Handspring Treo 300 manual

Online User’s Guide PCS Phone Handspring ® Treo™ 300 User Guide[...]

Cop yri ght Copyright © 2002 Spr int Spectrum L.P. All rights reserved. No re production in whole or i n part without prior wri tten approval. Sprint, and the diamond logo are trademarks of Sprint Communications Company L.P. Al l other trademark s are property of t heir respective owners . Portions copyright © 2002 Handsprin g, Inc. All Righ ts R[...]

Contents 1. Intr oduc tio n to Your PCS Phon e Hand sprin g ® Treo ™ 3 00 . . . . . . . . . 1 What i s a PC S Tre o 300? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Syste m requireme nts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Choosin g prefer ences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Installing and removing a pplicatio ns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Install ing a dd-on a pplication s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

6. Appl icatio n-Spe cific Tas ks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Phone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Using th e Speed Dial view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Copy ing text message s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 54 Sort ing messa ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Deleti ng messa ges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Forma ts Prefere nces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Country d efault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Time, date, we ek start, and n umbers formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

10. Trou bleshoot ing Tip s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Soft ware insta llation p roblem s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Oper ating pro blems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 1 Intro duc tion 1 1 Introduction to Your PCS Phone Handsprin g ® Treo™ 300 his chapter explains the physical buttons and controls on your PCS Phone Hands pring ® T reo™ 300, how to use your phone for th e first time, and how to install Palm ™ Deskt op software and the Ho[...]

Section 1 2 I ntr oductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 What is a PCS Tr eo 300? Y our PCS T reo 300 combines t he power of a full- featured mobile phone, a Palm OS ® handhel d, and t he Internet i n one compact and indispe nsable device. Wi th your PCS T reo 300, yo u can do everything you can do with your existing mobile phone[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 3 Intro duc tion 1 © 25 MB available hard disk space © VGA monitor or better © CD-ROM drive (you can also download Palm Desktop software from www .spri ntpcs.com ) © Internet Explorer 5.01 or higher (r ecommended) Upgrad e infor mation If you already own a Palm OS ® handheld[...]

Section 1 4 I ntr oductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 7. If any data for your thi rd party applications did not transfer , beam it from your old handheld to your PCS T reo 300. 8. If you created a password on your ol d handheld, enter it on your PCS T reo 300. Note: R ecords you previously mar ked Private r emain marked Pr ivat[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 5 Intro duc tion 1 PCS Treo 30 0 components Locat ing front panel cont rols 1. Spea ker 3. Rock er swi tch 2. Headse t jack 7. Scroll bu ttons 6. Micro phone 8. Applica tion butto ns 4. Contrast / Bright ness contr ol 5. Option k ey 9. Key board 10. Scree n[...]

Section 1 6 I ntr oductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 1. Spea ker : Functions as the earpi ece on your PCS T reo 300 . 2. Head set jack: Enables you to connect a hands-free headset for use with the wireless features. Use only headsets that are com patible wi th your PCS T reo 300. See page 18 for details. 3. Rock er swit ch: En[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 7 Intro duc tion 1 Ti p : If your ph one scree n is t urned of f, pres sing any applica tion bu tton turn s on and opens the corr espon ding app licat ion. 9. Keyb oard : Enab les: you to type l etters, numbers and symbols on your phone. See Section 2 to lear n how to enter infor[...]

Section 1 8 I ntr oductio n to Your PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo™ 30 0 6. LED: Provides status informat ion for your PC S T reo 300 based on the color of the light and the blink stat e. No li ght: Wireless mode off Solid: C onnected to t ravel charger Gree n = Fully charged Red = Charging Blink ing: Wireless mode on Gr een = In coverage area Re[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 9 Intro duc tion 1 Charg ing t he bat tery T o use your phone, you m ust connect the travel c harger or the HotSync cable and charge the batter y . When you’re near your computer , connect your phone to the HotSync cabl e with the trave l charger connected to a wall outlet as s[...]

Section 1 10 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 Turni ng your PCS Treo 30 0 on and off Y our PCS T reo 300 has two ope rating modes: a handheld mode and a wireless mode. Y o u can turn the handheld mode and the wireless m ode on and off independent of each other . When you turn on the handheld mode, you can use organizer [...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 11 Intro duc tion 1 © The backlight also turns off automaticall y (after a period of inactivity) with the Auto-off feature. See page 196 f or details. Adju sting t he disp lay Depending on the lighting conditions or temperature of the environment where you use your p hone, you m[...]

Section 1 12 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 Using the styl us to get th ings don e Like using a mouse to cli ck elements on a compute r screen, using t he stylus to tap el ements on your phone screen is a w ay to get things done on your phone. The first t ime you start your phone, setup instructions appear on the scre[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 13 Intro duc tion 1 Elemen ts of the phone inte rface 1. Menu bar: A s et of co mmands that ar e speci fic to t he app licatio n. Not all applications have a menu bar . 2. Comman d but tons : T ap a but ton to perform a command. Command buttons appear in dialog boxes and at the b[...]

Section 1 14 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 1. Prev ious /next a rrows: T ap the up and down arrows to display the previous and next page of informat ion; tap the left and right arrows to display the prev ious and next record. 2. Scroll bar: Roll the rocke r swit ch or pre ss the scrol l buttons on the front panel of [...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 15 Intro duc tion 1 T o mov e around the scr een do one of the follow ing: © T ap an it em with the st ylus. © Press the scro ll bu ttons to scroll throu gh the i tems o n the sc reen. © Roll th e rocker swit ch up or down to scr oll through the i tems on the screen. Ti p : To[...]

Section 1 16 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 T o open the Pre fer ence s scr eens : 1. Press Option and then press Me nu to access t he Applications Launcher . 2. T ap t he Pr efe ren ces i con . 3. T ap the cat egory pick list in the upper -right c orner of the scr een. 4. T ap the Pre ferences cat egory you want to v[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 17 Intro duc tion 1 2. T ap the up or down arrows to change the hour . 3. T ap each minute number , and then tap the arr ows to change t hem. 4. T ap AM or PM . Note: Your phon e can als o disp lay tim e based on a 24-ho ur clo ck. See page 1 95 for det ails. 5. Hold Option and p[...]

Section 1 18 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 Using the headset Y ou can connect a headset for hands-f ree operat ion. Y our PCS T re o 300 is compatible with the included headset and othe r headsets listed at www .sprintpcs.com. I f you need to use your phone while driving and this is permitted in your ar ea, we recomm[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 19 Intro duc tion 1 Connect ing the HotSy nc cable The HotSync cable that comes with your PCS T reo 300 enables you t o charge your phone battery and to synchronize the information on your phone using HotSync technology . Note: If y our com put er does not h ave a USB po rt, or i[...]

Section 1 20 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 Note: I f you are uns ure ab out the exact lo cation of the USB p ort or se rial port on your compu ter, refer t o the ma nu al suppl ied wi th the co mpu ter . 4. Plug the travel charger into a wall outlet. Ti p : The tr avel cha rger does not n eed to be pl ugged int o a w[...]

Section 1 Introduct ion to Your P CS Phone Ha ndspring ® Treo™ 300 21 Intro duc tion 1 © Import and export dat a, so you can easily transfer data from other desktop applications into many of your applications. See the section that begins on page 32 for detail s. © Print data from your desktop software on any printer . Using your p hone w ith P[...]

Section 1 22 Introdu ction to Yo ur PCS Phon e Handsp ring ® Treo ™ 300 Using your phone with M icros oft Outlo ok The software that comes with your PCS T reo 300 incl udes everything you need to synchronize your phone with Micros oft Outlook. If you already have Microsoft Outlook installed on your com puter , the installation program prom pts y[...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 23 Enter ing Data 2 2 Entering Data in You r Phone his chapter explains how to enter data into your PCS Phone Handspr ing ® T r eo™ 300 using each of the following methods: © Using the PCS T r eo 300 keyboard © Using the onscreen key board © Using your computer keyboard © Importin g data T[...]

Section 2 24 Enterin g Data in Your Phone Using the PCS Treo 300 keyb oard The PCS T reo 300 keyboar d is the primary m ethod you’ll use to enter data into your phone. Each letter key on the keyboard has t hree functions: © Normal: T ype s a low erca se letter . © Shift : T ypes an upperc ase letter . © Optio n: T ypes the number /symbol, or a[...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 25 Enter ing Data 2 T o enter only ca pital letters (Caps L ock ): 1. Press Shift twice. When Caps Loc k is ac tive, an underlined “up arrow” symbol app ears in the lower -right corner of t he phone screen. 2. T ype the text you want to capitalize. 3. Press Shift to turn off Caps Lock. T yp in g numbe rs a[...]

Section 2 26 Enterin g Data in Your Phone T ypi ng acc ent ed char acte rs The ListT ype feature enables you t o enter accented char acters. Y ou can enter the follo wing a ccen ted lett ers: à á ä â ã å ç è é ë ê ì í ï î ñ ò ó ö ô õ ù ú ü û ý ÿ T o ent er acce nted cha racter s: 1. T ype the letter (upper case or lowerca[...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 27 Enter ing Data 2 3. Press ListT ype . 4. Use the scrol l buttons to select the extended sym bol you want to inser t. 5. Press Space to insert the extended char acter . Base chara cter Symbols Base chara cter Symbols a æ T ~ ™ † ‡ A Æ x × b ß X × B ß y ¥ c ¢ © ^ ˆ Y ¥ C ¢ © ^ ˆ 0 ‰ º d[...]

Section 2 28 Enterin g Data in Your Phone Ti p : T o enter a tab, pres s Shift an d then pre ss Spa ce . Nav igatio n key stro kes In addition to character symbols, your phone includes special keystrokes that you can use to navigate within te xt or f ields in your applications. Note: Some ap plicat ions m ay not suppo rt thes e na vigatio n ke ystr[...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 29 Enter ing Data 2 T o use the men u bar : 1. Open an application (such as Memo Pad). 2. Press Me nu to open the menu bar . Ti p : You can also ope n the men u bar by tapp ing the inve rted tab at the top of any applic ation’s scree n (except Calcul ator) . In this example, three menus ar e available: Recor[...]

Section 2 30 Enterin g Data in Your Phone T o use key bo ard shor tcut s for menu comm ands: 1. Press Me nu to open the menu bar . 2. T ype the m enu command shortcut letter . For example, to choose Copy in the Edit menu, pre ss Menu fo llo wed b y th e let ter “c. ” Ti p : When t he menu bar is op en, yo u ca n en ter a s hort cut l etter for [...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 31 Enter ing Data 2 T o use a Short Cut : 1. T yp e the lett er s. 2. Press ListT ype . 3. Use the scroll buttons to select the Short Cut symbol . Note: The ShortC ut symb ol app ears by the cur sor to sh ow that you ar e in Shor tCut m ode . 4. T ype the ShortCut characters. Using the onscreen key board Y ou [...]

Section 2 32 Enterin g Data in Your Phone Note: The onscree n keyb oard a lso incl udes a dialog box for i nterna tional char acters . You ca n switch amon g the thr ee dial ogs at any time to enter the exac t tex t you need . 5. After you finish, tap Done to close the onscree n keyboard and place the text in t he record. Using your c omputer keybo[...]

Section 2 Enterin g Data in Your Phone 33 Enter ing Data 2 © T o Do List archiv e (.tda) © Memo Pad archive (.mpa) Archive formats can only be used with Palm Desktop software. Use the archive file forma ts to share infor mation with other people who use Palm OS handhelds or to create a copy of your important Palm Desktop infor mat ion . T o im po[...]

Section 2 34 Enterin g Data in Your Phone[...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 35 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 3 Managing Your App licatio ns his chapter explains how to switch between applications on your PCS Phone Handspr ing ® T reo™ 300, how to change applicat ion settings so they are per sonalized to your work methods, and how to categor ize applications so you view them in related [...]

Section 3 36 Mana ging Your Application s Using the Applicat ions Laun cher Y our phone is equi pped with a vari ety of applications. All the applications installed on your phone appear in the Applicat ions Launcher . Ope ning ap plica tions Y ou can use the Applications Launcher to open any application installed on your phone. Y ou can also open t[...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 37 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 Swit chi ng betw een app li catio ns When working in any appl ication, press Option and t hen press Menu , or press an application button on the front panel of your phone to switch to another application. Y our phone automatically saves your work in the current a pplic ation and d [...]

Section 3 38 Mana ging Your Application s T o disp lay ap pli catio ns by cate gor y: 1. Press Option and then press Me nu to access t he Applications Launcher . 2. Do one of the following: n Hold Option and press M enu repeatedly to cycle through all your categories. n T ap the pick list in the upper -right corner of the screen and select the cate[...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 39 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 4. T ap the Reme mber Last Category check box to sel ect it. 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Choosi ng preferen ces Y ou can set options th at affect an entire application in the applicat ion’ s Preferences d ialog box. T o ch ange p refer ence s for an app licat ion [...]

Section 3 40 Mana ging Your Application s decompression utility , search t he Internet using phrases l ike 'zip dec ompre ssi on' or ' how to unz ip'. This will lead y ou to vari ous th ird- party utilit ies that you can use t o decompress any kind of compres sed or downloaded file--not just add-ons for your phone. After you i n[...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 41 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 Ti p : Yo u can al so acc ess the I nstal l Tool dial og box by selec ting Install To o l unde r Sprin t on the St ar t me nu, or by double -clicking a ny file wit h a PRC fil e extens ion. 4. In the User drop-down list, select the name that corr esponds to your phone. 5. Clic k Ad[...]

Section 3 42 Mana ging Your Application s 8. Clic k Do ne . 9. Perform a HotSync operation to install the application(s) you selected in ste p 6. See the section that begins on page 76 for details . Ti p : Yo u can al so inst all an ap plica tion by s imply do uble -click ing the appl ication ’s ic on. Remov ing ap pli cat ions In the event that [...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 43 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 Ti p : If you i nsta lled Pa lm Desk top so ftwa re fo r the fi rst tim e whe n you purc hased your PCS Tr eo 30 0, the Palm D eskt op sof tware i s locat ed i n the Hands pring f older. If you up grade d from a pr evio us versi on of Pal m Desktop soft ware, these f iles are m ost[...]

Section 3 44 Mana ging Your Application s In Secu rity, you ca n do th e fo llowi ng: © Mask or hide entries you define as pr ivate. The Mask option displays a gray bar over privat e records, and the Hide option completely removes (hi des) private records. See t he section that begins on page 72 for more inform ation. © Assign a password to the S[...]

Section 3 Mana ging Your Applications 45 Manag ing Appl icati ons 3 Chan ging or dele tin g a passw ord Once you define a password for your phone, you can change or delete it at any time. Y o u must enter the curr ent password before you can change or delete it. T o chan ge or d elete your pa ssword: 1. T ap the Passw or d box. 2. Enter t he curren[...]

Section 3 46 Mana ging Your Application s Reco veri ng fr om a forgo tte n passw ord If you did not lock your phone and you forget your password, you can delete the password from your phone. Deleting a forgotten password also deletes all entries and files marked as Private. Import ant: If you synch roni ze with y our com pute r before deleti ng a f[...]

Section 4 Appl ica tions Over view 47 Appl icati ons Over vi ew 4 4 Applications Overview his chapter briefly desc ribes each application and how to open it. Y o ur PCS Phone Handspr ing ® T reo™ 300 comes with these applications already installed: © PhoneBook © Date Book Pl us © Blazer ® © Memo P ad © SMS © To D o L i s t © City T ime ?[...]

Section 4 48 Appli cations Overview PhoneBoo k PhoneBook enables you to make and receive telephone calls, and to keep names, addr esses, phone numbers , and other information about your personal or business contacts . In Phon eBoo k, y ou c an do the foll owi ng: © Store thousands of names, add resses, phone numbers, e-ma il addresses, and m ore, [...]

Section 4 Appl ica tions Over view 49 Appl icati ons Over vi ew 4 Date Book Plus Date Book Plus lets you quickly and easily schedule appointments or any kind of activity associated with a date and/ or a time. In Da te B ook Pl us, yo u ca n do the fol lowi ng: © Enter a description of your appoi ntment and assign it to a specific time and date. ©[...]

Section 4 50 Appli cations Overview Blaze r Web Browser Blazer is a wireless Internet browser t hat lets you browse your favor ite web s ites w hile you’re o n the go. Note: To use Blaze r, your service plan mu st incl ude PC S Vision . In Bl azer , you ca n do th e fol lowi ng: © Access the World Wide Web and display Int ernet content. © Creat[...]

Section 4 Appl ica tions Over view 51 Appl icati ons Over vi ew 4 Memo Pad Memo Pad provi des a place to take notes that are not associat ed with records in other applications such as Date Book Plus, PhoneBook, or T o Do List. In M emo Pad , yo u can do th e fo llowin g: © T ake notes or any kind of mes sage on your phone. © Drag and drop memos i[...]

Section 4 52 Appli cations Overview SMS SMS provi des a way fo r you to receive short text mes sages from other people who use mobile phones and subscr ibe to P CS Vi sion servi ces. In SMS , you can do the follow ing: © Receive short t ext m essages. © Read incoming messages di rectly from the Inbox. © File mes sages you recei ve and arrange th[...]

Section 4 Appl ica tions Over view 53 Appl icati ons Over vi ew 4 To D o List T o D o List is a convenient plac e to create rem inders and priori tize the things that you have to do. In T o Do Li st, yo u can do the fo llo wing : © Make a quick and convenient list of things to do. © Assig n a prio rity leve l to e ach ta sk. © Assign a due date [...]

Section 4 54 Appli cations Overview City Time CityT ime helps you keep track of the time anywhere around the globe. In C ityT ime, you can do the followin g: © Select a home city as a point of reference . © Display the day and t ime in four other ci ties si multaneously . © Add a definition for any city that isn’ t in the default list. © Disp[...]

Section 4 Appl ica tions Over view 55 Appl icati ons Over vi ew 4 Calcu lator Calculator enables you to perfor m addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and a variety of advance d math and scient ific ca lcu latio ns. In C alcu lator , you can do th e fol lowing: © Select a view to perform s pecific types of calc ulations including: math, [...]

Section 4 56 Appli cations Overview Expens e Expense lets you keep track of your e xpenses and then transf er the information to a spreadsheet on your co mputer . In Ex pense , you ca n do the fol lowing : © Record dates, types of ex penses, amount spent, payment m ethod, and other details as sociated with any money that you spend. © Assign expen[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 5 7 Common T asks 5 5 Commo n Tasks n addition to the wireless communication applications, your PCS Phon e H ands pri ng ® T reo™ 300 also in cludes a full suite of personal information manager (PIM) applications: Date Book Plus, the Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Me mo Pad, and Expense. This chapter provides i[...]

Section 5 58 C ommon Ta sks Creat ing r ecords Y ou can use the following procedure to create a new record in Date Book Plus, the Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Mem o Pad, and Expense. T o create a record: 1. Open the application in whic h you want to create a record. 2. Do one of the following: n Start entering data (your phone automatic[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 5 9 Common T asks 5 Edit ing r ecords After you c reate a rec ord, you can change, delete, o r enter new t ext at any time. T w o screen fe atures tell you w hen your phone is in edit ing mode: © A blinking cursor © One or more edit lines Ente ri ng t ext For information on how to enter text u sing the keyboard on your ph[...]

Section 5 60 C ommon Ta sks The following commands may appear in an Edit menu: Delet ing r ecords T o de lete a r ecor d in a ny of the P IM ap plicat io ns: 1. Select the r ecord you want t o delete. 2. Press M enu . 3. Under Recor d , select the Delet e command (/D) : Date Book P lus: Delet e Ite m Con tacts view in Phon eBoo k: Delete Contact T [...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 6 1 Common T asks 5 A confirmation dialog box appears. If you want to save a copy of the delete d item to a n archi ve file in Palm Desktop softw are, be sure that the check box is checked. If you don’t want to save a c opy , tap the check box to remove the check. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. If you choos e[...]

Section 5 62 C ommon Ta sks T o pu rge re cord s: 1. Open the application. 2. Press M enu . 3. Under Recor d , select Purge (/E ) . A confirmation dialog box appears. Date Book P lus: T ap the pick list and select how old a record must be to be purged. Purge deletes repe ating events if the last of the series ends before t he date t hat you purge r[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 6 3 Common T asks 5 Y ou cannot modi fy the system-de fined categor ies, but you can rename and delete the user -defin ed categories. In addition, you can create your own user -defined cate gories. Y ou can have a maxim um of 15 user - defined categories in each appl ication. The Contacts view in PhoneBook cont ains the Qui[...]

Section 5 64 C ommon Ta sks T o disp lay a ca tegor y of rec ords: 1. T ap the category pi ck list in the upper -right co rner of the list scree n. 2. Select the c ategory you want to view . The lis t screen now displ ays onl y the reco rds assigned t o that categor y . T o de fin e a new ca te gory : 1. T ap the cat egory pick list in the upper -r[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 6 5 Common T asks 5 5. Hold O pti on and press R etur n twi ce to fin ish. Y ou ca n assign any of your re cords to the new category . T o renam e a cate gor y: 1. T ap the cat egory pick list in the upper -right c orner of the scr een. 2. T ap Edit Ca tegorie s . 3. Select the category that you want to rename, and then tap[...]

Section 5 66 C ommon Ta sks Find ing recor ds Y our phone offers several ways to f ind information quic kly: © All a pplicati o ns : The Find utilit y loca tes any tex t that you sp ecify , always starting with the current application. © Date Book P lus, T o Do L ist, Memo Pad: The Phone Number Lookup feature displays the Contacts view in PhoneBo[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 6 7 Common T asks 5 For example, entering a “c a” displays “Chris Cadwell,” “David Cagle,” and “Carolyn Malestic” as shown above. Entering “cmal” finds only “Carolyn Malest ic.” 2. Use the scrol l buttons to select the contact name . 3. Press Return to v iew the contents of the record. Usin g Find Y [...]

Section 5 68 C ommon Ta sks As your phone searches for t he text, you can tap Stop at any time. Y ou may want to do this if the entry you want appears bef ore your phone finishes the search. T o continue th e search after y ou tap Stop , tap Fi nd More . 4. T ap the text t hat you want to review . Usin g Phon e Number Looku p Phone Number Lookup di[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 6 9 Common T asks 5 Suarez.” If your Contacts are sorted by f irst name, and your enter “su,” the list displays “Susan Smith” and “Suki Sakimoto.” 5. Continue to spell the name you’re looking for , or when you see the name, scroll to it. 6. Press Space or Return . The name you selec ted, along with th e othe[...]

Section 5 70 C ommon Ta sks Lo oking up nam es to ad d to expens e reco rds In Expense, Lookup displays the names of Contacts entries in Phonebook that have data in the Company field. Y ou can add thes e names to a list of attendees associa ted with an Expense recor d. T o add na mes to an Expen se recor d: 1. Open the Expense record to which you w[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 7 1 Common T asks 5 Sort ing l ists of reco rds Y ou can sort lis ts of records in various ways, depending on the application. Sorting is available in applications th at have list screens: Contacts view in PhoneBook, T o Do List, Me mo Pad, and Expense. Note: You can al so ass ign reco rd s to ca tegori es. S ee page 62 for[...]

Section 5 72 C ommon Ta sks Making r ecords priv ate In all PIM applications, except Expense, you can make individual records pri vate. Privat e records rem ain visible and acces sible, however , until you select t he Security set ting to hide or mask al l privat e records. See the section that begins on page 43 for det ails. Hidi ng and ma skin g [...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 7 3 Common T asks 5 5. T ap eit her Hide Re cords or Mask R ecords . 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to confirm t hat you want t o change the securit y setting. T o display all p rivate records: 1. Press Option and then press Me nu to access t he Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the Security ico n . 3. T ap the Current Priv[...]

Section 5 74 C ommon Ta sks Note: If you ha ve a pas swo rd, y ou mu st enter your passwo rd and the n hold Opt ion and pre ss Retur n to vie w th e re cord . T o displa y all p rivate records in a speci fic ap plicatio n: 1. Open the application in whic h you want to display the records. 2. Press M enu . 3. Under Op tions , select Security (/ H) .[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 7 5 Common T asks 5 T o revie w or edi t a not e: 1. T ap the Note icon . T o de let e a not e: 1. T ap the Note icon . 2. T ap Delete . 3. Hold Option and press Return for Y es. Choosi ng fonts In all PIM applications e xcept Expense, you can change the font style to make text easier to read. Y ou can choose a diff erent f[...]

Section 5 76 C ommon Ta sks 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Exchan ging and upda ting data: HotSync ope ratio ns The HotSync proce ss automati cally synchroni zes — that is, exchanges and updates — data between your phone and desktop sof tware. Changes you make on your phone or desktop soft ware appear in both places after a HotSync[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 7 7 Common T asks 5 2. If the Hot Sync Manager is not running, s tart it: On t he Windows desktop, click St ar t , and then choose Programs . Navi gate to the Spr int (or Palm ) program group and choose HotSyn c Ma nager . Alternatively , you can start the Palm Desktop software which automatically opens the H otSync Manager[...]

Section 5 78 C ommon Ta sks Beam in g infor ma tion Y our phone is equipped with an IR (infrared) port that you can use to beam inform ation to a nother Palm OS device that’ s close by and also has an IR port. The IR port is located on the top of your phone, between the power button and the ringer switch, behind the small dark shield. Y ou can be[...]

Section 5 Com mon Ta sks 7 9 Common T asks 5 Ti p : Fo r best resu lts, t he pat h betw een th e two de vice s mus t be clea r of obst acles. If you ha ve d ifficul ty be aming inform at ion, see the troubl esho oting t ips tha t begin o n page 2 47. 5. Wai t for th e Beam Status dialog box to indicate that the tr ansfer is complete be fore you con[...]

Section 5 80 C ommon Ta sks T o receiv e beame d inform atio n: 1. T urn on your phone. 2. Point t he IR port d irectly at the I R port o f the tr ansmi ttin g phon e to open the Beam Status dialog box. 3. When the Beam dialog box appears , select a category for t he entry . Ti p : If you d o not se lect a ca tegory the ent ry is plac ed in the Unf[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 81 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Chapter 6 Application-Specific Task s his chapter is organized by applicatio n and gives instructions on how t o do tas ks tha t are spec ifi c to ea ch of the f ollowi ng applications: © PhoneBook © Date Book Pl us © Blazer ® © Memo P ad © SMS © To D o L i s t © City T ime ?[...]

Section 6 82 Application-Specific Tasks PhoneBoo k PhoneBook is the application where you store name and address information about people or businesses, and where you pl ace and receiv e telephone calls. PhoneBook has five main vi ews. Y ou can place and receive calls fr om within any view , and you can also receive cal ls when the scre en is off ([...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 83 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 At the top of each view , many of the following common icons appear to provide wireless mode status information for y our phone: Spee d Dial vie w Cont act s view Call Histo ry view Active Call view Vi ew icon s Dial P ad view Netw ork t ime indic ates wire less mode i s on V oicema [...]

Section 6 84 Application-Specific Tasks Usin g th e Spe ed D ial v iew Y ou can store up to 50 phone numbers in the Speed Dial l ist. There are five pages of numbers that hold ten numbers per page. Ti p : Yo u can ke ep you r Spee d Dial list organi zed by storin g differe nt type s of num bers o n dif ferent pages . For e xam ple, cr eate sep arat[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 85 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 6. T ap the Dial Ext ra Dig its Auto matical ly check box to automatically dial t hese digits each time you s elect this speed di al entry . Ti p : Whe n you en able th e Dial Ext ra Digit s Autom atical ly opt ion, you r phone inse rts a two s econd pause b efor e dialing the ex tra[...]

Section 6 86 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Select the e ntry you want to use and press R eturn . Ti p : Yo u can ed it the e ntry by t apping t he numb er or name in the Edit Ent ry dialog . 5. In the Edit Entry dialog, tap the Dial Extra Digits automaticall y check box to automatically dial these digi ts each time you select this sp eed dial entry[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 87 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Ti p : Duri ng a ca ll, if you ar e promp ted t o enter a m enu s election , use the keybo ard, o r go t o the Di al Pad view an d tap th e numb ers. If yo u def ined Ex tra Digit s, such as an extens ion, an d did n ot ena ble auto matic di aling of Extra Digits, tap Extr a D ig its[...]

Section 6 88 Application-Specific Tasks Dele ting Spee d Dial entries If your Speed Dial li st becomes f ull, or you no longer need an entry , you can delet e it. Note: You canno t delet e the Spee d Dial butto n for your PCS voi cema il serv ice. T o de lete a S peed D ial e ntry: 1. From the Speed D ial view , highlight the entry you w ant to del[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 89 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Usin g the Dial Pad view The Dial Pad view provide s access to a mo re traditional phone inter face. Y ou can use this view to dial numbe rs that are not in your Speed Dial or Cont acts li st. T o dial a numbe r w ith th e Dia l Pad : 1. Make sure wire less mode is on. See page 10 fo[...]

Section 6 90 Application-Specific Tasks Many desktop software applications also have data import capabil ities that enable you to load database files into yo ur Contacts list on your phone. See the section that begins on page 32 and the online Help for your desktop sof tware for m ore inf ormation. T o cre ate a ne w Co nta cts en try : 1. Press Ph[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 91 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Ti p : To cre ate an ent ry th at a lways appe ars at th e to p of t he Cont acts l ist , begi n the Last name or Com pany fie ld with a symbol , as in *If Found Call*. This ent ry ca n contai n cont act infor mation in cas e you lose your ph one. Dup licating a Co ntacts entry Y ou [...]

Section 6 92 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : You c an a lso roll the rock er sw itch to scro ll to th e numb er y ou want to cal l, an d t hen pres s t he rock er s w i tch t o dia l t he n umbe r. If you ne ed to prep en d digits, such a s *67 to bl ock ca ller ID or * 70 to di sab le c all wai ting, tap the C ont act en try to acc ess the Dial [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 93 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 6. Select a new label. 7. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Chan ging Co ntac t e ntry de tail s The Contact Entry Details dialog box provides a variety of options that you can associate with an entry . T o op en the Co ntac t Ent ry Det ails dialo g box: 1. Select the name fo[...]

Section 6 94 Application-Specific Tasks Usin g the Call Histo ry v iew The Call History view prov ides quick access to t he previous 1,000 incoming and outgoing calls. If you miss a call when your PCS T reo 300 is on and you remain in a coverage area, your m issed calls appear in the Call Hi story list and you receive a m issed call aler t message.[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 95 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Call ing a number in your Call Histo ry list In addition to viewing a list of your incoming, outgoing, and misse d calls, you can use the Call History view t o dial any number that appears on this view . T o dial a number from the C all Histo ry view: 1. Make sure wire less mode is o[...]

Section 6 96 Application-Specific Tasks 2. Press M enu . 3. Under Recor d , select Add (/N) . 4. In the Contact Edit screen, enter any addi tional information. 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : To add a num ber to your S peed Di al list, pr ess Men u , un der Reco rd , select Details (/E) , tap Co py Phon e # , go to the Sp eed Dia[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 97 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 3. Select the purge option you want to use. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Usin g the Active Call view After you dial and est ablish a connection, or rece ive an incoming cal l, the Active Call view icon appears in the lower le ft corner of the PhoneBook screen, and the [...]

Section 6 98 Application-Specific Tasks T o answ er a call while it is ringi ng, do any o f the follo wing : © Open the li d if it i s closed. © T ap Answer if the l id is ope n. © Press the butt on on the headset (if it is attached). T o ignore a call and send it d irectly to voicema il, do an y of the follo wing: © Close the lid if it i s ope[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 99 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 T o en d a call, do any of the follo wing: © Close the li d (if the headse t is not att ached). © Press Backspace . © Press the butt on on the headset (if it is attached). © T ap Hang Up . Note: Pres sing the pow er butt on whi le a c all is act ive put s your ph one in to slee p[...]

Section 6 100 Application-Specific Tasks Usin g the sp eake rpho ne The speakerphone button enables you to view your phone scre en and use other applications while you’re talking on the phone. Note: T he speakerp hone featu re is o ptimized fo r one or two peo ple that are re ason ably close to the pho ne. It is no t des igne d for a confe rence [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 101 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 2. T ap Hold to place t he call on ho ld. 3. T ap Off Hold to re turn t o the cal l. Hand ling Mu lt iple Ca lls Y ou can use the Act ive Call view to handle a variety of si tuations that involve multipl e calls. D uring an active ca ll, you ca n receive or place another call, switc[...]

Section 6 102 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : Yo u can sw itch betwe en two ac tive ca lls by tapp ing Swap or by pres sing the button on the h eadse t (if it is attac hed ). The Swa p but ton appea rs onl y when the se cond ca ll is an in comin g call. T o dial anot her num ber wh ile a call is in pr ogress: 1. Place the fi rst call on hold . 2.[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 103 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 3. T ap Ca ncel 3- way to end the secon d call an d to retu rn to th e firs t call you placed, or tap Ha ng Up to end both cal ls. Note: If the he adse t is attach ed, you c an als o press t he but ton on th e heads et to end the se cond ca ll and r eturn to th e first ca ll. Chec k[...]

Section 6 104 Application-Specific Tasks For war ding call s If you need t o turn off the wireless mode or know you will be traveling outsid e a coverage area, you can forward your call s to another number . Keep in mind that airtime charge s still apply to your forwarded cal ls. Note: Becau se call for wardi ng inf ormat ion is store d by t he ne [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 105 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Redi alin g the l ast n umber Y ou can redial the last number you call ed. T o red ial the la st numbe r , do on e of the f oll owin g: © Press and hold PhoneBook fo r at least one second. © From PhoneBook, pre ss and hold the rocker switch. Ret urn ing a misse d ca ll When your P[...]

Section 6 106 Application-Specific Tasks 3. From the U nlock Wireless Mode screen or Unloc k Commun icator screen, tap Make Em erge ncy Call to access the Dial Pad vi ew . 4. Dial 911, *2 (Sprint Customer Care), or any of the three emergency numbers you defined in Securi ty Preferences. See page 111 f or information on enter ing emergency numbers. [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 107 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Record menus Optio ns menus Con tacts lis t v iew Conta cts ed it vie w Call History v iew Con tacts reco rd v iew Conta cts vi ew Cont act s re cord & e dit views Call Histor y view Dial Pad & Spee d Dial views[...]

Section 6 108 Application-Specific Tasks Preferences © Remember last category. Determi nes h ow the Conta cts list appears when you return to it from another application. If you select this check box, the Contacts list shows the la st category you selected. If you clear it, the Co ntac ts l ist dis pla ys t he Al l ca teg ory . © List By . Deter [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 109 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Call Preferences © Enable Di gital Roaming. Enables you to access wireless service from any 1900Mhz network when you are outside a PCS coverage area. If you place cal ls while roami ng outside a PCS coverage area, you will i ncur roaming charges (if a pplicable to your service plan[...]

Section 6 110 Application-Specific Tasks Dial Preferences © Dial, Emai l, SMS. Provides ot her applications access to PhoneBoo k’ s dialing functions. In most cases you do not need to cha nge these settings. © Home count ry . Determines if North American hyphenation conventions are automatically applied to phone numbers, and whether the followi[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 111 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Securi ty Prefs Enables you to lock you r phone an d define emergency numbers. Wireless Mo de Lock: Locks your phone and requires you to enter a password to make outgoing call s (other than emergency numbers). The default password is the last four digits of your phon e number . You [...]

Section 6 112 Application-Specific Tasks Phone Inf o © Phone Number: D isplays your phone n umber . © ESN: Displays your phone’ s Electronic Serial Number wh ich un iqu ely id en tif ies yo ur phone to th e PCS net wo rk. © PRL : Displays the version number of the Preferred Roaming L ist. © Firmware Rev: Displays the version number f or the m[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 113 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Date Book Plus When you open Date Book Plus, the screen shows the current date and a list of times fo r a normal bu siness day . W or kin g in Da y View Day V iew shows an hourly calendar for a part icular date. If there are events schedule d on that date, they appear in the appr op[...]

Section 6 114 Application-Specific Tasks Sche du lin g an ev ent A record in Date Book Plus is called an “eve nt.” An event can be any kind of activity that you associate with a day . Y ou can enter a new event on any of the avail able time lines . When you schedule an event, i ts descripti on appears on the time line, and its durat ion is auto[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 115 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 3. If the event is longer than an hour , press the botto m scroll butt on and type the end time. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. 5. Enter a description of the eve nt. Y ou can enter up t o 255 characters. 6. T ap a blank area of t he screen to desel ect the event. A vert[...]

Section 6 116 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p : Y ou ca n als o create a new u ntimed ev ent b y makin g sure no e ven t is sele cted an d then enter ing a de scri ption . 5. Enter a description of the eve nt. 6. T ap a blank area on the scr een to deselect the untimed event. Note: If you crea te an event and dec ide later t hat ther e is no partic[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 117 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Set ting an alar m f or an e vent The Alarm setting enables you to s et an audible alarm for event s in Date Book Plus. Y ou can set an alarm to sound minut es, hours, or days b efore an event. The default Alarm setting is 5 m inutes before the time of the event, but you can change [...]

Section 6 118 Application-Specific Tasks turn on your phone and hold Opt ion and press Return to dismiss it. T o dismi ss th e alarm remi nde r , do on e of t he foll owing: © T ap 5 min , 10 min , 30 mi n , or Oth er to reset t he alar m to not ify you in a specified period of time. © Press the to p scroll bu tton . Sched uli ng re peat ing or c[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 119 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 4. T ap Day , We e k , Month , or Ye a r t o set how often event repeat s. For a continuous event, tap Day . 5. Enter a number that corresponds to how often you want the event to repeat on the Every line. For example, i f you select Month and enter the number 2, the event repeats ev[...]

Section 6 120 Application-Specific Tasks Current. Changes or del etes only the current instance of the repeating event. All. Changes or deletes all past, current, and future occurrences of this event. Fo llowing. Changes or deletes the current eve nt and all future occurrences of this event. Cons id erati ons for rep eatin g or co ntinu ou s event [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 121 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 © If you apply a change to a singl e occurrence of a repeati ng event (e.g., time), th at occurrence no longer shows the R epeat icon . Chan ging th e Date B ook Plu s view In addition to displaying the calendar for a s pecific day , you can also display a whole week i n graph or t[...]

Section 6 122 Application-Specific Tasks T o displa y the current time: 1. T ap and hold the stylus on the dat e in the date bar to display the current ti me. 2. Drag the stylus below the date bar and the n lift it. Note: If y ou lift the sty lus whil e it is s till o n the da te bar, the menu bar appea rs. Wo r k i n g i n We e k V i e w Week V ie[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 123 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 T ips for using W eek V iew Keep the followin g points in mind: © T ap an event t o show details fo r the event. © Use the scroll buttons or ro cker switch to move forw ard or backward a week at a time. © T o res chedule an event, tap and drag the event t o a different ti me or d[...]

Section 6 124 Application-Specific Tasks © Use the scrol l buttons or ro cker switch to mo ve between weeks . Y ou can also tap the s croll arrows in the upper - right corner to move forward or backward a week. © Press Me nu , and under Options , select Go to W eek (/O) . T ap a number to sel ect a diff erent week. © T ap Go to open the date sel[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 125 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 W or kin g in Y e ar View The Y ear View shows an overview of your c alendar for an entire year . T ips f or us ing Y ear V iew Keep the followin g points in mind: © T ap a day to display t he date and events for that day in t he title bar . A minus sign indicate s only one event i[...]

Section 6 126 Application-Specific Tasks T ips for us ing Lis t Vi ew Keep the followin g points in mind: © T ap a line to se lect it. The start and end time display briefly in the title bar . T o r edisplay t he event deta ils, tap to the left of the description. © T ap the des cription of the se lected li ne to display t he event in Day V iew .[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 127 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 W orking w ith f loatin g even ts Date Book Plus can include events that are a combination of a T o Do item and a Date Book eve nt. These events are c alled “flo ating ev ents.” Floating events are not assigned to a s pecific date, but can st ill be timed or untimed, can have al[...]

Section 6 128 Application-Specific Tasks © T o convert an existing ev ent to a floating event , select t he event, tap Details , tap Floa t as the T ype, and then hold Option and press Return to fini sh. © When you complet e a repeating floati ng event, it marks only th e current occurr ence of the event as complete. © A void scheduling a floati[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 129 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Usin g the Daily Jo urna l Y ou ca n use the Daily Journal feature to r ecord events as they occur . Events are recorded with automatic time-sta mping as Date Book Plus Notes s o they do not clutte r your s chedule. The Daily Jo urnal i s especiall y useful for tracking activities s[...]

Section 6 130 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Select the event from the Appointment T em plates list. 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Date Book P lus men us Date Book Plus menus are shown here for your r eference, and Date Book Plus features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are descri bed here. See page 28 for informat ion a[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 131 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Optio ns menu Wee k Vi e w Week View wit h T ext Mont h View List View Day V iew Y ear V iew[...]

Section 6 132 Application-Specific Tasks Preferences (Day View) © Start/End T ime. Defines the start and end times for Date Book Plus screens. If the time slots you select do not fit on one screen, you can tap the scroll arrow s to scroll up and dow n. © Ev ent Du rati on. Defines the def ault durat ion for new events. © Week Start. Defin es the[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 133 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Display Option s © Show T i me Bars. Activates the time bars that appear in the Day V iew . The time bars show the duration of an event and illustrate event conflict s © Compress Day View . Cont rols how times appear in the Day View . When Compress Day Vi ew is off, all time slots[...]

Section 6 134 Application-Specific Tasks Alarm Preferences © Alarm Sound . Sets the to ne of th e al ar m. © Snooze Soun d. Set s the tone of t he snooze alarm. © Remind S ound. Sets the tone of the reminder alarm. The reminder alarm sounds when the snooze alarm is n ot acknowl edged. © Play Sou nd. Def ines how many tones the alarm emits befor[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 135 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 To D o Preferences © Show Categor ies. Displays the T o Do items in the categories you select. © Prioritie s Display ed. Displ ays T o Do i tems wi th the selected priority level. The choices are 1 only , 1-2, 1-3, 1- 4, and 1-5. © Show P riority. Displays the pri ority level f o[...]

Section 6 136 Application-Specific Tasks Week Preferences © T ime Format. Defi nes the format of the time display . The choices are No T ime, 11p , 11:3 0p, 23, 23:30. © Display T o Do. Defi nes where T o Do items will appear on the Date Book Pl us screen. The choices are T op, Bot tom, and H ide. © Week Start. Defines the first day of the week [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 137 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Month Preferences © Show Ti med Events. Displays events that you assigned to a specific t ime. © Show Untime d Events. D isplays events t hat you assigned to a d ate, but did not assign t o a specific ti me. © Show Daily R epeating Events. Displays events that repeat each day . ?[...]

Section 6 138 Application-Specific Tasks List View Preferences © Date Book. Determines which type of events appear in the List View d isplay . T he choices are: Appt, Float, Done, Alarms Only , an d Repeat event s only appear o nce. © T o D o. Determines which type of T o Do items appear in the List V iew display . The choices are All, Not Comple[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 139 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Blaze r If you can’t hold the world in the palm of your hand, at least you can hold the World Wide W eb when you use Blazer to browse the Internet on your phone’ s scr een. T o use Blaze r , your service pl an must include PCS Vi s i o n . Viewin g web pa ges Y ou can view web p[...]

Section 6 140 Application-Specific Tasks 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. While a page is loading, a Progress ic on appears in the lower right corner of the screen. Y ou can t ap links to other pages as soon as they appear . Y ou don’t need to wait until a page fully loads. T o stop loading a page, tap the Stop icon in the lower left c[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 141 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Viewin g bo okmar ked pag es Y our phone may com e with a few bookmarks alread y in place. Y ou can jump directly to any of the predefined bookmarks, or to any pages for which you’ve created a bookmark. T o view a bo okmark : 1. Make sure wire less mode is on. See page 10 for det [...]

Section 6 142 Application-Specific Tasks 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : Yo u can al so add a bookm ark by tapping an em pty book mar k slot in the Bo okmar k view and enter ing a Name, De script ion, an d URL for t he page y ou wa nt to boo kma rk. T o de fine a bo ok mark: 1. From the Bookmar k view , press Menu . 2. Under Book[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 143 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Edit in g bookm arks Y ou can change the title, description, or URL associated with any of your bookmarks. T o ed it a book mark : 1. From the Bookmar k view , press Menu . 2. Under Bookmark , select Edit Bookma rk (/E) . 3. T ap th e page icons t o navigate to the page containing t[...]

Section 6 144 Application-Specific Tasks Arra nging yo ur bo okmark s As your bookmark l ist grows, you may want to re arrange the entries or move entire pages. Y ou can assign a title to each bookm ark page and arrange t he entries by category . For exampl e, if you want to c reate a page with links to various sport s scores, you might name the pa[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 145 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 A grey line appears next to the page when it is in drag m ode. When dropping a page on the top row , the grey line appears to the left of the slot where the page will appear . Wh en dropping a page on t he bottom row , the grey l ine appears to the right of the slot where the page w[...]

Section 6 146 Application-Specific Tasks Bookmark s menu Go me nus Optio ns menu Properties Displa ys the Page Prop ertie s dialog box where you can view the Page Name, URL, Size (Bytes) and whether the page was loaded from the cache. Book mark vie w Page vie w Book mark vie w Book mark vie w Page vi ew[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 147 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Preferences Browser tab: © Home page. Displays the URL of the current home p age selection. T ap t his option to open the Set Home Page dialog box and select a different home page. T o restore the factory default Home Page setting, tap Restor e in the S et Home Page dialog box. Not[...]

Section 6 148 Application-Specific Tasks Advanced tab: © Cache Size (K). D isplays the amount of memory that Blazer reserves to store recently viewed pages. The amount of free memory available on your phone appears below this op tion . © Clear . Erases all t he pages stored in the cache. Y ou cannot cancel or undo this action. © Accept Cook ies.[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 149 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Memo Pad A memo can contain up to 4,000 characters. The number of me mos you can store is dependent only on the mem ory available on your phone. A record in Me mo Pad is call ed a “memo.” T o cre ate a new memo : 1. Press . 2. Enter the text you want to appear in the m emo. Pres[...]

Section 6 150 Application-Specific Tasks 2. Review or e dit th e text in the memo. 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Memo Pa d menus Memo Pad menus are shown here for your reference, and M emo Pad features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are describ ed here. See page 28 for informat ion about choosing menu com mands. The Re[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 151 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 SMS When you subscribe to PCS V i sion Services , you can use your PCS T reo 300 to receive and store short text messages. These t ext mess ages are similar to e-mail m essages that you receive on your com puter , but are typi cally no more than 160 characters i n length. These mess[...]

Section 6 152 Application-Specific Tasks Ti p s : © T o view additional incom ing messages, press Option and the press PhoneBook . © Y ou can also di smiss the alert dia log box by pressing the rocker switch or the top scroll button. Viewin g text me ssage s SMS enables you to quickly view your in coming and saved messages. T o view text message [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 153 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 3. Use the scrol l buttons or ro cker switch to scrol l within the curr ent message. 4. Press Option and use the s croll buttons to next or previous message. Respo ndin g to text mess ages There are several w ays you can respond to a m essage depending on it s origin and content. Y [...]

Section 6 154 Application-Specific Tasks respond. 3. Press Space to open the appl ication associated with the selected item . Copy in g text me ssages Y ou can save time by c opying text from your mess ages. T o copy an enti re messa ge: 1. From the Mes sages list, tap the text of the message you want to copy . 2. Press M enu . 3. Under Edit , sele[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 155 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Sor tin g mess ages 1. From any SMS list view , press Menu . 2. Under Op tions , select Sort . 3. T ap the Sort by pick list to sel ect the sort met hod you want to use. 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Dele ting messag es Y ou can delet e a single message or a group of m[...]

Section 6 156 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold Option and press Return twice t o confirm deletion. SMS m enus SMS menus are shown here for your reference, and SMS features that are not explained elsewhere in this g uide are described here. See page 28 for informat ion about choosing menu com mands. The Message menu differ depending on which SMS v[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 157 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Optio ns menus Preferences Determines wh ether a confirmation dialog box app ears when you delete messages. About SMS S hows version i nformation for SMS.[...]

Section 6 158 Application-Specific Tasks To D o List T o Do rem inds you of task s you ha ve to complet e. A record in T o Do List is called an “item.” T o crea te a T o Do item: 1. Press Option and then press Date Book Plus . Ti p : Yo u can al so acc ess To Do Lis t by tappin g the T o Do Li st ic on in the Ap plicati ons La unche r. 2. Ente [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 159 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 T o se t the priority of a T o Do item: 1. T ap the Priori ty number on the left side of the T o Do item. 2. T ap th e Priori ty numb er that you want t o set (1 is m ost imp ortan t). Set ting a du e da te Y ou can associ ate a due date with any T o Do item. Y o u can also sort the[...]

Section 6 160 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : If you tur n on the Sh ow Due Dates opt ion in the To Do Show option s di alo g, you can tap d irec tly on the due da te i n th e To Do list to open the pick list shown in step 4. Assi gning a cate gory Y ou can associ ate any T o Do it em with a category . [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 161 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 T o Do S how Op tions The Show Options dialog box enables you to control the appearance of the T o Do li st scree n. T o chang e th e Sho w Optio ns settings : 1. In T o Do li st screen, tap Sh ow . 2. Select any of the following settings: Show Completed Items Displays your comple t[...]

Section 6 162 Application-Specific Tasks 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. T o Do List menus T o Do List menus ar e shown here for your reference, and T o Do Li st features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here. See page 28 for informat ion about choosing menu com mands. Reco rd m enu Optio ns menu Record Compl[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 163 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 City Time CityT ime enabl es you to display the day and t ime in your home city and in four other cities around the globe. W hether you’re travelling or at home, now it’ s easy to ke ep track of the best time to re ach your business associates, friends, and family in f ar away p[...]

Section 6 164 Application-Specific Tasks T o set you r remot e citi es: 1. T ap a pick l ist in the lower par t of the Cit yT ime sc reen and select th e city clos est to the c ity yo u want to disp lay . Ti p : If a ne arby city isn ’t in the lis t, you can u se t he Ed it Citi es co mman d to add a ne w city to the lis t. See the ne xt sec tion[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 165 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Optio ns menu Utiliti es me nu About CityT ime Shows version informati on for CityT ime. Help Di splays online help for the CityT ime screens. Change Location O pens the Change Location dialog box w here you can select the c ity to which you a re moving or travelling. Changing the l[...]

Section 6 166 Application-Specific Tasks Calcu lator Calculator includes two operat ing modes: Basic and Advanced. In Basic mode you can perform si mple mathematical calculations. In Advance d mode you can access scientific functi ons and perform sophisticated mat h calculations. Thi s section explains how t o select the operating mode and use the [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 167 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Disp laying Rec ent C alcul ations The Basic Calculator’ s Recent Calculati ons command enables y ou to review the las t series of calculations and i s particularly us eful for confirming a series of “chain” calculations. T o dis play r ece nt ca lcula tions: 1. Press M enu . [...]

Section 6 168 Application-Specific Tasks Usin g the Adva nced Calcul ator button s In addition to most of the Basic Calculator buttons, the Prim ary buttons are available in all the Adv anced Calculator views. The remaining buttons are available only in speci fic views. The inform ation that follows provides an overview of the Advanced Calc ulator [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 169 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Mat h butto ns T rigono metry butto ns Squares the current value. Calculates the value of x raised to the y power . Calculates the value of a common (base 10) antilogarithm. Calculates the value of a natural (base e) antilogarithm. Calculates the reciprocal of the current number . D[...]

Section 6 170 Application-Specific Tasks Fina nce bu tto ns Finance buttons enable you to find an unknow n variable valu e based on a group of known variable values. For example, to calculate the monthly payment for a 30 -year home loan of $100,000 with an annua l interest rate of 8%, you would enter the followi ng variables: © Payments/year = 12 [...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 171 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 2. Enter 12 and tap the P/Yr butt on to enter the number of payments per year . 3. T ap Ed it . 4. T ap the Pmt line and erase all valu es on the line including zero. 5. T ap So lve . 6. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Y ou c an us e a sim ilar proce ss to solv e other f in[...]

Section 6 172 Application-Specific Tasks Logi c but tons Sta tis tic s but to ns Shifts the value to the left and fill s the new p laces wi th zeros . Enters D i n a hexadecimal calculation. Enters E in a h exadecimal calc ulation. Enters F in a hexadecimal calculation. Calculates bit- by-bit commonalities between two arguments. Calculates bit- by-[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 173 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 W eight/T emp b utton s Calculates t he square of the su m of the values in the st atistics memory list. Opens the Statistical Data dialog box w here you can view , edit, delete, and clear values in the statistics memory list. Displays the n umber of v a lues i n the stati stics mem[...]

Section 6 174 Application-Specific Tasks Le ngth bu ttons Area bu tt ons Indicates th e current value is e n tered in degrees Kelvin. When you t ap this button after tapping an other unit o f measure, it converts the value to degrees Kelvin. Indicates the current value is entered in degrees Celsius. When you tap this button after tapping an other u[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 175 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 V olume b uttons Indicates the curr ent value is entered in square mil es. When you tap this button after tapping another unit of measure, it converts the value to squa re miles. Indicates the current value is entered in square millimet ers. When you tap this button after tapping an[...]

Section 6 176 Application-Specific Tasks Cr eatin g a cust om vie w Y ou can modify any existing Advanced Calculator view to create your own view . Wh ile customizi ng a view , you can change th e button names as well as the button definitions. T o cre ate a cust om vie w: 1. From the Advanced Calculator screen, press Menu . 2. Under P rogram , sel[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 177 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Calc ulato r me nus Calcul ator menus are shown her e for your ref erence, and Calculator features that are not explained elsewhere in this guide are described here. See page 28 for informat ion about choosing menu com mands. Optio ns menus Program me nu About Calcula tor Shows vers[...]

Section 6 178 Application-Specific Tasks Expens e Expense enables you to record t he date, expense type, and the amount that you spent. A r ecord in Expense is cal led an “item.” Y ou can s ort your Expense items into categories or add other information that you want to associate with the item. T o crea te a n Ex pens e item : 1. Press Option a[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 179 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 adv ant ag e of th e au toma ti c fi ll feat ure. See the se ct ion t hat b egin s on page 1 87 for det ails. Chan ging the da te of an Expe nse i tem Initially , Expense items appear with the date you enter them. Y ou can use Expense to cha nge the date associ ated with any Expense[...]

Section 6 180 Application-Specific Tasks 3. Select any of the following options: 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Cust omizi ng the Curr ency pi ck l ist Y ou can select the cur rencies and symbols that appear in the Curr ency pick list. T o cu stomize the Cu rr ency pic k lis t: 1. In the Receipt Details dialog box, tap the Curr ency pi[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 181 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 2. T ap each Currency pick list and sele ct the country w hose currency you want to display on that line. 3. Hold O pti on and press R etur n twi ce to fin ish. Defin ing a cu stom c urren cy sym bol If the curre ncy you want to use i s not in the list of countries, y ou can create [...]

Section 6 182 Application-Specific Tasks 5. Hold O pti on and press R etur n twi ce to fin ish. Note: If yo u want t o use yo ur cus tom cu rren cy sym bol as t he def ault f or all Expen se item s, selec t the symbol in the Pref eren ces dial og box . If you wan t to use yo ur cust om cu rrency symb ol only for a part icula r Expense i tem, sel ec[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 183 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 also assume that yo u have instal led Palm Desktop s oftware as d escribed on pa ge 21. Cr eating or printin g an exp ense r eport It is easy to view and print your Expense data in a Micros oft Excel spreadsheet.[...]

Section 6 184 Application-Specific Tasks T o cre ate or pr in t an exp ense report : 1. Perform a HotSync operati on to transfer your latest Expense dat a to your computer . 2. Do one of the following: n Clic k E xpens e in Palm De sktop software to open Microsoft Excel and the Expense Report configuration dialog box. n From t he Wi ndows St ar t m[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 185 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 n Clic k Creat e to display a M icrosoft Excel sp readsheet containing your expense data. Y our data appears in Micros oft Excel spreadsheet form. Y ou can enter i nformation, make formatt ing changes, and save and print the file in th e norm al mann er . Usi ng expe nse r eport tem[...]

Section 6 186 Application-Specific Tasks If you want to streaml ine or customize your expense r eports, you can change these template s. For example, you can add your company name to a temp late. T o view you r expen se data us ing a Mic roso ft Exce l template : 1. Display your expense data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as described in the prev[...]

Section 6 Applicatio n-Specific Tasks 187 Appl icati on Ta s k s 6 Optio ns menu Preferences © Use automati c fill. Lets you sel ect an expense type by entering the first let ter of an expense type. For example, if you enter the letter “T ,” it enters the “T axi” expense type. Entering “ T” and then “E” ent ers “T el ephone” wh[...]

Section 6 188 Application-Specific Tasks[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 189 Settin g Prefer ences 7 7 Setting Pre ferences for Your P ho ne he Preferences s creens enable you to customize th e configuratio n option s on your PCS Phone Handspring ® T re o™ 300. In th e Pref ere nces sc reen s, you can do t he foll owi ng: Button s Assign different app lications t o many[...]

Section 7 19 0 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Viewin g Preference s T o open the Pre fer ence s scr eens : 1. Press Option and then press Me nu to access t he Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the Prefer ences ico n . 3. T ap the pi ck list in the upper -right cor ner of the scr een. 4. Select the Pr eferences sc reen you want to view . Bu[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 191 Settin g Prefer ences 7 HotS ync Button s Prefe renc es The HotSync Buttons Prefer ences screen also enable s you to associa te a different application with the button on t he HotSync cable. Any changes that you make in the HotSync Buttons dialog box become effective immedia tely; you do not have [...]

Section 7 19 2 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Pr edefi ned co nfigu rations Y our phone comes with the following predef ined Connection conf igurat ions: Conn ec tio n Meth ods There are sever al types of de vice connect ions you c an choose when configuring Pref erences: Wireless Modem Enables you to connect your phone to the PCS networ[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 193 Settin g Prefer ences 7 Set ting an infr ar ed t o mo dem c onf igur atio n The following steps demonstrate how to create a mode m connection that enables IR HotSync thr ough an IR enabled modem . This modem would then dial a modem attached to your desktop to perform the remote HotS ync ope ratio [...]

Section 7 19 4 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one 4. T ap the Dialing pick list and select T ouc hT on e or Rot ary . Note: Select Rot ary onl y if your teleph one serv ice do es not sup po rt Touch Tone d ialin g. 5. T ap the Vo l u m e pick list and s elect the s peaker volume. 6. T ap Details . 7. Enter the initialization string appr opri[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 195 Settin g Prefer ences 7 Format s Preferen ces Use the Format s Preferences scree n to set the countr y default and the display format of t he dates, times, and numbers on your phone. Cou ntry defau lt The country default sets date, time , week start day , and number conventions based on geographic[...]

Section 7 19 6 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Note: This sett ing cont rol s the Day, Week, Month, Year , and List vie ws i n Date Book Plus and all ot her as pects of your phone that displ ay a calend ar. 4. T ap the Numbe rs pick list, and select formats f or the decimal point and thousands separator . Genera l Preferenc es The General[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 197 Settin g Prefer ences 7 Sy ste m, al arm, an d ga me soun ds Y our phone uses a var iety of sounds. The System, Alarm , and Game Sound settings enable you to turn the sounds on or off, and to adjust the volume level . Note: If the r inger sw itch is set to no soun d, th e ringer setti ng over ride[...]

Section 7 19 8 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Conn ec tin g aut omati cal ly T o take advantage of the pers istent data connections available o n your phone, you can choose to automatical ly connect to the PCS high-speed data network whenever you are insid e a coverage area and you turn on wireless mode. Ti p : To connect to a Simple or [...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 199 Settin g Prefer ences 7 T o cre ate a pa cket data servi ce temp la te: 1. Press M enu . 2. Under S ervice , sel ect Ne w (/N) . A new service template (cal led Untitled) is added to the Service pick list and the Unlock icon appears at the bottom of the screen. 3. Enter the Service name. T o dupli[...]

Section 7 20 0 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Note: Most pack et data s erver s do no t accept space s in the us er name . Ente ri ng a pass word The Password box i dentifies the pass word you use t o log into your packet data network. Y our entry in this field det ermines whether your phone prompts you to enter a p assword each time you[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 201 Settin g Prefer ences 7 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Note: The Passw ord field updat es to dis play the wor d “A ssigne d.” Sel ecti ng a co nnec tio n The Connection Pref erences s ettings tell your phone about the hardware you are using for r emote data connections. Norm ally [...]

Section 7 20 2 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Conn ec tin g to you r serv ic e After you se t your Connection and Network Preferences , establishing a connection to your packet data network is easy . T o esta bli sh a con nect ion: © T ap Co nnec t to sign on to the packe t data network defined in the current ser vice templ ate. Y our c[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 203 Settin g Prefer ences 7 3. T ap HA Pas sword and enter your Home Agent password. 4. T ap the space to t he left of the first period in the Pri mary HA field, and then enter the first section of the pri mary HA address. Note: Each secti on must be a numb er fr om 0 to 255. 5. T ap and enter the rem[...]

Section 7 20 4 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one T o ente r a perma nent IP addr ess: 1. T ap Advanc ed . 2. T ap the IP Addr ess check box t o deselect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box. 3. T ap the s pace to the lef t of the first period, and then enter the first section of the IP addre ss. Note: Each secti o[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 205 Settin g Prefer ences 7 T o enter T unne ling and SPI : 1. T ap the T u nnel ing pick list and selec t Reverse or Forwar d. 2. T ap the MN-HA-SPI field and enter the Hom e Agent security parameter index. 3. T ap the MN-AAA-SPI field and enter the AAA security parameter index. 4. Hold Option and pr[...]

Section 7 20 6 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one 2. Deselect the Mobil e IP check box. Defin ing the IP addres s in a Simple I P service te mplate Everyone who logs on to the I nternet needs t o have a unique identifier (an IP address), whether permanent or temporary . Som e networks dynamically assign a tem porary IP address when clients l[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 207 Settin g Prefer ences 7 T o ente r a perma nent IP addr ess: 1. T ap Advanc ed . 2. T ap the IP Addr ess check box t o deselect it and display a permanent IP address field below the check box. 3. T ap the s pace to the lef t of the first period, and then enter the first section of the IP addre ss.[...]

Section 7 20 8 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one T o en ter a pr imar y and se cond ary DN S: 1. T ap the Query D NS check box to desel ect it. 2. T ap the space to t he left of the first period in the Pri mary DNS field, and then enter the first section of the IP addr ess. Note: Each secti on must be a numb er fr om 0 to 255. 3. Repeat ste[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 209 Settin g Prefer ences 7 Netwo rk Pre feren ces men u comman ds The Network Preferences screen includes menu commands to m ake it fast and easy to creat e and edit ser vice templates . Network Pref erences menus ar e show he re for your re fere nce. See page 28 for more informat ion about choosing [...]

Section 7 21 0 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one Viewin g t he N et work Lo g If viewing the expanded Servi ce Connection Progress messages does not give you enough informat ion to find out why you cannot connect to your packet data network, take a look at the Network Log. The Network Log lists all of the communicat ion that occurs between [...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 211 Settin g Prefer ences 7 If you assign a password wit h the Security application, the information in the Owner Pref erences scr een cannot be changed. In this case, an Unlock button appears at the bottom of the screen. T o unlo ck t he Owne r Pr efe rences sc ree n: 1. T ap Unlock . 2. Enter the pa[...]

Section 7 21 2 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. T o selec t ring tone se ttings: 1. T ap the To n e box. 2. T ap t he various cal l tone pick li sts and sel ect a ringer s ound for e ach of the foll owin g typ es of in comi ng ca lls: Known Caller Plays this sound when you receive a call that mat[...]

Section 7 Setting Prefer ences for Y our P hone 213 Settin g Prefer ences 7 Note: Wh en y ou se lect a r in ger soun d, the sound play s once . To avoid play ing the sound, mov e the ri nger s witch to the si lent po sitio n befo re select ing a new ringe r soun d. 3. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Short Cuts Pre ferences The ShortCuts Pr[...]

Section 7 21 4 Se tt ing Pr efer ences f or Y our Ph one 4. Hold Option and pres s Return to finish. Ti p : To use a S hortCu t, ente r the ShortC ut sym bol fol lowe d by the Sh ortC ut char acters . See pa ge 30 for details. Edit in g a Shor tC ut After you create a ShortCut, you can modify it at any time. T o ed it a S hortC ut: 1. T ap the Shor[...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 15 HotS ync Opera tions 8 8 Advanced HotSync ® Operatio ns otSync ® Manager enables you to synchronize data between one or more Pal m OS ® devi ces and Palm™ Desktop sof tware or another PIM such as Mi crosoft Outlook. T o synchroni ze data, you must connect your PCS Phone Hands pring ® T reo™ 3[...]

Section 8 216 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations Selec ting Hot Sync setup options Y ou can choose w hen you want HotS ync Manager to run. If necess ary , you can adjust the local and mode m HotSync s ettings as well. T o set th e Ho tSync o ption s: 1. Clic k the H otSync M anag er icon  i n the Windows sys tem tray . 2. Choose Se tup . 3. Clic [...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 17 HotS ync Opera tions 8 4. Clic k the Loca l tab to di spla y the sett ings for the conn ection betw een your computer and t he HotSync cable, and adjust the following options as needed. 5. If you are at tached to a network, click the Network tab to di splay the network settings and adjust the op tion[...]

Section 8 218 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations Custo mizing Hot Sync appl icati on sett ings For each application, you ca n define a set of options t hat determines how records are handled during synchroni zation. These opti ons are called a “conduit.” By default, a HotSync operation synchroni zes all files between the phone and your desktop s[...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 19 HotS ync Opera tions 8 5. Clic k Ch an ge . 6. Clic k the directi on in w hich you want to w rite dat a, or click Do Nothing to skip data transfer for an application. Note: C han gi ng th e HotS ync set ti ng f rom th e de fa ult affe cts on ly th e ne xt Ho tSyn c op erat ion. Ther eaft er, th e H o[...]

Section 8 220 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations Pr epari ng your comp uter for inf rared com mun icatio n T o perform an I R HotSync operation, the comp uter you want to synchronize with must have an enabled infrared por t or be connected to an infrared devi ce that sup ports the IrCOMM implementation o f the IrDA standards. Desktop c omputers are [...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 21 HotS ync Opera tions 8 The COM port di splayed on this screen is th e port associated w ith your infrared devic e. It should be di fferent from th e port currently defined for cable synchronization. 5. Wr ite down the port listed as “Providing application support” so you can configure H otSync Ma[...]

Section 8 222 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations 6. Clic k OK . 7. Disable any other application that opens the IR port. Config uring HotSync Mana ger fo r infrar ed co mmunica tion Next you need to go to t he HotSync Manager and configure i t for infrare d communicati on. In Windows 98 and Me, you need t o specify the simulated port used for infrar[...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 23 HotS ync Opera tions 8 6. Clic k OK . The Ho tSyn c Manager is now com municat ing w ith th e simula ted p ort defin ed for infr ared com municat ion. Note: You canno t use your cable ag ain un til yo u recon figur e the HotS ync Man ager to co mm unicat e with t he por t defined for cabl e sync hron[...]

Section 8 224 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations T o per form an I R HotSyn c oper ation : 1. Press Option and then press Me nu to access t he Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the HotSync icon . 3. T ap Local . 4. T ap the pick list be low the HotSync icon and select IR to a PC / Hand hel d . 5. Position your phone’ s IR por t within a couple of in[...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 25 HotS ync Opera tions 8 T o disa ble inf rare d commu nica tion wit h Win dows 200 0: 1. Click the HotSync Manager icon in the Windows sys tem tray . 2. Uncheck In fr aRed on the menu. 3. In the Windows taskbar cl ick Start , choose Settin gs , and then choose Control Pan el . 4. Dou ble- clic k the W[...]

Section 8 226 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations Note: To per form a N etwor k HotSyn c from anoth er comp uter on y our netwo rk, you must se lect Net work from the Ho tSyn c Man ager me nu o n both you r prim ary co mput er and the comp uter yo u wan t to use. 3. From the HotSync Manager menu, choose Setup. 4. Clic k the Netwo rk tab and make sur [...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 27 HotS ync Opera tions 8 Perfo rmin g a net work HotSyn c opera tion vi a a LAN Y ou are ready to perform a network HotSync f rom another computer on your network after you select Net work from the HotSync Manager m enu on both your primary comput er and the computer you want to use for the network Hot[...]

Section 8 228 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations Creat ing a user profil e If you need to configure se veral Palm O S ® phones with s pecific information (such as a company phone li st) before distributing the m to their actual users , you can create a user profile to load the data int o a phone without associating that data with a user name. The U[...]

Section 8 Adva nced Hot Sync® Op erat ions 2 29 HotS ync Opera tions 8 T o use a profile for the firs t-time H o tSyn c ope ration : 1. Connect the new phone to t he HotSync cable. 2. Press the HotSync but ton on the cable. 3. Clic k Profiles . 4. Select the profile that you want to load on the phone, and cl ick OK . 5. Clic k Ye s to transfer all[...]

Section 8 230 Adv anced H otSy nc® Oper ations[...]

Section 9 Ma intaining Y our Phone 231 Main taini ng Y our Phone 9 9 Maintaining Your Phone his chapter provides information on the following: © Proper care of your PCS Phone H andspring ® T r eo™ 300 © Maximizing battery lif e © Resetting your phone T[...]

Section 9 232 M aintaining Your Phone Cari ng for your phone Y our phone is designed to be rugged and re liable and to provide years of trouble-f ree service. Please obser ve the following general tips when using your phone: © T ake care not to scratc h the screen of your phone. Keep t he screen clean. When working w ith your phone, use the suppli[...]

Section 9 Ma intaining Y our Phone 233 Main taini ng Y our Phone 9 © Y ou can conserve bat tery life by minimizing use of the keyboard backlight feature and by choosing a lower Auto-off setting w hich automatically turns t he phone off after a period of inactivity . See page 196 and page 10 for more information. © If the battery bec omes low in t[...]

Section 9 234 M aintaining Your Phone T o per form a sof t rese t: 1. Unscrew the t ip of the stylus t o access the r eset tool. 2. Use the reset tool to gently pres s the reset button inside the hole on the back panel of your phone. Ti p : You can also u se the ti p of an unfol ded paper c lip (or simila r obje ct with out a shar p tip) . Performi[...]

Section 9 Ma intaining Y our Phone 235 Main taini ng Y our Phone 9 Per forming a hard re set With a hard res et, all reco rds and entrie s stored i n your phone ar e erased. Never pe rform a hard reset unles s a so ft or w arm rese t does not s olve y our problem. Note: Yo u can re store an y data previo usly syn chron ized w ith you r com put er d[...]

Section 9 236 M aintaining Your Phone T o rest ore yo ur data af ter a hard res et: 1. Clic k the H otSync M anag er icon  i n the Windows sys tem tray (bottom-right corner of the taskbar). Ti p : Yo u can al so cli ck the H otSync c omma nd on th e Palm Deskt op softwar e menu bar. 2. From the HotSync M anager menu, choose Cust om . 3. Select t[...]

Section 9 Ma intaining Y our Phone 237 Main taini ng Y our Phone 9 Note: C han gi ng th e HotS ync set ti ng f rom th e de fa ult affe cts on ly th e ne xt Ho tSyn c op erat ion. Ther eaft er, th e H otSy nc Act ions re vert to thei r de faul t setti ngs. 7. Clic k OK . 8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 to change conduit settings for other applications. [...]

Section 9 238 M aintaining Your Phone[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 23 9 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 10 Troubleshootin g Tips f you encounter a pr oblem with your PC S Phone Handspring ® T reo™ 300: © Review thi s section t o see if your problem is listed © Check our web site at www .s printpcs.com for the latest technical support information Note: Thousan ds of thi rd-par ty[...]

Sectio n 10 240 Tr oubleshooting T ips Sof tw are inst al lati on pro ble ms Problem Solu tion Palm™ Desktop software wil l not instal l successfu lly . Disable any anti-virus software, close any open applications o r utilities, a nd then perform the i nstallation again. If you are insta lli ng on a computer at your w orkplace, make sure your Sys[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 24 1 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 Operat ing proble ms Tappi ng and keyboa rd problems Problem Solut ion My ph one won’ t t urn on. T ry each of these in turn: © Adju st th e disp lay se tti ngs . © Make sure the battery is fully charged . © Perform a soft reset. See page 233 f or details. © If your phone sti[...]

Sectio n 10 242 Tr oubleshooting T ips Wirel ess communic ation pr oblems Problem Solut ion I can’t use the wireless feat ures © Make sure y our PCS T reo 300 battery is charged. © Make su re wireless mode is on. T o turn on wir eless mode, press and hold the power button for at least two second s, until you hea r a confirmatio n tone. An ascen[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 24 3 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 I tried dialing a phone number , but my PCS T r eo 300 just beeps at me © Make su re you dialed t he correc t number . © W ait a few minut es and try again. If t he network i s very busy , calls cannot connect. © V erify that you ar e in a netw ork coverage area and then move a [...]

Sectio n 10 244 Tr oubleshooting T ips The Blazer ® app lication won’ t connect to the Intern et © Confirm t hat your service plan includes PCS V ision and not just voice minutes. © Confirm t hat your Network Prefere n ces set tings are properly configured. 1. Press Option and then press Menu to access the Applications Launcher . 2. T ap the P[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 24 5 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 Appli cation p r oblems Problem Solu tion I tapped the T od ay button, but it d oes not sho w the correct dat e. Y our phone is not set to the current date. Make sure th e Set Date box in the General Prefe rences screen displ ays the current date. See page 17 and pag e 196 for det [...]

Sectio n 10 246 Tr oubleshooting T ips HotSy nc proble ms Problem Solu tion Why can’t I synchronize my phone with my computer? T ry each of these in turn. After each step, try to synchronize to see if the problem persists: © Make sure you installed the software that came with your phone. Y ou must install this soft ware even if you upgraded from[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 24 7 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 Beaming problems I did a HotSync operation, but one of my applications did not synch ronize. Click the HotSync Mana ger and choose Cu stom . Make sure that the conduit appears on the list and that it i s set to Synchronize the files. See page 218 for details. I cannot launch t he H[...]

Sectio n 10 248 Tr oubleshooting T ips Passwor d proble ms Problem Solu tion I forgot the password to show my hidden or masked re co rd s. Y ou can use Security to delete the password. If you do this, your phone deletes all entries marked as private. Y ou can, however , perform a HotSync operation before you delete the password: the HotSync process[...]

Sect ion 10 Troubleshoo ting Tips 24 9 T ro ublesho oting Ti p s 10 Techni cal support If you cannot solve your problem aft er review ing the sources li sted at the beginning of this appendix, check our web site www .spr intpcs.com for t he latest technical support inf ormation, or call *2 if you have questions. Before requesting support, please ex[...]

Sectio n 10 250 Tr oubleshooting T ips[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 251 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 Other Product Info rmatio n Perf ormance and Safet y Impo rta nt In for mati on A bout Y o ur Phon e an d Ser vice Keepin g Tabs on Signal Strength The quality of each call you make or receive depends on the signal str ength in your area. You r phone informs you of the curr[...]

Sectio n 11 252 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n Main tai nin g Safe U se of an d Acce ss to Y ou r Phone F AILURE T O FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OU TLINED MA Y LE AD TO SERIOUS P ERSONAL INJ URY AN D POSSI BLE PROP ERTY DAMA GE Using You r Phon e While Driv ing Talking on your phone while driving (or operatin g the ph one without a hands-free device) is[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 253 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 Turnin g Off Wirele ss Mod e in Dan gerous Areas To avoid interfering wi th blasting operations , turn off wireless mode when in a blasting area or in other areas with sign s indicating two-way radios should be turned off. Constru ction crews often use remote-contro l RF de[...]

Sectio n 11 254 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n Expos ure to Rad io Frequen cy Energ y (SAR) In order to comply with FCC RF exposure safety guidelines, us ers MUST use a Sprint-approved body-worn accessor y during bod y-worn operation. Use of accessories not app roved by Sprint or that have not been tested for RF exposure compliance with th is produc[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 255 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 Obtaining Warranty Service. I n order to obtain warranty service, you must receive warranty service authori zation within the warranty period an d provide dated proof of original purchase. Contact Sprint PCS for warranty service authorization except if you purchased product[...]

Sectio n 11 256 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n Paymen t of Fees : The effectiveness of the licenses grant ed hereunder is conditio n ed on the receipt by Handspr ing of any applicable fees . No Assig nment; No Reve rse Engin eering : You may transfer the Software and this License Agreement to another party in connection with a trans fer of the Hands[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 257 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 Enti re Agr eement : This Licens e Agreement se ts forth the e ntire unders tanding and agre ement between you and Handspring, supersedes al l prior agr eemen ts, whether written or oral, with respect to t he Software, and may be amended only in a writing sign ed by both pa[...]

Sectio n 11 258 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n and is anal ogous to running a utilit y program or appl ication program. However, in a textual and legal sense, the linked executable is a combined work, a derivative of the original library, and the ordinary General Publ ic License treats it as su ch. Because of th is blurred di stinction, using the or[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 259 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 3. Y ou may ch arge a fee for the physical act of tran sferring a copy , and you may at your option of fer warranty protection in exchange fo r a fee. 4. Y ou may m odify your copy or copies of the Library or any portion of it, t hus forming a work based on the Library , an[...]

Sectio n 11 260 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n used for sof tware interchange. If distri bution of object code is made by offer ing access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from the same place satisf ies the requirement to distri bu te the source code, even though thir d parties are not compelle[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 261 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 c) If dist ribution of the work is made by offering access to copy from a des ignated place, offer equivalent access to copy the above specified materials from the same place. d) V erify that the user has already receive d a copy of th ese materials or that you have already[...]

Sectio n 11 262 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n then as a consequence you may not distribute the Li brary at all. For example, if a paten t license would not permit royalt y-free redistribu tion of the Library by all t hose who receive copies directl y or indirectly thro ugh you, then the only way you could sati sfy both it and this License would be [...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 263 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11 WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDE R, OR ANY OTHER P ARTY WHO MA Y MODIFY AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE LIBRAR Y AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIAB LE TO YOU FOR DAMAGE S, INCLUDING AN Y GENERAL, SPEC IAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQ UENTIAL DAMAGE S ARISING OUT OF THE USE O R INABILIT Y TO USE T HE LIB[...]

Sectio n 11 264 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n Acknowle dgments We would like to thank the following developers whose contri butions were an integral part of the Handspring product: © C.E. Steuart Dewar Pimlico Software, Inc. www .gorilla-haven.org/ pimlico © Darren Be ck Code City www .codecity .com.au © Rick Huebner www .probe.n et/~rhuebn er/i[...]

Sect ion 11 Other Produ ct Informat ion 265 Other Prod uct Info rmat ion 11[...]

Sectio n 11 266 Ot her Pro duct I nformatio n[...]

Index 265 Index Numer ics 3-way call ing 102 A ABA ( Address B ook arc h iv e file ) 32 Acce nte d charac ter s ente ri ng 26 onscr een keyb oard 32 Acti ve call 9 7, 101 Add-o n appl icat ion s 39–42 Addre ss Boo k arc hive fil es (.ab a) 32 Addre ss Boo k. See Phon eBook Adju stin g volu me 6 Alarm pre set 134 remind er 134 settin g 117 sound 1[...]

266 Index Pr opert ies 146 Web Page v iew 139 Bold font fo r text 7 5 Book marks addi ng 1 41, 1 42 arra ngin g 144 dele tin g 143 edit ing 1 43 Brig htne ss contr ol 6, 11 Busine ss car d for beami ng 78 Butto ns power 7 ri nger 7 scroll 6, 89, 14 0 Butto ns pre ference s 190 C Cabl e conn ecti ng to comp uter 19 for lo ca l HotS ync op era tio ns[...]

Index 267 Chai n cal cula tion s 167 Char ger conn ecti ng 9 , 19 conn ecto r on commun icat or 8 Cha rgi ng b atter y 9 Chec k bo xes 13 Cit yT ime addi ng c iti es 16 4 home ci ty 163 menus 164 open ing 54 overvi ew 163 remote cit ies 163 Clea rin g Calcu la tor ent ries 166, 168 Colo r c on trol 6 , 11 dept h 14 7 CO M port . See USB, port and S[...]

268 Index Cut ting te xt 60 Cycl ing t hrough views 48, 49, 5 0 D Dail y cale ndar 113– 116 event s. See Repe atin g even ts Jour nal 12 9 Data entr y. See En ter ing d ata transfe r. See HotSyn c Date Book arc hive fil es (.db a) 32 Date Book Plus add ing Ph oneB ook data to records 68– 69 alarm 117 chan ging even t t ime 116 chan ging ev ent [...]

Index 269 Dial Pad dial ing n umbers 89 icon 8 9 Dial ing appl icat ion s 1 10 emer gency numb ers 10 5 from Call Histo ry 9 5 from Co ntac ts li st 91 last num ber 105 pre vious numb ers 89, 94 with Dia l Pad 89 wi th Spee d Dial 86 Digi tal roami n g 1 09 Digiti zer 12, 194, 241 Displa y co ntrol 6, 11 Displa y, c ontrast ( brightn ess) cont rol [...]

270 Index Forwa rdi ng call s 104 Froz en commu nica tor 2 41 G Ga me s 197 Gene ral pr efe rences alarm so unds 197 auto -of f del ay 1 96 system sou nds 1 97 Glossa ry. See Keyb oar d Short - Cut s H Hand held m ode 10 Hard re set 235 Head set conn ecti ng 1 8 Head set j ack 6 Help Keyb oard 60 onli ne t ips 15 Hidi ng records 72 See also Priva t[...]

Index 271 K Key Pa d 87, 97 Keyb oard acce nted cha rac ter s 26 capita l letters 24 com put er 32 loca tio n 7 menu co mmands 29 movin g the cu rsor 28 numbe rs 25 onli ne H elp 60 onscr een 31, 32 Shor tCut s fo r ente rin g dat a 30, 213–214 Key boa rd back ligh t 10 L LED 8, 9 Le tters font st yle 75 onscr een keyb oard 31 Ligh t, see L ED 8 [...]

272 Index purg ing SM S 155 rece ivin g 151 replyin g 153 sorting SMS 155 text 152 Micr oph one 6 Micr osof t Excel , tr ansf erring Ex pen se data to 182–186 Out look , conn ec ting to 2 47 Wind ows 95, 98 220 Misse d call s 94, 105 Mobi le I P 197, 20 2 Modes hand held 10 wirele ss 10 Monda y, t o s tart week 195 Month (Date Book Plus v iew) 1 [...]

Index 273 Phon e numbe rs sele ctin g types 92 Phon eBoo k *If Foun d Cal l* entr y 91 addi ng c onta ct to Spee d D ial 85 addi ng c usto m fi elds 1 10 addi ng e ntr y fr om Ca ll Hist or y 95 busi ness card for bea ming 78 cate go riz ing Co nta cts r ecor ds 63 copyi ng reco rds 91 cre ating co nta ct re cords 85– 86, 89– 91 cre ating rec o[...]

274 Index dele tin g 60, 1 19 disp layi ng a categ ory of 64 edit ing 59–60 Ex pens e 178 fonts 75 hidi ng p riv ate 44, 72 lost 245 Memo Pa d 149 notes f or 74–75 Phon eBoo k 82, 89 pri vate 72 pur ging 61 –62 sorting 71 To D o List 158 Recu rrin g event s dele tin g 61 sc hedu ling 1 18 Red ialin g a nu mber 105 Remi nder. See Alarm Rem ovi[...]

Index 275 purgi ng message s 15 5 recei ving me ssages 151 replyin g to mess ages 153 sorting messages 155 SMS Me ssagi ng menus 156 open ing 52 overvi ew 52 Sof t reset 233 Sor tin g appl icat ion s 3 7 records 7 1, 245 Sor tin g mes sages 15 5 Soun ds. See Al arm and System so unds Spea ker 6 Spea kerp hone 10 0 Spee d Dia l addi ng C all H ist o[...]

276 Index fonts 75 menus 162 note s for r ecords 74–75 open ing 53 overvi ew 53 priori tizing reco rds 158, 16 2 priv ate r eco rds 72 purgi ng records 61– 62, 1 61 sorting records 71 vie wing items in Date Book Plus 1 23, 125 Toda y. See Curr ent date Tr ackin g events 12 9 Tr ans ferr ing d ata. See HotSync Tran smitti ng d ata. See Be aming [...]