Palm Pixi Plus - Manuals

Chapter 1 : Welcome 7 WARNING Please refer to Regulatory and Safety Information for information that helps you safely use your phone. Failure to read and follow the important safety information in this guide may result in property damage, serious bodily injury, or death. What’s in the box? All of th...

8 Chapter 1 : Welcome Where can I learn more? • On-device Help: Read short how-tos and watch animations on your new phone. To view all Help: Open Help . To view Help topics for a single application: Open the application, open the application menu , and tap Help . • Online support from Palm: Visit pa...

Chapter 2 : Basics 9 Basics You’re about to discover the many things about your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone that can help you better manage your life and have fun, too. As you become more familiar with your phone, you’ll want to personalize the settings and add applications to make it uniquely yours. Bu...

10 Chapter 2 : Basics Get to know your phone Front view 1 Earpiece 2 Touchscreen: Tap and make other gestures directly on the screen. See Touchscreen . 3 Gesture area: Make the back gesture and begin other gestures here. 4 Keyboard: See Use the keyboard . 5 Microphone 6 Ringer switch: Slide to turn ...

Chapter 2 : Basics 11 Touchscreen 1 Application name: Displays the name of the currently open application. Drag down over the app name to open the application menu . 2 Launcher: See Open an application in the Launcher . 3 Scroll arrow: Swipe up or down to see icons that are on the page but hidden. 4...

12 Chapter 2 : Basics Back view 1 Camera flash 2 Camera lens 3 Speaker Top view 1 3.5mm headset jack 2 Power: Press to wake up or turn off the screen. Press and hold to turn wireless services on and off, replace the battery, or turn your device completely on and off. Turn your device completely off ...

Chapter 2 : Basics 13 Set up your phone Complete setup 1 Press and hold the power button on the upper-left corner of your phone until you see the Palm ® logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete setup. 3 To create a Palm profile, enter a working ...

14 Chapter 2 : Basics WARNING Use only batteries and chargers that are approved by Palm with your phone. Failure to use a battery or charger approved by Palm may increase the risk that your phone will overheat, catch fire, or explode, resulting in property damage, serious bodily injury, or death. Us...

Chapter 2 : Basics 15 • As with any mobile phone, if you are in an area with no wireless coverage, your phone continues to search for a signal, which consumes power. Turn off your phone if you are outside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services off (airplane mode) ). • The fewer wireless connect...

16 Chapter 2 : Basics Do one of the following: • Tap the upper-right corner of any screen to open the connection menu. Tap Turn on Airplane Mode. • Press and hold power and tap Airplane Mode . When your phone is in airplane mode, the airplane mode icon appears at the top of every screen, and Airplan...

Chapter 2 : Basics 17 Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off Usually, turning your phone off and/or putting it in airplane mode is sufficient for normal periods when you have the phone with you but you’re not using it. On rare occasions, however, you may want to put your phone int...

18 Chapter 2 : Basics Basic gestures Tap: Tap with the tip of the finger—not the fingernail. Tap fast and firmly, and then immediately lift your fingertip off the screen. Don’t bear down on what you’re tapping. Don’t wait for a response; the response comes after you lift your finger. Don’t linger on...

Chapter 2 : Basics 19 Drag : Drag is the gesture you make for a slow scroll up and down a list. Slide your fingertip slowly along the surface—no need to bear down. One kind of drag that you’ll use a lot brings up Quick Launch when you’re in an application. This drag gesture begins in the gesture are...

20 Chapter 2 : Basics Scroll fast: Flick the screen in the desired direction. Stop scrolling: Tap or drag the screen while scrolling. Zoom gestures Zoom in/pinch out to increase the size of items on the screen in Email, Web, Photos, Doc View, PDF View, Google Maps: Place two fingers on the screen an...

Chapter 2 : Basics 21 Zoom in or out a fixed amount in Web, Photos, Doc View, PDF View: Double-tap the screen. Text selection gestures Insert the cursor in a text field: Tap the location. Move the cursor: Tap the location to insert the cursor. Press and hold Option . Place your finger anywhere onscr...

22 Chapter 2 : Basics Select a paragraph of text: When you cannot insert a cursor in the text— for example, on a web page or in an email message you received—the smallest amount of text you can select is a whole paragraph. Press and hold Shift , and then tap a paragraph. Tap an adjacent paragraph to...

Chapter 2 : Basics 23 The delete gesture is available in applications such as Email, Messaging, Tasks, Music, and Bluetooth. If you can’t delete a list item by throwing it, open the item and look in the application menu for a delete command. Open applications You can have as many applications open a...

24 Chapter 2 : Basics 1 Tap the center of the gesture area to open Card view, and tap . 2 To find the app you want, swipe up or down to see all the icons on a page. Swipe left or right to see other pages. 1 Arrow indicates that you can swipe up to see partially or fully hidden icons. 2 Page indicato...

Chapter 2 : Basics 25 To make the back gesture, swipe right to left anywhere in the gesture area. Display all open applications (Card view) Card view displays open applications as small cards, so that you can easily scroll through them and drag them to change their order. When an application fills t...

26 Chapter 2 : Basics 2 Tap and hold a card, and after the card becomes transparent, drag it to another position. Close an application • In Card view (see Display all open applications (Card view) ), throw the card off the top of the screen. Change the applications that appear in Quick Launch If Qui...

Chapter 2 : Basics 27 2 After the halo appears around the icon, drag it to another location. Reorder Launcher icons 1 In the Launcher, tap and hold an icon. 2 After the halo appears around the icon, drag it to another location. 3 To move the icon to another page, drag it to the left or right edge of...

28 Chapter 2 : Basics 5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are composing) or to accept information you entered in a field. See Enter information in a field . 6 Sym: See Enter characters from the symbols table . Enter uppercase letters By default, t...

Chapter 2 : Basics 29 Enter information in a field You can enter information in a field by typing or by pasting previously copied information (see Cut, copy, and paste information ). Applications with text fields support the auto-correct feature. If the app recognizes a common misspelling, it auto-c...

30 Chapter 2 : Basics 1 Tap the currently displayed option to open the list. For example, when creating a new event in Calendar, tap 15 minutes before to display the list of reminder options. 2 Tap the list item you want. Cut, copy, and paste information You can copy any selectable text, and you can...

Chapter 2 : Basics 31 Save information • On most screens, your information is saved automatically. Just make the back gesture to close the screen (see Go up one level in an app (back gesture) ), and your info is saved at the same time. • Your info is also saved if you minimize an app screen to a car...

32 Chapter 2 : Basics Open the connection menu The connection menu lets you manage wireless services—the phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth ® wireless technology. 1 Do one of the following: • Drag down from the upper-right corner of the phone (above the screen) onto the screen. • Tap the upper-right corner...

Chapter 2 : Basics 33 3 Do one of the following: • To look up or get in touch with someone: Tap a contact name to open the person’s contact information. Tap a phone number to dial it, an email address to send a message, and so on. If only the contact name is displayed, tap the name to display ways t...

34 Chapter 2 : Basics Search within an application In applications such as Contacts, Email, Memos, Doc View, and PDF View, you can search for entries or files. From the list view, enter the file name; a few words from a memo; or a contact name, initials, address, or number. See the individual applic...

Chapter 2 : Basics 35 1 Tap anywhere on the bottom of the screen to display your notifications. 2 Tap a notification to act on it. Reorder notifications and other dashboard items The area that displays all of your notifications (see View all your notifications ) is called the dashboard. • Tap and ho...

36 Chapter 2 : Basics • If the battery has less than a 30% charge, you must charge the battery before you can download or install an update. • To avoid roaming charges, updates are not downloaded if your phone is in roaming coverage. • If you do not install an update immediately after downloading it...

38 Chapter 2 : Basics Download a free application BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you put applications on your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the app. Open Device Info and look at the Available field under Phone . If you need to free up memory for a new app, you can dele...

40 Chapter 2 : Basics enter your password again for the first purchase, which starts a new four-hour clock. Every Purchase: You must enter your password for each purchase, regardless of the time interval. Update or delete a billing account 1 Open App Catalog . 2 Open the application menu and tap Pre...

Chapter 2 : Basics 41 Copy music, photos, and videos using third-party software Besides using USB Drive mode to copy your photos, videos, and DRM-free music from your computer to your phone, you can also use solutions available from third-party software developers (sold separately) that facilitate t...

Chapter 3 : Transferring data 43 Transferring data If you have data such as contacts or calendar appointments in a desktop organizer such as Palm ® Desktop software by ACCESS or Microsoft Outlook ® , you can transfer that data to your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone. From a Windows computer, you can transfe...

44 Chapter 3 : Transferring data Data transfer overview While you have many options for transferring data, Palm recommends that you take advantage of the Palm ® Synergy™ feature by putting your data in an online account—for example, if you don’t have a Google account, we recommend that you create on...

Chapter 3 : Transferring data 45 1 On your computer, set up an account on the Google website (go to gmail.com ) or with Microsoft Exchange (speak to an IT person at your company). 2 Open Contacts on your Pixi Plus phone. 3 Enter your username and password for the Google or Exchange account. NOTE You...

46 Chapter 3 : Transferring data I’m already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and/or Microsoft Exchange If you are already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, and/or Exchange to manage your calendar and contacts, then all you need to do is set up one or more of these accounts on your phone. NOTE Changes ...

Chapter 3 : Transferring data 47 2 Open Contacts on your Pixi Plus phone. 3 Enter the account credentials for your Google account. See Use Contacts for the first time . NOTE You don’t have to go to Calendar to set up your account there—that’s done automatically using the credentials you entered in C...

Chapter 4 : Phone 49 Phone Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to effectively manage multiple calls. You can answer a second call, swap between calls, and set up a three-way conference call. You can also work with other applications while on a call. Your Pixi Plus phone helps you to do all thes...

50 Chapter 4 : Phone Make calls For information on turning the phone off and back on, see Turn the phone on/off . * These indicate that the phone is on. * These indicate that the phone is off (airplane mode). Dial using the onscreen dial pad The onscreen dial pad is useful when you need to dial numb...

Chapter 4 : Phone 51 2 Tap the dial pad numbers to enter the number. 3 Tap to dial. Dial by contact name using universal search 1 Open Card view (see Display all open applications (Card view) ) or the Launcher (see Open an application in the Launcher ). 2 Begin typing the contact first or last name,...

52 Chapter 4 : Phone Dial by contact name in the Phone application See How do I add names and other info into Contacts? for instructions on adding contacts to your phone. You can also look up and dial contacts using universal search (see Dial by contact name using universal search ). 1 Open Phone . ...

Chapter 4 : Phone 53 1 If a phone number appears as an underlined link, tap the number. This displays the dial pad with the number already entered. 2 Tap to dial. Receive calls If you want to answer calls, your phone must be on. This is different from having only the screen turned on (see Turn the p...

54 Chapter 4 : Phone Use voicemail Set up voicemail 1 In the Launcher, Card view, or Phone, press and hold 1 . When the search results screen appears, continue holding 1 until the Phone application appears. 2 Follow the voice prompts to set up your voicemail. Listen to voicemail messages 1 Do one of...

Chapter 4 : Phone 55 1 Volume up 2 Volume down End a call • Tap . Use another application while on a call While you’re on a call, you can use many other applications on your phone, for example, the personal information applications (Contacts, Calendar, and so on). You can also send and receive text ...

58 Chapter 4 : Phone Save a phone number to Contacts You can save the number from an incoming or outgoing call to an existing contact, or create a new contact for the number. If an incoming call uses caller ID blocking, you cannot save the number. 1 Do one of the following: • Before dialing a number...

Chapter 4 : Phone 59 After you set up a connection with a Bluetooth headset or hands-free car kit, you can communicate using that device whenever it is within range and the Bluetooth feature on your phone is turned on. The range varies greatly, depending on environmental factors. The maximum is abou...

60 Chapter 4 : Phone Enable international dialing The international dialing preference makes it easy to make calls to another country, for example, to call home when you are traveling abroad. When you make a call, your phone automatically adds the dialing prefix for the country you are calling.Suppo...

Chapter 4 : Phone 61 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences . 3 Under Network , set any of the following: Voice Network: Tap Verizon Only to allow phone calls only when you are on the Verizon Wireless network, or tap Automatic to allow roaming on other networks. NOTE On some phones, the Voi...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 63 Email and other messages Enjoy the ease and speed of keeping in touch with friends, family, and colleagues by email anywhere you can access Verizon Wireless’s data network or a Wi-Fi network. You can send and receive attachments as well. And keep the Messaging...

64 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages Email How do I send and receive email on my phone? Use the Email application on your phone to access the many email accounts you have: company (like Exchange), ISP (like EarthLink or Comcast), and web-based (like Gmail). The Palm ® Synergy™ feature makes it ea...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 65 2 The first time you open Email, do one of the following: • If this is the first email account you are setting up: The email address you used for your Palm profile is entered by default. Use that address, or enter an address for one of your other email account...

66 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 3 Any other time you open Email, open the application menu , tap Preferences & Accounts , and tap Add An Account . Enter your username and password. 4 Open the application menu and tap Manual Setup . 5 Tap the Mail Type field and tap Exchange (EAS) . 6 Ent...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 67 Enter advanced account settings These settings apply only to the account you select in step 3. 1 Open Email . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts . 3 Tap the account name. 4 Set any of the following: Account Name : Enter the name tha...

68 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages Delete an email account When you delete an email account from your phone, it removes the account information from your phone only. It does not affect your account with the email provider. 1 Open Email . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Acc...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 69 Add attachments to a message 1 While composing a message, tap . 2 To locate a file, do the following: • Tap an icon at the bottom of the screen to search for pictures, videos, music files, or documents. • Begin typing the file name. 3 Tap the file name. 4 Repe...

70 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages If the image is in JPG, BMP, or PNG format, you can also save it to and view it in the Photos app. 1 With the message open, press and hold Option and tap the image. 2 Tap Copy To Photos (if available) or Share . Open attachments You can receive any kind of fil...

72 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages Show or hide message header details 1 Open a message. 2 Tap a recipient name to show details. Tap again to hide details. Delete a message Deleting a message moves it to your deleted items folder, so it’s still on your phone. Depending on your email account, th...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 73 Add a folder as a favorite Favorites appear at the top of Account List view. 1 Open Email . 2 If the folder you want is not displayed, tap to the right of the email account name to display the folder. 3 Tap to the right of the folder name. To remove a folder a...

74 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages Reply to meeting invitations You can receive meeting invitations on your phone in the same way that you receive email messages. You cannot create meeting invitations on your phone. • Tap whether to accept, tentatively accept, or decline an invitation. Here are...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 75 1 Open Messaging . 2 Do one of the following: • Start a new conversation: Create a message (see Create and send a text or multimedia message or Send and receive IM messages ), or tap a message and reply to it. • Continue an existing conversation: Tap the conve...

76 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 2 For Conversations view, tap Conversations . For Buddies view, tap Buddies . 3 In Buddies view, tap to expand a buddy list. Tap a buddy name to contact that person. Create and send a text or multimedia message Each text message can have up to 160 characters. ...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 77 6 Enter the message text and tap . Use emoticons in a message To include an emoticon in a text, multimedia, or IM message, type in a keyboard character combination for that emoticon. Most emoticons can be created by more than one combination. After you send th...

78 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages Receive and view text and multimedia messages You can view pictures and videos and listen to music files included in a multimedia message. You can save pictures in JPG format to your phone for viewing in the Photos application. 1 Open Messaging . 2 Tap a conve...

80 Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 2 Tap Buddies . 3 Tap to the left of the text Offline and tap Available . Sign out of an IM account 1 Open Messaging . 2 Tap Buddies . 3 Tap the status icon to the left of your online status ( Available or Busy ) and tap Sign off . Send and receive IM messages...

Chapter 5 : Email and other messages 81 3 Do one of the following: • If you already have a custom message: Tap the current message and enter the new message text. • If you’re creating a custom message for the first time: Tap the status text ( Available , Busy , and so on) and enter the custom messag...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 83 Personal information Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone is all you need to organize your personal information and keep it with you wherever you go. All your personal information is backed up and kept private either in your Palm profile or in one of your online accounts....

84 Chapter 6 : Personal information Contacts How do I add names and other info into Contacts? You have a few options for getting contact info into to show up in your Contacts. Connect to an online address book. If you have an address book in an online account that works with the Palm ® Synergy™ feat...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 85 1 Tap the stack of photos to see the contacts that are linked. 2 Thomas is a contact in your Google online account and in your Palm profile account. 3 Scroll down to see Thomas’s combined contact info. • Tap the appropriate field to call or send an email or instan...

86 Chapter 6 : Personal information Create a contact When you add a contact, if you don’t specify the account, the new contact is added to your default account. If you are using Contacts for the first time, you go through a few different steps to add or access the contacts on your phone (see Use Con...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 87 3 For more search options, tap Global Address Lookup . (This option is available if you are using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync with a Global Address List.) 4 Tap the contact. View, edit, copy, or delete contact information 1 Open Contacts . 2 Search for a contact...

88 Chapter 6 : Personal information • In a linked contact, to add or change the photo of another account, tap the account button in the upper-right corner and tap the other account (see Linked contacts ). 2 Do one of the following: • To take a new photo, tap New Photo , take the picture, and tap Ass...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 89 3 Open the application menu and tap Set Speed Dial . 4 Tap the phone number you want to assign a speed dial to, and then tap the key to use as a speed dial. You may have to scroll to find the key you want. Assign a reminder message to a contact If you have an impo...

90 Chapter 6 : Personal information 4 Search for the contact (see Find a contact ) and tap it to link the two contacts. 5 After you create the link, be sure the linked contact appears in your Contacts list under the name you’re most likely to search for and recognize (and not, say, under a person’s ...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 91 2 Tap the contact name. 3 Do any of the following: • Tap the appropriate field to call or send an email or instant message to that contact. For example, tap a phone number to call the contact. • Tap to send a text message. • Tap an address field to view the addres...

92 Chapter 6 : Personal information 3 Set the following options: List Order: Tap to select the criteria by which the contact list is sorted. If you select Last name as sort, the names are alphabetized by last name, but still they appear in the Contacts list as First name Last name. If you select Fir...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 93 Send Contacts You can send all contacts to a hands-free car kit (with Bluetooth), or send a contact using multimedia messaging (MMS) or email. To send all contacts to a car kit, first turn on your Bluetooth device. 1 Open Contacts . 2 Open the application menu and...

94 Chapter 6 : Personal information Calendar, you find that your Google calendar events are already downloaded. And when you first open Contacts, you find that your Google contacts are already in your phone’s Contacts app. Transfer calendar events using the Data Transfer Assistant: When you transfer...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 95 Create an event You can add an event to calendar accounts. If you don’t specify an account, the new event is added to your default calendar. For information on managing your phone’s time settings, see Date & Time . NOTE If an account doesn’t appear in the list...

96 Chapter 6 : Personal information 2 Tap No Repeat and tap the repeat interval. 3 (Optional) Tap Custom to define your own repeat interval and set the end date. Add an alarm to an event 1 While creating an event (see Create an event ), tap to the right of the event name. To add an alarm after creat...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 97 Change the Calendar display You can change the display of Calendar to show events from all of your calendars or just the events recorded in one of your calendars. You can also change the color of each calendar, and whether the calendar view shows by day, week, or ...

98 Chapter 6 : Personal information 1 Open Calendar . 2 Delete an event in one of two ways: • In Day view, press and hold Option , and tap the event. You have the option to delete this event or to cancel the delete. • Tap the event name. Open the application menu and tap Delete event , and then tap ...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 99 3 (Optional) Tap a participant’s name. If the participant is a contact, the contact entry is displayed. If the participant is not a contact, tap Add to Contacts to add the participant to your contacts list. Customize Calendar 1 Open Calendar . 2 Open the applicati...

100 Chapter 6 : Personal information Stop synchronization of Calendar with an online account If you synchronize calendar events with an online account, you can delete the account from Calendar. This stops synchronization of calendar events only—if you also sync contacts or email messages with that o...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 101 3 Tap . 4 Enter the task name in the Task name field. To set the task priority, see the next procedure. Set task priority, due date, and other details 1 Open Tasks . 2 Tap the list containing the task. 3 Tap to the right of the task name. 4 Set any of the followi...

102 Chapter 6 : Personal information 2 Tap the box to the left of the task name. View tasks that are due today 1 Open Tasks . The number to the right of the List All Tasks field shows the total number of tasks that are due today or are overdue. The number to the right of each task list name shows th...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 103 3 Tap My Order in the upper-right corner, and tap the sort option you want: My Order , Due Date , or Priority . 4 To manually sort tasks, tap and hold a task, wait for the visual cue, and then drag it to a new location in the list (see also Check off a task ). Re...

104 Chapter 6 : Personal information 4 Do one of the following: • To hide tasks you’ve completed, tap Hide Completed . • To delete tasks you’ve completed, tap Delete Completed Tasks . Delete a task or a task list • Throw the task or task list off the side of the screen and tap Delete to confirm. Mem...

Chapter 6 : Personal information 105 2 Tap the lower-right corner of the screen, and tap the new color. Delete a memo 1 In an open memo, open the application menu and tap Delete . 2 Tap Delete to confirm. Email a memo 1 In an open memo, open the application menu and tap Email Memo . 2 Enter the emai...

106 Chapter 6 : Personal information 2 Tap , and then tap . 3 Set the following options: Alarm Preferences: Tap the Off button in the upper right to turn the alarm on. When an alarm is turned on, the alarm icon appears in the lower-right corner of the phone screen. Tap the icon to see alarm details....

Chapter 6 : Personal information 107 Calculator Use Calculator for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and also for determining percent and square root. You can enter numbers in Calculator using either the onscreen keypad or the keyboard. Perform calculations 1 Open Calculator . 2 E...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 109 Photos, videos, and music There’s no need to carry a separate media player; you can play music and videos, and view photos, on your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone. Listen to music through the built-in speaker or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones (both sold sepa...

110 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music Camera Take a picture Your phone comes with an easy-to-use, 2-megapixel camera with an LED flash. You can use the camera to take pictures, and then use the Photos app to view them and send them to your friends and family (see Share a picture ). To add a pers...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 111 format. In the Photos application, you can view pictures you take with the camera or copy from your computer in JPG, BMP, or PNG format. You can also look at pictures on the web directly in the web browser (see Web ). 1 Open Photos . 2 Tap the album containi...

112 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music NOTE On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens, click Cancel to close the wizard. 3 Open My Computer (Windows XP), Computer (Windows Vista/ Windows 7), or the Finder (Mac), and double-click the drive representing your phone. 4 To create a...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 113 • To capture the portion of the picture you want for the contact photo: Tap and hold the picture, and then drag the portion you want to the center of the onscreen box. This portion becomes the contact photo. 6 Tap Assign To Contact . Save a picture as wallpa...

114 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music Set up an online pictures account on your phone To upload pictures to an account you have with a web service such as Facebook or Photobucket, you must set up the account on your phone. 1 Open Photos . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Acc...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 115 1 Open Videos . 2 Tap the video. Use video playback controls Playback controls automatically appear when you start a video. They disappear after a few seconds. Tap the video to manually display or dismiss the controls. Delete a video To delete a video file f...

116 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 6 Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when the USB Drive screen no longer appears on your phone. YouTube Watch a video YouTube on your phone lets you watch videos available online at the YouTube website. Videos are displayed on your phone in landscape...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 117 Music Listen to music You can listen to music through the speaker on the back of your phone or through a 3.5mm headset or headphones, stereo headset equipped with Bluetooth ® wireless technology, or speakers (all sold separately). To get music onto your phon...

118 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music Use music playback controls Switch the Now Playing display You can switch the display to show the songs you are listening to by name or by album cover art. • While you are listening to a song, tap the header to switch between Playlist view and Album Art view...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 119 Remove a song from the Now Playing list • In Playlist view, throw the song name off the side of the screen. This does not delete the song file from your phone. Delete a song To delete a song file from your phone, you must put your phone in USB Drive mode and...

120 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 4 Do one of the following: • If the item you want appears on the screen: Tap the song, album, or artist name. Tapping the name of a song plays the preview; tapping its price gives you the option to buy it (see Preview and buy a song ). • If the item you want...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 121 IMPORTANT Your credit card is charged for the price of an item as soon as you tap Buy . Preview and buy a song BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you download a song to your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the file. Open Device Info ...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 123 Web and wireless connections With your wireless service provider’s network and your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone’s web browser, you can take the web with you almost anywhere you go. The Bluetooth ® wireless technology on your phone helps you easily set up wire...

124 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections Wi-Fi What is a Wi-Fi connection? Many environments, such as corporate offices, coffee shops, airports, and libraries, offer access to a Wi-Fi network. A Wi-Fi network is a wireless local area network (WLAN). Your phone supports W-Fi connectivity based on...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 125 • If the network you want is not displayed: Tap Join network and enter the network name. Make sure Open is displayed in the Security field, then tap Connect . Connect to a new secure network For an explanation of secure networks, see Are there different k...

126 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 1 Open Wi-Fi . 2 Tap the network name. 3 In Automatic IP settings , tap On or Off . When Automatic IP Settings are on: The IP address is automatically and dynamically configured. When Automatic IP Settings are off: You can manually configure the IP addres...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 127 • Background Data Collection: Turn on Background Data Collection to allow the collection of anonymous aggregate location data to improve the quality of the location services provided to applications that require them. 5 To turn Google Services on or off, ...

128 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections Open another browser If you are looking at one web page and need to check something on a different one, simply open another browser. 1 Open Web , open the application menu and tap New Card . 2 Enter an address or search term for the second instance of the...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 129 Create a bookmark 1 Open the page you want to bookmark. 2 Open the application menu and tap Add Bookmark . 3 Enter any of the following: Icon: Tap the currently displayed bookmark icon. Then tap, hold, and drag the web page to use a different portion of t...

130 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections Edit, reorder, or delete a bookmark 1 Open the application menu and tap Bookmarks . 2 Do one of the following: • Edit: Tap to the right of the bookmark name. Enter the new icon, title, or URL and tap Save Bookmark . • Reorder: Tap, hold, wait for the visu...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 131 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences . 3 Set any of the following: Block Popups: Prevents websites from opening up new browser windows. Tap Yes to turn Block Popups off. Accept Cookies: Allows cookies from any website you view, even if you are ...

132 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections VZ Navigator You can use VZ Navigator to check weather conditions, get driving directions, and search for services. Sign up for VZ Navigator The first time you open VZ Navigator, you are asked to pay a monthly subscription for the service. To continue, ta...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 133 5 Do one of the following: • To start turn-by-turn voice navigation: Tap Navigate . • To see step-by-step text directions: Tap Preview . Share location information NOTE You can only share location information with other Verizon Wireless phones. 1 Open VZ ...

134 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 3 Open the application menu and tap Preferences . Tap any of the following: Regional: Select units of measurement for distance and temperature. Navigation: Select a mode of transportation, and then set your preferences for the kind of route VZ Navigator s...

Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 135 2 Make sure Bluetooth is on (see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off ). 3 Tap Add device and tap the device name on the list of discoverable Bluetooth devices. 4 If a passkey is not required, pairing is complete when the Devices list appears. If a passkey i...

136 Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections 1 Open Bluetooth . 2 Make sure Bluetooth is on (see Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off ) and tap the device name. Disconnect from a device Disconnecting from a device does not mean you delete the relationship you created between the device and your phone. ...

Chapter 9 : Documents 137 Documents Your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone enables you to take your office with you—including your Microsoft Office files. You can view and search Microsoft Word, Excel ® , and PowerPoint ® files on your phone. You can also view PDF files on your phone. In this chapter 138 Doc ...

138 Chapter 9 : Documents Doc View With Doc view, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel ® , and PowerPoint ® files on your phone. Open a file BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you put files on your phone, make sure you have enough storage space on your phone to fit the file. Open Device Info and look at the Avai...

Chapter 9 : Documents 139 Save a file with a new name 1 With the file open, open the application menu and tap Save As . 2 Enter the new file name and tap Save As . Share a file 1 With the file open, open the application menu and tap Share . 2 Create the email message and tap . View file properties Y...

140 Chapter 9 : Documents Show or hide rows or columns in a spreadsheet • To hide a row or column: Tap the row or column header to select it, and tap Hide selected . • To show a hidden row or column: Tap, hold, and drag one of the row or column headers to either side of the hidden row or column. Tap...

Chapter 9 : Documents 141 PDF View With PDF View, you can view PDF (Adobe Acrobat) files on your phone. Open a file You can view a PDF file that you copy from your computer (see Copy files between your phone and your computer ) or receive as an email attachment (see Open attachments ). BEFORE YOU BE...

142 Chapter 9 : Documents 2 Type the text you want to find, and press Enter or tap . The first instance of the text appears highlighted. 3 Find the next instance: Tap . Find the preceding instance: Tap . 4 To exit search, open the application menu and tap Find . Save a file with a new name 1 With th...

Chapter 10 : Preferences 143 Preferences There are lots of ways to make your Palm ® Pixi™ Plus phone work better for you. Personalize your phone to make it match your lifestyle. You can easily customize many features of your phone like the wallpaper, screen brightness, ringtone for incoming calls, a...

144 Chapter 10 : Preferences Backup Back up your information A Palm profile connects your phone to Palm to get automatic updates, back up your data, and more. You create a Palm profile when you set up your phone. Your phone backs up the contacts, calendar events, tasks, and memos that are in your Pa...

146 Chapter 10 : Preferences Update your Palm Profile settings In the event that your phone is lost or stolen, you can go to your Palm profile at http:www.palm.com/palmprofile and from there erase the data on your phone. IMPORTANT To ensure that the data on your phone is consistent with that stored ...

Chapter 10 : Preferences 147 1 Open Date & Time . 2 Set any of the following: Time Format : Set whether to use a 12-hour or a 24-hour format. Network time: Tap On or Off . If you turn this option off, select the date and time. If you switch from manual time to network time, there might be a dela...

148 Chapter 10 : Preferences 2 Tap Reset Options . 3 Do one of the following: • Erase all data from the phone except items stored in USB Drive storage, such as pictures, videos, and music: Tap Partial Erase twice. • Erase all data from the phone : Tap Full Erase twice (scroll down to see this option...

150 Chapter 10 : Preferences 1 Open Device Info . 2 Open the application menu and tap Certificate Manager . 3 Tap the certificate and tap Delete Certificate . Regional Settings Language You can set your phone display to any language available for the device. 1 Open Regional Settings . 2 Tap the lang...

Chapter 10 : Preferences 151 3 Do one of the following: • Use an existing picture as the background: Tap the album containing the picture, and tap the picture (see Save a picture as wallpaper . • Use a new picture as the background: Tap New Photo and take the picture. 4 (Optional: applies to new pic...

152 Chapter 10 : Preferences 2 To turn on Secure Unlock, tap Off in Secure Unlock , and then tap Simple PIN or Password and do one of the following: • Simple PIN: Enter a PIN of any length. This is a PIN that you make up. Enter the PIN again to confirm, and then tap Done . • Password: Enter a passwo...

Chapter 10 : Preferences 153 System Sounds: Set whether to turn on systemwide sounds for general actions such as transitions and alarms set in Clock. Tap, hold, and drag the Volume slider to set the system sounds volume. Select the ringtone for incoming calls The ringtone you select here applies glo...

154 Chapter 10 : Preferences The new file appears in the list of ringtones on your phone. You can select the new ringtone to apply to all incoming calls (see Select the ringtone for incoming calls ) or set it as a unique ringtone for a contact (see Add a ringtone to a contact ).

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 155 Troubleshooting Although we can’t anticipate all the questions you might have, this chapter provides answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. For additional information and answers to other common questions, visit palm.com/support. In this chapter 156 Fo...

156 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting For users of other Palm ® devices I want to transfer my data from my computer If you previously synchronized data from a Palm ® smartphone—such as contacts or calendar events—with a desktop organizer such as Palm ® Desktop by ACCESS or Microsoft Outlook ® , you can d...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 157 3 Turn the phone completely off (see Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off ). 4 To begin separating the back cover from the body of the phone, use your thumbnail to release the clasp at the midpoint of the left side of the phone (see a in step 5)....

158 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 8 Remove the battery by sliding your finger under the groove at the side of the battery. 9 Insert the new battery . 10 To replace the back cover: Insert the ringer switch into the hole provided for it on the right side of the back cover. 11 Press the back cover and t...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 159 I can't get my screen to turn on after removing and replacing the battery Removing the battery turns off your phone completely, so you can’t just press power to turn on the screen. Instead, press and hold power until you see the Palm logo on the screen (approximately...

160 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 6 Run your thumbnail around the hairline opening to release the bottom-left and bottom clasps. End at (b). 7 Swing the body of the phone out of the back cover as if the right side were a hinge. I can’t get the back cover back on 1 Insert the ringer switch into the ho...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 161 3 Press and hold power on the upper-left corner of your phone until you see the Palm logo on the screen (approximately five seconds). Please be patient while your phone starts up. Screen and performance The screen appears blank To save power, the screen dims automati...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 163 • Check the signal-strength icon. If the signal is weak, try to find an area with better coverage (see Signal strength is weak ). I hear static or interference Check the signal-strength icon. If the signal is weak, try to find an area with better coverage (see Signal...

164 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting • Confirm that no obstructions, including your body, are between the phone and your hands-free device. • Move to a quieter location to reduce environmental noise. Some features of my hands-free device don’t work with my phone • Check the compatibility list at palm.co...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 165 1 Open the application. 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts . 3 Tap the account name. 4 Tap Remove Account , and then tap Remove [app name] Account . I want to sync with Outlook or Palm Desktop software on my computer By default, your Pixi ...

166 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 3 Close any application you are not using by throwing its card off the top of the screen. If the previous steps don’t fix the problem, see Making room on your phone for other suggestions. A notification tells me that the server could not be reached Make sure your pho...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 167 Email I have problems using my account Occasionally you may experience problems using an email account after you set it up. If you followed the account setup procedure (see Set up email ) and are experiencing problems using the account, verify that the account compli...

168 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting • For multimedia messages, do the following: • Contact Verizon Wireless to verify that messaging services have been correctly activated on your phone, and that they are available at your location. (Verizon Wireless should be able to tell you if messaging services hav...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 169 A secure site refuses to permit a transaction Some websites don’t support certain browsers for transactions. Contact the site’s webmaster to make sure the site allows transactions using your phone’s web browser. Calendar and Contacts I haven’t entered any contacts or...

170 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting • Hold the phone as still as possible. Try supporting your picture-taking arm up against your body or a stationary object (such as a wall). • Keep the subject of the pictures still. Exposure time is longer with lower light levels, so you may see a blur. • For best re...

Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting 171 stored in the USB drive of your phone, which includes all pictures, videos, music files, documents, PDF files, and ringtones. For more information, see Erase data and reset your phone . How do I get my data back after a full or partial erase? After a full or a partia...

172 Chapter 11 : Troubleshooting Third-party applications Some third-party applications may cause conflicts with your phone. Third-party applications that modify the wireless features of your phone may require extra troubleshooting. Use caution when installing the following: • Ringtone managers • Ca...

Terms 173 Terms airplane mode A mode in which all the wireless services on your phone are turned off. Wireless services include the phone used for making and receiving calls, and Bluetooth ® wireless technology. See Turn wireless services off (airplane mode) . application menu A menu that contains a...

Terms 175 index fingertips close together on the touchscreen; then slowly spread them apart. To zoom out, you pinch in: Place the thumb and index fingertips apart on the touchscreen, and slowly bring them together. Quick Launch A bar of up to five icons that give you quick access to applications. Qu...

Regulatory and Safety Information 177 Regulatory and Safety Information FCC Statements This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful int...

Specifications 185 Specifications Specifications Table 1. Specifications Category Description Radio • Dual-band CDMA2000 EvDO Rev A and 1xRTT Features • Speaker • Hands-free headset jack (3.5 mm stereo, 3-barrel connector) • HAC M4/T4 • Microphone mute option • TTY-compatible • Ringer switch Process...

188 Specifications Online accounts available for webOS phones *Sync – A two-way exchange and update of your data. What you add or change in one location is automatically added or changed in the other. Transfer – A one-way update of your data. You can add or change data only in one location; the data...

Index 189 Index NUMERICS 112 phone numbers 52 1xRTT data networks 166 3G2 files 114 3GP files 114 3GP2 files 114 3GPP files 114 911 phone numbers 52 999 phone numbers 52 A AAC files 117 AAC+ files 117 AC charger 7 accented characters 28 Accept Cookies option 131 accessories See also battery; hands-f...

Index 191 corporate servers and 165 Internet 123 network settings for 124 online address books and 84 Palm profile and 144 phone calls and 55 roaming and 60 timing out 166 transferring files and 112 , 115 , 119 troubleshooting 162 , 168 TTY/TDD devices and 61 Wi-Fi 124 , 124 – 125 connectivity speci...