User Guide
 Intellectual property notices
 Contents
 Documents To Go Professional 171 Memos 173 Voice Memo
Using a phone headset
113
Your memos and documents 169
 N T E N T S
 Terms Important safety and legal information 257 Index
 Welcome
 Hardware
Palm Software Installation CD included in the box
What’s in the box?
What do I need to get started?
 Where to learn more
 E L C O M E
 Setting up
 This chapter
 Front view
Palm Treo 755P smartphone overview
 Back view
 Sound On
Installing the battery
Ringer switch
Top view
 Battery contacts Smartphone contacts
Charging the battery
 A R G I N G T H E B a T T E R Y
 Battery icon
Maximizing battery life
 Making your first call
Turn down the screen brightness see Adjusting the brightness
 Adjusting call volume
On , you hear three tones when programming is successful
 Volume button
Setting up your computer
What’s my phone number?
 Upgrading from another Palm OS device
System requirements
 Palm may be replaced with palmOne or Handspring
 A P T E R
 Installing the desktop synchronization software
 Connecting your Treo smartphone to your computer
 Synchronizing information-the basics
 Press the sync button on the sync cable Sync button
 Moving around on your smartphone
 This chapter
 5-way includes the following buttons
Moving around the screen
Center Up Left Right Down
 Highlighting and selecting items
Scrolling through screens
 Highlighting text
Accessing command buttons
 Selecting menu items
 Selecting options in a pick list
 Entering lowercase and uppercase letters
Using the keyboard
Backlight
Option Return Shift/Find Menu Space Alt
 Entering other symbols and accented characters
Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Are entered using the Alt key
 Alt
Symbols and accented characters
 Calendar
Using the quick buttons
Opening applications
Phone Option
 Press Applications
Using Applications View
 Your phone
 This chapter
 Waking up the screen
Turning your smartphone on and off
 Turning your phone on and off
 Opening the Phone application
Dialing using the onscreen Dial Pad
Dialing using the keyboard Press Phone
Making calls
 Select the number you want to dial Press Send to dial
Dialing by contact name
 Dialing from a web page or message
Press Center to make the call
Select the phone number on the web page or in the message
 Call, and then press Send again to dial
Numbers From the Phone application’s
Send and selecting Call Log from the Redial list
 Do one of the following
Press Power/End Select Hang Up All
Receiving calls
Ending a call
 To ignore a call, do one of the following
Using voicemail
Send the call to voicemail Press Power
Setting up voicemail
 Listening to voicemail messages
Voicemail notification
 What can I do when I’m on a call?
 Mutes the microphone so that you cannot be heard
Switching applications during a call
 Select Add Contact
Saving phone numbers
Enter the information for the entry Select Done
 Making a second call
When the Dial another call prompt appears, select Yes
Answering a second call call waiting
 Making a conference call
Ignore with Text
To hang up the current call and answer
Send
 While in Flash mode, do any of the following
Using Flash mode during a call
Press Power/End Forwarding calls
Press Send from Active Call View
 Press Send to turn on call forwarding
Viewing minutes Defining favorite Usage Buttons
For example, to forward calls to
724155551234
 Press Phone Use the 5-way to select a blank favorite button
Creating a speed-dial favorite button
 Editing a favorite button
Select OK
Select Edit Favorites Button on the Record menu
 Select Delete Select OK
Using a phone
Headset
Deleting a favorite button
 Connecting to a Bluetooth hands-free device
Using a wired headset
 Press Applications and select
Select Hands-free Setup
 Using a Bluetooth hands-free device
 Press Applications and select Prefs Select Hands-free
Customizing advanced settings for your hands-free device
 Customizing the Phone application’s Main View
Customizing phone settings
 Selecting ringtones
 Way
Creating and managing ringtones
Selecting Phone alert tones
 Select alert tones from the following pick lists
Adjusting ringer volume
Assigning a caller ID ringtone
 Assigning a caller ID photo
 Setting your dialing preferences
 Choosing your privacy settings
 Enabling TTY
Turning on the HAC Setting
 What are all those icons?
Manually selecting the wireless band
Check the Hearing Aid Compatibility box
 Your phone is off
Area, No Service, Extended
 O U R P H O N E
 U R P H O N E
 A P T E R
 Your email and other messages
 This chapter
 Want to… Use this app…
Which application should I use?
Check messages from multiple email addresses VersaMail
 How do I get started?
Wireless Sync application
 Press Wireless Sync
Setting up Wireless Sync to work with Internet email
 Password Enter the password for your Wireless Sync account
 Setting up Wireless Sync to work with corporate email
When the Congratulations message appears, select Done
 When the Congratulations message appears, select Done
 Press Wireless Sync
 VersaMail application
 SBC/PacBell SBC/Prodigy Speakeasy USA.net Verizon DSL Yahoo
Apple.Mac AT&T Global AT&T Worldnet
 ESMTP, SSL
 Your system administrator or ISP, and then select Next
 Creating and sending email messages
Settings, select Advanced, and then enter those settings
Enter the subject and message text
 Attaching ringtones
Adding attachments to your email messages
Attaching photos and videos
Red paper clip icon in the upper-right corner
 Receiving and viewing email messages
Attaching other types of files
 Viewing attachments
 Deleting selected messages from the Inbox
Managing your messages
 Deleting messages by date
Switching accounts
Customizing your email settings
Press Menu Select Delete on the Message menu
 Select OK, and then select Get Mail
Set preferences for how and when
Select Auto Sync
Scheduling Auto Sync
 Selecting alert tones
Setting preferences for getting messages
Check the Alert me of new mail box
 Message Format Sets the format for messages you retrieve
Unread messages Imap accounts
Attaching a signature to a message
 Working with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync
Messaging
Select Signature Check the Attach Signature box
Enter your signature information, and then select OK
 Press Applications and select Messaging
Creating and sending a text message
Select New Select the To field to address the message
 Sound clips
Creating and sending a multimedia message
Videos
Ringtones
 Select Add Media
Select New
 Receiving messages
Record new Record a sound clip of up to 1 minute
 Using links in messages
 Deleting messages
Saved pictures later by pressing
Applications and selecting Pics&Videos
Arranging your messages
 Message with the chat icon
Chatting with Messaging
 Create chats from messages Indicate
 Automatically collect MMS
Even when roaming Indicate whether
Show timestamps in chats Indicate
Display my name in chat window as
 What are all those icons?
 A P T E R
 Your connections to the web and wireless devices
 This chapter
 Viewing a web
Web browser
Press Applications and select Web
 E B B R O W S E R
 Creating a bookmark
Goes to your home
 Select Edit Bookmarks on the Bookmarks menu
Saving a
Viewing bookmarks or saved pages
Editing or deleting a bookmark or saved
 Videos MP4, 3G2, ASF, WMV Ringtones
Select Edit Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu
Enter a title for this page of bookmarks
Downloading files from a web
 Play
Streaming files from a web
 Finding text on a web
Customizing your web browser settings
Copying text from a web
Returning to recently viewed pages
 Select General and set any of the following preferences
Home Page Sets the page that appears when you select
 Select Advanced and set any of the following preferences
Disable cascading style sheets
 Installing the VZAccess Manager software
BroadbandAccess Connect
 Getting help with VZAccess Manager software
On the Installation Complete screen, click Finish
 Click Disconnect
Click the VZAccess Manager icon on your computer desktop
Terminating a BroadbandAccess Connect Internet session
On your computer, go to the VZAccess Manager window
 On your smartphone, press
Applications and select Bluetooth
Select Trusted Devices
 Connections with Bluetooth devices
 Select Setup Devices Select Trusted Devices
 Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
Accepting a connection from another Bluetooth device
 A P T E R
 A P T E R
 Your photos, videos, and music
 Camera and Camcorder Pics & Videos Pocket Tunes
 Taking a picture
Camera Camcorder
Press Applications and select Camera
 Press Applications and select Camcorder
Recording a video
 A P T E R
 Customizing your Camera settings
 Select the album that contains the picture you want to see
Pics & Videos
Viewing a picture
Press Applications and select Pics&Videos
 Select the album that contains the video you want to see
Press Right or Left to scroll to the next item in the album
Viewing a video
3GP 3G2 MPEG-4 video + Qcelp audio + 3g2 file type MP4
 Select Share
Sending pictures or videos
 Copying a picture or video
 Rotating a picture
Organizing pictures and videos
Saving a picture as wallpaper
Adding a picture to a contact entry
 Mac
Deleting a picture or video
Viewing pictures and videos on your computer
Windows
 On your computer, open Windows Media Player, and then click
Setting up Windows Media Player for MP3
Pocket Tunes
Applications and select pTunes
 Select Preferences
Setting up iTunes for MP3
 Transferring MP3 files from your computer
 Select Rip Music
Transferring music from a CD to your smartphone
Listening to music on your Treo smartphone
 Choose Song and select a song from the list
Press Applications and select pTunes
 Select Save List
Creating a playlist
Editing a playlist Press Applications and select pTunes
 Your personal information organizer
 Contacts Calendar World Clock Tasks
 Adding a contact
Contacts
Press Phone Select the Contacts favorite button
Select New Contact
 Viewing or changing contact information
Select Photos to add an existing picture to this contact
With private entries for more info
After you enter all the information, select Done
 Deleting a contact
Calendar
Defining your business card
 Displaying your calendar
 Creating an event
 Select OK Type of time units Number of time units
Adding an alarm to an event
Creating an untimed event
 Interval
Scheduling a repeating event
Create an event, and then select it Select Details
Select Other to define a custom
 Delete Removes the event from your calendar Select OK
Color-coding your schedule
Editing or deleting an event
Select the event you want to edit or delete Select Details
 Select Day and set any of the following Day View options
Customizing display options for your calendar
 Selecting alarm tones
 World Clock
Default Alarm The default timeframe for the alarm field
Selecting cities
 Press Applications and select World Clock
Setting an alarm
Adding cities
 Tasks
Setting task priority, due date, and other details
Adding a task Press Applications and select Tasks
 Checking off a task
 Organizing your tasks
Today, Last 7 Days, Next 7 Days, or Past Due
 Customizing Tasks
Deleting a task
 Manage Word, Excel Improve productivity by taking
Your memos and documents
 Documents To Go Professional Voice Memo Memos
 Documents To Go Professional
 Documents
Opening a document
Select the document you want from the list
 Enter the text you want to appear in the memo Select Done
Memos
Voice Memo
Creating a memo Press Applications and select Memos
 Press Applications and select Voice Memo
Creating a voice memo
 Press Center to pause or stop playback
 O U R M E M O S a N D D O C U M E N T S
 Your application and info management tools
 This chapter
 Viewing and using the alerts
Using Find
Continue the search
 Calculator
Basic Mode Advanced Mode-Math
 Selecting functions in Advanced Calculator Mode
Installing applications
Length Length conversions for metric and English values
 Installing applications from the Internet
Installing bonus software from My Treo on your smartphone
My Treo
 Installing other third-party applications from a computer
Installing bonus software from My Palm on your computer
 Removing applications
 Manually deleting applications
Viewing application info
Press Menu Select Info on the App menu
 Sending info over a Bluetooth wireless connection
Sending information with Bluetooth wireless technology
 Press Applications and select Bluetooth Select Bluetooth On
 Beaming information
If the Ringer switch is set to Sound
 Beaming an application
Beaming an entry
 Receiving beamed information
 Changing which applications sync
Synchronizing information- advanced
 MAC only
 Setting up a Bluetooth connection for synchronization
 Synchronizing over a Bluetooth connection
Select Setup Devices Select HotSync Setup
Press Applications and select HotSync
 Applications and select HotSync
Synchronizing over an infrared connection
 Synchronizing using Wireless Sync
 A P T E R
 Inserting an expansion card
Using expansion cards
 Removing an expansion card
Open the door of the expansion card Slot
 Opening applications on an expansion card
Accessing items stored on an expansion card
 Press Applications
 Formatting an expansion card
Viewing expansion card information
Card Info
Select Card Info
 Press Menu Select Format Card from the Card menu Select OK
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 Your personal settings
 This chapter
 Silencing sounds
System sound settings
Slide the Ringer switch to Sound
Setting system volume levels
 Adjusting the brightness
Display and appearance settings
Changing the screen font
 Press Applications and select Prefs
Setting display formats
Small
Large bold
 Press Applications and select Prefs Select Touchscreen
Applications settings
Select a color scheme from the list Select Done
 Displaying applications by category
Select default applications for specific tasks
Arranging applications by category
Press Menu Select Category on the App menu
 Reassigning buttons
Changing default applications
 Locking your smartphone and info
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Default Apps
 Locking your keyboard Keyguard
 Select Keyguard Check any of the following boxes
Incoming calls received Disables
Screen when the phone rings. You must
Locking your screen
 Locking your smartphone
Uncheck the On phone power off box
Enter your lock code to change this setting Select OK twice
Select one of the following Phone Lock options
 Press Applications and select Security
Select the Password box
Select the Auto Lock Device box
 Working with private entries
Select Lock & Turn Off to lock your smartphone immediately
Hiding or masking all private entries
 Entering owner information
Select Lost Password
Viewing all private records
Security and Palm Desktop software Windows
 Setting the date and time
System settings
Press Applications and select Prefs Select Date & Time
 On a call, dim backlight after
Optimizing power settings
 Connecting to a virtual private network
Connection settings
 Common questions
 This chapter
 On your computer, click
Upgrading
StartProgramsPalmSafe HotSync
 P G R a D I N G
 Desktop software installation
 Performing a hard reset
Resetting your smartphone
Performing a soft reset
Performing a system reset
 S E T T I N G Y O U R S M a R T P H O N E
 Replacing the battery
 Screen appears blank
Screen
 There’s a blinking bell in the upper-left corner
Synchronization
Palm Desktop info is damaged, you can
 Can’t find my user folder
 Make sure that HotSync manager is running
Palm Desktop software does not respond to a sync attempt
HotSync Manager
 \Program Files\Palm\device name
Synchronization starts but stops without finishing
Mac HD/Users/user name/Documents/ Palm/Users/device name
 Palm Desktop software, and then click Change/Remove
Synchronize
 Have duplicate entries in Microsoft Outlook after I sync
Calendar, Contacts, Notes, and Tasks to be available offline
 My appointments show up in the wrong time slot after I sync
If you’re using Microsoft Outlook sold separately
Click Change
Select Desktop overwrites handheld, and then click OK
 Calendar
If you’re using Palm Desktop software
Uncheck the New events use time zones box if it’s checked
 Other person hears an echo
Signal strength is weak
Phone
My smartphone won’t connect to the mobile network
 Hear static or interference
My smartphone hangs up when I hold it to my ear
Hear my own voice echo
My voice is too quiet on the other end
 Preferences Select Clear Voicemail Icon
My phone seems to turn off by itself
 Confirm all the following
Hands-free devices
 Can’t send or receive text messages
Can’t tell if data services are available
 Can’t send or receive multimedia MMS messages
Web
 My smartphone won’t connect to the Internet
Can’t access a web
Either of these icons, press
 It takes a long time for a web page to load
 An image or map is too small on my screen
Camera
Secure site refuses to permit a transaction
 Making room on your Treo smartphone
 Third-party applications
 Getting more help
Error messages
 O M M O N Q U E S T I O N S
 Terms
 Evdo Evolution Data Optimized
Device name
Dial-up networking DUN
Dialog box
 Option key
NationalAccess
Palm Quick Install
MMS Multimedia Messaging System
 Streaming
SMS Short Messaging Service
Pix Place
Slide
 FCC Notice
Important safety and legal information
 Battery safety information
 Waste disposal
Page
 Specifications
 Specification S
 Specification S
 Specification S
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188, 236 accessing
Index
215 Calls 72, 76
 168
129
180
143 To 60
 185
Installing 181-183 211
109
208 189
 Bell 179
Playing
122
Beaming
 248
Service 75, 124
187
186
 203
Restoring factory defaults for
212
Calculator icon 180 calculator modes 180 calendar
 150 104
Tasks and 166, 167 102
210
216
 For 54
222
124, 253
183
 Coverage area 19, 44, 69
219
87, 124
103 205
 Albums 143
Email 96
Photos 136, 143
233
 Photos 135, 138
Dial Pad 37, 45 123
Events 67, 156, 161
Dialing 45-48, 53, 71
 Attaching voice memos to
Troubleshooting 244 viewing attachments
171
138
 For 156
Passwords 51, 217 162
Errors 235, 242
Displaying 67, 156
 Finding
200, 249 opening files on 172 renaming
From Viewing information about Extended Network message
Feedback 240 fields 32, 35 file types
 Email 95, 96 forwarding phone calls 57 freeing disk space
217
Formatting
202
 Losing 202, 217
139
123 Entering 21, 36-37 Text 33
Saving 107
 22, 183
123, 124, 253
198
36-37
 Treo smartphone 216
M4V files 140 Mac systems Installing applications from
145, 146, 148 uninstalling desktop
Links
 181
173
Masks 214
Memory 123, 160
 79, 94
82, 83, 101, 153
196
116
 116, 122 Note button 154 notes
145
Mute button Names
117
 157
Installing 22, 183, 227 Microsoft Exchange
 213, 216
Forgetting 83, 217
218
CD 8
 61, 64
Ending 49, 52, 55
Dialing 45-48, 53
Making 45, 53, 55
 Photo albums 135, 139
Entering 45-48, 66
72, 73 161
Sending 93, 135, 136
 Music 120
Pausing 120, 138
149 182 181
Stopping 107, 149
 Redialing most recent number
 Saving
Renaming expansion cards
251 136
93, 103
 Disabling 53, 214
Contacts 46, 66
Text 121
Text 33, 107
 Messages 49, 101 168
Passwords 51, 217
Email 92, 106
Box 67 241 186
 Screen 162
Resetting 217
213
Naming 24, 63
 Photos 133
Symbols 37, 38 197 Static 241
Sounds 103, 163 Information 23, 177 185
191-193
 Tasks list 33, 156, 166, 167
System resets 225, 228, 242
Setting preferences for Viewing due dates for 167
27 Tasks button
 Trusted Devices button 127
250-251third-party utilities 23, 219 third-party VPN client
 Message 75 VersaMail
From Setting up accounts for 89, 90
Untimed events 158, 159 Untimed Events check box Updating
USB ports
 Sending 135, 138
Adding 136
Playing 120, 138
173-175
 208
Volume button 13, 20, 69 volume conversions
124-126
Selecting home page for
 121-123
Accessing 115, 117
121
83, 85
 Wrap Search check box Year View
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