Touch an account, the following settings will show:

General settings

Priority Inbox To set this inbox as the default one.

Email

Select to activate notification when a new email

notifications

arrives.

Ringtone &

Touch to set Ringtone, Vibrate and Notify once.

vibrate

 

Signature

To add a signature text to the end of each mail

 

you send.

Gmail sync is ON Touch to turn on/off Gmail sync.

Days of mail to Touch to set the duration of days for mail sync. sync

Manage labels Touch to open the Label screen, where you can manage synchronization and notifications.

Download

Mark the checkbox to auto download attachments

attachments

to recent messages via Wi-Fi.

4.2.2Email ..................................................................

Besides your Gmail account, you can also set-up external POP3 or IMAP email accounts in your phone.

To access this function, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then select Email.

An email wizard will guide you through the steps to set-up an email account.

Enter the email address and password of the account you want to set-up.

Touch Next. If the account you entered is not provided by your service provider in the phone, you will be prompted to go to the email account settings screen to enter settings manually. Or you can touch Manual setup to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the email account you are setting up.

Enter the account name and display name in outgoing emails.

To add another email account, you can touch Menu icon and Settings. Touch Add account on the right of the title to create.

To create and send emails

Touch the icon from Inbox screen.

Enter recipient(s) email address(es) in To field.

If necessary, touch Menu icon and touch Add Cc/Bcc to add a copy or a blind copy to the message.

Enter the subject and the content of the message.

Touch Menu icon , touch Attach file to add an attachment.

Finally, touch to send.

If you do not want to send the mail right away, you can touch Menu icon and Save draft or touch Back key to save a copy.

4.3Google Talk................................................

Google's instant messaging service, Google Talk, lets you communicate with your friends whenever they are connected to this service.

To access this feature and sign in, touch Application tab from the Home screen, then touch Talk. All friends added by using Google Talk from the web or phone will be displayed in your friends list.

Touch your account to set your online status.

Touch the text box below your online status to enter your status message.

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ONE TOUCH 997/997D/998 specifications

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