Blackberry 9800 Start using your device, Visit the Setup application, Find your phone number

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Start using your device

Visit the Setup application

The Setup application helps you learn about navigation and typing, change options to personalize your BlackBerry® device, and set up network connections, such as Wi-Fi® connections and Bluetooth® connections. You can also set up email addresses and social networking accounts. The Setup application should appear automatically the first time that you turn on your device.

1.If the Setup application does not appear automatically, on the Home screen or in a folder, click the Setup icon.

2.Click a section to change options or to complete a short series of prompts that help you set the options.

Turn on or turn off a network connection

You should keep network connections turned off in certain places, such as on an airplane or in a hospital. For more information, see the Safety and Product Information booklet for your BlackBerry® device.

On the Home screen, click the connections area at the top of the screen, or click the Manage Connections icon.

•To turn on a network connection, select the check box beside a connection type.

•To turn off a network connection, clear the check box beside a connection type.

•To turn on the network connections that were turned on previously, click Restore Connections.

Find your phone number

Do one of the following:

•To view your active phone number, from the Home screen, press the key. Highlight the area at the top of the screen, above the tabs.

•If you have multiple phone numbers associated with your BlackBerry® device, to view a list of your phone numbers, from the Home

screen, press the key. Click the area at the top of the screen, above the tabs. If your wireless service plan supports text messaging, the first phone number in the list is the phone number that you use to send and receive text messages.

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Set up an email address

1.On the Home screen, click the Setup icon.

2.In the Setup section, click the Email Accounts icon.

3.Follow the screens to set up your email address. When your email address is set up correctly, you receive a confirmation message. To view and manage your email messages, on the Home screen, click the Messages icon.

Note: In some cases, you might see the following options. If so, select one of the options.

•Internet Mail Account: Use this option to associate your BlackBerry® device with one or more existing email accounts (for example, Windows Live™ Hotmail®) or to create a new email address for your device.

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