Palm pre manual

A task list is a group of related to-do items. Enter the task name in the Task name field. To set the task priority, see the next procedure. Page to the right of the task name. Set any of the following: Priority: High priority tasks appear in red.

Normal priority tasks appear in bold text, and low priority tasks appear in gray text. List: Assign the task to a different list. Due: Tap No due date, and tap a due date option.

Page Tap the box to the left of the task name. The number to the right of the All Tasks field shows the total number of tasks that are due today or are overdue. The number to the right of each task list name shows the number of tasks in that list that are due today or overdue. Tap a task list name to view tasks that are due today or overdue. Page Rename a Task On the task list, tap the task name.

Enter the new name and press Enter Filter a Task List By default, tasks are displayed in the order in which they were created. You can filter a task list to show tasks by due date or priority. Tap the month, date, and year, and then tap Set Due Date. To remove a previously assigned due date, tap No Due Date. To delete completed tasks, tap Purge Completed Tasks.

Delete a Task or a Task List Throw the task or task list off the side of the screen and tap Delete to confirm. Memos If you used the Data Transfer Assistant and imported notes from Outlook on your desktop to your phone, those notes appear in Memos. Enter the memo text.

Memos are saved as you type. Find a Memo In Memos, enter any letters or numbers in the memo, and then tap the memo. Note The results of universal search that you access in Card view or the Launcher do not include memos.

Page Delete A Memo Tap the memo. Tap the lower-right corner of the screen, and tap the new color. Delete a Memo In an open memo, open the application menu and tap Delete. Tap Delete to confirm.

Email a Memo In an open memo, open the application menu and tap Email Memo. Enter the email address. Sound: Tap to open the list of ringtones, and then tap the name of a ringtone. Tap preview it. Calculator Use Calculator for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and also for determining percent and square root. You can enter numbers in Calculator using either the onscreen keypad or the keyboard.

Perform Calculations Open Calculator Enter numbers and perform calculations. Pinch out to enlarge items onscreen. Pinch in to decrease the size of items onscreen. Double-tap the screen to zoom in or out a specified amount. Turn on horizontal scroll Word documents only : Open the application menu and tap Wide View.

Enter the new file name and tap Save As. Share a File With the file open, open the application menu and tap Share. Create the email message and tap View File Properties You can view properties such as the file size, date created or modified, and more. Tap the text or footnote indicator to open the comment, endnote, or footnote. To close the comment, endnote, or footnote, tap outside it. To show a hidden row or column: Tap, hold, and drag one of the row or column headers to either side of the hidden row or column.

Tap the red comment indicator to open the comment. Tap the comment to close it. Page To open a second file: Open the application menu and tap Open. Tap the file.

Tap the card of the PDF you want. Move Around in a File Go to the next or preceding page: Tap Jump to a different page: Tap the current page number at the bottom of the screen. Type the text you want to find, and press Enter or tap. The first instance of the text appears highlighted. Find the next instance: Tap Find the preceding instance: Tap To exit search, open the application menu and tap Find. With the file open, open the application menu and tap Bookmarks.

A checkmark next to a bookmark name identifies the section of the file you are currently viewing. Do any of the following: To expand a bookmark entry: Tap To collapse a bookmark entry: Tap Page Backup An automatic backup to your Palm profile of all this information happens every day.

So if you ever need to erase the info from your phone, you can restore all your backed-up info. You can turn off automatic backup, and you can also perform a manual backup.

Page Backup from Off to On. What is Backed Up? All data backed up to your Palm profile is encrypted, and only you, the profile owner, can access your data. Backed up data cannot be accessed by Palm. Data in your Palm profile account can only be added to or edited on your phone. Page Email Username and password of your Emails, their contents and email accounts.

When you sign in attachments, their sort order, and to your Palm profile after your account preferences. Launcher Nothing is backed up. Ringtones Tasks Tasks in your Palm profile account. Tasks in online accounts. Username and password for accounts like Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync that synchronize tasks online. Third-party apps Page You can edit your profile information at any time either on the website or on your phone.

In the event that your phone is lost or stolen, you can go to your Palm profile on palm. A verification email is sent to the new address.

Click the link in the email to verify the new address. Then tap Answer and enter an answer. If you turn this option off, select the date and time. If you switch from manual time to network time, there might be a delay before the network time updates on your phone.

Network time zone: Tap On or Off. If you turn this option off, tap the city that appears onscreen. Page If restarting your phone does not solve the problem, you may need to reset the phone. A reset deletes some or all information from your phone depending on the type of reset you select.

After a reset, you must follow the prompts to sign in to your Palm profile again before you can use your phone. Page After a full erase, sign in to your Palm profile—this restores your Palm profile data and information from online accounts, but not your stored files such as pictures, videos, and music.

You can also sign in to your Palm profile on a new phone and restore your data to the new phone. Page Use Certificate Manager Certificates are digital documents that are used to authenticate and exchange information on networks. Certificates can be issued for a user, a device, or a service. Open the application menu and tap Certificate Manager. Tap the certificate name. Delete a Certificate Only user-installed certificates can be deleted.

Open Regional Settings Tap the country name. Do any of the following: Type the name of the country, and when it appears, tap it. Scroll down to find a country, and then tap it. Do one of the following: Use an existing picture as the background: Tap the album containing the picture, and tap the picture. Use a new picture as the background: Tap New Photo and take the picture. Optional Do either or both of the following: To zoom out or in on a part of the picture, pinch in or out on the picture.

Set Options for Unlocking the Screen The screen locks five seconds after it turns off automatically, or immediately if you turn the screen off manually.

Enter the password again to confirm. Important Be sure to write down your PIN or password and keep it somewhere safe. If you forget your PIN or password, you need to remotely reset your phone and may lose data.

Page Select the Ringtone for Incoming Calls The ringtone you select here applies globally to all incoming calls. You do not need to do anything. If the setup process fails, call Sprint Customer Service at from another phone for assistance. Tap an item to play it. Note The first time you access a channel that requires a subscription, you are prompted to purchase access. Tap Subscribe to purchase access. Page Set Up Email Number to the right of All inboxes indicates total number of unread email messages.

Number to the right of individual folder name indicates number of unread messages in that folder. Page Tap Add An Account to add another account. Page If this is the first email account you are setting up: Enter your username and password, and tap Sign In. If you have already set up an email account and want to set up another one: Tap Add An Account. Enter your username and password, and tap Sign In.

Page Open Email The first time you open Email, do one of the following: If this is the first email account you are setting up: Enter your username and password, and tap Sign In. Page Enter Advanced Account Settings These settings apply only to the account you select in step 3.

Tap the account name. Set any of the following: Account Name: Enter the name that appears in the account list. Full Name: Enter the name you want to appear in the From field for messages you send. Page Delete An Email Account Reply-to Address: Enter the address you want recipients to see and reply to on your outgoing messages, if this is different from your actual email address. Sync deleted emails POP accounts only : Set whether messages should be deleted on the server when you delete them on your phone.

Page Enter the subject, press Enter , and enter the body text. Enter the text. Search for Messages For the message you want, enter a few characters of a name or email address in the To or CC line, or a few characters of the subject. Page Optional If the message contains an image in the body of the message, tap the image to save it to your phone. Page Open Attachments Open Attachments You can receive any kind of file sent to you, but you can only open an attachment if your phone has an application that can open the file type.

To open a single attachment: Tap the name to open the attachment. For large attachments, tap the name to fully download the attachment, and tap the name again to open the attachment. For other file types: Open the application menu and tap Save As. If the attachment does not open in an application that has a Save As menu command, you cannot save the attachment. To open a saved attachment on your phone, open the application that can display the Depending on your email account, this folder is called Deleted Items, Deleted, Trash, or something else.

Page Tap the Signature field and enter the signature text. Open Email If the folder you want is not displayed, tap to the right of the email account name to display the folder. To remove a folder as a favorite, repeats steps 1 and 2 and tap to the right of the folder name.

Page Messaging Reply to Meeting Invitations You can receive meeting invitations on your phone in the same way that you receive email messages. You cannot create meeting invitations on your phone. Tap whether to accept, tentatively accept, or decline an invitation.

Here are the key features of meeting invitations: Meeting invitations appear on your phone in the Email application, not in the Calendar application. The Synergy feature enables the Messaging app to gather all of your text, multimedia, and instant messages to and from the same contact or phone number into a single conversation sometimes called a thread.

Page To save the contents of a conversation—for example, to keep a copy of the conversation as a memo—open the conversation, open the application menu, and tap Copy All. This saves the entire conversation as plain text, which you can paste in a memo, email message, and so on. Buddies view lists all of your IM buddies. Open Messaging For Conversations view, tap Conversations. For Buddies view, tap Buddies.

In Buddies view, tap a buddy name to contact that person. You can set a preference to show all your buddies, whether they are on or offline, or to hide offline buddies. Page Multimedia messages consist of both text and pictures. You can include pictures in JPG format. You can send and receive text messages even while you are on a phone call. This is easiest when using a hands-free headset or the speakerphone.

Page Do one of the following to attach a picture to a multimedia message: Before entering the message text: Tap. Tap the album containing the picture you want.

Tap the picture, or tap New Photo and take the picture. After entering the message text: Open the application menu and tap Add picture. Tap the album containing the picture you want and tap the picture, or tap New Photo and take the picture. Enter the message text and tap Page This table shows the emoticons that are supported on your phone. Note Emoticon combinations that use words, such as :cool or :cry, are not supported in most chat applications.

To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations Page To display this Enter any of these keyboard character combinations Page Add To Existing: Tap the contact you want to add the name or address to. Dial a Number From a Message Tap a phone number. Page Tap the account type and enter your username and password. Tap Sign In. Tap the status icon to the left of your online status Available or Busy , and tap Sign off.

Page Tap the status icon to the left of the status description, and tap your new status. It appears next to your IM screen name and status.

It can contain any text you want. Open Messaging Tap Buddies. These settings apply to all your Messaging accounts. Turn either of the following new message notifications on or off: Show Notifications: Set whether a notification appears when you receive a new message.

Many environments, such as corporate offices, coffee shops, airports, and libraries, offer access to a Wi-Fi network. Your phone supports W-Fi connectivity based on the Page Secure networks: These networks may broadcast their name, but at the very least, they require you to enter a password that you get from an administrator who may be, for example, the librarian or the person behind the counter at the coffee shop.

You may also have to get other network settings from the system administrator. If your phone finds the network you want, tap the network name to connect to it. Page If the network you want is not displayed: Tap Join network and enter the network name. Make sure Open is displayed in the Security field, then tap Connect.

Tap Connect. A series of different screens appears depending on the network type. Tap Allow to turn on Location Services for that session only. Geotag Photos: Available only when Auto Locate is on. Turn on this feature to provide GPS location information to applications that request it. Page If the page appears in the list of viewed pages, tap it to go there again. If not, press Enter Did You Know? If you browse to a secure Web page, the lock icon in the address line appears closed.

Page Open Web Enter the search term and tap a search option. Open Another Browser If you are looking at one Web page and need to check something on a different one, simply open another browser. Tap one of those icons to get more info. As you learned earlier, the Pre interprets finger movements, which Palm calls gestures , as commands. You perform these gestures in two places—on the touchscreen and in what Palm calls the gesture area , a region just below the main display.

While you can use gestures in both these areas, some are interpreted differently depending on where you do them. For instance, swiping your finger from right to left in the gesture area issues the Back command. Doing the same thing on the touchscreen advances you from one application to the next. See Touchscreen vs. Pressing the lone button on the front of the Pre shown on The Touchscreen changes what you see on the touchscreen. As mentioned above, the Pre provides links to every program on your phone in a program library Palm calls the Launcher.

You get to the Launcher by pressing its icon , which is the only permanent member of the Quick Launch panel. To open an application in the Launcher, tap its icon.

But other, smaller programs and settings you find here deserve special mention:. You can choose whether you want to see a digital or analog-style clock and set an alarm. You can select this notification and swipe it off the screen— System Updates tells you how to do that—and the alarm will still go off. Need to figure out a meal tip? Help Junior with his homework? This application lets you do simple arithmetic. Choose between a or hour time format.

Device Info. Tap this icon to see a raft of info about the Pre itself: how much memory the device has and how much is free, the amount of battery life left, your phone number, and so on. If there are updates to the programs you downloaded through the App Catalog see Meet the Mall , you can fetch those here, too. App Catalog. New applications are being added all the time. Three high-tech sensors tell the Pre which way is up:. Proximity sensor.

When you bring the phone up to your ear during a phone call, the Pre darkens the display to save power and keep your cheek cool. It also disables the touchscreen to prevent any inadvertent button-tapping. When you turn the Pre from vertical to horizontal, the screen orientation changes from portrait to landscape mode.

Try it with web pages and pictures. Light sensor. And you may have to replace a battery, either to swap it with a fully charged spare or when the original battery no longer holds a charge.

This section tells you how. AC adapter. Then plug the adapter into a wall socket. A full charge takes up to two and a half hours, Palm says. USB cable. The Touchstone charges the Pre when you place the phone on top of the dock—it generates an electromagnetic field via a set of internal coils, and magnets hold the phone in place. The Touchstone has a few other tricks: If your Pre is lying on the dock when a call comes in, the phone automatically answers when you pick it up. When lying on the Touchstone, the Pre displays a clock with a digital readout.

Unlike the iPhone, the Pre has a battery you can swap out or replace. But getting at it is a slightly tricky maneuver that involves pressing and letting go of the back-cover release see Camera and Flash , and then sliding your thumbnail between the cover and the phone as you lift the cover up by its sides. To remove the old battery, lift it out by grabbing the tab at the top. Then insert the new battery, and snap the cover back on.

When pushing the back-cover release to lift the cover off, stick a fingernail in just under the cover to pop the bottom open and then run your fingernail along the sides to completely dislodge it.

You can also try sticking a credit card between the back cover and the phone to yank it off. AppleScript: The Missing Manual. QuickBase: The Missing Manual. Dreamweaver CS5. Start your free trial. Buy on Amazon. Book description If you've got your hands on this year's hottest new smartphone, you'll want the book that covers it inside and out: Palm Pre: The Missing Manual. Get to know the touchscreen, and learn to navigate by tapping, swiping, dragging, flicking, and pinching Link your contacts, merge calendars, combine email accounts, and more by syncing your phone over the Web Stay in touch with other people by using the Pre as a full-featured phone and organizer Use it for email, texting, chatting, and as an efficient web browser Take advantage of the Pre as a complete media center to store, sort, play, stream music and video, and sync with iTunes Take and view photos, import images, and share them with others.

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