, 54 sending to vo icemail 47 switching be tween 54, 55 transmittin g location duri ng 73, 77 viewing hi .
265 Power Preference s screen 201 Power/End butto n 41, 42, 50 PowerPoint fi les 153 prefer ences alarm tones 143 alert tones 70 applicati ons 190–193 butt ons 192 calculator 164 calendar 142–143 .
266 redirector (website s) 228 refreshing web page s 100, 227 reinstalling Palm Desktop software 219 Reminder S ound pick list 144 reminders. See alarms; alerts Remo ve f rom albu m command 127 removi.
267 screen protecto rs 213 scroll arrows 29 scrol ling 100, 106 searching for contacts 44, 57, 69 specific charact ers 161 text 104, 161 searching for si gnal 15 secondary apps 38, 192 secure websites.
268 displaying space o n 19 features 3, 9–10 freeing space on 20, 167, 230 getting he lp with 3, 4, 5 getting started with 4, 15, 27 installi ng third-party apps and 18, 21, 231 locking 196 pers ona.
269 IR ports a nd 178–179 offline 219 overview 24 precaution for 19 removing app s and 167 third-pa rty applicati ons and 21, 211, 214 timing ou t 218 troublesh ooting 214–221 synchronization soft.
270 compatibili ty with 18, 21 delet ing 231 getting h elp with 166, 232 hard resets and 210 installing 21, 165, 207 searching in 161 synchronizing and 21, 211, 214 troublesho oting 231–232 uninstalling 210 VPN clients and 203 third-party software .
271 user folders 208, 215, 23 8 User Gui de 5 V Validi ty Period option 94 Verizon Wireless 48 Verizon Wireless icon 75 VersaMail application 25, 81 version numb ers 169 Vibrate pick list 70, 71, 143 .
272 web br ows er accessing email and 81 beaming from 172 customizing 105–107 freeing memo ry and 231 hiding to olbar in 104 opening 38, 99 overview 99 restriction s for 99 setting default vi ew 101.
273 viewing mul timedia on 128 wireless accounts. See accounts wireless conn ections 97, 107, 169, 170 wireless featu res 15, 109, 231 wireless mode ms 110 Wireless Sync applicatio n 37, 81–87, 225 .
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An important point after buying a device Palm Centro (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Palm Centro yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Palm Centro - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Palm Centro you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Palm Centro will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Palm Centro, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Palm Centro.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Palm Centro. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Palm Centro along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
