Your Palm Treo Smartphone User Guide
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Contents
Customizing phone settings What are all those icons?
Page
Third-party applications Error messages
Hardware
Welcome
What’s in the box?
Palm warranty
Documentation and software
What do I need to get started?
E L C O M E
Setting up
This chapter
Front view
Indicator light phone Earpiece
Treo 680 overview
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
What’s my phone number?
Setting up your computer for synchronization
Volume Side button
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
Both locations
Synchronizing information-the basics
Info up-to-date and backed up
A P T E R
Moving around on your Palm Treo 680 smartphone
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Center Left Right Down
Moving around the screen
5-way includes the following buttons
Learn to recognize the highlight. It can take two forms
Highlighting and selecting items
Way to move the highlight from one item to another
Selecting menu items
Accessing command buttons
Highlighting text
To highlight
Selecting options in a pick list
Way Use the 5-way
Option Return Shift/Find Menu Space Alt
Using the keyboard
Backlight
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
Applications Messaging
Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Using Applications View
Web
Memos
Press Applications
A P T E R
A P T E R
Your phone
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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
Press Send to make the call
Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Making calls
Dialing by contact name
Speed-dial favorite from other types of favorites
Press Send or Center to make the call
To select from your call history list
Dialing from a web page or message
To select from your most recently dialed
Receiving calls
Setting up voicemail
Using voicemail
Send the call to voicemail Press Power
Enter your voicemail password using the keyboard
Voicemail notification
Listening to voicemail messages
Press Phone
Turns off the speakerphone when it is on
What can I do when I’m on a call?
When you make or receive a call, Active Call View appears
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
While the first call is active, make a second call
Swap or press Send
Making a conference call
Forwarding all calls
Forwarding calls under certain conditions
How many minutes have I used?
Do any of the following
Entering names and phone numbers
Adding a contact
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
Viewing your SIM Phonebook
Defining favorite
Buttons
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
Way
Select the Volume pick list and select the volume level
Creating and managing ringtones
Select Done twice
Selecting Phone alert tones
Customizing the Main tab in the Phone application
Adjusting ringer volume
Barring calls
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
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How do I get started?
Which email application should I use?
VersaMail application
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
Press Menu Select Delete Old on the Message menu
Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
Deleting messages by date
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
Start a new chat Select a message and reply to it
Deleting messages
Chatting with Messaging
Customizing your Messaging settings Press Messaging
Privacy Mode hide text Indicates
Continue an existing chat Select a
Create new messages as Indicates
Automatically collect MMS
Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
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
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Content without scrolling left or right. You
Optimized Mode Wide Page Mode
Web browser
Like
Follow a link to another web
Press Applications and select Web
Buttons on the 5-way to scroll in any direction
Viewing bookmarks or saved pages
Creating a bookmark
Saving a
Arranging bookmarks and saved pages
Editing or deleting a bookmark or saved
Select Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu
Downloading files from a web
Copying text from a web
Streaming files from a web
Play
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
Camera
Taking a picture
Recording a video
Camera Select Camcorder
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Customizing your Camera settings
Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
Pictures & Videos
Viewing a picture
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
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
Pocket Tunes
Select Delete Select Delete to confirm the deletion
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
Previous song Plays the previous song
Select Rip Music
Listening to music on your Treo
Choose Previous Next Song
Progress Indicator Play/Pause Volume
Creating a playlist
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
Creating an untimed event
Adding an alarm to an event
Select OK Type of time units Number of time units
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
Adding cities
Selecting cities
World Clock
Setting an alarm
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Tasks
Adding a task
Checking off a task
Alarm Set an alarm for this task
Category Assign the task to a specific category
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
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Using Find
Viewing and using the alerts
Press Applications and select Calc Press Menu
Switching between Basic and Advanced Calculator Modes
Calculator
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
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
Viewing application info
Manually deleting applications
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
Open the expansion slot door
Using expansion cards
Inserting an expansion card
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
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System sound settings
Setting system volume levels
Silencing sounds
Sounds
Changing the screen font
Display and appearance settings
Adjusting the brightness
Setting display formats
Prefs
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
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 phone Phone Lock
Locking your screen
Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
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
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StartProgramsPalmSafe HotSync
Upgrading
On your computer, click
Your Mac username Documents Palm Users
Delete all files from the original Backup subfolder
Locate your user folder on your computer
Performing a soft reset
Desktop software installation
Resetting your Treo
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
Can’t find my user folder
Synchronization
There’s a blinking bell in the upper-left corner
Make sure that HotSync manager is running
What is the backup folder?
Palm Desktop does not respond to a sync attempt
Windows only Uninstall
Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
Mac Mac hard drive Applications Palm Users device name
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My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
Have duplicate entries in Microsoft Outlook after I sync
Select Desktop overwrites handheld, and then click OK
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
Confirm all the following
My Treo makes or answers calls when it’s in a bag or pocket
Hands-free devices
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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
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
Try opening the web page again to see if it loads faster
An image or map is too small on my screen
My Bluetooth DUN connection isn’t working
Check all of the following
Making room on your Treo
Applications
See Customizing your web browser settings
Third-party
Error messages
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For a quick introduction
Where to learn more
While using your Treo
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
Adding 58, 149, 155 storing
Network connection icon Network Preferences
New button
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
Radians Radio frequency emissions 247
System sounds 193 tasks
Protocol pick list 84 proxy servers 117 pTunes icon
Email 90 Resets 213, 215-217
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Photos 128, 134
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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
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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
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Upgrades 17-20, 62
122 172
121, 123
Time zones 147, 206
Viewing 130, 132, 136 View By pick list 198 viewing
Troubleshooting
86-87
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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