Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld

Locating top panel components

Indicator light

Indicator light

Power button/ backlight control

Expansion card slot

Stylus

IR port

Power button/

Expansion

backlight control

card slot

Stylus

IR port

Serves as an alert for Date Book, World Clock, Note Pad, or Voice Memo alarms. It also indicates the battery-charging status when your handheld is in the cradle/cable.

Turns your handheld on or off and controls the backlight feature. If your handheld is turned off, pressing the power button turns the handheld on and returns you to the last screen you viewed.

If your handheld is turned on, you can turn it off by pressing the power button. Pressing and holding the power button for about two seconds turns the backlight on or off.

Accepts SD or MultiMediaCard expansion cards, enabling you to back up data, add more memory, or use additional applications.

Slides in and out of the slot on the top of your handheld. To use the stylus, gently press the top of the stylus to release it from the slot, and then pull it out of the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil.

Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and receive data from other infrared-enabled devices and to perform HotSync® operations. See “Beaming data” in Chapter 3 and see “Conducting IR HotSync operations” in Chapter 16 for more information.

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