HP FB359UA - Manual

8 Chapter 1 : Welcome For example, suppose you have a Google account for personal email, contacts, and calendar events, and an Exchange account for your corporate email, contacts, and events. The Email, Contacts, and Calendar applications on your HP TouchPad all provide a view in which you can see i...

Chapter 1 : Welcome 9 Print material • Getting Started guide • Navigation Guide • Limited Warranty • General User Guide: Important Safety and Legal Information Where can I learn more? • On-device Help: Read short how-tos and watch animations on your new device. • To view all Help: Open Help . • To v...

Chapter 2 : Basics 11 2 Basics 11 Get to know your device 13 Charge the battery 14 Set up your device 16 Turn your device on/off 17 Use gestures: Tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch 20 Update the HP webOS operating system Get to know your device Front view 1 Stereo speakers 2 Front-facing camera 3 Volume...

12 Chapter 2 : Basics NOTE The volume you set for each individual audio component is saved automatically, whether the audio component is a wired headset, a wireless headset that uses Bluetooth ® wireless technology, the built-in stereo speakers, and so on. When you return to using an audio component...

Chapter 2 : Basics 13 Icons in the title bar 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 or turn your device completely on and off. 3 Microphone Charge the battery When the battery is very low, the battery icon i...

14 Chapter 2 : Basics 1 Attach the small end of the USB cable to the charger/microUSB connector . The silver circle on the cable faces the front of the device. 2 Connect the other end of the USB cable to the AC charger . 3 Plug the AC charger into a working outlet. Maximizing battery life The batter...

Chapter 2 : Basics 15 IMPORTANT You must enter a valid email address to access all the features available on your device. Note that entering an email address here does not set up your device to send and receive messages from that email account; you must do that separately (see Email ). If you create...

16 Chapter 2 : Basics Although you create an HP webOS Account by entering a valid email address, setting up an HP webOS Account is different from setting up email on your device. To set up email, see Set up email . To change your HP webOS Account information after you set it up, see Update your HP w...

Chapter 2 : Basics 17 When your device is in airplane mode, the airplane mode icon appears at the top of every screen, and Airplane Mode appears in the upper-left corner of the screen in the Card view. * These indicate that wireless services are off (airplane mode). Turn wireless services on When yo...

20 Chapter 2 : Basics Scroll gestures Scroll slow: Drag the screen in the desired direction. Scroll fast: Flick the screen in the desired direction. Stop scrolling: Tap or drag the screen while scrolling. Text selection gestures For information on working with text after you select it, see Cut, copy...

Chapter 3 : Just Type 23 3 Just Type 23 Just Type overview 23 Look up a contact 24 Find information in an application on your device 25 Search the web 25 Create a new item such as a message, calendar event, or memo 26 Open an application 27 Repeat a recent search 27 Customize Just Type Just Type ove...

24 Chapter 3 : Just Type 4 When the contact name appears, do one of the following. If only the contact name is displayed, tap the name to display ways to get in touch. • Tap the name to open the person’s contact information. • Tap an email address to send a message. • If you have set up a Skype acco...

Chapter 3 : Just Type 25 Search the web You have several options for using Just Type to search the web. 1 Open Card view (see Manage applications in Card view ) and tap Just type . 2 Begin typing the search term. 3 (Optional) To filter the search results to show just matching actions (web search opt...

26 Chapter 3 : Just Type 4 Under Quick Actions , tap New [item type] . The relevant application opens, displaying your text as part of a new item. Here are some examples: • To create a new email message: Tap New Email . A new message opens with the text you entered as the message text. • To create a...

Chapter 3 : Just Type 27 Repeat a recent search To search on a term you recently entered, you don’t need to enter the term again. 1 Open Card view (see Manage applications in Card view ) and tap Just type . 2 Your recent searches are displayed. Tap a search term to repeat the search. Customize Just ...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 29 4 Work with applications 29 Open applications 30 Resize panels/display or hide levels in an app 31 Use the menus 33 Enter and save information 37 Close an application or application screen 38 Delete an application 38 Manage applications in Card view 39 Customize...

30 Chapter 4 : Work with applications 3 To find the app you want, flick up or down to see all the icons on a page. To see other pages, swipe right or left on the screen, or tap a page name at the top of the screen. * Launcher page names. Tap to go to a different page. 4 Tap the application icon. To ...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 31 To display a panel full screen: Do one of the following: • Swipe left on the screen. • If the drag handles icon is displayed, drag the icon to the left. To resize a full-screen panel so you can see more levels in an app: Do one of the following: • Swipe right on...

32 Chapter 4 : Work with applications • Tap the application name in the upper-left corner of the screen. 2 Tap a menu item to open it. If a menu item displays a right-pointing arrow , tap the item to display the submenu for that item. If you see a downward-pointing arrow at the bottom of the menu, s...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 33 • To turn system sounds on or off: Tap Mute Sound or Unmute Sound . 3 To close the menu without selecting an item, repeat one of the options in step 1. Enter and save information Use the onscreen keyboard 1 Next/Prev/Tab: Tap to move among fields. The name of th...

34 Chapter 4 : Work with applications Enter passwords You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful. Be sure Caps Lock is off unless you need it. For information on how to enter characters, see Enter uppercase letters and Enter symbols and alternate characters . Symbol...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 35 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 ). The Text Assist feature works with all text fields (see Work with the Text Assist feature ). To accep...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 37 4 Tap Cut or Copy . If the text appeared with a yellow highlight immediately after you tapped and held it, only the Copy option is available. 5 Open the app where you want to paste the text. 6 Tap and hold the insertion point where you want to paste the text. 7 ...

38 Chapter 4 : Work with applications If you have more than one card open for an app, throwing one of the cards off the top of the screen may close the entire app, or it may close only that screen. For example, say you have a card open for the main Email app screen—the one showing the list of accoun...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 39 Work with stacked cards If you are working in an application and perform an action that opens a new screen or launches a second application—for example, composing a new email from your Inbox—your device treats the app screens as a group. If you minimize one of t...

40 Chapter 4 : Work with applications 2 Drag the icon to a new location on any page. To drag the icon to a different page, drag it to the edge of the current page, and wait for the next page to appear. 3 Tap Done . Line up your favorite applications in Quick Launch Quick Launch is a convenient lineu...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 41 Manage online accounts You can set up online accounts in the Accounts application, or in individual applications on your device. For most account types, the online account must already be set up on the web or server before you can add it to your device. The exce...

42 Chapter 4 : Work with applications 3 Do one of the following: • To add one of the listed accounts: Tap the account name. • To search for other accounts: Tap Find More . This displays a list of available online accounts. Tap the account you want to download and install it. 4 Enter your username or...

Chapter 4 : Work with applications 43 Create a Skype account in Accounts If you do not have a Skype account, you can create one right on your device in the Phone & Videos application. You can also create a Skype account in Accounts (see Use the Accounts application to set up an online account ),...

44 Chapter 4 : Work with applications There are several kinds of notifications: Banner alert: This is a notification that appears in a small strip at the top of the screen. Some banner alerts appear as confirmation of an action— for example, that the battery is charging. Others notify you of an item...

Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data 47 5 Copy files and sync your personal data 47 Copy files between your device and your computer 48 Overview: Get your personal data onto your device 50 Transfer data from an existing HP webOS Account 50 Get data from an online account in the cloud 5...

48 Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data 5 End the connection safely. If you do not eject safely, your device resets, and may experience data loss, when you disconnect the USB cable: • On a Windows computer, right click the drive representing your device and click Eject . • On a Mac com...

50 Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data Transfer data from an existing HP webOS Account When setting up your device, you can choose to sign in to an existing HP webOS Account that you may already be using with a webOS smartphone (see What is an HP webOS Account? ). If you decide to sig...

Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data 51 If you are already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, and/or Exchange to manage your calendar and contacts, then all you need to do to sync data to your device is set up one or more of these accounts on your device. The data syncs automati...

52 Chapter 5 : Copy files and sync your personal data Sync your desktop organizer to Google, and Google to your device You may be able to download and install a third-party application (sold separately) that can sync your desktop app to Google. Your desktop app syncs with your Google account, and yo...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 53 6 Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 53 Email 64 Messaging: All messages in one application 67 Messaging: Instant messaging 71 Messaging: Text messaging Email How do I send and receive email on my device? Use the Email applica...

54 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 1 Number to the right of All Inboxes indicates the total number of unread email messages in all your email accounts. 2 Number to the right of an individual folder name indicates the number of unread messages in that folder. If you reply t...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 55 NOTE If your corporate Exchange system utilizes policies such as remote wipe and password enforcement (including minimum password length, allowed number of failed password attempts, and other parameters), those policies are supported in y...

56 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 7 Tap Sign In . 8 Depending on the account, you may be presented with options for which apps should download data from that account. For each app, tap On or Off , and then tap Create account . 9 Tap Go . Enter advanced account settings Th...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 59 • To copy a link to a web site: Tap and hold the web address, and tap Copy URL . • To copy text in the body of an email so you can paste it into a memo or other document: Tap and hold the message text. To expand the selection, drag the ar...

64 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging Send email messages from within another application Use the share feature in any application that supports this to send an item as an attachment to an email message. This feature is available in the Adobe Reader and Memos applications, am...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 65 2 Do one of the following: • To see your conversations list: Tap . • To see your buddies list: Tap . • To see your favorites list: Tap . Switch between messaging accounts in a conversation In a single conversation, you can switch between ...

66 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging Use emoticons in a message To include an emoticon in a message, tap to display the symbol keyboard, and then tap an emoticon key. Tap to return to the alphanumeric keyboard. If the emoticon you want is not available on the keyboard, use t...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 67 • To forward the message in an email: Tap Forward Via Email , and enter the recipient’s name or email address in the To field, or tap to search for a contact. 4 (Optional) Tap the message text, and edit the text. 5 Tap Enter to send a mes...

68 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging The HP Synergy feature (see Your HP TouchPad ) provides another advantage: During the same process you go through to set up a messaging account, you also set up the same account for all other applications that can display data from that a...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 69 Sign in to an IM account 1 Open Messaging . 2 Tap to the left of the text Offline and tap Available . Sign out of an IM account 1 Open Messaging . 2 Tap the status icon to the left of your online status ( Available or Busy ) and tap Offli...

Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 71 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts . 3 Tap the account name. 4 Tap a field to enter new information and tap Sign In . Delete an IM account 1 Open Messaging . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences &...

72 Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 2 Tap New Conversation . Tap the To field and do one of the following to address the message: • Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone number, or email address. When you enter a contact name, favorites appear...

74 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music NOTE You can download and look at GIFs in Email, and they are saved to USB storage, but you can't look at GIFs in Photos & Videos or use one as wallpaper. You can also look at pictures on the web directly in the web browser (see Web ). 1 Open Photos &...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 75 You can use any picture that is stored on your device as wallpaper (see Change your wallpaper ). The picture does not have to be in the Wallpapers album. You can assign any pictures or videos on your device to one of these albums or to an album you create. Cr...

76 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music Print pictures BEFORE YOU BEGIN Your device supports printing on all network-capable HP printers that support PCL page description language in the local LAN. These printers include new HP ePrint-capable printers–Photosmart, Officejet, and LaserJet–as well as ...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 77 Set up an online pictures or videos account on your device To view pictures in an account you have with a web service such as Facebook or Snapfish, you must set up the account on your device. 1 Open Photos & Videos . 2 Open the application menu and tap Pr...

78 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 3 Tap Free beside the HP Movie Store app. HP Movie Store is added to the Downloads page on the Launcher. 4 (Optional) Tap Launch . YouTube Watch a YouTube video The YouTube icon on your device takes you to the YouTube website, where you can watch videos avail...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 79 Show/hide the Library or Playlist lists The Music app organizes the audio content you add to your device under two main headings: Library and Playlists. The Library heading organizes your audio content into four predefined categories: Songs, Artists, Albums, ...

80 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 3 Enter a name for the playlist. 4 Tap Create . Add music to a playlist 1 Open Music . 2 Tap and hold a song or album, wait for the visual cue, and then drag the song or album to the playlist. Sort all songs or a playlist 1 Open Music . 2 Tap Songs or a playl...

82 Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music If you chose to open HP Play immediately, see Set up HP Play to sync with your device . On a Mac: 1 Open your computer’s browser and go to hpplay.com . 2 Click Download the MAC installer . 3 If required, click OK . 4 When HP Play has finished downloading, dra...

Chapter 7 : Photos, videos, and music 83 13 Disconnect the USB cable from the computer when the USB Drive screen no longer appears on your smartphone. Manually sync music from HP Play to your device 1 Open HP Play on your computer. 2 Connect your device and your computer using the USB cable . 3 On y...

Chapter 8 : Web 85 8 Web 85 Web 89 Maps Web Go to a website The web browser on your device is capable of displaying most web content. The browser supports HTML5 and Adobe Flash. 1 Do one of the following: • In Card view, tap Just type , type the site address (for example, hp.com), and tap Go to webs...

Chapter 8 : Web 87 Use Flash content Flash content plays as soon as you open a website. Do any of the following: • To use playback controls with Flash content and interact with other active areas: Tap the Flash content. • To zoom in on Flash content: Pinch out to enlarge items onscreen. • To zoom ou...

Chapter 8 : Web 89 3 Tap the file name. 4 If an app on your device supports the file type, the file name is displayed in the Downloads panel. Tap Open . All files are downloaded to the device’s USB storage. If an app on your device supports the file type, you can also find the file in that app. For ...

90 Chapter 8 : Web 2 If prompted, tap Allow Once to turn on Location Services for this session. 3 Do one of the following: • To search for a new address: Tap the Search or Address field, enter an address, and tap Enter . • To find an address you saved: Tap , tap Saved , and tap a location. • To find...

Chapter 8 : Web 91 • To get directions to a saved location from your current location: Tap , tap , and tap Saved . Tap a location and tap Directions To Here . • To get directions from a saved location to your current location: Tap , tap , and tap Saved . Tap a location and tap Directions From Here ....

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 93 9 Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 93 Contacts 101 Calendar107 Memos108 Facebook Tablet Contacts How do I add names and other info into Contacts? You have a few options for getting info into Contacts. Connect to an o...

94 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Use a third-party sync solution (if available): If you want to use a desktop app to store your contacts, you may be able to use a third-party solution (sold separately) to sync your contacts directly with your computer (see Sync your ...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 95 3 If you are setting up a Skype account, tap Sign In . 4 Enter the account information, and then tap Sign in . 5 If you are setting up an Exchange account, you may see a message telling you that you must set a PIN or password for the ...

96 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 1 Open Contacts . 2 Do one of the following: • If you have not set up an account in another app that takes advantage of the Synergy feature: Tap Skype . • If you have already set up an account that takes advantage of the Synergy featu...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 97 Find a contact To find a contact within the Contacts app, use these steps. 1 Open Contacts . 2 Do one of the following: • Scroll through the list of contacts in the contacts list (left-hand panel). • Tap Search and begin typing first,...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 99 3 In the contact details panel, tap 1 profile or [number of] linked profiles , and tap Link more profiles . 4 Search for the contact (see Find a contact ) and tap it to link the two contacts. 5 (Optional) After you create the link, yo...

100 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information NOTE If you see Delete Other Profiles rather than Delete All Profiles, you have linked contacts that come from accounts whose info you can't change on your device (like Facebook and LinkedIn). Tap it. To delete any remaining profiles...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 101 synchronize. Deleting the account from Contacts also deletes the associated contact entries from your device only. The entries are not deleted from the online account. 1 Open Contacts . 2 Open the application menu and tap Preferences...

102 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Enter an event directly in Calendar: See Create an event for instructions. You can assign the event to one of your online calendars—if you do, it synchronizes with the online calendar. Or you can create the event in your HP webOS Acc...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 103 Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes to learn about setting up an account manually. 4 Depending on the account, you may be presented with options for which apps should download data from that account. For each app, tap On or Off , and ...

104 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 3 Tap Done . Invite others to an event You can invite others to an event you create in an Exchange calendar. 1 To create a new event, tap New event . To invite others to an event after creating the event, tap the event name in Day vi...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 105 System Sound: The system sound plays. Mute: No sound plays and the device does not vibrate. Add a note to an event 1 To create a new event, tap New event . To add a note after creating an event, tap the event name in Day view, and ta...

106 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information Delete an event If you delete an event that is assigned to an online account, the event is deleted in the online account also. IMPORTANT When you delete an Exchange event on your device, notification is not sent to attendees. 1 Open ...

Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 107 Default Event Duration : The default event duration is set to one hour. Tap to change this to 30 minutes or 2 hours . Default Event Reminder: Tap the time interval for a notification to appear for timed and all-day events. Reminders ...

108 Chapter 9 : Contacts, Calendar, and other personal information 3 Tap the memo when it appears. NOTE The results of a Just Type search that you access in Card view do not include memos. Edit a memo 1 Open Memos . 2 Tap the memo you want to edit. 3 Tap the screen to position the cursor (see Text s...

Chapter 10 : Documents and eBooks 111 10 Documents and eBooks 111 Quickoffice 114 Adobe Reader 116 Amazon Kindle Quickoffice With Quickoffice, you can view Microsoft Word, Excel ® , and PowerPoint ® files on your device. NOTE The Quickoffice app is periodically updated. Because of this, the app may ...

112 Chapter 10 : Documents and eBooks email attachments ). You can view files in DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSX, PPT, and PPTX formats. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Before you put a file on your device, make sure you have enough storage space on your device to fit the file. Open Device Info and look at the Available...

114 Chapter 10 : Documents and eBooks 3 Tap the account name. 4 Do one of the following: • To change the account display name: Under Account Name , tap the current name to highlight it, and enter the new name. • To change the username, email address, or password associated with the account: Tap the ...

Chapter 10 : Documents and eBooks 115 up Adobe Reader to access files from an online account . If you just want to work with files on your device or with an account that’s already set up, tap Go . 3 Any online accounts you set up on your device appear in the left panel. The option My TouchPad also a...

116 Chapter 10 : Documents and eBooks 3 Do one of the following: • If this is your first time using a printer on this network: If a list of printers is displayed, tap one. • If you have already used a printer on this network: The last printer you used is remembered and is selected. If you want to se...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 119 11 Phone & Video Calls 119 How can I make and receive calls with my HP TouchPad? 119 Use Skype voice and video calling 124 Use your HP TouchPad with a connected HP webOS smartphone129 Listen to voicemail messages129 View your call history130 Work with fav...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 121 7 If the other person answers the call as voice only, you can only hear audio from that person. If the other person answers the call as a video call, how you see incoming video depends on your Skype call preferences: • If you have the Auto-Accept Video prefer...

122 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls Silence the ringer on an incoming Skype call When you silence the ringer on an incoming call, you can answer the call or let it ring through to voicemail. Do one of the following: • Press the power button. • Press volume . Ignore an incoming Skype call To sen...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 123 • Open the dial pad to enter numbers for navigating phone trees, responding to prompts, and so on: Tap . • Add a call: Tap . When the dial pad appears, tap Contacts . Tap the contact you want to call. • Adjust call volume: Press volume . * Volume Use another ...

124 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls End a Skype call Do one of the following: • Tap . • Minimize the call screen to a card, and throw the card off the top of the screen. • If a headset is attached, press the button on the headset. Set Skype calling preferences 1 Open Phone & Video Calls . 2...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 125 smartphone, the app prompts you to connect your device to a smartphone. See Connect your device to a webOS smartphone in the Phone & Video Calls application . NOTE For certain supported webOS smartphones, connecting through Touch to Share enables you to r...

126 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 3 Tap one of the contact’s phone numbers to dial it. If only the contact name appears, tap the name to display the phone numbers for that contact, and tap a number. 4 If prompted, tap Bluetooth to make the call using a connected smartphone. Dial using the ons...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 127 4 Type a name or initials until the contact you want appears. If your company uses Microsoft Exchange Server with a Global Address List (GAL), entering the contact search information returns matching results from the GAL as well. 5 Tap the number. 6 If prompt...

128 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls Ignore a call through a connected smartphone To send a call immediately to voicemail, do one of the following: • Tap . • Press the power button twice. To reply to a caller who is in your Contacts list after you ignore a call, tap the ignored call notification...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 129 2 Tap the application to open and work in it. 3 Tap the call notification at the top of the screen to return to the call screen. End a call through a connected smartphone Do one of the following: • Tap . • Minimize the call screen to a card, and throw the car...

130 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls • To delete a call history entry: Throw the entry off the side of the screen. Tap Delete to confirm. • To clear the call history: Open the application menu , tap Clear Call History , and tap Clear Call History to confirm . 4 If you displayed additional option...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 131 3 Enter the number, and tap to select the phone number type (see Create a contact for information). 4 Tap Done . NOTE You can enter more than one phone number for the favorite here. If you do, you need to set one of the numbers as the default (see Set or chan...

132 Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls WARNING If driving while using a phone is permitted in your area, we recommend using a headset or hands-free car kit (sold separately). However, be aware that use of a headset that covers both ears impairs your ability to hear other sounds. Use of such a head...

Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 133 7 To switch the call audio to a different device, do one of the following: • To switch from the headset to the speakers on your HP TouchPad: Disconnect the headset. • To switch from the headset to a connected smartphone: Tap , and then tap Phone . For more in...

Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager 135 12 HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager 135 Browse applications in HP webOS App Catalog136 Download a free application137 Buy an application138 Reinstall a deleted application138 Set up a billing account139 Set billing account preferenc...

136 Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager • To search by name: Tap Search at the bottom of the screen. Type a search term, and then tap or tap Enter on the onscreen keyboard. A list of apps whose name or category matches your search term appears. • To search within featured, paid, f...

Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager 137 You can move to other screens and work in other applications while your new app downloads in the background. For example, find another app in App Catalog and start its download while the first download is finishing. Buy an application Buy an...

138 Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager Buy an application directly from a promo code link A promo code allows you to purchase one or more App Catalog apps for free. You might receive a promo code for a specific app, or a general code that allows you to purchase one or more apps u...

Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager 139 • Open the application menu , tap Preferences & Accounts , and tap Add Credit Card . 3 Enter your HP webOS Account password and tap Submit . 4 Tap OK to verify your email address, or tap Change Email Address to enter a different one. Pur...

140 Chapter 12 : HP webOS App Catalog and Software Manager 1 Open Software Manager . 2 Tap Apps to manage downloaded apps that appear in the Launcher, or tap Other to manage background apps and services that do not appear in the Launcher. 3 Tap an app or service name. 4 On the app details screen, do...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 143 13 Preferences 143 Backup148 Date & Time148 Device Info151 Exhibition 153 Regional Settings154 Screen & Lock155 Sounds & Ringtones Backup Backup is one of the major advantages of your HP webOS Account. You create an HP webOS Account when you set up your devic...

144 Chapter 13 : Preferences NOTE If you want to erase data on your device while you are still in possession of the device—for example, before you give it to someone else—don’t do a remote erase. Instead, do a partial or full erase of the device itself (see Erase data and reset your device ). Access...

146 Chapter 13 : Preferences Manually back up information to your HP webOS Account Backup occurs automatically every day, but we recommend that you manually back up your information before you reset your device or change your HP webOS Account settings. 1 Open Backup . 2 Tap Back Up Now . Print Manag...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 147 Erase HP webOS Account information from the server 1 Open Backup . 2 Do either of the following: • To stop backup of your info and delete all backed-up information from the server: Tap On to switch backup from On to Off. Tap Turn Off And Erase Backup . This deletes all y...

148 Chapter 13 : Preferences Date & Time You can set your device to adjust the date and time automatically to the local date and time wherever you are, or you can turn this feature off and enter this information manually. 1 Open Date & Time . 2 Set any of the following: Time format: Tap the ...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 149 Erase data and reset your device If restarting your device does not solve the problem of application freezes, you may need to reset the device. A reset deletes some or all information from your device (depending on the type of reset you select). After a reset, you must f...

150 Chapter 13 : Preferences 1 Open Device Info . 2 Open the application menu and tap Diagnostics . 3 On the screen that appears, tap Interactive . 4 Work with the support agent to run and view results from one or more tests. Run a custom application If you are troubleshooting your device with a sup...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 151 View certificate details You can view user-installed certificates only. 1 Open Device Info . 2 Open the application menu and tap Certificate Manager . 3 Tap the certificate name. Delete a certificate You can delete user-installed certificates only. 1 Open Device Info . 2...

152 Chapter 13 : Preferences Use Exhibition Here are some key features of using Exhibition. • When Exhibition starts, the last-used app is displayed. To switch to another app, tap the upper-left corner of the screen, and tap the app you want. • When Exhibition starts, notifications appear as usual, ...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 153 2 Do either of the following: • To change which apps are available in Exhibition: Check or uncheck the box to the right of each app name. You cannot remove the Time app. • To find more Exhibition apps: Tap Find More . This opens App Catalog displaying a list of apps you ...

154 Chapter 13 : Preferences 2 Under Formats , tap the currently displayed country name. 3 Scroll down to find a country, and then tap it. 4 Tap Apply Changes and Reboot . Your device restarts after you select a new country format. The restart does not affect your data or applications. Screen & ...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 155 Set options for unlocking the screen The screen locks five seconds after it turns off automatically, or immediately if you turn the screen off manually. Use Secure Unlock if you want to require a PIN or a password to unlock the screen. 1 Open Screen & Lock . 2 To tur...

156 Chapter 13 : Preferences NOTE If you turn off system sounds using the system menu, the sounds are muted even if they are turned on in Sounds & Ringtones (see Use the system menu ). Likewise, if sounds are turned off in Sounds & Ringtones, they do not play even if you have the system menu...

Chapter 13 : Preferences 157 You can add a file in any of the following file types as a ringtone for your device: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, QCELP, or WAV. How to use the file as a ringtone depends on the following: the file type, how you obtain the file, and whether you want to use the file as a ringtone...

158 Chapter 13 : Preferences 4 Tap to the right of a song title to preview it. Tap the song title to add it to your list of ringtones. 5 When the list of ringtones is displayed, tap the song you added to use it as your ringtone. 6 To set the ringtone volume, drag the Ringtone Volume slider. Copy a r...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 159 14 Wireless connections 159 Wi-Fi162 Print Manager163 VPN165 Location Services166 Bluetooth® wireless technology168 Touch to Share Wi-Fi What is a Wi-Fi connection? Many environments, such as corporate offices, coffee shops, airports, and libraries, offer access...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 161 6 A series of different screens appears depending on the network type. Enter or select the following if you are prompted to do so: • Username and/or Password • Certificate 7 Tap Sign In . Connect to a previously used network • If Wi-Fi is turned off, turn on Wi-...

162 Chapter 14 : Wireless connections turning off this setting. When you turn the screen on again, the Wi-Fi connection is reactivated. 1 Open Wi-Fi . 2 Open the application menu and tap Sleep Settings . 3 The current setting is displayed in the When Phone Sleeps field. To change the setting, tap th...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 163 Cancel printing 1 Open Print Manager . 2 Do one of the following: • To cancel a single print job: Tap the print job under Print Queue. • To cancel all your print jobs: Tap Cancel All . Remove a printer Your device does not need to be connected to a wireless netw...

164 Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 2 Tap Add Profile . 3 If VPNC is not selected already in the Connection Type field, tap the Connection Type field, and tap VPNC . 4 Tap the VPN Server field and enter the server name. 5 Tap Next . 6 Enter the information you got from your system administrator. 7...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 165 • From any screen, open the system menu and tap VPN , and then tap VPN Preferences . 2 Tap beside the profile you want to edit, and tap to open Profile Details. 3 Tap a setting to edit it. 4 Tap Done . Delete a profile 1 Open VPN . 2 Do one of the following: • T...

166 Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 2 Open the application menu , tap Locate Me Using , and tap Google Services . Google Services uses Wi-Fi access points to approximate your location. The first time you turn on Google Services you may be asked to review and accept the terms of use, and decide whe...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 167 6 If a passkey is not required, pairing is complete when the Devices list appears. If required, tap Allow on the other device to complete the pairing. If a passkey is required, do one of the following. • An automatically generated passkey appears on the passkey ...

168 Chapter 14 : Wireless connections Rename a device 1 Open Bluetooth . 2 Tap and hold the device name. 3 Enter a new name. 4 Tap outside the device name field to save your changes. Touch to Share What is Touch to Share? Touch to Share lets you easily transfer web pages between your HP TouchPad and...

Chapter 14 : Wireless connections 169 Disconnect a Touch to Share connection 1 Open Bluetooth . 2 Tap the webOS smartphone name to disconnect from it. Delete a Touch to Share connection 1 Open Bluetooth . 2 Throw the webOS smartphone name off the side of the screen and tap Delete .

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 171 15 Troubleshooting 171 5Ts: Ways to get your HP TouchPad working again 173 HP webOS Account 176 Battery 177 Screen and performance 178 Synchronization 179 Email181 Messaging 181 Wi-Fi 182 Web 183 Calendar and Contacts 186 Photos & Videos, and Music 187 Print Mana...

172 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 3 Throw any other open applications off the top of the screen to close them. Why this might help One or more of your open applications could be reserving so much memory that there’s not enough memory left to do real work. Closing apps can free up enough memory so you...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 173 Why this might help Fully charging the battery ensures your device is not conserving power due to a low battery. NOTE If you use an HP Touchstone, be sure to complete T4 using the USB cable and the AC charger, not the Touchstone. Connecting directly to an outlet is m...

174 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting If you answered No to those questions, do this: • Swipe left on the screen until you see the HP webOS Account screen again. Then tap Create New Account . If you answered Yes to the questions, do this: • If you forgot the account password, tap Forgot Login? Enter the ...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 175 Creating your HP webOS Account: Unable to complete? Try this To start setup over from the beginning, tap Start Over in the lower-left corner of any screen. If your device stops responding to taps, restart your device and begin again by doing this: 1 Press and hold th...

176 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting Battery WARNING Never remove the back cover of your HP TouchPad. The battery is built in to your device and is not removable. The battery drains quickly If the battery seems to drain quickly from normal use, see Maximizing battery life for tips on improving battery l...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 177 Contact HP to get your device repaired. Within the warranty period, your battery should not need replacing. With good treatment, your battery is likely to last for a couple of years. See Maximizing battery life for helpful tips. Screen and performance The screen appe...

178 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 3 Close any application you are not using by throwing its card off the top of the screen. If the problem persists after you close apps you are not using, restart your device (see Restart your device ). If this does not solve the problem, see 5Ts: Ways to get your HP ...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 181 • Sometimes an attachment to an email may prevent the email from being sent. The reason may be related to the account, an account setting, or the file. To determine whether this is the case, try sending the email without the attachment, or try sending the email from ...

182 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting • If the device does not automatically connect to a known network, select your Wi-Fi network from the list. If the device does not detect your Wi-Fi network, continue to the next step. • Try connecting to the Wi-Fi network with another computer or device. • If you ca...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 183 • Clear the cache in Web Preferences. Open Web and open the application menu . Tap Preferences , and then tap Clear Cache . This ensures that pages are viewed directly from the Internet and not from a saved copy of the page on the device. Then close Web and reopen it...

184 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting You can also keep inbox views separate in Email: Turn off the smart folder for All Inboxes (see Set email preferences ), then make the inboxes of your individual accounts favorites so that they’re always easy to see in the Account List panel (see Add an email folder ...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 185 I have duplicate contacts • If the duplicate contacts are from the same source—if, for example, both contacts are Google contacts or both contacts are Exchange contacts— link the duplicate contacts (see Link a contact ). • Delete one of the duplicate records from the...

186 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting • Note the following and determine if the missing information is actually available for syncing: • Google accounts sync events one month back and two months forward. • Yahoo! accounts sync events one month back and three months forward. • Exchange accounts sync event...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 187 or delete an online account ), and then add it from the Contacts app (see Customize Contacts ) or the Accounts app (see Use the Accounts application to set up an online account ). • To upload a video to YouTube, you must already have an account set up on the YouTube ...

188 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting Beta apps. Beta apps are prerelease versions of applications that are in the final stages of development. Beta apps are usually delivered to the device via links and are downloaded and installed using App Catalog on the device. The app details page for a beta app app...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 189 • If you receive an alert that says “Couldn’t Add Credit Card,” this means that the credit card information could not be added to your account. The Address Validation Service is temporarily unavailable. Try again later to add the credit card information (see Update o...

190 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting • Restart your device, and then try the download again (see Restart your device ). I want to install an app on my device from a source other than HP webOS App Catalog App Catalog, which includes the on-device catalog and the associated web and beta distribution chann...

Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting 191 • If you are using a ringtone you installed, open Sounds & Ringtones and tap Ringtone . Tap the default ringtone for your device. If selecting the default ringtone solves the problem, the ringtone you installed is not working properly. Delete the ringtone you ins...

192 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting Secure Full Erase: Erases application data and settings, apps you installed, and USB drive storage files. Select this option if you are planning to give the device away, and you want your data and files to be unrecoverable even using a third-party tool. For more info...

194 Chapter 15 : Troubleshooting Making room on your device If you store a large number of files, or install many applications, the internal memory on your device may fill up. Here are some ways to clear space on your device: • Photos & Videos, Music, Quickoffice, Adobe Reader: Large files take ...

C : Specifications 201 C Specifications Table 1. Specifications Category Description Processor technologies • Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-CPU APQ8060 Battery • Rechargeable lithium-polymer (nonremovable) • 6300 mA/hr power capacity typical Operating system • HP webOS 3.0 Camera • Front-facing 1.3-megap...

D : Important safety and legal information 205 D Important safety and legal information END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (“ AGREEMENT ”) BEFORE USING, DOWNLOADING OR OTHERWISE ACCESSING THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH YOUR HEWLETT-PACKARD C...

E : Use Adobe search 213 E Use Adobe search Search one instance at a time Adobe search provides a convenient tool for finding information in this User Guide . You have several options for using the search tool: searching for items that match your search term one at a time, or displaying a list of al...