Your Palm Treo 750 Smart Device
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Hardware
Welcome
What’s in the box?
What do I need to get started?
Documentation and software
Setting up
This chapter
Earpiece
Palm Treo 750 smart device overview
Front view
Back view
Top view
Inserting the SIM card and battery
Stylus Ringer switch
E T T I N G U P
Charging the battery
Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation
H a R G I N G T H E B a T T E R Y
Maximizing battery life
Making your first call
Press Phone/Send to display your Today screen
Adjusting call volume
Select Preferences Phone Settings
What’s my number?
Press Phone/Send
Setting up synchronization
Look here for your phone number Press OK
Using one thumb on the 5-way
Quickly move around
Complete tasks in applications
Navigator
This chapter
Center Left Right
Navigating around the screen
Screen. Press Center to highlight and select items
Scrolling through screens
Closing screens
Scroll arrows
Highlighting and selecting items
Using the action keys
Highlighting text
Left action key activates this command
Selecting menu items
Selecting options in a shortcut menu
Selecting options in a list
To exit the list and cancel your selection, press Left
Using the keyboard
Understanding the keyboard backlight
Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Entering lowercase and uppercase letters
Entering other symbols and accented characters
Symbols and accented characters
Press Alt To select… Enter… Ä â ã å æ
Or B Ö ô œ õ Ö Ô Œ Õ Or P ¼ ½ Ë ê Or R
Or F Ï î Or T £ ¥ ¢ $
Closing applications
Opening and closing applications
Opening applications
Using your Today screen
S I N G Y O U R T O D a Y S C R E E N
Your phone
This chapter
Turning your phone off
Turning your Palm Treo 750 smart device on/off
Turning your phone on
Power/End
Making calls from the Today screen
Waking up the screen and turning it off
Dialing from the Today screen
Dialing with a speed-dial button
Dialing by contact name
Press Phone/Send or press Center to dial
Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Select the number you want to dial
Other ways of making calls
Go to your Today screen, and then press
Hold Phone/Send To select from your most recently
To select from a chronological list
To answer a call, do one of the following
Receiving calls
Dialing from a web page or message
Retrieving voicemail messages from the Today screen
Using voicemail
Setting up voicemail
What can I do during a call?
Retrieving messages from a voicemail notification
Press Power/End
Use the built-in speakerphone Press
Mute the microphone so you can’t be
Ending a call
Switching applications during an active call
Saving phone numbers
Making a second call
Answering a second call call waiting
Send the new call to voicemail Press
Menu right action key and select Ignore
Hang up the current call and answer
Making a conference call
Forwarding calls
Defining speed-dial buttons
Creating a speed-dial button
Extra Digits left action key to dial these digits
Plays the previous message
Arranging your speed-dial buttons
Editing a speed-dial button
Deleting a speed-dial button
Headset
Using a phone
Using a wired headset
Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
Go to your Today screen, and then tap Bluetooth
Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
Phone Missed call a call you did not
Customizing phone settings
Selecting ringtones and display notices
Assigning a caller ID ringtone
Adjusting call and ringer volume
Optional Select the Play icon to preview the sound
Select Ring tone
Select a tone for this contact entry Select OK
Enabling TTY
Adding Contacts numbers from new callers
Off No outgoing calls are blocked
Blocking calls
You can block incoming or outgoing calls
You can turn caller ID on or off
Setting caller ID
Setting call waiting notification
Manually selecting your wireless band
Enabling fixed dialing
Check the Enable fixed dialing box
Manually selecting your network settings
From the Network Selection list, select an option
What are all those icons?
Unless instructed to do so by a Cingular representative
O U R P H O N E
Your smart device’s battery is
Charging
Is fully charged
Network
A P T E R
Synchronizing information
This chapter
You can, however, customize sync settings
To suit your needs and sync only some
Synchronizing with ActiveSync desktop software
Synchronizing wirelessly with the server
How do I synchronize?
What can I synchronize?
Setting up your computer for synchronization
Installing the desktop synchronization software
System requirements
Using ActiveSync desktop software
Connecting your Treo 750 to your computer
Plug the AC charger into a wall outlet
USB sync cable This button has no function with your Treo
Synchronizing using the sync cable
Setting up wireless synchronization
Press Menu right action key and select Add Server Source
Press Start and select Programs
Select ActiveSync
Check the Save password box
Setting the synchronization schedule
If your Microsoft Exchange Server
Press Sync left action key
Initiating a wireless sync manually
Send outgoing items immediately
Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
Other ways to synchronize
When synchronization has finished
Synchronizing over an infrared connection
On your Treo 750, press Start and select Programs
Synchronizing with multiple computers
Setting synchronization options
Changing which applications sync
Stopping synchronization
Press Stop left action key
Your email
This chapter
Setting up
Entering settings for an email account
Using a do-it-yourself setup application
For setup instructions, see Setting up Good Mobile Messaging
Setting up Xpress Mail
Setting up Good Mobile Messaging
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Setting up an Imap or POP email account
Example, if this is your work email Press Finish
Download settings for this account
Optional Select Options to select
Select Subject and enter a title for the message
Sending and receiving messages
Go to your Today screen Press E-mail left action key
Receiving email messages
Treo 750 when you connect your
Press Send right action key
Receiving attachments
Check the Include file attachments box
Working with email messages
Adding an online address book
Using an online address book
Enter the server name
Adding a signature to your messages
Customizing your email settings
Forwarding a message
Verify names using these address
After deleting or moving a message
Sending email messages from within another application
Select the Storage tab and set any of the following options
Your text and multimedia messages
This chapter
Using the Messaging application
Creating and sending a text message
Creating and sending a multimedia message
Ringtones
Sound clips
Pictures
I N G T H E M E S S a G I N G a P P L I C a T I O N
Select Message Options
Setting message options
On the message compose screen Press Menu
Receiving text and multimedia messages
Viewing/playing a message
Menu right action key and select Save
Press Menu right action key and select Message Details
Reply to the message Press Menu
Using Messaging to chat
Forward the message Press Menu
Right action key and select
Enter your message Press Send left action key
Using links in messages
Message status icons
Customizing message settings
Customizing the Messaging application
Sorting your messages
Select By Name or By Date Deleting a single message
Customizing chat settings
On the Messages tab, set any of the following options
Whether you want deletion confirmation messages to appear
Automatically download MMS
Customizing notification settings
Select the Chat tab Select either of the following options
Press OK twice
Acknowledge when messages are
Customizing network settings
Using Pocket MSN
Signing in to Pocket MSN
Select Pocket MSN
Select MSN Mobile Home
O U R T E X T a N D M U L T I M E D I a M E S S a G E S
Your connections to the web and wireless devices
This chapter
Press Start and select Internet Explorer
Browsing the web
Viewing a web
R O W S I N G T H E W E B
Press OK to close Internet Explorer Mobile
Creating a favorite
Viewing a favorite
Organizing your favorites
Select New Folder
Enter a name for this folder, and then select Add Press OK
Returning to recently viewed pages
Copying text from a web
Press Menu right action key and select Edit Paste
Customizing your Internet Explorer Mobile settings
Save links to pages visited
Connecting to devices with Bluetooth wireless technology
Entering basic Bluetooth settings
Requesting a connection with another Bluetooth device
Select the Devices tab, and then select New Partnership
Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
Using your device as a wireless modem
Setting up Modem Link for a USB connection
Creating a DUN connection using Bluetooth technology
Select Modem Link
Setting up your computer for a Bluetooth DUN connection
Accessing the Internet using a Bluetooth DUN connection
Terminating a DUN Internet session
A P T E R
Your photos, videos, and music
Camera Pictures & Videos Windows Media Player Mobile
Camera
Taking a picture
Optional Set a five-second timer Press
Taking pictures in burst mode
Brightness Press Right
Resolution Press Menu
Recording a video
Customizing your Camera settings
Center . Press OK to return to Thumbnail View
Sets the default size for newly captured pictures
Include audio when recording video
Select the Camera tab and set any of the following options
Select the Video tab and set any of the following options
Pictures & Videos
Viewing a picture
Viewing a video
Viewing a slide show
Organizing pictures and videos
Sending a picture or video
Creating a video ringtone
Editing a picture
Using a picture as the Today screen background
To keep the picture or video in two
Deleting a picture or video
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
Windows Media Player Mobile
WMA WMV
Playing media files on your Treo
Working with libraries
Working with playlists
Customizing Windows Media Player Mobile
Continues if you switch to another application
Resume playback after a phone call
O U R P H O T O S , V I D E O S , a N D M U S I C
Your personal information organizer
Contacts Calendar Tasks
Contacts
Adding a contact
Deleting a contact
Viewing or changing contact information
Calendar
Customizing Contacts
Set any of the following options
Finding a contact in an online address book
Select one of the following views
Creating an appointment
Adding an alarm reminder to an event
Creating an untimed event
Scheduling a repeating appointment
Sending a meeting request
Marking an event as sensitive
Organizing your schedule
Select the type of events you want to view
Deleting an event
Highlight the event you want to delete
Customizing Calendar
Adding a task
Tasks
Set reminders for new items
Checking off a task
Customizing Tasks
Organizing your tasks
Deleting a task
Creating a note
Creating a voice note
Depending on where you recorded the note Press OK
Creating a note from a template
Go to the Notes list
Organizing your notes
Deleting a note
Customizing Notes
Your Microsoft Office tools
Presentations with you
This chapter
Synchronizing your Microsoft Office files
Word Mobile
Windows Explorer on your computer
Copy the file into the Mobile Device folder, and then sync
Creating a document
Select Word Mobile
Opening an existing document
Document list, select the document you want to open
Creating a document from a template
Go to the documents list
Finding or replacing text in a document
Open the document containing the text you want to find
Formatting text
Saving a copy of a document
Select Save
Press OK to return to the document
Formatting paragraphs and lists
Indentation Changes the paragraph margins
Checking spelling in a document
Customizing Word Mobile
Organizing your documents
Deleting a document
PowerPoint Mobile
Select PowerPoint Mobile
Playing a presentation
Select Next or Previous to play animations
Setting presentation playback options
Excel Mobile
Press Menu right action key and select End Show
Loop continuously Advances to
Cell patterns Patterns applied to cells are removed
Creating a workbook from a template
Creating a workbook
Select Excel Mobile
Sheet Lets you switch to a different worksheet
Viewing a workbook
Panes
Calculating a sum
Entering a sequence automatically
Entering a formula
Inserting a function
Adding cells, rows, and columns
Renaming a worksheet
Formatting cells
Formatting rows and columns
Filtering info in a worksheet
Creating a chart
Sorting info in a worksheet
Formatting or changing a chart
Finding or replacing info in a workbook
Organizing your workbooks
Deleting cells, rows, and columns
Select how you want to remove the elements
Customizing Excel Mobile
Your application and info management tools
This chapter
Using Search
Finding information
Within notes, appointments, contacts, and tasks
Press Start and select Programs Select Search
Press Search left action key
Exploring files and folders
Select File Explorer
Select My Device to view all folders
Installing applications
Installing bonus software from the CD
Click Add Programs
Installing third-party applications
Installing applications from the Internet
Double-click Mobile Device
Installing applications from your computer
Installing applications onto an expansion card
Removing applications
Sharing information
Double-click My Windows
Mobile-Based Device To open Mobile Device folder
Beaming information
Your info or to receive info from another device
Turn on your screen
Beaming a record
Receiving beamed information
Using expansion cards
Inserting and removing expansion cards
S I N G E X P a N S I O N C a R D S
Opening applications on an expansion card
Saving files to an expansion card
Exploring files on an expansion card
Moving info between your Treo 750 and an expansion card
Viewing available expansion card memory
Calculator
Renaming an expansion card
Performing calculations
Select Calculator
Using the Calculator memory
Your personal settings
This chapter
Today screen settings
Selecting which items appear on your Today screen
On the Personal tab, select Today
Select Browse Select the picture you want to use Press OK
Selecting Sounds & Notifications
System sound settings
Silencing sounds
S T E M S O U N D S E T T I N G S
Display and appearance settings
Setting display formats
Adjusting the brightness
Regional Settings
Aligning the screen to correct tapping problems
Changing the system color scheme
Application settings
Changing screen orientation
Portrait Landscape right-handed Landscape left-handed
Arranging the Start menu
Setting up voice commands
Start = Start menu OK = OK/Close
Option + Phone/Send = Messaging Option + Start = Calendar
Option + OK = Task Manager
Using voice commands
Setting input options
Select the Options tab and set any of the following options
Default zoom level for writing
Default zoom level for typing
Locking your Treo 750 and info
Capitalize first letter of sentence
Locking your keyboard Keyguard
Locking your screen
Check the Require PIN when phone is used box
Locking the SIM card
Select Password, tap the onscreen
Locking your Treo
Entering owner information
System settings
Setting the date and time
Setting system alarms
Press OK If prompted, select Yes to accept your changes
Managing identity certificates
Enabling error reporting
Optimizing power settings
Turning wireless services on/off
Managing ISP settings
Connection settings
Wireless Manager
Connecting to a VPN virtual private network
Setting up a proxy server
Ending a data connection
Common questions
Transferring info from another device
Reinstalling the desktop software
Resetting your Treo
Performing a soft reset
Shut down your computer, and then turn it on again
Performing a hard reset
Replacing the battery
Contacts
My battery seems to drain quickly
Performance
Applications are running slower than usual
Select Running Programs
Signal strength is weak
Screen
Network connection
Screen appears blank
My phone seems to turn off by itself
Can’t tell if data services are available
My Treo 750 won’t connect to the mobile network
Can’t send or receive text or multimedia messages
Verify all of the following
Turn on Bluetooth box is checked in Bluetooth Settings
Your Bluetooth device is charged and turned on
Synchronization
ActiveSync desktop software
ActiveSync desktop software does not respond to sync attempt
A P T E R
Synchronization starts but doesn’t finish
My video and music files won’t sync
Check the Use above setting when roaming box
My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
My scheduled sync doesn’t work
Press Menu right action key and select Schedule
Again later
Exchange ActiveSync wireless synchronization
An alert tells me that the server could not be reached
Have problems using my account
Have problems sending and receiving email
Have problems sending email
Scheduled email synchronization is not working
Click Start on your computer, and then select Settings
Can’t access a
Web
Select Control Panel
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
Shockwave, VBScript, WML script, and other plug-ins
An image or map is too small on my Treo 750 screen
Third-party applications
Camera preview image looks strange
Making room on your Treo
Getting more help
Are you hearing your own voice echo?
Voice quality
Is the other person hearing an echo?
Is your voice too quiet on the other end?
Where to learn more
While using your Treo
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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
Dialog box
Edge Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution
Infrared IR
Partnership
Phone Off
Phone/Send
PIM personal information manager
SMS Short Messaging Service
Start
Streaming
Synchronization
Apps that use Microsoft Windows Mobile
E R M S
Regulatory information
FCC Statement
Antenna Care/Unauthorized Modifications
G U L a T O R Y I N F O R M a T I O N
Driving Safety Tips Overview
Static ELECTRICITY, ESD, and Your Palm Device
E G U L a T O R Y I N F O R M a T I O N
Specifications
Specification S
ActiveSync
Specification S
Index
235-240 171
102
Contacts 43, 56
206
Installing 189-190
Animation 141, 173
198
Opening 28, 197
Bluetooth wireless
203
240
123-126
Border highlight 19 borders 174 brightness, adjusting
135
Charts 175, 181
134, 135
169
Entering 24, 25, 178 146
112
127-129
51-53
126
91, 97, 101
55, 139
121
Text 121
Network settings 112 Notes application 164 phone
122-123
172
184
Resetting 215
246 124
232 257
265
Events 155
123, 124 Pictures 133, 138
249 167
Videos 133, 138
Earpiece 5, 247 eBooks 11 echoes
Servers
With
241
Errors 219, 232
Passwords 77, 90
261
178
On 198
Cards 142, 146
172, 183
199
175
183
119
19-20
187-188
Storing 195, 246
Internet 128, 222
235
Lists accessing 22 creating 168
Manage Folders command
Leading zeros
168
110
Deleting 97, 109
142-147 106 105, 111
104
189
142, 146, 197
Microphone 5, 42, 137
17-19
Multimedia Messaging System. See MMS messaging
154
Downloading sounds for
Receiving phone calls
204
Off Hold button 42 Office files
From 92
174
216
Saving 90 spreadsheets
Entering 12, 34, 37
201
50, 53
Making 12, 34, 38
140 PINs 60, 214
136
PIMs 226, 238
138
Radio 258
Radio frequency emissions 257
102, 105, 110 pictures
Text messages 101, 105 Videos
Resets 215, 226-228
192
169, 172, 183
244
Running Programs tab 29
231
140
193
169, 182
Security 125, 212-216
Services tab 46, 57, 58
239, 240
253
158
Start menu 28, 208
Symbols 26, 27, 48 235
Information 195, 246
144
235-241
Wirelessly 68, 75, 80, 81
System settings 216-222
Installing 190, 245 Dialing from 34, 35, 37
245 240
228
245-246
145
VPN connections voice captions Voice Command button 210
Troubleshooting
210
Voice recording formats 211 voicemail
Accessing 117, 119
222
75, 80, 81
144 194 167-173
173
Zoom In command 173 zoom options Zoom settings 175, 177
For 184 worksheet names 175 worksheets