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
 Documentation and software
Palm warranty
 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
 Top view
Inserting the SIM card and battery
 A P T E R
 Charging the battery
 A P T E R
 Battery icon
Maximizing battery life
 Turn down the screen brightness see Adjusting the brightness
 Press Phone
After you finish the call, press Power End to end the call
Adjusting call volume
Making your first call
 Setting up your computer for synchronization
Volume Side button
What’s my phone number?
 Upgrading from another Palm OS device
System requirements
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Info about compatibility with your Treo
Installing the desktop synchronization software
 Palm Desktop software or Microsoft Outlook
Connecting your smartphone to your computer
 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
 Press Up , Down , Right , or Left
Entering other symbols and accented characters
Using the Alt key
Press Alt
 Symbols and accented characters
 Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Applications Messaging
 Press Applications
Using Applications View
Web
Memos
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Your phone
 This chapter
 Waking up the screen and turning it off
Turning your Treo 680 on and off
 Opening the Phone application
Turning your phone on and off
 Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Making calls
Press Send to make the call
 Dialing by contact name
 Press Send or Center to make the call
Speed-dial favorite from other types of favorites
 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
 Press Phone
Enter your voicemail password using the keyboard
Voicemail notification
Listening to voicemail messages
 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
 Do one of the following
Press Power/End
Switching applications during a call
Ending a call
 Saving phone numbers
To decline adding this number, select Cancel
 Receiving a second call call waiting
When the Dial another call prompt appears, select Yes
Select Add Contact
Making a second call
 Swap or press Send
Making a conference call
While the first call is active, make a second call
 Forwarding calls under certain conditions
Forwarding all calls
 How many minutes have I used?
 Entering names and phone numbers
Adding a contact
Do any of the following
 Assigning a caller ID photo
After you enter all the information, select Done
Press Phone Select the Contacts tab
Select Edit
 Assigning a caller ID ringtone
 Select Select Business Card from the Record menu
Customizing Contacts
Deleting a contact
Creating a business card for beaming
 Defining favorite
Buttons
Viewing your SIM Phonebook
 Creating a speed-dial favorite button
 Creating other types of favorite buttons
Editing a favorite button
 Deleting a favorite button
Using a hands-free device
 Microphone Headset button
Using a wired headset
 Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
 Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
Select Setup Devices Select Hands-free Setup
 Press Applications and select Prefs Select Hands-free
Customizing advanced settings for your hands-free device
 Selecting ringtones
Customizing phone settings
 Select the Volume pick list and select the volume level
Creating and managing ringtones
Way
 Selecting Phone alert tones
Select Done twice
 Adjusting ringer volume
Barring calls
Customizing the Main tab in the Phone application
 Setting your dialing preferences
 Select Select Network from the Options menu
Manually selecting the wireless network
Using TTY
Always dial +1 in front of the area
 Press Phone Select the Dial Pad tab Enter #*TTY Press Send
What are all those icons?
 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?
 New Zealand Vodafone NZ
Brazil UOL
 Taiwan HiNet Umail
Setting up VersaMail to work with common providers
 Setting up VersaMail to work with other providers
 Enter the subject and message text
Creating and sending messages
 Adding attachments to your messages
Attaching photos and videos
Red paper clip icon in the upper-right corner
From the Type pick list, select Photo/ Video
 Receiving and viewing messages
Attaching ringtones
From the Type pick list, select Sounds
Attaching other types of files
 Replying to or forwarding messages
If a large incoming message is Truncated, select More
 Viewing attachments
 Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
Deleting messages by date
Press Menu Select Delete Old on the Message menu
 Press Menu Select Options, and then select Preferences
Switching accounts
Customizing your email settings
Scheduling Auto Sync
 Check the Alert me of new mail box
Select Auto Sync
Select OK, and then select Get Mail
Selecting alert tones
 Unread messages Imap accounts
 Enter your signature information, and then select OK
Message Format Sets the format for messages you retrieve
Attaching a signature to a message
Select Signature Check the Attach Signature box
 Select New Select the To field to address the message
Messaging
Creating and sending a text message
Press Messaging
 Creating and sending a multimedia message
 Select New
Videos
Ringtones
Sound clips
 Receiving messages
 Viewing/playing a multimedia message Press Messaging
Using links in messages
 Arranging your messages
Sounds or Voice Memo
Pics&Videos
Select Message Details from the Message menu
 Deleting messages
Chatting with Messaging
Start a new chat Select a message and reply to it
 Create new messages as Indicates
Customizing your Messaging settings Press Messaging
Privacy Mode hide text Indicates
Continue an existing chat Select a
 Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
Automatically collect MMS
 Selecting Messaging alert tones
 Text message Chat session
What are all those icons?
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 Your connections to the web and wireless devices
 This chapter
 Like
Content without scrolling left or right. You
Optimized Mode Wide Page Mode
Web browser
 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
 Select Find Text on Page from the Page menu
Customizing your web browser settings
Returning to recently viewed pages
Finding text on a web
 Select General and set any of the following preferences
Home Page Sets the page that appears when you select
 Set memory limit for storing pages
Select Advanced and set any of the following preferences
 On your smartphone, press
Connecting your computer to the Internet through your Treo
Applications and select Bluetooth
Creating a partnership between your Treo and your computer
 Accessing the Internet using a Bluetooth DUN connection
Setting up your computer for a Bluetooth DUN connection
 Terminating a Bluetooth DUN Internet session
 Click Disconnect
Connections with Bluetooth devices
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 Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
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 Your photos, videos, and music
 Camera Pictures & Videos Pocket Tunes
 Camera
Taking a picture
Camera
 Camera Select Camcorder
Recording a video
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 Customizing your Camera settings
 Pictures & Videos
Viewing a picture
Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
 Select the album you want to view
Viewing a video
Select the album that contains the video you want to see
Viewing a slide show
 Copying a picture or video
Sending pictures or videos
 Organizing pictures and videos
 Deleting a picture or video
Saving a picture as wallpaper
Adding a picture to a contact entry
Rotating a picture
 Pocket Tunes
Select Delete Select Delete to confirm the deletion
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
 Press Applications and select pTunes
Setting up Windows Media Player for MP3
 Select MP3 Encoder
Click the Import Using pop-up menu
Click the Setting pop-up menu
Setting up iTunes for MP3
 Transferring music from a CD to your smartphone
Applications and select pTunes
 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
 Editing a playlist Press Applications and select pTunes
Select Save List
 Your personal information organizer
 Calendar World Clock Tasks
 Displaying your calendar
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
 Delete Removes the event from your calendar Select OK
Color-coding your schedule
Changing or deleting an event
Select the event you want to edit or delete Select Details
 Select Day and set any of the following options
Customizing display options for your calendar
 Select OK.s
 World Clock
 Selecting cities
World Clock
Adding cities
 Adding a task
Setting an alarm
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Tasks
 Alarm Set an alarm for this task
Category Assign the task to a specific category
Checking off a task
 Options Due Today, Last 7 Days, Next 7 Days, or Past Due
Organizing your tasks
 Customizing Tasks
Deleting a task
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 Your memos and documents
 Documents To Go Professional Memos Voice Memo
 Documents To Go Professional
 Creating a memo
Memos
Opening a document
Documents
 Creating a voice memo
Voice Memo
Deleting a memo
Important thoughts directly on your smartphone
 Voice Memo
Listening to a voice memo
 Your application and info management tools
 This chapter
 Viewing and using the alerts
Using Find
 Switching between Basic and Advanced Calculator Modes
Calculator
Press Applications and select Calc Press Menu
 Length Length conversions for metric and English values
Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator Mode
 Installing applications from the Internet
Installing applications
Installing bonus software from the CD
Click Install bonus software
 Installing applications from a computer
 Removing applications
 Viewing application info
Manually deleting applications
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
 Sending info over a Bluetooth wireless connection
Sending information with Bluetooth wireless technology
 Press Menu Select Send from the App menu
 Select Yes to receive the information or No to refuse it
Beaming information
 Beaming an entry
Beam Category Sends all entries in the current category
 Receiving beamed information
Beaming an application
To applications that cannot be beamed
Press Menu Select Beam from the App menu
 Changing which applications sync
Synchronizing information- advanced
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 Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
Setting up a Bluetooth connection for synchronization
 Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
Select Setup Devices Select HotSync Setup
 Select Synchronizing over an infrared HotSync Connection
 Double-click the HotSync manager icon in the Palm folder
Click the HotSync Controls tab, and then select Enabled
Applications and select HotSync
Select Local
 Using expansion cards
Inserting an expansion card
Open the expansion slot door
 Opening applications on an expansion card
Removing an expansion card
 Accessing items stored on an expansion card
 Highlight the application you want to copy Select Copy
 Formatting an expansion card
Select Card Info
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 Your personal settings
 This chapter
 Sounds
System sound settings
Setting system volume levels
Silencing sounds
 Display and appearance settings
Adjusting the brightness
Changing the screen font
 Prefs
Setting display formats
 Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
 Displaying applications by category
Applications settings
Arranging applications by category
Press Menu Select Category on the App menu
 Reassigning buttons
Default
 Select Done
Changing default applications
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Default Apps
Locking your Treo and info
 Locking your keyboard Keyguard
 Locking your screen
Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
Locking your phone Phone Lock
 Locking your Treo
 Select OK Do one of the following
Select the Password box
Press Applications and select Security
Select the Auto Lock Device box
 Hiding or masking all private entries
Working with private entries
 Viewing private entries in a specific application
Select Lost Password
Viewing all private records
You can reveal all the entries you’ve hidden or masked
 Press Applications and select Prefs Select Date & Time
System settings
Setting the date and time
Entering owner information
 Select Power
Optimizing power settings
 On a call, dim backlight after
Connecting to a VPN
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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 hard reset
Performing a system reset
 Power/End
Replacing the battery
 Press Power/End to turn off the screen
 Screen appears blank
Screen
 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
 Mac Mac hard drive Applications Palm Users device name
Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
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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
 Select Calendar Click Change
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
 My Treo won’t connect to the mobile network
Signal strength is weak
Phone
Text of my memos is truncated after I sync
 Hear static or interference
Other person hears an echo
Hear my own voice echo
My voice is too quiet on the other end
 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 send or receive multimedia messages
Can’t tell if data services are available
Documentation folder
Can’t send or receive text messages
 My Treo won’t connect to the Internet
Web
 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
 Check all of the following
My Bluetooth DUN connection isn’t working
 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
 HotSync manager
Gprs General Packet Radio Service
Edge Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
Favorite
 Phone
Palm Quick Install
Palm OS
Partnership
 Streaming
SMS Short Messaging Service
SIM Subscriber Identity Module card
Slide
 FCC Notice
Regulatory information
 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
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Index
110
Accounts
 168
Events 146
50, 194
111
 173-174
Installing 170-171
Album list 131, 133 199
178
 208
 175
Bookmarks 111-113
124
123 194
 150
198
169
147, 148 displaying events 73 opening 36, 73 overview
 196
179, 180, 181 Clock 152
224
Tasks and 155, 156
 232
174
118
171
 205
For 52
Cookies 109, 116
243
 Delete command 90, 135 Delete confirmation messages
Delays 203
 121 175 176
Video clips 129, 134
201
Discovery 121, 122
 161
Accessing 81-95, 208 adding multiple recipients
145
162
 130
Setting up 81, 83, 84
Passwords 49, 203
Errors 223, 228
 Favorites tab 45 FDN list
189
172
186, 236 removing 186 renaming 188 sending attachments to
 Contacts 44, 58
170
195
115
 Groupware
Full charge battery
Connecting to smartphone
HotSync manager icon 179 HotSync Setup button
 Storing 18, 165, 185
Icons 75, 140, 197 Ignore button
Downloading 113 saving
Importing
 ITunes 136, 138
221
 Phone
Lock icon 110, 133, 172
Memory 117, 149
173
 Creating 95, 97
102-104
104
Messaging 79
 95, 231
Services 1, 95
79, 87
133
 Network connection icon Network Preferences
New button
Adding 58, 149, 155 storing
 206
Operating systems PCs 17 Optimized Mode browser 109
226
245
 44, 57
64, 67
136
199, 202
 Buttons for Downloading Placing on hold 50 Grouping
Opening 36 Receiving 47
Getting device
Making 43-46, 51
 Music 114, 140
PINs 201
Pausing 114, 130
Stopping 100, 141 Precautions 247, 257
 System sounds 193 tasks
Protocol pick list 84 proxy servers 117 pTunes icon
Radians Radio frequency emissions 247
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Email 90 Resets 213, 215-217
233
Photos 128, 134
 Saving
Save as Wallpaper command
127
29, 30 ringer
 Contacts 45, 58
198 Text 29, 100 Passwords 49, 203
Email 86, 99
Photos 86, 128
 157 193 236
Silent alarm 70, 71, 152
Resetting 203
Box 73
 Information 18, 165
Screen 151
246
Sounds 97, 152
 Tasks
181, 182 caution for 18 changing defaults for
Offline
Tabs 43, 52
 231
157 150
Tasks list 145, 155, 156
Sending 47, 48, 95
 Time zones 147, 206
Upgrades 17-20, 62
122 172
121, 123
 Troubleshooting
86-87
Viewing 130, 132, 136 View By pick list 198 viewing
 Playing
Visibility pick list 123, 175 voice captions
 112
Accessing 109, 111
Accessing 109, 110
234 115
 137, 139, 140 viewing multimedia on 136
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