Terms

Alt (alternative)

A keyboard key. Enter a letter on the keyboard, and then press Alt to access variations such as international characters and symbols.

Applications View

The screen on your Palm® Treo680 smartphone from which you can open all applications.

Auto-off interval

The time of inactivity that passes before the screen on your smartphone turns off. The wireless features on your smartphone are unaffected by this setting.

Beam

The process of sending or receiving an entry or application using the infrared (IR) port on your Treo.

Bluetooth® wireless technology

Technology that enables devices such as smartphones, mobile phones, and computers to connect wirelessly to each other so that they can exchange

information over short distances. For more info, visit www.bluetooth.com.

CSD (circuit-switched data)

A dial-up Internet connection. You pay for the connection time, not how much information you transfer. Contrast with GPRS.

Device name

The name associated with your Treo 680 and with the info in your desktop software. The device name (sometimes called the username) distinguishes your Treo 680 from all other Palm OS® devices. When you first synchronize your Treo 680, you are asked to give it a device name. This name appears in the User list in Palm Desktop software. Every Palm OS device that is synchronized with the same computer must have a unique device name.

Dialog box

A set of options and command buttons that is enclosed by a border and that enables you to carry out a specific task.

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