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Online User’s Guide PCS Phone Handspring ® Treo™ 300 User Guide.
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Contents 1. Introd uct ion to Y our PCS Phon e Hand sprin g ® Treo™ 300 . . . . . . . . . 1 What is a PCS T reo 300? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System requirements . .
Choosing preference s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Installing an d removing applica tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6. Ap plicatio n-Spe cific Ta sks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 PhoneBoo k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using the Speed Dial view .
Copying text messag es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 4 Sorting messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Deleting messages .
Formats Pre ferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Country de fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10. Trou blesho oting T ips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 39 Software i nstallation problem s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Operati ng proble ms .
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 Intro duction 1 1 Introduction to Your PCS Phone Handspring ® Treo™ 300 his chapter explains the physical buttons and controls .
Section 1 2 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 What is a PCS Treo 300 ? Y our PCS T reo 300 combines t he power of a full-feat ured mobile phone, a Palm OS ® handheld, and the Internet in one compact and i ndispensable device.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 3 Intro duction 1 © 25 MB available hard disk space © VGA monitor or better © CD-ROM drive (you can also download Palm Desktop software from www .sprint pcs.com) © Internet Explorer 5.
Section 1 4 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 7. If any data for your third party applicati ons did not transfer , beam it from your old handheld to your PCS T reo 300. 8. If you created a pas sword on your old handheld, enter it on your PCS T reo 300.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 5 Intro duction 1 PCS Treo 300 compo nents Locati ng fro nt pa nel co ntrols 1. Speake r 3. Rock er swit ch 2. H eadset jack 7. S croll but tons 6. Micropho ne 8. Applicatio n buttons 4.
Section 1 6 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 1. Spea ker: Functi ons as the earpiece on your PCS T reo 300 . 2. Headse t jack: Enables you to connect a hands-free headset for use with the wireless features. Use only headsets that are compatible with your PCS T reo 300.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 7 Intro duction 1 Ti p : If your phone screen i s turned off, pres sing any applica tion bu tton turns on and ope ns the cor respon ding applicat ion. 9. Keyboar d: E nables: you to type letters, numbers and sym bols on your phone.
Section 1 8 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 6. LED: Provides status information for your PCS T reo 300 based on the color of the light and the blink state.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 9 Intro duction 1 Charging the battery T o use your phone, you must connect the tr avel charger or the H otSync cable and charge the battery .
Section 1 10 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 Turning yo ur PCS Treo 300 on and of f Y our PCS T reo 300 has two operating modes: a handheld mode and a wireless mode. Y ou can turn the handheld mode and the wireless m ode on and off independent of each other .
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 1 Intro duction 1 © The backlight also turns off automatically (af ter a period of inactivity) with the Auto-off feature.
Section 1 12 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 Using the st ylus to get t hings don e Like using a mouse to click el ements on a computer scr een, using the stylus to tap element s on your phone screen is a way to get t hings done on your phone.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 3 Intro duction 1 Elements of the phone inte rface 1. Menu bar: A set o f comman ds tha t are speci fic to t he app licatio n. Not all applications have a menu bar . 2. Command bu ttons : T ap a button to perform a comm and.
Section 1 14 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 1. P revious /next a rrows : T ap the up and down arrows to display the previous and next page of information; tap the lef t and right arrows to display the previous and next record.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 5 Intro duction 1 T o move arou nd th e scre en do on e of the follow ing: © T ap an item wit h the stylus. © Press the sc roll buttons to scr oll thro ugh the i tems on the sc reen.
Section 1 16 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 T o op en the Pr efe rence s scr eens : 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the Pr efe ren ces ic on . 3. T ap the category pick li st in the upper -right corner of the screen.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 7 Intro duction 1 2. T ap the up or down arrows to change the hour . 3. T ap each minute number , and then tap the arrows to change them. 4. T ap AM or PM . Note: Your phone ca n also di splay t ime based on a 24- hour clo ck.
Section 1 18 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 Using t he headset Y ou can connect a headset f or hands-free operation. Y our PCS T reo 300 is compatible with the included headset and other headset s listed at www . sprintpcs.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 1 9 Intro duction 1 Connecti ng the HotSync cabl e The HotSync cable that comes with your PCS T reo 300 enables you to charge your phone battery and to synchronize the information on your phone using HotSync technology .
Section 1 20 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 Note: If you are unsur e abou t the exact location of the USB p ort or se rial port on y our co mpute r, refe r to the m anu al suppl ied wit h the co mput er. 4. Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet.
Section 1 Introduction to Your PCS Pho ne Handspring ® Treo™ 300 2 1 Intro duction 1 © Import and export data, so you can easi ly transfer data from other desktop applications into many of your applicatio ns. See the section that begins on page 32 for details.
Section 1 22 Introductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 Using your pho ne with M icrosoft Ou tlook The software that comes with your PCS T reo 300 i ncludes everythi ng you need to synchronize your phone with Microsoft Outlook.
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 2 3 Enter ing Da ta 2 2 Entering Data in Your Phone his chapter explains how to enter data into your PCS Phone Handspri ng ® T r eo™ 300 using each of the foll.
Section 2 24 Entering Data in Your Phon e Using the PCS Tr eo 300 keyboard The PCS T reo 300 keyboard is the prim ary method you’ll use to enter data into your phone. Each letter key on the keyboard has three functions: © Normal: T ypes a lowerca se le tter .
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 2 5 Enter ing Da ta 2 T o enter only capital letters (Ca ps Lock ): 1. Press Shift twice. When Caps Lock i s active, an underlined “up arrow” symbol app ears in the lower -right corner of the phone screen. 2. T ype the text you want to capitalize.
Section 2 26 Entering Data in Your Phon e T ypi ng acc ent ed chara cte rs The ListT ype fe ature enables you to enter accented characters. You can enter the fo llowin g acc ented l etters: à á ä â ã å ç è é ë ê ì í ï î ñ ò ó ö ô õ ù ú ü û ý ÿ T o enter acce nted ch arac ters: 1.
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 2 7 Enter ing Da ta 2 3. Press ListT ype . 4. Use the scroll butt ons to select the ext ended symbol you want t o insert.
Section 2 28 Entering Data in Your Phon e Ti p : T o enter a tab, pr ess Shift and then press Spa ce . Navi gation ke y stro kes In addition to character symbols, your phone includes special keystrokes that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications.
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 2 9 Enter ing Da ta 2 T o use th e menu ba r: 1. Open an application (such as Memo Pad). 2. Press Menu to open the menu bar . Ti p : Yo u can also ope n the men u bar by tapp ing the inve rted tab at the top of any app licati on’s scr een (exc ept Calc ulator) .
Section 2 30 Entering Data in Your Phon e T o use key board sh ortcu ts for menu comm ands: 1. Press Menu to open the menu bar . 2. T ype the menu comma nd shortcut letter . For example, to choose Copy in the Edit menu, press Menu foll owed by th e le tter “c.
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 3 1 Enter ing Da ta 2 T o use a Sh ortC ut: 1. T ype the l etter s . 2. Press ListT ype . 3. Use the scroll buttons to select the ShortCut sym bol . Note: The ShortC ut symbol appea rs by the cursor t o show t hat you ar e in ShortC ut m ode.
Section 2 32 Entering Data in Your Phon e Note: The onscree n keyboar d also i ncludes a dialog box for i nterna tional charact ers. Yo u can sw itch amon g the three dial ogs at any time to enter the exac t text you ne ed. 5. After you finish, tap Done to close t he onscreen keyboard and plac e the text in the recor d.
Section 2 Entering Data in Your Phone 3 3 Enter ing Da ta 2 © T o Do List archive (.tda) © Memo Pad archive (.mpa) Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop software. Use the archive file formats t o share information with other people who use Palm OS handhelds or to create a copy of your im portant Palm Desktop infor mat ion.
Section 2 34 Entering Data in Your Phon e.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 35 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 3 Managing You r Applica tions his chapter explains how to switch between applications on your PCS Phone Handspring ® T reo™ 300,.
Section 3 36 Managing Your App lications Using the Appl ications Laun cher Y our phone is equipped with a vari ety of applications. All t he applications installed on your phone appear in the Applications Launcher . Openin g appl ications Y ou can use the Applications Launcher to open any application installed on your phone.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 37 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 Switc hing betw een app li catio ns When working in any application, press Option and then pres s Menu , or press an application button on the front panel of your phone to switch to another application.
Section 3 38 Managing Your App lications T o displ ay appl icat ions by cate gor y: 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the Applications Launcher . 2. Do one of the following: n Hold Option and press Menu repeatedly to cycle through all your categories.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 39 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 4. T ap the Remember Last Categ ory check box to select it. 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Choosing pr eferences Y ou can set options that affect an entire application in the appl ication’ s Preferences dialog box.
Section 3 40 Managing Your App lications decompression utility , s earch the Internet using phrases l ike 'zip deco mpressi on' o r 'how t o unzip'. This wi ll le ad you t o vari ous th ird- party utilit ies that you can use to decom press any kind of co mpressed or downloaded file--not just add-ons for your phone.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 41 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 Ti p : Y ou ca n also acc ess t he Instal l Tool dial og box by s elec ting Install To o l u nde r Sprin t on the St art menu, or by double-c licking any f ile with a PRC file ex tensio n.
Section 3 42 Managing Your App lications 8. Clic k Done . 9. Perform a HotSync operation to install the application(s) you selected in step 6. See the s ection that begins on page 76 for details. Ti p : Y ou ca n also in stall an ap plica tion by s imply do uble-c licking t he applicat ion’s icon.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 43 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 Ti p : I f you ins talled Pa lm Desk top so ftwa re for t he firs t time w hen yo u purchas ed yo ur PCS Treo 30 0, the Palm D eskt op soft ware is locate d in the Handspr ing folde r.
Section 3 44 Managing Your App lications In Se cur ity, you ca n do th e fo llowi ng: © Mask or hide entries you define as pr ivate. The Mask option displays a gray bar over private recor ds, and the Hide option completely removes (hides) pr ivate records.
Section 3 Managing You r Applications 45 Manag ing Applic ation s 3 Chan ging or delet ing a pa sswor d Once you define a password for your phone, you can change or delete it at any time. Y ou must enter the curr ent password before you can change or delete it.
Section 3 46 Managing Your App lications Reco verin g from a for got ten pa ssword If you did not lock your phone and you forget your password, you can delete the password from your phone. Deleting a forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked as Private.
Section 4 Appli cations Over view 47 Applic ation s Overv iew 4 4 Applications Overview his chapter briefly describe s each application and how to open it.
Section 4 48 Applications Overvi ew PhoneBook PhoneBook enables you t o make and rece ive telephone calls, and to keep names, addresse s, phone numbers, and other information about your personal or busi ness contacts.
Section 4 Appli cations Over view 49 Applic ation s Overv iew 4 Date Book Plus Date Book Plus lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any kind of activity associated with a date and/ or a time. In Dat e Book Plus , you ca n do the fol lowi ng: © Enter a description of your appointment and assi gn it to a specific time and date.
Section 4 50 Applications Overvi ew Blazer Web Browse r Blazer is a wireless Internet browser that lets you br owse your favorite w eb sit es while you’ re on the go. Note: To use Blazer, your ser vice plan m ust in clude PC S Vision . In Bla zer , you ca n do th e foll owin g: © Access the World Wide Web and display Internet content.
Section 4 Appli cations Over view 51 Applic ation s Overv iew 4 Memo Pad Memo Pad provides a pl ace to take notes that are not associated with records in other applications such as Date Book Plus, PhoneBook, or T o Do List. In Me mo P ad, yo u ca n do th e fo llowing : © T ake notes or any kind of message on your phone.
Section 4 52 Applications Overvi ew SMS SMS provides a w ay for you to recei ve short text mes sages from other people who use mobile phones and subscribe to PCS Vision services. In SMS, yo u can do the fo llowing: © Receive short text mess ages. © Read incoming messages direct ly from the Inbox.
Section 4 Appli cations Over view 53 Applic ation s Overv iew 4 To Do Li st T o Do List is a convenient place to creat e reminders and prioritize the things that you have to do. In T o Do List, yo u ca n do the follo wing : © Make a quick and convenient list of things to do.
Section 4 54 Applications Overvi ew CityTi me CityT ime helps you keep track of the time anywhere around t he globe. In City T ime, you ca n do the fo llowing : © Select a home city as a point of reference. © Display the day and time in four other citi es simultaneously .
Section 4 Appli cations Over view 55 Applic ation s Overv iew 4 Calculat or Calculator enables you to perform addition, subtract ion, multiplication, division and a variety of advanced math and scient ific cal culat ions.
Section 4 56 Applications Overvi ew Expense Expense lets you keep track of your expenses and then transfer th e information to a spreadsheet on your computer . In Expen se, yo u can do the fol lowi ng: © Record dates, types of expenses, am ount spent, payment method, and other details associ ated with any money that you spend.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 5 7 Common T a sks 5 5 Common Task s n addition to the wireless communication applications, your PCS Phone Hand sp ring ® T reo™ 300 also in cludes a full suite of personal information manager (PIM) applications: Date Book Plus, the Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Memo Pad, and Expense.
Section 5 58 C ommon Ta sks Creatin g records Y ou can use the following procedure to create a new record in Date Book Plus, the Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Mem o Pad, and Expense. T o crea te a record: 1. Open the application in which you wan t to create a record.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 5 9 Common T a sks 5 Editin g reco rds After you create a record, you can change, delete, or enter new text at any time. T w o screen fe atures tell you wh en your phone is in .
Section 5 60 C ommon Ta sks The following commands may appear in an Edit menu: Deletin g records T o dele te a rec ord in a ny of the P IM ap plicat ions: 1.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 6 1 Common T a sks 5 A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the deleted it em to an a rchive fi le in Palm Deskto p softw are, be sure that the check box is checked. If you don’t want to save a copy , tap the check box to remove the check.
Section 5 62 C ommon Ta sks T o purge r ecord s: 1. Open the application. 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Record , select Purge (/E) . A confirmation dialog box appears. Date Bo ok Plus : T ap t he pick list and select how old a record mus t be to be purged.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 6 3 Common T a sks 5 Y ou cannot modify the system-de fined categor ies, but you can rename and delete the user -defi ned categories. In addition, you can create your own user -defined cate gories. Y ou can have a maximum of 15 user - defined categories in each application.
Section 5 64 C ommon Ta sks T o displ ay a categ ory of r ecords : 1. T ap the category pick list in the upper -right corner of the list screen. 2. Select the categor y you want to view . The list sc reen now displays onl y the rec ords assigned t o that categor y .
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 6 5 Common T a sks 5 5. Hold O ption a nd pres s Retur n twice t o finish . Y ou can assign any of your re cords to the new category . T o rename a cate gory: 1. T ap the category pick li st in the upper -right corner of the screen.
Section 5 66 C ommon Ta sks Finding records Y our phone offers s everal ways to find inf ormation quic kly: © All app lications : The Find u tility loca tes any t ext that you specify , always starting with the current application.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 6 7 Common T a sks 5 For example, entering a “ca” displays “Chri s Cadwell,” “David Cagle,” and “Carolyn Malestic” as shown above. Entering “cmal” finds only “Carolyn Malestic.” 2. Use the scroll butt ons to select the cont act name.
Section 5 68 C ommon Ta sks As your phone searches for the text, you can tap Stop at any time. Y ou may want to do this if the entry you want appears before your phone finishes the s earch. T o continue t he search aft er you tap Stop , tap Fin d More .
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 6 9 Common T a sks 5 Suarez.” If your Contacts are sorted by firs t name, and your enter “su,” the list displays “Susan Smith” and “Suki Sakimoto.” 5. Continue to spell the name you’re looking for , or when you see the name, scroll to i t.
Section 5 70 C ommon Ta sks Look ing up na mes to ad d to expe nse re cords In Expense, Lookup displays the names of Contacts entries in Phonebook that have data in the Company field. Y ou can add these names to a list of attendees associa ted with an Expense record.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 7 1 Common T a sks 5 Sorting lis ts of record s Y ou can sort lists of records in various ways , depending on the application. Sorting is available in applications that have list scre ens: Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Me mo Pad, and Expense.
Section 5 72 C ommon Ta sks Making recor ds private In all PIM applications, except Expense, you can make individual records private . Private record s remain visibl e and accessible, how ever , until you select the Security settin g to hide or mask all pr ivate records.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 7 3 Common T a sks 5 5. T ap either Hide Records or Mask Reco rds . 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to confirm that you want to change the security set ting. T o display all p rivate records : 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the Applications Launcher .
Section 5 74 C ommon Ta sks Note: If yo u have a passw ord , you mu st enter your passwo rd and then hold O pti on and pre ss Retur n to vie w th e re cord . T o display a ll privat e rec ords in a speci fic applica tion: 1. Open the application in which you wan t to display the records.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 7 5 Common T a sks 5 T o revie w or edit a no te: 1. T ap the N ote icon . T o dele te a no te: 1. T ap the N ote icon . 2. T ap Delete . 3. Hold Option and press Return for Yes. Choosing f onts In all PIM applications except Expense, you can change the font style to make text easier to rea d.
Section 5 76 C ommon Ta sks 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Exchangin g and updati ng data: HotSync ope rations The HotSync process autom aticall y synchronizes — that i s, exchanges and updates — data between your phone and desktop software.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 7 7 Common T a sks 5 2. If the HotSync Manager i s not running, start it : On the Windows desktop, click Sta rt , and then choose Programs .
Section 5 78 C ommon Ta sks Beami ng in form ation Y our phone is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use to beam information to another Palm OS device that’ s close by and also has an IR port. The IR port is located on the top of your phone, between the power button and the ringer switch, behind the small dark shield.
Section 5 Comm on Tasks 7 9 Common T a sks 5 Ti p : F or b est re sults , the pat h betw een the tw o devi ces mu st be cl ear of obstac les. If yo u have d iffic ulty be aming inform atio n, see th e troubles hooti ng tips tha t begin o n page 2 47. 5.
Section 5 80 C ommon Ta sks T o receive beam ed inform ation: 1. T urn on your phone. 2. Point t he IR port direc tly at the I R por t of the tr ansmi tting phone to open the Beam Status dialog box. 3. When the Beam dialog box appears, sele ct a category for the entry .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 81 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Chapter 6 Application-Specific Tasks his chapter is organized by application and gives inst ructions on how to do task s that a re spec.
Section 6 82 Application-Specific Tasks PhoneBook PhoneBook is the application where you store name and address information about people or businesses , and where you place and receiv e telephone calls.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 83 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 At the top of each view , many of the following common icons appear to provide wireless mode st atus information for your phone: Spee d.
Section 6 84 Application-Specific Tasks Using the Spe ed D ial vi ew Y ou can store up to 50 phone numbers in the Spee d Dial list. There are five pages of numbers that hold ten numbers per page . Ti p : Y ou ca n keep your Spee d Dial list organi zed by st oring dif ferent types of num bers on di ffere nt pag es.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 85 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 6. T ap the Dial Extra Digits Au tomatical ly check box to automatically dial t hese digits each ti me you select this speed dial entry .
Section 6 86 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Select the entry you want t o use and press Return . Ti p : Y ou ca n edit the e ntry by t apping t he numb er or nam e in the Edit Entr y dialog. 5. In the Edit Entry dialog, tap the Dial Extra Digits automatically check box to automatically dial these digits each tim e you select this speed dial entry .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 87 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Ti p : Duri ng a ca ll, if you ar e promp ted to en ter a me nu selec tion, use the keyboar d, or g o to the Dia l Pad view an d tap th e numb ers. I f you de fined Extra Digits, suc h as an ex tensi on, and di d not ena ble auto matic di aling of Extra Digits, tap Extra Di git s .
Section 6 88 Application-Specific Tasks Deletin g Speed Dial entri es If your Speed Dial list bec omes full , or you no longer need an entry , you can delete it . Note: You cannot delete the Speed Di al butto n for y our PCS voi cema il serv ice. T o dele te a Spee d Di al entry: 1.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 89 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Using the Dial Pad v iew The Dial Pad view provides acces s to a more tradit ional phone interface. Y ou can use this view to dial numbers that are not in your Speed Dial or Cont acts list.
Section 6 90 Application-Specific Tasks Many desktop software applications also have data import capabilities that enable you to load database files into your Co ntacts list on your phone. See the section that begins on page 32 and the online Help for your desktop softwa re for more in formation .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 91 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Ti p : To create an e ntry that alw ays appea rs at the top of t he Co ntac ts li st, begin the L ast na me or Com pany f ield wi th a symbol , as in *If Found Call*. This entr y can co ntain co ntact inf orma tion in cas e you lose your ph one.
Section 6 92 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : Yo u can als o ro ll the rock er sw itch t o sc rol l to th e num ber you want to cal l, an d the n pr ess the rocker swi tch t o dia l t he nu mber .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 93 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 6. Select a new label. 7. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Chan ging Cont act e ntr y de tail s The Contact Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options that you can associate with an entr y .
Section 6 94 Application-Specific Tasks Using the Cal l Histo ry vie w The Call History view provides qui ck access to the previ ous 1,000 incoming and outgoing calls. If you miss a call when your PCS T reo 300 is on and you remain in a coverage area, your missed cal ls appear in the Call History list and you receive a miss ed call alert mes sage.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 95 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Calling a number in your Call History list In addition to viewing a list of your incoming, outgoing, and misse d calls, you can use the Call History view to dial any number that appears on this view .
Section 6 96 Application-Specific Tasks 2. Press Menu . 3. Under Record , select Add (/N) . 4. In the Contact Edit screen, enter any additional informat ion.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 97 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 3. Select the purge option you want to use. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish.
Section 6 98 Application-Specific Tasks T o answer a call while it is rin ging, do any o f the fo llowing : © Open the lid if it is closed. © T ap Answer if the lid is open. © Press the button on the headset (if it is at tached). T o ignore a call a nd send it d irectly to vo icemail, do any of the follow ing: © Close th e lid if it is open .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 99 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 T o end a ca ll, do a ny of the follo wing: © Close the lid (if the headset is no t attached). © Press Backspace . © Press the button on the headset (if it is at tached). © T ap Hang Up .
Section 6 100 Application-Specific Tasks Using th e spea kerpho ne The speakerphone button enables you to view your phone screen and use other applications while you’re talking on the phone. Note: The s peakerphone f eature is o ptimized fo r one or two people that are reas onabl y close to the pho ne.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 101 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 2. T ap Hold to place the call on hold. 3. T ap Off Hold to return to th e call. Handl ing Mul tipl e Cal ls Y ou can use the Active Call view to handle a variety of si tuations that involve multipl e calls.
Section 6 102 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : Y ou ca n switch betwe en two ac tive ca lls by tapp ing Swap or by pressi ng the butt on on the h eadse t (if it is att ached ). The Swa p butto n appears only when the se cond ca ll is an in comin g call.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 103 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 3. T ap Canc el 3-wa y to end th e second cal l and to retu rn to th e first call you placed, or tap Hang Up to end both calls. Note: If the head set is att ached , you can a lso pres s the but ton on th e headset to end th e secon d call and r eturn to the first ca ll.
Section 6 104 Application-Specific Tasks Forwa rding cal ls If you need to turn off the wirel ess mode or know you will be traveling out side a coverage area, you can forward your calls to another number . Keep in mind that airtime charges st ill apply to your forwarded calls.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 105 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Redia lin g the las t numbe r Y ou can redial the last number you call ed. T o redia l the la st nu mber , do one of the fol low ing: © Press and hold PhoneBook for at least one second.
Section 6 106 Application-Specific Tasks 3. From the Unlock Wi reless Mode sc reen or Unloc k Com municator screen, tap Make Eme rgenc y Call to access the Di al Pad view . 4. Dial 911, *2 (Sprint Customer Care), or any of the th ree emergency numbers you defined in Security Pre ferences.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 107 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Record menus Options men us Contac ts list view Conta cts edi t view Call Histo ry view Contac ts re cord v iew Contact s view Contac .
Section 6 108 Application-Specific Tasks Preferences © Remember last catego ry. Determine s h ow th e Co ntac ts list appears when you return to it from another application. If you select this check box, the Contacts list shows the last category you selected.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 109 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Call Preferences © Enable Digital R oaming. E nables you to access wireless service from any 1900Mhz network when you are outside a PCS coverage area.
Section 6 110 Application-Specific Tasks Dial Preferences © Dial, Email, SM S. Provides other ap plications access to PhoneBook’ s dialing functions.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 111 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Security Prefs Enables you to lock your pho ne and define emergency numbers. Wireless Mode Lock: L ocks your phone and requires you to enter a password to make outgoing calls (other t han emergency numbers).
Section 6 112 Application-Specific Tasks Phone Info © Phone Number: Di splays your phone number . © ESN: Displays your phone’ s E lectronic Serial Number which uniqu ely iden tif ies yo ur ph one to the PCS netw ork . © PRL: Displays the version number of the Preferred Roaming List.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 113 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Date Book Plus When you open Date Book Plus, the screen shows the current date and a list of ti mes for a norm al busi ness day . Working in Da y View Day View shows an hourly calendar for a particular date.
Section 6 114 Application-Specific Tasks Sche dulin g an e vent A record in Date Book Plus is called an “event.” An event can b e any kind of activity that you associate with a day .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 115 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 3. If the event is longer than an hour , press the bottom scroll button and type the end time. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. 5. Enter a description of the event. You can enter up to 255 characters.
Section 6 116 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : Y ou ca n also cr eate a new untim ed even t by mak ing sur e no even t is select ed and then ent ering a de scri ption . 5. Enter a description of the event. 6. T ap a blank area on the screen to des elect the untimed ev ent.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 117 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Setti ng an a larm for an e vent The Alarm sett ing enables you to set a n audible alarm for event s in Date Book Plus. Y ou can set an alarm to sound minut es, hours, or days befor e an event.
Section 6 118 Application-Specific Tasks turn on your phone and hold Option and press Return to dismiss it. T o dismiss the alar m reminde r , do one of t he follow ing: © T ap 5 min , 10 min , 30 mi n , or Oth er to reset t he alar m to not ify you in a specified period of time.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 119 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 4. T ap Day , We ek , Mo nth , or Ye a r to set how often event repeats. For a continuous event, tap Day . 5. Enter a number that corresponds to how often you want the event to repeat on the Every line.
Section 6 120 Application-Specific Tasks Current. Changes or deletes only the current instance of the repeating event. All. Changes or deletes all past, current, and future occurrences of this event. Follow ing. Chan ges or deletes the curr ent event and all future occurrences of this event.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 121 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 © If you apply a change to a single occurre nce of a repeating event (e.g., time), that occur rence no longer shows the Repeat icon .
Section 6 122 Application-Specific Tasks T o display th e cur rent tim e: 1. T ap and hold the stylus on the date in the date bar t o display the current ti me. 2. Drag the stylus below the date bar and then lift it. Note: If you li ft the s tylus whil e it is stil l on th e date bar, the menu bar appea rs.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 123 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 T ips for using W eek V iew Keep the following points in mind: © T ap an event to show detai ls for the event. © Use the scroll buttons or rocker swi tch to move forward or backward a week at a time.
Section 6 124 Application-Specific Tasks © Use the scroll butt ons or rocker swi tch to move betwee n weeks. You can also tap the scroll arr ows in the upper - right corner to move forward or backward a week. © Press Menu , and under Options , select Go to W eek (/O) .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 125 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 W or king in Y e ar View The Y ea r View shows an overview of your calendar f or an entire year . T ips for usin g Y ear V iew Keep the following points in mind: © T ap a day to display the date and event s for that day in the title bar .
Section 6 126 Application-Specific Tasks T ips for us ing List V iew Keep the following points in mind: © T ap a line to select it. The start and end time display br iefly in the title bar . T o redis play th e event details, tap to the left of the description.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 127 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 W orking w ith fl oating events Date Book Plus can include events that are a combination of a T o Do item and a Date Book event.
Section 6 128 Application-Specific Tasks © T o convert an exis ting event to a float ing event, select t he event, ta p Details , tap Float as the T ype, and then hold Option and press Return to fini sh. © When you complete a repeat ing floating event, it mar ks only the current occurrence of t he event as compl ete.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 129 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Using the Daily Journa l Y ou can use the Daily Journal feature to record ev ents as they occur . Events are recorded with automatic time-stamping as Date Book Plus Notes so t hey do not cl utter your s chedule.
Section 6 130 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Select the event from the Appointment T em plates list. 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Date Bo ok Plus menus Date Book Plus menus are shown here for your reference, and Date Book Plus features that are not expl ained elsewhere in this guide are des cribed here.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 131 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Options men u Wee k Vi ew Week View with T ext Month View List View Day V iew Y ear V iew.
Section 6 132 Application-Specific Tasks Preferences (Day View) © Start/End Time. Define s the start and end times for Date Book Plus screens. If the time slots you select do n ot fit on one screen, you can tap the scroll arrows to scroll up and down .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 133 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Display Options © Show T ime Bars. Activates the time bars t hat appear in the Day Vi ew . The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrate event conflict s © Compress Day View .
Section 6 134 Application-Specific Tasks Alarm Preferences © Alarm Sound . Sets the tone of the a lar m. © Snooze Soun d. Sets t he tone of the snooze alarm. © Remind Sound. Sets the tone of the reminder alarm. The reminder alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is not acknowledged.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 135 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 To D o Preferences © Show Categories. Displays the T o Do items in the categories you select. © Prioritie s Displayed . Dis play s T o Do i tems wi th the selected priority level. The choices are 1 only , 1-2, 1-3, 1- 4, and 1-5.
Section 6 136 Application-Specific Tasks Week Preferences © Ti me Format. Defines the format of the time display . The choices are No Ti me, 11p, 11:30p, 23, 23 :30. © Display T o Do. Defines where T o Do items will appear on the Date Book Plus screen.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 137 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Month Preferences © Show Timed Events. Displays events that you assigned to a specific time. © Show Untime d Events. Displ ays events that you assigned to a d ate, but did n ot assign to a speci fic time.
Section 6 138 Application-Specific Tasks List View Preferences © Date Book. Determines which type of events appear in the List View display . T he choices are: Appt, Flo at, Done, Alarms Only , and R epeat events on ly appear once. © T o Do. Determines which type of T o Do items appear in the List V iew display .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 139 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Blazer If you can’t hold the world in the palm of your hand, at least you can hold the World Wide Web when you use Blazer to browse the Internet on your phone’ s screen. T o use Blazer , yo ur service plan must i nclude PCS Vi si o n .
Section 6 140 Application-Specific Tasks 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. While a page is loading, a Progress icon appears in the lower right corner of the sc reen. Y ou can tap links to other pages as soon as they appear . Y ou don’t need to wait unt il a page fully loads.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 141 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Viewing book mark ed p ages Y our phone may come with a few bookmarks already in place. Y ou can jump directly to any of the predef ined bookmarks, or to any pages for which you’ve created a bookmark.
Section 6 142 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : Y ou ca n also add a bookm ark by tapping an empt y book mark slo t in the Book mark view and entering a Name, De script ion, and URL for the page you w ant to bookm ark .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 143 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Editi ng bo okmar ks Y ou can change the title, description, or URL associated w ith any of your bookmarks. T o edit a bo okmar k: 1. From the Bookmark view , press Menu . 2. Under Bookmark , sel ect Edit Bookmark (/E) .
Section 6 144 Application-Specific Tasks Arrang ing your book marks As your bookmark list grows, you m ay want to rearrange th e entries or move entire pages.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 145 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 A grey line appears next to the page when it is in drag m ode. When dropping a page on the top row , the grey line appears to the left of the slot where the page will appear .
Section 6 146 Application-Specific Tasks Bookmarks men u Go menu s Options men u Properties Displays th e Page Properties dialog box where you can view the Page Name, URL, Size (Bytes) and whether the page was loaded from the cache.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 147 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Preferences Browser tab: © Home page. Displays the URL of the current home page selection. T ap this op tion to open the Set Home Page dialog box and select a different home page. T o restore the factory default Home Page setting, tap Re store in the Set Home Page dialog box.
Section 6 148 Application-Specific Tasks Advanced tab: © Cache Size (K). Displays the amount of memory that Blazer reserves to store recently viewed pages. The amount of free memory available on your phone appears below this o pti on. © Clear . Erases all the pages stored in the cache.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 149 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Memo Pad A memo can contain up to 4,000 characters. The number of memos you can store is dependent only on the memory avai lable on your phone. A record in Memo Pad is called a “mem o.
Section 6 150 Application-Specific Tasks 2. Review or e dit the text in the m emo. 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Memo Pad men us Memo Pad menus are shown here for y our reference, and Memo Pad features that are not explained elsewhe re in this guide are described here.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 151 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 SMS When you subscribe to PCS Vision Services, you can use your PCS T reo 300 to receive and stor e short text mess ages. These text mess ages are sim ilar to e-mail m essages that you recei ve on your computer , but are typicall y no more than 160 characters in length.
Section 6 152 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p s : © T o view additional incoming messages , press Option and the press PhoneBook . © Y ou can also dismiss the aler t dialog box by pressing the rocker switch or the top scroll button. Viewing tex t messa ges SMS enables you to quickly view your incoming and saved mes sages.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 153 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 3. Use the scroll butt ons or rocker swi tch to scroll within the current message. 4. Press Option and use the scrol l buttons to next or previous message. Respon ding to text mes sages There are several ways you can re spond to a message depending on its origin and content.
Section 6 154 Application-Specific Tasks respond. 3. Press Space to open the application associated with the selected i tem. Copy ing tex t messa ges Y ou can save time by copying text from your m essages. T o copy an entire me ssage: 1. From the Messages list, tap the te xt of the message you want to copy .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 155 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Sort ing mes sag es 1. From any SMS list view , press Menu . 2. Under Optio ns , select Sort . 3. T ap the Sort by pick list to select the sort method you want to use. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish.
Section 6 156 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold Option and press Return twice to confirm del etion. SMS me nus SMS menus are shown here for your reference, and SMS features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are de scribed here. See page 28 for information about choosing menu commands.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 157 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Options men us Preferences Determines whether a confirmation dialog box appears when you delete messages.
Section 6 158 Application-Specific Tasks To Do Li st T o Do remin ds you of tasks y ou have to comp lete. A record in T o Do List is called an “item.” T o create a T o Do item: 1. Press Option and then press Date Book Plus . Ti p : Y ou ca n also acc ess To Do Lis t by tappin g the T o Do List ico n in the Appli cation s Launc her.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 159 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 T o set the priorit y of a T o Do item: 1. T ap the Priority number on the lef t side of the T o Do item. 2. T ap the P riority n umber th at you wan t to set (1 is m ost imp ortant) . Setti ng a du e date Y ou can associate a due date with any T o Do item.
Section 6 160 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : I f you turn on the Show Due Dates opt ion in the To Do Show options dia log, you can t ap di rec tly o n th e due date in t he To Do l ist to op en t he pick lis t shown in step 4 .
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 161 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 T o Do Show Op tions The Show Options dialog box enables you to control the appearance of the T o D o list screen. T o change th e Show Options settin gs: 1. In T o Do list s creen, tap Sh ow .
Section 6 162 Application-Specific Tasks 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. T o Do List menu s T o Do List menus are shown here for your ref erence, and T o Do List features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here. See page 28 for information about choosing menu commands.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 163 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 CityTi me CityT ime enables you to displ ay the day and time in your home city and in four other cities around the globe.
Section 6 164 Application-Specific Tasks T o set your remot e citi es: 1. T ap a pick list in t he lower part of t he CityT ime screen and sel ect the city clos est to the c ity you want to dis play . Ti p : If a nearby city i sn’t in the lis t, you can u se the Edit C ities comman d to add a new city to the list.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 165 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Options men u Utiliti es menu About CityTime Shows version information for CityT ime. Help Displays online help for the CityT i me screens. Change Location Opens the Change Location di alog box where you can select the city to which you are moving or travelling.
Section 6 166 Application-Specific Tasks Calculat or Calculator includes two operating modes: Bas ic and Advanced. In Basic mode you can perform simple mathematical calculations. In Advanced mode you can access scientific functions and perform sophis ticated math calculations.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 167 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Displa ying Re cent C alculatio ns The Basic Calculator’ s Recent Calc ulations comm and enables you to review the last se ries of calculat ions and is particula rly useful fo r confirming a series of “chain” cal culations.
Section 6 168 Application-Specific Tasks Using th e Advanc ed Calcul ator but tons In addition to most of the Basic Calculator buttons, the Primary but tons are available in all the Advanced Calculator views. The remai ning buttons are available only in specifi c views.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 169 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Math bu ttons T rigonometr y buttons Squares the current value. Calculates the value of x raised to t he y power . Calculates the value of a common (base 10) antilogarithm. Calculates the value of a natural (base e) antilogarithm.
Section 6 170 Application-Specific Tasks Financ e butt ons Finance buttons enabl e you to fi nd an unknown variabl e value based on a group of known variable values.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 171 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 2. Enter 12 and tap the P/Yr button to enter the number of payments per year . 3. T ap Edit . 4. T ap the Pmt line and erase all values on the line including zer o. 5. T ap Sol ve . 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish.
Section 6 172 Application-Specific Tasks Logic bu tto ns Stat is tics butto ns Shifts th e value t o the left and f ills the new p laces with zeros. Enters D in a hexadecimal calculation. Enters E in a hexadecimal calculation. Enters F in a hexadecimal calculation.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 173 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 W eight /T emp butt ons Calculates the square of the sum of the values in the statistics memory list. Opens the Statistical Data dialog box where you can view , edit, delete, and clear values in the statistics memory list.
Section 6 174 Application-Specific Tasks Leng th buttons Area bu ttons Indicates the current value is entered i n degrees Kelvin. When you t ap this button after tapping an other unit of measure, it converts the value to degrees Kelvin. Indicates the current value is entered in degrees Celsius.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 175 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 V olume b uttons Indicates the current value i s entered in square miles. When y ou tap this button after tapping another unit of measure, it converts the value to square miles. Indicates the current value is entered in square millimeters.
Section 6 176 Application-Specific Tasks Crea ting a cust om view Y ou can modify any existing Advanced Calculator view to create your own view . W hile customizi ng a view , yo u can change the button names as well as the button definitions. T o creat e a custom view: 1.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 177 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Calcul ator m enus Calculator menu s are shown here for your reference, and Calculator features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here. See page 28 for information about choosing menu commands.
Section 6 178 Application-Specific Tasks Expense Expense enables you to record the date, expe nse type, and the amount that you spent. A record i n Expense is called an “item.” Y ou can s ort your Expense items into categories or add other information that you want to associate with the i tem.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 179 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 adva ntag e of the a utoma ti c fil l fe atur e. See th e se ction tha t be gins on page 187 f or deta ils. Chan ging th e dat e of an Expe ns e item Initially , Expense items appear with the date you enter them.
Section 6 180 Application-Specific Tasks 3. Select any of the following options: 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Customi zin g the Cur rency pi ck l ist Y ou can select the currencies and symbols that appear in the Curr ency pick list. T o customi ze th e Cur rency pi ck lis t: 1.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 181 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 2. T ap each Currency pick list and select the c ountry whose curr ency you want to display on that line.
Section 6 182 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold O ption a nd pres s Retur n twice t o finish . Note: If you wan t to use yo ur cus tom cu rren cy symb ol as th e defau lt for all Expense items , select the symb ol in the Pr eferen ces dial og box.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 183 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 also assume that you have ins talled Palm Desktop s oftware as descr ibed on page 21. Crea ting or prin ting an exp ense rep ort It is easy to view and print your Expense dat a in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Section 6 184 Application-Specific Tasks T o creat e or pri nt a n expen se repor t: 1. Perform a HotSync operation to transf er your latest Expense data to your computer . 2. Do one of the following: n Clic k Expens e in Palm Desktop software to open Microsoft Excel and the Expense Report configuration dialog box.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 185 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 n Clic k Create to display a Microsoft Exce l spreadsheet containing your expense data. Y our dat a appears in Microsoft Excel spreads heet form. Y ou can enter information, make for matting changes, and save and print th e file in the norm al ma nner .
Section 6 186 Application-Specific Tasks If you want to streamline or custom ize your expense reports, you can change these templates. For exam ple, you can add your company name to a templ ate. T o view your expen se data us ing a Micro soft Exce l template : 1.
Section 6 Application-Spec ific Tasks 187 Applic ation Ta s k s 6 Options men u Preferences © Use automatic fill. Lets you select an expense type b y entering the first letter of an expense type. For example, if you enter the letter “T ,” it enters the “T axi” expense type.
Section 6 188 Application-Specific Tasks.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 18 9 Setting Preference s 7 7 Setting Preference s for Your Ph one he Preferences screens enable you to customize t he configurati on options on your PCS P hone Handspring ® T reo™ 300.
Section 7 19 0 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Viewing Pref erences T o op en the Pr efe rence s scr eens : 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the Prefer ences ic on . 3. T ap the pick list i n the upper -right corner of t he screen.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 19 1 Setting Preference s 7 HotSyn c Buttons Pr eferenc es The HotSync Buttons Preferences s creen also enables you to as sociate a different application with the button on the HotSync cable.
Section 7 19 2 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Pred efine d configu ration s Y our phone comes with the followin g predefined Connection config urations : Conn ectio n Me thod s There are severa.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 19 3 Setting Preference s 7 Setti ng an in fra red t o mo dem c onfig ura tion The following steps demonst rate how to create a modem connection that enables IR HotSync thro ugh an IR enabled modem.
Section 7 19 4 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone 4. T ap the Dialing pick list and select T o uchT on e or Rot ary . Note: Select Rotar y only if yo ur teleph one ser vice do es not support TouchTo ne dia ling. 5. T ap the Vo l u me pi ck list and s elect the speaker vol ume.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 19 5 Setting Preference s 7 Formats Pr eferences Use the Formats Pref erences screen t o set the country defaul t and the display format of the dates, tim es, and numbers on your phone.
Section 7 19 6 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Note: This settin g contro ls the Da y, Week , Mont h, Year , and List vie ws in Date Book Plus and a ll othe r aspect s of your phone that displ ay a calend ar. 4. T ap the Numbers pick list, and select format s for the decimal point and thousands separator .
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 19 7 Setting Preference s 7 Sy ste m, ala rm, and ga me soun ds Y our phone uses a variety of sounds. The System, Alarm , and Game Sound settings enable you to turn the sounds on or off, and to adjust the volume level.
Section 7 19 8 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Conn ectin g au toma tical ly T o take advantage of the persistent data connections available on your phone, you can choose to automatically connect to t he PCS high-speed data network whenever you are inside a coverage area and you turn on wireless mode.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 19 9 Setting Preference s 7 T o creat e a pack et da ta servi ce t empla te: 1. Press Menu . 2. Under Service , select New (/N) . A new service template (called Untitled) is added to the Service pick list and the Unlock icon appears at the bottom of the screen.
Section 7 20 0 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Note: Most packet data ser vers do no t acce pt space s in the us er name . Ente ring a p assword The Password box identifies t he password you use to log int o your packet data network.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 20 1 Setting Preference s 7 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Note: The Passwo rd fiel d upd ates to di splay the wor d “Ass igne d.” Selec tin g a conn ecti on The Connection Preferences settings tell your phone about the hardware you are using for remot e data connections.
Section 7 20 2 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Conn ectin g to you r ser vic e After you set your Connecti on and Network Preferences, est ablishing a connection to your packet data network is easy . T o establ ish a connec tion: © T ap Conn ect to sign on to the packet data network def ined in the current ser vice template.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 20 3 Setting Preference s 7 3. T ap HA Passwo rd and enter your Home Agent password. 4. T ap the space to the left of the first period in the Primary HA fiel d, and then enter the first section of the primar y HA address.
Section 7 20 4 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone T o ente r a permane nt IP ad dress: 1. T ap Advanced . 2. T ap the IP Addres s check box to dese lect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box. 3. T ap the space to t he left of the fi rst period, and then enter the first section of the IP address.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 20 5 Setting Preference s 7 T o enter T unneling and SPI : 1. T ap the T unne li ng pick li st and selec t Reverse or Forwar d. 2. T ap the MN-HA-SPI f ield and enter the Hom e Agent security parameter index.
Section 7 20 6 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone 2. Deselect the Mobile IP check box. Definin g the IP address in a S imple IP s ervice te mplate Everyone who logs on to the I nternet needs to have a unique ident ifier (an IP address), whether permanent or te mporary .
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 20 7 Setting Preference s 7 T o ente r a permane nt IP ad dress: 1. T ap Advanced . 2. T ap the IP Addres s check box to dese lect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box. 3. T ap the space to t he left of the fi rst period, and then enter the first section of the IP address.
Section 7 20 8 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone T o ente r a prim ary and se cond ary DN S: 1. T ap the Query DNS check box to deselect it. 2. T ap the space to the left of the first period in the Primary DNS f ield, and then enter the first section of the IP address.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 20 9 Setting Preference s 7 Networ k Pref erence s menu co mmands The Network Preferences scre en includes menu comm ands to make it fast and easy to create and edit service templ ates. Ne twork Preferences menus are sh ow here for your refere nc e.
Section 7 21 0 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone Viewing the Ne twork L og If viewing the expanded Service Connection Progres s messages does not give you enough information to f ind out why you cannot connect to your packet data network, take a look at the Network Log.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 21 1 Setting Preference s 7 If you assign a password with the Securi ty application, the information in the Owner Preference s screen cannot be changed. In th is case, an Unlock button appears at the bottom of the screen.
Section 7 21 2 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. T o select ri ng tone settin gs: 1. T ap the To n e box.
Section 7 Setting Preferenc es for Y our P hone 21 3 Setting Preference s 7 Note: Whe n yo u sel ect a rin ger sound, the soun d pl ays once. To a void playin g the sou nd, mov e the r inger s witch to the si lent po sition be fore selecti ng a new r inger so und.
Section 7 21 4 Sett ing Pref eren ces for Your Phone 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : T o us e a Shor tCut, en ter the ShortC ut sym bol fol lowe d by the Sh ortCut charact ers. Se e page 30 f or detail s. Editi ng a Sh ortC ut After you create a ShortCut, you can modify it at any time.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 215 HotS ync Operati ons 8 8 Advanced HotSync ® Operations otSync ® Manager enables you to synchronize data betwee n one or more Palm OS ® devices and Palm™ Deskt op software or another PIM such as Microso ft Outlook.
Section 8 216 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations Selecti ng HotSync se tup options Y ou can choose when you want Hot Sync Manager to run. If necess ary , you can adjust the local and mode m HotSync settings as w ell. T o set the HotSync o ptions : 1. Click the HotSyn c Man ager ico n in the Wi ndows system tray .
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 217 HotS ync Operati ons 8 4. Click the Local tab to displ ay the setting s for the conn ection betw een your computer and the HotSync cabl e, and adjust the following options as needed.
Section 8 218 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations Custom izing HotSyn c applicati on setting s For each application, you can define a set of options that determi nes how records are handled duri ng synchronization. Thes e options are called a “conduit.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 219 HotS ync Operati ons 8 5. Clic k Ch ange . 6. Click th e direction in which you wan t to write dat a, or click Do Nothing to skip data transfer for an application. Note: Ch angi ng th e Ho tSy nc set tin g fro m th e def aul t affe cts only the next HotSy nc o perat ion.
Section 8 220 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations Prep aring your comp uter for infrare d comm unic ation T o perform an IR HotSync operation, the computer you want to synchronize with must have an enabled infrared por t or be connected to an infrared device t hat supports the IrCOMM implementat ion of the IrDA standards.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 221 HotS ync Operati ons 8 The COM port displ ayed on this scr een is the port associ ated with your infrared device.
Section 8 222 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations 6. Clic k OK . 7. Disable any other application that opens the IR port. Config uring Ho tSync Mana ger for i nfrared c ommunica tion Next you need to go to th e HotSync Manager and config ure it for i nfrared communication.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 223 HotS ync Operati ons 8 6. Clic k OK . The Hot Sync Man ager is n ow com munica ting w ith th e simulate d po rt define d for in frared com mun ication.
Section 8 224 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations T o perfo rm an IR HotS ync ope rati on: 1. Press Option and then pres s Menu to access the Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the HotSync icon . 3. T ap Local . 4. T ap the pick list below the HotSync icon and select IR to a PC/ Handhe ld .
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 225 HotS ync Operati ons 8 T o disabl e infra red commu nica tion wi th Win dows 200 0: 1. Click the HotSync Manager icon in the Windows system tray . 2. Uncheck Inf raR ed on the menu. 3. In the Windows taskbar click Start , choose Settin gs , and then choose Control Pan el .
Section 8 226 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations Note: To perform a Net work Ho tSync from ano ther comp uter on y our network , you mu st sele ct Networ k from th e HotSyn c Man ager me nu on both you r primar y compu ter and the comp uter yo u want to us e.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 227 HotS ync Operati ons 8 Perfor ming a ne twork HotSync op eratio n via a LAN Y ou are ready to perform a network HotSync f rom another computer on your n.
Section 8 228 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations Creatin g a u ser profil e If you need to confi gure several Pa lm OS ® phones w ith specific information (such as a company phone list) before distributing them to their actual users, you can creat e a user profile to load the data into a phone without associating that data with a user name.
Section 8 Adva nced HotSy nc® O perat ions 229 HotS ync Operati ons 8 T o use a pro file for th e first-ti me HotSyn c operati on: 1. Connect the new phone to the HotSync cabl e. 2. Press the HotSync button on the cable. 3. Clic k Profiles . 4. Select the profile that you want to load on the phone, and click OK .
Section 8 230 Adv anced HotS ync® O perations.
Section 9 Maintaining Your P hone 23 1 Main taining Y our Ph one 9 9 Maintaining Your Phone his chapter provides information on the following: © Proper care of your PCS Phone Handspr ing ® T reo™ .
Section 9 232 Maintaining You r Phone Caring for your phone Y our phone is designed to be rugged and reliable and to provide years of trouble-free ser vice. Please observe the fol lowing general tips when using your phone: © T ake care not to s cratch th e screen of your phone.
Section 9 Maintaining Your P hone 23 3 Main taining Y our Ph one 9 © Y ou can conserve battery life by minimizing use of th e keyboard backlight feature and by choosing a lower Auto-off setting which automatically turns the phone off after a perio d of inactivity .
Section 9 234 Maintaining You r Phone T o perfo rm a soft re set: 1. Unscrew the tip of the stylus to acces s the reset tool . 2. Use the reset tool to gently press the r eset button inside the hole on the back panel of your phone. Ti p : Y ou can also u se the ti p of an unf olded paper clip (or s imilar obje ct withou t a sharp ti p).
Section 9 Maintaining Your P hone 23 5 Main taining Y our Ph one 9 Perfor ming a har d re set With a hard reset, all rec ords and entries stored i n your phone ar e erased. Never perfor m a hard rese t unless a s oft or w arm rese t does not s olve y our problem.
Section 9 236 Maintaining You r Phone T o restore yo ur data af ter a har d reset: 1. Click the HotSyn c Man ager ico n in the Wi ndows system tray (bottom-right corner of the t askbar). Ti p : Y ou ca n also cl ick the HotSync c omma nd on the Pa lm D esktop software menu bar.
Section 9 Maintaining Your P hone 23 7 Main taining Y our Ph one 9 Note: Ch angi ng th e Ho tSy nc set tin g fro m th e def aul t affe cts only the next HotSy nc o perat ion. Ther eaft er, the H otSync Act ions revert to t heir defa ult setting s. 7. Clic k OK .
Section 9 238 Maintaining You r Phone.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 239 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 10 Troubleshooting Tips f you encounter a problem wi th your PCS Phone Handspr ing ® T reo™ 300: © Review this sec tion to see if your pr oblem is lis ted © Check our web site at www .
Section 10 240 Troubles hooting Tips Softw ar e ins tal lati on probl em s Problem Solution Palm™ Desktop software will not in stall suc cessfully . Disable any anti-virus software, close any open applications or ut ilities, and then perform the installation again.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 241 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 Operati ng problems Tapping and ke yboard probl ems Problem Solution My phone won’t t urn on. T ry each of these in t urn: © Adju st th e dis pla y se tti ngs . © Make sure the bat tery is fully charged.
Section 10 242 Troubles hooting Tips Wireless co mmunication problems Problem Solution I can’t use the wireless featur es © Make sure your PCS T reo 300 battery is charged. © Make sure w ireless mode i s on. T o turn on wireless mode, press and hold the power button for at least two seconds, unt il you hear a confir mation tone.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 243 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 I tried dialing a phone number , but my PCS T reo 300 just beeps at me © Make sure y ou dialed the correc t number . © Wait a few minutes and try again. If the n etwork is very busy , calls cannot connect.
Section 10 244 Troubles hooting Tips The Blazer ® application won’t connect to the Internet © Confirm that your s ervice plan includes PCS V ision and not just voice minutes. © Confirm that your Network Preferences set tings are properly configured.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 245 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 Applicat ion prob lems Problem Solution I tapped the T oday button, but it doe s not show the correct date. Y our phone is not set to the current date. Make sure the Set Date box in t he General Preferences sc reen displays the current date.
Section 10 246 Troubles hooting Tips HotSync pro blems Problem Solution Why can’t I synchronize my phone with my computer? T ry each of these in turn. After each step, try to synchronize to see if the problem persists: © Make sure you installed the software that came with you r phone.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 247 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 Beaming p roblems I did a HotS ync operation, but one of my applications did not synchronize. Click the HotSync Manager an d choose Cust om . Make sure that the conduit appears on the list and that it is set to Synchronize the fi les.
Section 10 248 Troubles hooting Tips Password pro blems Problem Solution I forgot the password to show my hidden or masked reco rd s. Y ou can use Security to delete the password.
Secti on 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 249 T roubl eshooti ng Ti p s 10 Technical support If you cannot solve your problem after re viewing the so urces listed at the beginning of t his appendix, check our web si te www .spr intpcs.com for the latest technical support informat ion, or call *2 if you have questions.
Section 10 250 Troubles hooting Tips.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 25 1 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 Other Product Informa tion Performan ce and Safety Impo rtant Inf orma tion A bout Y our Phon e and Se rvi ce Keeping Tab s on S ignal Strengt h The quality of each call you make or receive depends on the signal strength in yo ur area.
Section 11 252 Other Product I nformatio n Main tainin g Saf e Use of and Ac cess to Y our Pho ne F AILURE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRU CTIONS OUTLINED MA Y LE AD TO SERIOUS PERSONAL INJ URY A ND PO SSIBL E P.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 25 3 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 Turnin g Off Wire less Mode in Danger ous Areas To avoid interfering with blastin g operations, turn off wireless mode when in a blasting area or in other areas with signs in dicating two-way radios should be turned off.
Section 11 254 Other Product I nformatio n Exposure t o Radio Freq uency E nergy (S AR) In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines, users MUST use a Spri nt-approved body-worn accessory during body-worn operati on.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 25 5 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 Obtaining Warranty Service. In order to obtain warranty service, you must receive warranty service authoriza tion within the warranty period and provide dated pr oof of original purchase.
Section 11 256 Other Product I nformatio n Payment of Fees: The effectiveness of the licenses g ranted hereunder is conditio ned on the receipt by Handsprin g of any applicable fees.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 25 7 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 Entir e Agreement : Th is License Agree ment sets forth the entire un derstanding and agre ement between you and Handspring, .
Section 11 258 Other Product I nformatio n and is analogous to r unning a utility progr am or application program. However, in a textual and legal sense, the linked executable is a combined work, a derivative of the original library, and the ordinary General Public License t reats it as such.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 25 9 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 3. Y ou may charge a fee for the physical act of tran sferring a copy , and you may at your option offer warr anty protection in ex change for a fee.
Section 11 260 Other Product I nformatio n used for software in terchange. If distributi on of object code is made by offering access to copy from a design ated place, then offering equivalent access .
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 26 1 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 c) If distribution of the work is made by offerin g access to copy from a designated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above specified materials from the same place.
Section 11 262 Other Product I nformatio n then as a consequence you may not distribute the Librar y at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit royalty-fr ee redistribution of th e Libr.
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 26 3 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTH ER P ARTY WHO MA Y MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRARY AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE.
Section 11 264 Other Product I nformatio n Acknowledgmen ts We would like to thank the following developers whose contributio ns were an integral part of the Handspring product: © C.E. Steuart Dewar Pimlico Software, Inc. www .gorilla-haven.org/pimlico © Darren Beck Code City www .
Secti on 11 Other Product Information 26 5 Other Prod uct Info rmatio n 11.
Section 11 266 Other Product I nformatio n.
Index 265 Index Numerics 3-way callin g 102 A ABA ( Address B ook arc hive file) 32 Accent ed ch aract ers ente ring 26 onscre en k eyboa rd 32 Active c all 97, 101 Add-on ap plic ation s 39–42 Address B ook archi ve file s (.
266 Index Prop ert ies 146 Web Page v iew 139 Bold f ont for tex t 75 Bookmar ks adding 1 41, 1 42 arrangi ng 144 delet ing 143 editi ng 1 43 Bright ness co ntrol 6, 11 Business ca rd for be aming 78 .
Index 267 Chain ca lcul ati ons 167 Charg er conn ecting 9, 19 connect or o n co mmunic ator 8 Char ging b atter y 9 Check boxes 13 City Time adding cit ies 164 home cit y 163 menus 16 4 open ing 54 overview 163 remote cities 163 Clear ing C alcula tor ent ries 166, 168 Colo r con tr ol 6, 11 depth 147 COM po rt.
268 Index Cuttin g text 60 Cyclin g thro ugh vie ws 48, 49, 5 0 D Daily calend ar 113–116 events. See Repeat ing ev ents Journ al 12 9 Data entry . See Ent ering d ata transfer.
Index 269 Dial Pad diali ng numbe rs 89 icon 89 Dial ing appl icati ons 110 emerge ncy n umbers 105 from Ca ll Hi stor y 95 from Cont act s list 91 last number 105 previo us n umbers 89, 94 with Dial .
270 Index Forwar ding calls 104 Frozen c ommuni cato r 241 G Gam es 19 7 Gener al pref erenc es alarm soun ds 197 auto -off dela y 19 6 system sou nds 197 Glossary.
Index 271 K Key Pad 87, 97 Keyb oard acce nted c har acte rs 26 capital le tters 24 comp uter 32 loca tion 7 menu comman ds 29 moving t he curso r 28 number s 25 onli ne He lp 6 0 onscre en 3 1, 32 Sh.
272 Index purgin g SMS 1 55 receiv ing 151 replying 153 sorting SMS 155 text 152 Micro phone 6 Micro soft Excel, tran sferri ng E xpen se data to 1 82–186 Outlo ok, co nnec ting to 247 Window s 9 5,.
Index 273 Phon e numbe rs select ing type s 92 Phon eBook *If Foun d Call* entry 91 adding con tact to Spee d D ial 85 adding cust om f iel ds 1 10 adding ent ry from Call Hist or y 95 busines s car d.
274 Index delet ing 60, 1 19 displa ying a c ategor y of 64 editi ng 5 9–60 Expe nse 178 fonts 75 hiding pr ivat e 44 , 72 lost 245 Memo Pad 149 notes for 74– 75 PhoneB ook 82, 89 privat e 7 2 purgi ng 61 –62 sorting 7 1 To Do List 158 Recu rring eve nts dele ting 61 sche dulin g 118 Redi aling a nu mber 1 05 Reminde r.
Index 275 purging messages 1 55 receivi ng messa ges 1 51 replyin g to message s 153 sorting messa ges 155 SMS Me ssaging menus 15 6 open ing 52 overview 52 Soft reset 233 Sort ing appl icati ons 37 records 71, 245 Sort ing messag es 15 5 Soun ds.
276 Index fonts 75 menus 16 2 notes f or reco rds 74–75 open ing 53 overview 53 priori tizing re cords 158, 162 private re cords 72 purging records 61–62, 161 sorting records 71 view ing ite ms in Date Bo ok Plus 1 23, 1 25 Toda y. See Current date Trac king ev ents 129 Tran sferr ing data.
An important point after buying a device Handspring 300 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Handspring 300 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 Handspring 300 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Handspring 300 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Handspring 300 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Handspring 300, 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 Handspring 300.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Handspring 300. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Handspring 300 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
