Your Palm Treo Smartphone User Guide
 Intellectual Property Notices
 Contents
 Customizing phone settings What are all those icons?
Page
 Third-party applications Error messages
 Welcome
What’s in the box?
Hardware
 Palm warranty
Documentation and software
 What do I need to get started?
 E L C O M E
 Setting up
 This chapter
 Indicator light phone Earpiece
Treo 680 overview
Front view
 Back view
 Inserting the SIM card and battery
Top view
 A P T E R
 Charging the battery
 A P T E R
 Maximizing battery life
Battery icon
 Turn down the screen brightness see Adjusting the brightness
 After you finish the call, press Power End to end the call
Adjusting call volume
Making your first call
Press Phone
 Setting up your computer for synchronization
Volume Side button
What’s my phone number?
 System requirements
Upgrading from another Palm OS device
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Installing the desktop synchronization software
Info about compatibility with your Treo
 Connecting your smartphone to your computer
Palm Desktop software or Microsoft Outlook
 Sync button
 Synchronizing information-the basics
Info up-to-date and backed up
Both locations
 A P T E R
 Moving around on your Palm Treo 680 smartphone
 This chapter
 Moving around the screen
5-way includes the following buttons
Center Left Right Down
 Highlighting and selecting items
Way to move the highlight from one item to another
Learn to recognize the highlight. It can take two forms
 Accessing command buttons
Highlighting text
Selecting menu items
 Selecting options in a pick list
Way Use the 5-way
To highlight
 Using the keyboard
Backlight
Option Return Shift/Find Menu Space Alt
 Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
 Entering other symbols and accented characters
Using the Alt key
Press Alt
Press Up , Down , Right , or Left
 Symbols and accented characters
 Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Applications Messaging
 Using Applications View
Web
Memos
Press Applications
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Your phone
 This chapter
 Turning your Treo 680 on and off
Waking up the screen and turning it off
 Turning your phone on and off
Opening the Phone application
 Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Making calls
Press Send to make the call
 Dialing by contact name
 Speed-dial favorite from other types of favorites
Press Send or Center to make the call
 Dialing from a web page or message
To select from your most recently dialed
To select from your call history list
 Receiving calls
 Using voicemail
Send the call to voicemail Press Power
Setting up voicemail
 Enter your voicemail password using the keyboard
Voicemail notification
Listening to voicemail messages
Press Phone
 What can I do when I’m on a call?
When you make or receive a call, Active Call View appears
Turns off the speakerphone when it is on
 Press Power/End
Switching applications during a call
Ending a call
Do one of the following
 To decline adding this number, select Cancel
Saving phone numbers
 When the Dial another call prompt appears, select Yes
Select Add Contact
Making a second call
Receiving a second call call waiting
 Swap or press Send
Making a conference call
While the first call is active, make a second call
 Forwarding all calls
Forwarding calls under certain conditions
 How many minutes have I used?
 Entering names and phone numbers
Adding a contact
Do any of the following
 After you enter all the information, select Done
Press Phone Select the Contacts tab
Select Edit
Assigning a caller ID photo
 Assigning a caller ID ringtone
 Customizing Contacts
Deleting a contact
Creating a business card for beaming
Select Select Business Card from the Record menu
 Defining favorite
Buttons
Viewing your SIM Phonebook
 Creating a speed-dial favorite button
 Editing a favorite button
Creating other types of favorite buttons
 Using a hands-free device
Deleting a favorite button
 Using a wired headset
Microphone Headset button
 Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
 Select Setup Devices Select Hands-free Setup
Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
 Customizing advanced settings for your hands-free device
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Hands-free
 Customizing phone settings
Selecting ringtones
 Select the Volume pick list and select the volume level
Creating and managing ringtones
Way
 Select Done twice
Selecting Phone alert tones
 Adjusting ringer volume
Barring calls
Customizing the Main tab in the Phone application
 Setting your dialing preferences
 Manually selecting the wireless network
Using TTY
Always dial +1 in front of the area
Select Select Network from the Options menu
 What are all those icons?
Press Phone Select the Dial Pad tab Enter #*TTY Press Send
 O U R P H O N E
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Your email and other messages
 This chapter
 Which email application should I use?
VersaMail application
How do I get started?
 Brazil UOL
New Zealand Vodafone NZ
 Setting up VersaMail to work with common providers
Taiwan HiNet Umail
 Setting up VersaMail to work with other providers
 Creating and sending messages
Enter the subject and message text
 Attaching photos and videos
Red paper clip icon in the upper-right corner
From the Type pick list, select Photo/ Video
Adding attachments to your messages
 Attaching ringtones
From the Type pick list, select Sounds
Attaching other types of files
Receiving and viewing messages
 If a large incoming message is Truncated, select More
Replying to or forwarding messages
 Viewing attachments
 Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
Deleting messages by date
Press Menu Select Delete Old on the Message menu
 Switching accounts
Customizing your email settings
Scheduling Auto Sync
Press Menu Select Options, and then select Preferences
 Select Auto Sync
Select OK, and then select Get Mail
Selecting alert tones
Check the Alert me of new mail box
 Unread messages Imap accounts
 Message Format Sets the format for messages you retrieve
Attaching a signature to a message
Select Signature Check the Attach Signature box
Enter your signature information, and then select OK
 Messaging
Creating and sending a text message
Press Messaging
Select New Select the To field to address the message
 Creating and sending a multimedia message
 Videos
Ringtones
Sound clips
Select New
 Receiving messages
 Using links in messages
Viewing/playing a multimedia message Press Messaging
 Sounds or Voice Memo
Pics&Videos
Select Message Details from the Message menu
Arranging your messages
 Deleting messages
Chatting with Messaging
Start a new chat Select a message and reply to it
 Customizing your Messaging settings Press Messaging
Privacy Mode hide text Indicates
Continue an existing chat Select a
Create new messages as Indicates
 Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
Automatically collect MMS
 Selecting Messaging alert tones
 What are all those icons?
Text message Chat session
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 Your connections to the web and wireless devices
 This chapter
 Content without scrolling left or right. You
Optimized Mode Wide Page Mode
Web browser
Like
 Press Applications and select Web
Buttons on the 5-way to scroll in any direction
Follow a link to another web
 Creating a bookmark
Saving a
Viewing bookmarks or saved pages
 Editing or deleting a bookmark or saved
Select Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu
Arranging bookmarks and saved pages
 Downloading files from a web
 Streaming files from a web
Play
Copying text from a web
 Customizing your web browser settings
Returning to recently viewed pages
Finding text on a web
Select Find Text on Page from the Page menu
 Home Page Sets the page that appears when you select
Select General and set any of the following preferences
 Select Advanced and set any of the following preferences
Set memory limit for storing pages
 Connecting your computer to the Internet through your Treo
Applications and select Bluetooth
Creating a partnership between your Treo and your computer
On your smartphone, press
 Setting up your computer for a Bluetooth DUN connection
Accessing the Internet using a Bluetooth DUN connection
 Terminating a Bluetooth DUN Internet session
 Connections with Bluetooth devices
Click Disconnect
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 Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
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 Your photos, videos, and music
 Camera Pictures & Videos Pocket Tunes
 Camera
Taking a picture
Camera
 Recording a video
Camera Select Camcorder
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 Customizing your Camera settings
 Pictures & Videos
Viewing a picture
Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
 Viewing a video
Select the album that contains the video you want to see
Viewing a slide show
Select the album you want to view
 Sending pictures or videos
Copying a picture or video
 Organizing pictures and videos
 Saving a picture as wallpaper
Adding a picture to a contact entry
Rotating a picture
Deleting a picture or video
 Pocket Tunes
Select Delete Select Delete to confirm the deletion
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
 Setting up Windows Media Player for MP3
Press Applications and select pTunes
 Click the Import Using pop-up menu
Click the Setting pop-up menu
Setting up iTunes for MP3
Select MP3 Encoder
 Applications and select pTunes
Transferring music from a CD to your smartphone
 Select Rip Music
Listening to music on your Treo
Previous song Plays the previous song
 Progress Indicator Play/Pause Volume
Creating a playlist
Choose Previous Next Song
 Select Save List
Editing a playlist Press Applications and select pTunes
 Your personal information organizer
 Calendar World Clock Tasks
 Calendar
Displaying your calendar
 Creating an event
 Adding an alarm to an event
Select OK Type of time units Number of time units
Creating an untimed event
 Scheduling a repeating event
 Color-coding your schedule
Changing or deleting an event
Select the event you want to edit or delete Select Details
Delete Removes the event from your calendar Select OK
 Customizing display options for your calendar
Select Day and set any of the following options
 Select OK.s
 World Clock
 Selecting cities
World Clock
Adding cities
 Setting an alarm
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Tasks
Adding a task
 Alarm Set an alarm for this task
Category Assign the task to a specific category
Checking off a task
 Organizing your tasks
Options Due Today, Last 7 Days, Next 7 Days, or Past Due
 Deleting a task
Customizing Tasks
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 Your memos and documents
 Documents To Go Professional Memos Voice Memo
 Documents To Go Professional
 Memos
Opening a document
Documents
Creating a memo
 Voice Memo
Deleting a memo
Important thoughts directly on your smartphone
Creating a voice memo
 Listening to a voice memo
Voice Memo
 Your application and info management tools
 This chapter
 Using Find
Viewing and using the alerts
 Switching between Basic and Advanced Calculator Modes
Calculator
Press Applications and select Calc Press Menu
 Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator Mode
Length Length conversions for metric and English values
 Installing applications
Installing bonus software from the CD
Click Install bonus software
Installing applications from the Internet
 Installing applications from a computer
 Removing applications
 Viewing application info
Manually deleting applications
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
 Sending information with Bluetooth wireless technology
Sending info over a Bluetooth wireless connection
 Press Menu Select Send from the App menu
 Beaming information
Select Yes to receive the information or No to refuse it
 Beam Category Sends all entries in the current category
Beaming an entry
 Beaming an application
To applications that cannot be beamed
Press Menu Select Beam from the App menu
Receiving beamed information
 Synchronizing information- advanced
Changing which applications sync
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 Setting up a Bluetooth connection for synchronization
Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
 Select Setup Devices Select HotSync Setup
Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
 Select Synchronizing over an infrared HotSync Connection
 Click the HotSync Controls tab, and then select Enabled
Applications and select HotSync
Select Local
Double-click the HotSync manager icon in the Palm folder
 Using expansion cards
Inserting an expansion card
Open the expansion slot door
 Removing an expansion card
Opening applications on an expansion card
 Accessing items stored on an expansion card
 Highlight the application you want to copy Select Copy
 Select Card Info
Formatting an expansion card
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 Your personal settings
 This chapter
 System sound settings
Setting system volume levels
Silencing sounds
Sounds
 Display and appearance settings
Adjusting the brightness
Changing the screen font
 Setting display formats
Prefs
 Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
 Applications settings
Arranging applications by category
Press Menu Select Category on the App menu
Displaying applications by category
 Default
Reassigning buttons
 Changing default applications
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Default Apps
Locking your Treo and info
Select Done
 Locking your keyboard Keyguard
 Locking your screen
Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
Locking your phone Phone Lock
 Locking your Treo
 Select the Password box
Press Applications and select Security
Select the Auto Lock Device box
Select OK Do one of the following
 Working with private entries
Hiding or masking all private entries
 Select Lost Password
Viewing all private records
You can reveal all the entries you’ve hidden or masked
Viewing private entries in a specific application
 System settings
Setting the date and time
Entering owner information
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Date & Time
 Optimizing power settings
Select Power
 Connecting to a VPN
On a call, dim backlight after
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 Common questions
 This chapter
 Upgrading
On your computer, click
StartProgramsPalmSafe HotSync
 Delete all files from the original Backup subfolder
Locate your user folder on your computer
Your Mac username Documents Palm Users
 Desktop software installation
Resetting your Treo
Performing a soft reset
 Performing a system reset
Performing a hard reset
 Replacing the battery
Power/End
 Press Power/End to turn off the screen
 Screen
Screen appears blank
 Synchronization
There’s a blinking bell in the upper-left corner
Can’t find my user folder
 What is the backup folder?
Palm Desktop does not respond to a sync attempt
Make sure that HotSync manager is running
 Windows only Uninstall
 Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
Mac Mac hard drive Applications Palm Users device name
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 Have duplicate entries in Microsoft Outlook after I sync
Select Desktop overwrites handheld, and then click OK
My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
 If you’re using Palm Desktop software
Click HotSync manager in the taskbar and select Custom
Uncheck the New events use time zones box if it’s checked
Select Calendar Click Change
 Signal strength is weak
Phone
Text of my memos is truncated after I sync
My Treo won’t connect to the mobile network
 Other person hears an echo
Hear my own voice echo
My voice is too quiet on the other end
Hear static or interference
 My Treo makes or answers calls when it’s in a bag or pocket
Hands-free devices
Confirm all the following
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 Can’t tell if data services are available
Documentation folder
Can’t send or receive text messages
Can’t send or receive multimedia messages
 Web
My Treo won’t connect to the Internet
 Can’t access a web
 Try opening the web page again to see if it loads faster
An image or map is too small on my screen
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
 My Bluetooth DUN connection isn’t working
Check all of the following
 Making room on your Treo
 See Customizing your web browser settings
Third-party
Applications
 Error messages
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 Where to learn more
While using your Treo
For a quick introduction
 H E R E T O L E a R N M O R E
 Terms
 Gprs General Packet Radio Service
Edge Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
Favorite
HotSync manager
 Palm Quick Install
Palm OS
Partnership
Phone
 SMS Short Messaging Service
SIM Subscriber Identity Module card
Slide
Streaming
 Regulatory information
FCC Notice
 FCC Radiofrequency Emission
 What biological effects can be caused by RF
 How can I obtain the Specific Absorption Rate SAR value for
 Do hands-free kits for wireless phones reduce risks from
 E G U L a T O R Y I N F O R M a T I O N
 What is FDAs role concerning the safety of wireless
 What research is needed to decide whether RF exposure from
 What about wireless phone interference with medical
 Who funds and carries out research on the biological effects
 Static Electricity, ESD, and Your Palm Device
 Précautions dusage de votre téléphone mobile
 Specifications
 Specification S
 32F to 104F 0C to 40C To 90% relative humidity RH
 Specification S
 Index
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Accounts
208
 Events 146
50, 194
111
168
 Installing 170-171
Album list 131, 133 199
178
173-174
 208
 Bookmarks 111-113
124
123 194
175
 198
169
147, 148 displaying events 73 opening 36, 73 overview
150
 179, 180, 181 Clock 152
224
Tasks and 155, 156
196
 174
118
171
232
 For 52
Cookies 109, 116
243
205
 Delays 203
Delete command 90, 135 Delete confirmation messages
 Video clips 129, 134
201
Discovery 121, 122
121 175 176
 Accessing 81-95, 208 adding multiple recipients
145
162
161
 Setting up 81, 83, 84
Passwords 49, 203
Errors 223, 228
130
 189
172
186, 236 removing 186 renaming 188 sending attachments to
Favorites tab 45 FDN list
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195
115
Contacts 44, 58
 Full charge battery
Connecting to smartphone
HotSync manager icon 179 HotSync Setup button
Groupware
 Icons 75, 140, 197 Ignore button
Downloading 113 saving
Importing
Storing 18, 165, 185
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ITunes 136, 138
 Lock icon 110, 133, 172
Memory 117, 149
173
Phone
 102-104
104
Messaging 79
Creating 95, 97
 Services 1, 95
79, 87
133
95, 231
 Network connection icon Network Preferences
New button
Adding 58, 149, 155 storing
 Operating systems PCs 17 Optimized Mode browser 109
226
245
206
 64, 67
136
199, 202
44, 57
 Opening 36 Receiving 47
Getting device
Making 43-46, 51
Buttons for Downloading Placing on hold 50 Grouping
 PINs 201
Pausing 114, 130
Stopping 100, 141 Precautions 247, 257
Music 114, 140
 System sounds 193 tasks
Protocol pick list 84 proxy servers 117 pTunes icon
Radians Radio frequency emissions 247
 Email 90 Resets 213, 215-217
233
Photos 128, 134
155
 Save as Wallpaper command
127
29, 30 ringer
Saving
 198 Text 29, 100 Passwords 49, 203
Email 86, 99
Photos 86, 128
Contacts 45, 58
 Silent alarm 70, 71, 152
Resetting 203
Box 73
157 193 236
 Screen 151
246
Sounds 97, 152
Information 18, 165
 181, 182 caution for 18 changing defaults for
Offline
Tabs 43, 52
Tasks
 157 150
Tasks list 145, 155, 156
Sending 47, 48, 95
231
 Upgrades 17-20, 62
122 172
121, 123
Time zones 147, 206
 Troubleshooting
86-87
Viewing 130, 132, 136 View By pick list 198 viewing
 Visibility pick list 123, 175 voice captions
Playing
 Accessing 109, 111
Accessing 109, 110
234 115
112
 137, 139, 140 viewing multimedia on 136
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