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T-Mobile Sidekick Owner's Manual
Release 1.0c
April 15, 2003
Copyright © 2002-2003. Danger, Inc. All rights reserved.
Confidential material of Danger, Inc., 124 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
May not be duplicated or copied without the prior written consent of Danger, Inc.

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  • Page 1 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual Release 1.0c April 15, 2003 Copyright © 2002-2003. Danger, Inc. All rights reserved. Confidential material of Danger, Inc., 124 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 May not be duplicated or copied without the prior written consent of Danger, Inc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Sidekick! ........
  • Page 3 Switch Screen Names ............77 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 4 Sort Contacts ............119 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 5 Manage Your To Do Trash ........... 151 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 6 The T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual ........
  • Page 7 Manage Your Trash ............214 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 8 System Information ............216 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Start Here

    Start Here 1. Start Here This chapter leads you through the basic steps of getting started with your new T-Mobile device: • Thank You for Purchasing a T-Mobile Sidekick! • Use Your Device Safely on page 13 on page 9 •...

  • Page 10: Your T-Mobile Account

    6 Wait while data is being transmitted. After agreeing to the Danger Service and End-User License Agreement, the registration information is sent to the T-Mobile service. If your username has already been taken, you’ll be notified on a screen that gives you April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Charging Your Battery

    Locate the battery charger that came with your device. Insert the charger lead (the small round end of the adapter) into your device’s power jack (the small round hold located at the top of your device) and plug the adapter cord into a standard 120V AC electrical wall outlet. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 12: Using The Carrying Case

    Use the carrying case included in your box to both protect the screen and carry your device securely. Remember! The best way to protect the screen from scratches and other damage is to always carry the device in the case! April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 13: Use Your Device Safely

    For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets the FCC RF exposure guidelines when used with accessories supplied or designated for this product. Use of other accessories may not ensure compliance with the FCC RF exposure guidelines. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 14: Device Basics

    Device Basics 2. Device Basics Read the topics in this chapter to get a quick understanding of how your device operates: • Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick on page • Headset/Camera Jack on page 25 • Power Jack on page 25 •...
  • Page 15 However, there are some standard indicators that display on the screen at all times. These indicators are located at the top of the screen in the area circled in the example below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 16 You have turned off your wireless connection from the Jump Settings > Wireless Options screen. Your SIM card has a problem, which is prohibiting access to wireless services. You can read about other indicators and icons in the chapters describing each application. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 17: Notifications

    Set Up Phone Ringtones • Edit a Buddy • (Use to specify buddy-specific IM rings.) Play Buddy Alert Rings • (Use to specify default IM rings.) Set Up Email Ringtones • Setting Phone Messages Ringtones • April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Keyboard

    • Lock the ALT key to type a series of special characters by pressing the key twice. • Unlock the ALT key by pressing it once again. Note! You can also lock the Shift key by pressing it twice. Unlock by pressing once again. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 19: Control Buttons

    The Menu button is located in the upper-left corner of the device and is marked by a diamond. When you see the diamond on the device screen or in the documentation, this refers to the Menu button. Use the Menu button to do the following: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 20 Email”. However, if you are viewing the main screen in the Address Book, the menu will list options such as “New Contact”, “Sort...”, and “My Info”. So the items that appear depend on the “context” (or screen) you are in when you open the menu. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 21 If you’ve made changes within a dialog box, the dialog box closes as well. • If a menu is open, press Back once to close it. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Wheel

    In regular menus, the actions you cannot take on the current screen are dimmed, but in a context menu, these actions don’t appear at all. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 23 Choices presented to you, usually in a dialog box. You can only select one of the options and do so by pressing the wheel once the option is highlighted. (Note: Sometimes these are called “radio buttons”.) April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 24 To make a text field editable, you must first highlight the field by rotating the wheel, then press to make it editable. In the example to the right, the name of the photo is in an editable text field. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Headset/Camera Jack

    The jack where you insert your headset or camera is located on the right side of the device. See illustration in Parts of Your T-Mobile Sidekick on page 14. Be sure to press the headset or camera lead in firmly to secure the...

  • Page 26: Usb Mini-B Port

    While you’re typing, the text cursor shape reflects your current “mode” of typing: Regular typing mode Shift key is held down Shift key is locked down Alt key is held down Alt key is locked down April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 27: About Your Sim Card

    SIM previously in a mobile phone and stored names and numbers in that phone. Note that you can import previously-stored contact info into your device Address Book by following the Import Contacts from SIM instructions in on page 126. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 28: My Sim Card Came Locked! How Do I Unlock It

    5 Replace the end cap by pressing the prongs in slightly and inserting the cap. Make sure the cap is flush with the case. How to Insert Your SIM 1 Remove the end cap covering the SIM slot using the finger notch. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 29: How Do I Handle My Sim

    Note Import that if you are going to import contact information from another SIM, follow the instructions provided in Contacts from SIM on page 126. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 30: Customizing Your Device

    • Automatic backlight check box and pop-up menu listing times you can choose to keep backlight on Date & Time on page 37 • Current date & time text fields • Time Zone setting pop-up menu April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 31 • Device ID • Recovery ROM (version) • OS (operating system) • Versions of firmware and applications Wireless Options on page Select wireless options: • Wireless connection on/off • GPRS Data Roaming On check box April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 32 • Categories set-up screen. Use to create New Category, Edit Category, or page 123 Discard Category. • Labels set-up screen. Use to create New Label, Edit Label, or Discard Label. • Import Contacts from SIM button April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 33: Controls

    Rotate the wheel to highlight the slider, then press to make the slider “editable”. For grayscale devices: Rotate the wheel up to increase contrast, rotate down to decrease contrast. For color devices: Rotate the wheel up to increase brightness, rotate down to decrease brightness. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 34: Autotext

    Select Done [ ] to save the replacement rule, or Cancel if you don’t want to save it after all. 7 To return all AutoText settings to those set when you first received your device, press Menu then select Restore Defaults. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 35: Battery & Display

    2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Battery & Backlight, then press the wheel to open the Battery & Backlight screen. Note that this screen will differ, depending on whether you’re using a grayscale or color device: Grayscale Battery & Display screen: Color Battery & Display screen: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 36 Scroll to highlight the time you want, then press the wheel to select it. Tip: As long as you press a key or button before the set time elapses, the backlight will stay on. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 37: Date & Time

    • Rotate the wheel up (away from you) to select a higher offset than the default; rotate the wheel down (toward you) to decrease the offset amount. • Press the wheel to select the offset. • Select Done [ ]. 5 Press Back to save your settings. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Jump Shortcuts

    Change Default Shortcuts 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Jump Shortcuts, then press the wheel to open the Jump Shortcuts screen: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 39: Key Guard & Security

    Jump screen, then press Menu and select Key Guard. Turn on Key Guard Automatically You can set key guard to turn on automatically by doing the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 40 About Privacy Lock and Key Guard If you have set a privacy lock (as described below), then you will be prompted to enter your 3-digit code before your device will unlock from key guard mode. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 41 12 You are returned to the Key Guard & Security screen, where you can Turn On Privacy at any time. Note: If you accidentally lock yourself out of your device, you can still make an emergency phone call by pressing Menu + Jump April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 42 5 Type your PIN and select Enable [ ]. You’ll receive a confirmation dialog box that your SIM card is now locked. Now, you will be prompted to type your SIM PIN whenever you unlock key guard. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 43: Keyboard

    • Keyboard repeat rate - Once you’ve held down a key long enough so it starts repeating, this setting determines how fast the key repeats. To set these preferences, do the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Network

    2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Network, then press the wheel to open the Network screen: 3 The Scan for other networks button is highlighted by default. Simply press the wheel to start the scan. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 45: Sound

    To make these settings, do the following: 1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight Sound, then press the wheel to open the Sound screen: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 46: System Info

    1 From the Jump screen, press Menu then select Settings. 2 On the Settings menu, scroll to highlight System Info, then press the wheel to open the System Info screen: 3 To dismiss the System Info screen, press Back April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Wireless Options

    Roaming check box. If you do roam with GPRS Data Roaming turned off, you will still be able to make and receive voice calls. 5 Once you’ve made your wireless option choices, select Done April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 48: The Jump Screen

    Then press the wheel to open the application. The Jump screen is illustrated below, with the Phone application displayed: The Application Splash Screens Read more about splash screens in on page 49. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 49: How To Find The Jump Screen

    1 Press Jump to open the Jump screen. 2 Scroll through the applications using the wheel. Stop when the application you want to use is highlighted. 3 Press the wheel to open the application. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 50: The Jump Screen Menu

    • Hints... - Opens a series of help screens. • Network Status - Lists current network status details: • Power Off [ ] - Turns off your device. You’ll see a series of shut-down messages as the device turns off. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 51: Browsing The Internet

    When a Web page is being loaded, you will see (at the bottom of your screen), the following status indicators: The remote server is being contacted for the page you requested. The page you requested is being downloaded from the remote server onto the service. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Keyboard Shortcuts

    (to scroll up screen-by-screen) • Toggle to full screen (hide title bar) - Press + SHIFT + T • Go Back to last-viewed Web page - Press the Back button April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Go To A Web Page

    1 Start typing the word(s) you want to include in the search. The Go To dialog box opens automatically, showing the word(s) you are typing. 2 The Search option appears directly below the word(s) you are typing: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Use Bookmarks

    To add a bookmark to your list of bookmarks, do the following while in the Web Browser: 1 Open the Web page you want to bookmark. 2 Press Menu then select Add Bookmark... [ + N]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 55: See Recently-Viewed Web

    See Recently-Viewed Web Pages To see a list of Web pages that you have visited recently, relative to the page you are currently viewing, use the Recent Pages screen while in the Web Browser application: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 56: View History

    Stop a Web Page from Loading You can stop a Web page from loading in either of two ways: • Press Menu then select Stop Loading. • Use the keyboard shortcut by pressing + .. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Web Browser Settings

    2 On the Settings screen, scroll to highlight the Search Engine pop-up menu. 3 Press the wheel to open the list of options. 4 Scroll to your preferred search engine and press the wheel to select it. 5 Press Back to save your setting. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 58 A Web site can only read the cookie that it created. If you want to delete all the cookies stored for your account on the Web proxy service database, scroll to highlight the Clear Cookies button, then press the wheel to select it. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 59: Making Phone Calls

    The splash screen shows the total call time elapsed since you last reset the counter (read more in Timer and Reset on page 71) as well as the network operator to which your device is currently connected. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 60: Keyboard Shortcuts

    Quick Call pop-up menu on the main dialing screen. You can add, edit, or delete speed dial numbers from the Settings > Speed Dial screen or from the New Speed Dial menu item. Details follow. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 61 3 Scroll to highlight the entry you want to edit, then press the wheel. The Edit Speed Dial Entry screen appears. Make your change to the shortcut number, name, or phone number. 4 When finished, select Done April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 62: Headset Or Handset

    , then press the wheel. The Volume control opens: 2 Rotate the wheel to adjust the volume up or down: rotating up (away from you) increases volume; rotating down (toward you) decreases volume. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Place A Call

    Scroll to highlight a number, then press the wheel to select it. Continue until your number is complete. If you type an incorrect number by mistake, use the Delete key or press to erase it. Press Send Call to send the call. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 64 Call Log: • Open the menu and select Call Log [ + L]. • Scroll to highlight the number you want to call, then press the wheel to send the call. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 65: Features While On A Call

    Scroll to highlight the number or symbol you want, then press the wheel to select it. Repeat for each character you need to enter. Press Back dismiss the keypad when finished. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 66 66. Then: 1 Press Menu then select Conference [ + C]. 2 You and your two callers are now conferenced into the same “line”. Your screen appears like this: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 67: Answer A Call

    • If you are in the Phone application, select the button. • If you are in an application other than Phone, press Menu then select End Call. • Regardless of where you are, press Back April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 68: Your Call Log

    3 The view you select “sticks” until you change it from the menu. Note that your currently-selected view is indicated by a bullet in the menu (“Incoming” in the example below): An example Call Log is shown below, with the view set to All Calls: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 69 (if a new contact) the caller’s name and number filled in--if that information is available. The Add to Address book dialog box look like the following: 4 Complete or edit the fields, as you wish. When finished, select Add or Edit (as appropriate). April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 70: Listen To Voice Mail

    From the main Phone screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Phone Settings screen appears: My Device Phone Number Just in case you forget your device’s phone number, it’s shown on this screen. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 71 • Forward to Voice Mail • Forward All Calls You can choose to forward to Voice Mail or Other... If you select Other..., a dialog box opens in which you must type the other number: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 72 If you do want to be notified, then select the appropriate check box. 4 If you have selected a check box, then open the ringtone category pop-up menu by pressing the wheel. • For an incoming phone call, select from: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 73 You can store up to eight speed dial numbers (#2 - #9). Shortcut #1 is permanently reserved for voice mail. You can add new or edit existing speed dial numbers from the Phone Settings > Speed Dial screen. Read Manage Your Speed Dial List details in on page 60. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 74: Instant Messaging

    Note! You must press the wheel to open the AIM application before you can use the conversation shortcuts ) shown on the Jump screen. If you are out-of-network and therefore unable to connect to AIM, you will see an X in the radio signal area of the notifications bar: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 75: Keyboard Shortcuts

    3 Complete the online forms that appear on your screen. When you’re done, you’ll be returned to the AIM Sign On screen, with your new screen name showing as one of the options in the Screen Name pop-up menu: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 76: Sign On

    Add a Screen 7 If you want to add an existing AOL screen name to the list, or remove a screen name, read Name on page 75 and Remove Existing Screen Name on page 77. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 77: Sign Off

    Tip: To put a removed screen name back on the Screen Names pop-up menu, simply sign in using that screen name by typing the Screen Name and Password manually on the Sign In screen. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 78: The Buddy List Screen

    Running vertically down the right side of the screen, all the conversations with unread messages are symbolized by little balloons, with the conversation number in the balloon. Note also that if you have an unread message, you will see the AIM icon in the title bar: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 79: Manage Groups

    4 If you’re sure you want to remove this group and all its contents (buddies), select Discard. Note that if you discard the buddies, they will be removed from your Buddy List altogether. Otherwise, to cancel the action and keep the buddy on your list, press Cancel April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 80: Manage Buddies

    To edit a buddy, do the following while in the IM application: 1 If your Buddy List isn’t displayed, press Menu then select Buddy List 2 Press Menu then select Edit... [ + E]. The Edit Buddy screen displays: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 81 The screen name moves under the group you had previously assigned to them and you will start receiving messages from this buddy again. Manage Blocked Users You can also unblock one or more buddies from the Settings screen, as described in List on page 86. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 82: Im Conversations

    IM service. You will be reconnected automatically as soon as possible, at which time your message will appear in regular font, not italic. 6 To end a conversation, press Menu then select End Conversation [ + .]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 83: Set An Away Message

    4 Scroll to highlight the away message you want to select, then press the wheel. 5 If you select I’m Away, then a new dialog box will open in which you can type the message that will be sent to the sender while you’re away: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 84: Instant Messaging Settings

    From either the IM Sign On screen or the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears: From this screen you can: Set Up Accept Messages • on page 85 Play Buddy Alert Rings • on page 85 April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 85 In order for Buddy Alert Rings to work, you must enable these alerts from the Settings screen. 1 From the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears. 2 Look at the Play Buddy Alert Rings section of the screen: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 86 Cancel button.) 5 Once you unblock a buddy, their screen name appears again under the assigned group name on the Buddy List screen. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 87: Email Messaging

    You will see the Email “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Email application icon: The splash screen is handy because it shows all your unread messages, sorted first by folder then order received (newest message first). April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 88: Browse Email Screen

    To the left of items in the Browse Email screen, there could be an icon that indicates the status of a message. To Status Indicators interpret these icons, as well as understand the folder icons, read on page 89. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 89: Status Indicators

    • Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with message highlighted) • Browse Email Menu Shortcuts (with folder highlighted) • Compose Menu Shortcuts • Settings Menu Shortcuts • Accounts Menu Shortcuts Each menu’s shortcuts are listed in the tables below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 90 Rename... (folder) Empty...(folder) Mark all msgs (in folder) as read Compose Menu Shortcuts Send Save as Draft Attach Photo... Cancel Settings Menu Shortcuts Done Cancel Accounts Menu Shortcuts Done New Account Discard Cancel April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 91: View Your Email

    • .doc (Word) • .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) To open a supported attachment, first open the email, then use the wheel to scroll to the bottom of the email message where the attachment will appear. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 92 • Date Received - further specify sort order: - Newer messages at top - Newer messages at bottom • Subject - further specify sort order: - A .. Z - Z .. A April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 93: Move Messages To Folders

    Drafts and Sent folders, and the folder in which the email currently is being stored) are shown in the list. 4 Scroll to highlight the folder into which you want to move the message, then press the wheel. The message moves. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 94: Send Messages

    3 To send your message, scroll to highlight the Send button, then press the wheel. Or you can open the Compose screen menu then select Send [ + M]. 4 To discard your message, open the Compose screen menu and press Cancel [ + .]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 95: Add Email Senders To The Address Book

    1 From the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the message whose sender you want to add as a contact. Open the message if you wish by pressing the wheel. 2 Oress Menu then select Add Contact [ + @]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 96: Add Email Recipients To The Address Book

    6 If you have only one email recipient, the dialog box shown in page 95 appears. Complete the information you want to include in the contact information, then press Add 7 If you have more than one email recipient, this dialog box appears: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 97: Discard Email Messages

    1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Empty Trash. 2 A confirmation dialog box appears. Select Empty Trash to discard the messages in the Trash (permanently); select Cancel to keep your messages in the Trash. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 98: Manage Your Email Accounts

    POP3 accounts you may have added. You can do the following from this screen: • Add a POP3 Account • Edit an Email Account • Discard an Email Account April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 99 • Remove retrieved email from POP server as it’s fetched to the device or the Email Desktop Interface. • From Name/Address • Reply-To Name/Address Edit an Email Account Read about setting these options in on page 100. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 100 Email application to stop collecting email messages from the POP3 account, select the check box to clear the check mark in the box. The account information is saved in case you want the application to start collecting email messages from that account later. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 101: Send A Photo

    4 When you’ve finished selecting photos, open the menu and select Attach Checked..5 Your message returns to the screen, including attached photos. 6 Select Send [ + M] when you’re ready. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 102: Manage Email Folders

    • Drafts - If you start composing a message but want to pause in writing it or wait to send it, then you can save the message in the Drafts folder and later open it and continue. (Read more in Save an Email Message as a Draft on page 95.) April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 103 To discard any other folder (and its contents), do the following while in the Email application: 1 On the Browse Email screen, scroll to highlight the folder you want to discard. 2 Press Menu then select Discard..April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 104: Email Settings

    By default, for each message, the Browse Email screen displays message sender, title, and date. If you want to see more information (how many messages you have in each folder, and how large each message is) then do the following while in the Email application: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 105 To turn on new message notification and to select a ringtone, do the following while in the Email application: 1 From the Browse Email screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Email Settings screen appears. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 106 You can further specify that the system not delete messages less than 7 days old by checking the Only discard messages 7 days or older check box. 3 Press Back when you’re finished with your settings. If you don’t want to save the changes, press [ + .]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 107: Space Limitations

    106. If your mailbox is full, new incoming messages will “bounce”, which means it will be returned to the sender. Note that you will not be notified when a message bounces. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 108: 10. Phone Messaging

    Note: Phone Messages messages are text messages that are delivered via the “Short Message Service”, also referred to simply as “SMS”. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 109: Browse Messages Screen

    Status Indicators - To the left of each item in the Browse Messages screen is an icon that indicates the status Status Indicators of the folder or message. To interpret these icons, read on page 110. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 110: Status Indicators

    Add Contact... Cancel View Text Messages To view a list of all your text messages, open the Phone Messages application from the Jump screen. The Browse Messages screen appears, listing all your messages. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 111: Sort Text Messages

    Sort..The Sort Messages screen opens: 2 Select the sort option you prefer: newer messages at the top or the bottom of the list. 3 Press Done [ ] to save your setting. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 112: Send Text Messages

    (^). If you happen to type one of the “illegal” characters, no entry will be made in the message body. A sample message is shown below: 3 To send your message, do one of the following: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 113: Add Text Message Senders To The Address Book

    1 From the Browse Messages screen, scroll to highlight the message whose sender you want to add as a contact. Open the message if you wish by pressing the wheel. 2 From either the Read or Browse Messages screen, press Menu then select Add Contact... + @]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 114: Call Back Sender Of A Message

    To empty all messages from the Trash, from the Browse Messages screen, press Menu then select Empty Trash. The contents of your Trash folder are emptied after you confirm that you want to permanently discard them. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 115: Retrieve Messages From The Trash

    You will hear a preview of the sound when you highlight it in the pop-up menu. Press the wheel to select a song. 5 When finished setting up your ringtones, press Back to save your changes. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 116: 11. Keeping Contacts In The Address Book

    To open the Address Book application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the Address Book icon in the left- hand “ring” of applications. You will see the Address Book “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Address Book application icon: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 117: How Much Information Can I Store

    While in the Address Book application, you can use the keyboard shortcuts shown in the tables below to open options from the following menus: • Browse Contacts Menu Shortcuts • Contact Details Menu Shortcuts April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 118: Filter Contacts By Category

    The category of contacts currently displaying on the Browse Contacts screen is indicated by a bullet: 3 Rotate the wheel to highlight the category you want to use to filter, then press. The Browse Contacts screen refreshes to show only the contacts in the category you selected. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 119: Sort Contacts

    + N]. The New Contact Identity screen opens: The Identity screen holds basic contact information, including a pop-up menu of icons you can assign to the contact. Complete at least one of the fields, then select Done April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 120 Note! Before you can save the contact information, you must have provided one of the following pieces of information: • First or Last name • Phone Number • Email address • Company name April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 121: Edit A Contact

    1 From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the name of the contact with whom you wish to communicate. 2 Press the wheel to open the contact information. 3 Scroll to highlight the phone number, email address, or Web address you wish to use. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 122: Find A Contact

    Trash by doing the following: 1 From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Trash. The contacts in the Trash appear. 2 Press Menu then select Empty Trash. All contacts in the Trash are permanently removed. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 123: Address Book Settings

    4 Edit the name as you wish, then select Done to save the change. To cancel your edit, select Cancel. To create a new category: 1 From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings screen appears. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 124 All pieces of information you store about an individual contact are described using “labels”. For example, in the screen below, in the Phone section, “Home” and “Vacation” are labels used to differentiate Gloria’s home phone number from the phone number she uses when on vacation. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 125 If you change your mind and don’t want to create the new label after all, select Cancel. 5 You will now be able to assign contact information to this new label, as well as view it on the Browse Contacts screen describing the contact information displayed. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 126 • If your SIM card does contain contact information, a dialog box will appear, giving you status as the import progresses. When the import has finished, you’ll be notified how many contacts were imported. Note! If you import a contact already present in your Address Book, that contact will appear twice. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 127: 12. Scheduling Events With Calendar

    You can also set an event to repeat automatically, like someone’s birthday once a year. Create an Event To get going immediately, follow the instructions in on page 128. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 128: Keyboard Shortcuts

    2 Start by giving the Event a title. The shorter the title, the more likely it will display on some of the tighter views, like the Week view. If you don’t give it a title, the system will name it “Untitled”. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 129 • If you selected Start & End, you’ll have to pick a date range: • If you selected Start & Duration, you’ll pick a start time and duration in either hours or minutes: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 130 • Repeat on specific days - Select how often you want the event to repeat and then select the appropriate days: 8 To set a reminder for the event (and each time it repeats), in the Reminder section, highlight the Add button and press. The Reminder dialog box opens: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 131: Move An Event

    1 From the Day or Week view, scroll to highlight the event you want to move. 2 Press Menu then select Move Event. 3 Scroll the wheel to position the event at the new time. 4 Press the wheel to save the move. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 132: Edit An Event

    Notice that from anywhere in the Calendar application you can use the shortcuts shown above to switch views. For example, to switch from Upcoming to Month view, simply press + 3. To read more about each view, follow the link in the first column of the table below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 133 Use the menu to Go to Today, Next Month, or Previous Month. Edit an event’s details by highlighting the event, then pressing the wheel. The Day view appears. Press the wheel again to edit the event’s details. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 134: Upcoming View

    • To open an Event Detail screen, use the wheel to highlight the event title, then press. At this point you can edit the details if you want. To dismiss the screen and return to the view, press Back April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 135: Day View

    • Use the wheel to scroll up and down the day’s time slots. • To go to the next or previous day’s view, instead of scrolling, you can always press Menu then select Next Day [ ] or Previous Day [ ]. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 136: Week View

    • You can always use the menu to go to Next Week [ ] or Previous Week [ April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 137: Month View

    • Use the wheel to scroll forward and backward through days. • To scroll backward and forward through months, use the D-pad up/down arrows. • You can always use the menu to go to Next Month [ ] or Previous Month [ April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 138: Year View

    View... > Trash [ + T]. The Trash view opens. 2 Scroll to highlight the event you want to retrieve. 3 Press Menu then select Retrieve Event. The event returns to its original time slot. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 139: Go To A Specific Day

    Go To... [ + D]. The Go to Date dialog box opens, from which you can select a date to view. 2 Select Done and your current view jumps to highlight the day you specified. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 140: 13. Taking Photos

    You will see the Camera “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Camera application icon: Two photos from your Gallery will display on the splash screen! You can store up to 36 photos in your Gallery. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 141: Keyboard Shortcuts

    3 As soon as you insert the camera into the jack (assuming you’re already in the Camera application), your device will display the Capture screen. About Capture Modes 4 Before you take your first photo, be sure to read the next section, on page 142. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 142: About Capture Modes

    • If you’d rather capture in AutoSave mode, then rotate the wheel to highlight the Preview button, then press the wheel to open the pop-up menu. Scroll to highlight AutoSave, then press the wheel. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 143: View Your Photo Gallery

    • Full Screen View - screen displays one photo at a time, rendered at 150% of original size By default, your Gallery opens in Thumbnail view. To switch between views, press + D. Thumbnail View The Thumbnail view is illustrated below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 144 Shift key down while continuing to scroll through the Gallery. After the last image you want in the series is highlighted, press the wheel and release the Shift key. To deselect the photos, repeat. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 145: Email Photos

    1 Scroll to highlight the photo you want to rename, the press the wheel to select it. 2 Press Menu then select Rename Photo... [ + E]. The Rename Photo dialog box opens: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 146: Sort Photos

    2 Press Menu then select Discard Checked... A confirmation dialog box appears. 3 Select Discard to delete the image from your Gallery. If you decide to keep the photos after all, then select Cancel April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 147: 14. Keeping To Do Lists

    The splash screen lists seven of your tasks that are either overdue or due today. If you have more tasks, a note at the bottom of the screen tells you how many more. You can store a total of 50 tasks, including the tasks that you’ve discarded to the Trash. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 148: Keyboard Shortcuts

    You can decide if you want to view overdue and upcoming tasks, or all tasks (listed by date). The list in the Task Views example above shows all tasks, including those completed. Read more in on page 151. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 149: Task Details Screen

    • Tomorrow • Other... 4 If you select Other..., the Task Due Date dialog box opens: Pick the Date on which the task is due by using either the date selector or the calendar: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 150: Edit A Task

    1 On the Browse Tasks screen, scroll to highlight the task you want to mark completed. 2 Press Menu then select Mark Completed [ + K]. 3 A check mark now appears in the box to the left of the task title. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 151: Task Views

    2 Scroll to highlight the task you want to retrieve. 3 Press Menu then select Retrieve Task [ + R]. 4 The task disappears from the Browse Trashed Tasks screen and appears in the Browse Tasks screen. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 152 3 A confirmation dialog box opens, asking if you’re sure you want to permanently discard the tasks. Select Empty Trash, or select Cancel if you change your mind about permanently discarding your trashed tasks. 4 The Trash empties. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 153: 15. Keeping Notes

    (12 total in the example above). You can create and save up to 50 notes (on color devices) or 20 notes (on grayscale devices), which includes the notes that you’ve discarded to the Trash. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 154: Keyboard Shortcuts

    Note: The ellipsis (...) indicates there’s more to the note than what is shown in the folded view. Unfolding is explained in the topic below. Use the wheel to scroll through the notes. You’ll know you’ve highlighted a note when its border appears darker than the notes around it: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 155: Sort Your Notes

    2 Use the wheel to highlight the Sort Notes pop-up menu, then press. The pop-up menu reveals three choices: • Alphabetically • By Modification Date • By Creation Date 3 Scroll to highlight your choice, then press the wheel to select it. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 156: Add A Note

    (Read more in page 26.) 3 Your edits are saved as soon as you make them. Discard a Note Discarding a note means moving it to the Trash: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 157: Manage Your Notes Trash

    3 A confirmation dialog box opens, asking if you’re sure you want to permanently discard the notes. Select Empty Trash (or select Cancel if you change your mind about permanently discarding your trashed notes). 4 The Browse Trashed Notes screen appears with the message “The Trash is empty.” April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 158: 16. Playing Rock & Rocket

    “ring” of applications. You will see the Rock & Rocket “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve highlighted the Rock & Rocket application icon: The Object Destroy as many rocks as you can before running out of rocket ships. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 159: What Happens

    Controls To make this happen... Do this... Turn rocket Rotate wheel Fire Press wheel (press and hold to fire at regular intervals) Thrust rocket forward Press Jump button Pause game Press Back button April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 160: 17. Playing Ui Evolution Arcade Games

    • Shuffle on page 163 • Lab Ratz on page 164 Arcade Splash Screen To find the Arcade, scroll through the applications on the Jump screen until you see the Arcade splash screen: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 161: Bubbles

    Press left D-pad arrow Move bubble formation right Rotate the wheel down, Press right D-pad arrow Rotate bubble formation Press wheel or Return key Send bubble formation straight up Press spacebar Pause game Press Back button April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 162: Code Monkey

    The tricky part is figuring out which feedback face matches which monkey/banana/ wrench. You win when you get four smiley faces. For example, let’s say the Monkey Code is banana/banana/wrench/wrench, and you guess monkey1/monkey2/ banana/wrench: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 163: Shuffle

    Can you move that lone box around to line up a row or column of the same pattern? The Object The object of Shuffle is to make the big box disappear before the timer runs out. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 164: Lab Ratz

    The object of Lab Ratz is to guide the Lab Ratz through a tunnel from their cage on the left to their cage on the right, using only the tunnel pieces that fall into your hands. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 165 Don’t be afraid to plan ahead! And watch out for hungry cats! Controls To make this happen... Do this... Move pieces left, right, up, down Press D-pad left, right, up, down arrows Place a tunnel piece Press the spacebar April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 166: 18. The Desktop Interface

    7 Use the navigation buttons at the top of the page to open the various applications, or to open the Help window, which displays the online “T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual”. Note that you can open the online Owner’s Manual directly by pointing your Web browser (including the Web Browser on the device) to http://help.sidekick.dngr.com.

  • Page 167: Jump Page

    The T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual This manual, the “T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual”, is available in two formats from the Help link on the Web interface: HTML and Adobe Acrobat (PDF). Use the PDF file for printing the manual. To open the PDF file, simply click the PDF link associated with the Owner’s Manual.

  • Page 168: More About The Applications On The Web

    215 Signing Out For security’s sake, we recommend that you always click Sign Out when leaving the applications on the Web interface: This ensures that no one else can read your information! April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 169: 19. Sending Email From The Web

    166. Then open the Email application by clicking on the Jump Page button bar, or by clicking the Email icon in the Email section of the Jump page. By default, your Inbox displays: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 170: Your Inbox

    To change the sort arrangement, simply click the heading name on which you want to sort the email. To reverse the order to descending, simply click the heading name again. The arrow indicates whether the sort is ascending (new messages at bottom ), or descending (new messages at top April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 171 Click the link to open or save the attachment. Graphic attachments of the following formats are displayed under the message body: • .gif • .jpg, .jpeg • .png April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 172: Send A New Message

    Check the box(es) for the photo(s) you want to attach, then click Send Checked. You are returned to the Compose Message page, with the selected photos now attached. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 173: Attach Photos And Files To A Message

    6 From the New Message page, if you want to remove any of the attached photos, check the photo name(s) and then click Remove Checked. 7 When you’ve finished composing your message, click Send. If you change your mind and do not want to send the message, click Cancel. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 174: Web Email Settings

    • Folders – By default, the following 5 email folders are created for your Web email: Inbox, Trash, Saved, Drafts, and Sent. These folders are not editable, but you can create up to 20 folders that you can then edit or discard. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 175 2 Under the Message Management tab, in the TRASH MANAGEMENT section, check the Automatically empty the Trash box if you want your Trash to be emptied automatically every night no matter how full your mailbox is. This option is not checked by default. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 176 You can create up to 20 folders, in addition to the 5 system folders (Inbox, Saved, Drafts, Sent, and Trash). To add an email folder: 1 Click Settings and Folders in the Email sidebar to open the Settings page. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 177 3 To complete the discard, click Discard. You are returned to the Folders page; the discarded folder no longer appears. If you decide to keep the folder and the messages, click Cancel. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 178: Accounts

    • From address – the email address that want to appear in the From field on mail sent through this account • From Name – your name as you want it to appear on mail sent through this account April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 179 Remove mail from server as it’s collected box. By default, email retrieved from a POP3 server will remain on the POP3 server. 8 Select the folder you want mail from this server to be delivered to; Inbox is selected by default. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 180: Collect Mail From Pop3 Accounts

    Drafts and Sent folders, and the folder the email currently is in) are shown in the list. 3 Highlight the folder into which you want to move the message. Then click Go. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 181: Discard Email Messages

    To empty all messages from the Trash, click Empty Trash in the Email sidebar. You’ll be asked to confirm your action since the messages will be permanently deleted. Click Empty Folder to proceed, or click Cancel to return to the Trash folder. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 182: 20. Using Address Book On The Web

    Open your Address Book by clicking on the Jump page button bar. By default, the Browse Contacts view is displayed; all contacts are listed in alphabetical order, with their phone numbers and email addresses: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 183: Browse Contacts

    The arrow will then be displayed pointing up. Clicking it again would resort the list in descending order. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 184: Address Book Settings

    All your Address Book contacts are stored in categories. By default, your Address Book contains these categories: • Work • Family • Friends You can edit the names of these categories as well as create new ones, up to ten total. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 185 A new blank box is added at the bottom in case you want to add another category. 5 You will now be able to assign contacts to this new category, as well as use it to filter (sort) messages. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 186 Address Book includes the following labels: • Home • Work • Mobile • Fax • Personal You can edit the names of these labels and create new ones, up to ten total. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 187 1 In the Address Book sidebar, click Settings; then click the Labels tab at the top of the page to open the Labels page. 2 Click Discard Label to the right of the label you want to delete. The label’s text box is cleared. 3 Click Save. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 188: Add A Contact

    Cancel. Add a Contact You can add a contact to your Address Book by starting from scratch, or by duplicating an existing contact’s information, then editing it. Both methods are described below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 189 Using Address Book on the Web Add a New Contact from Scratch 1 On the Address Book sidebar, click New Contact. The New Contact Summary page opens: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 190: Edit A Contact

    Cancel to reset the form with the original information. 4 Click Save when you’ve made all your changes, or click Cancel to discard your changes and return to your last Browse Contacts view. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 191: Discard/Retrieve A Contact

    3 From the Move checked to drop-down list, select the category you want to move the contact to, then click Go. The contact is restored, and assigned to the selected category. To remove all contacts: Manage Contacts For instructions, read on page 188. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 192: Import Contacts

    1 Click Import in the sidebar. The Import page opens. This page includes step-by-step instructions for completing the import process: 2 Complete the form as instructed on the page, then click Import. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 193: Communicate With A Contact

    2 Click Empty Trash at the top or bottom of the page. You’ll be asked to confirm your action since the contacts will be permanently deleted. Click OK to proceed, or click Cancel to return to the Trash. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 194: 21. Using Calendar On The Web

    Open the Calendar application by clicking on your Jump page button bar, or by clicking the Calendar icon in the Calendar section of the Jump page. The Day View opens by default, with the current day displayed: April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 195 In addition to links to the various Calendar pages, you’ll see the current and next month displayed. To go to the Day view for any day in these two months, click the day. Your Web Calendar is always synchronized with the Calendar on your device. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 196: Settings

    2 Default Event Duration - Set the default event duration by selecting hours and minutes from the drop-down boxes. 3 Day View Grid Size - Set the increment in which time is displayed in the day view by selecting a value from the drop-down list. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 197: View Events

    (but not yet completed) will be listed. You can mark a task as completed by clicking the check box. Also, you can open the Task Information page by clicking the task name. On that page, you can mark a task as completed by clicking Mark Completed. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 198 Go opposite the Month/Day/Year box at the bottom of the sidebar When you are viewing the month that contains the current day, it’s highlighted to make it easily identifiable. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 199: View An Event

    Tip: From the Daily and Week views, you can quickly open the New Event page by clicking the time slot in which you want to add the event. Event information is divided into two categories: Basics and Reminder & Repetition. The Basics tab is selected by default. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 200 (which option is presented depends on your Settings; by default, it is start time and duration). 4 In the NOTES box, type any comments you want to make about the event. This is optional. 5 In the ICON section, select an icon to represent the event. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 201 Every month on the third Tuesday). • Every year on date (where date equals the date of the first occurrence of the event; e.g., Every year on May 21. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 202: Edit An Event

    4 Click the Reminder & Repetition tab if you wish to edit reminder or repetition information. 5 When you done with your edits, click Save. Discard an Event 1 Highlight the event from any of your Calendar views, then click Edit. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 203: Manage Your Trash

    3 To retrieve an event, check the box on the left side of the event, then click Retrieve Checked. The event will be removed from the list in the Trash; a message at the top of the page confirms the retrieval. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 204: Import Contacts

    1 Click Import in the sidebar. The Import page opens: 2 This page includes step-by-step instructions for completing the import process. Complete the form as instructed, then click Import. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 205: 22. Camera Gallery On The Web

    Jump page button bar. Your Camera Gallery opens: All photos are shown on the page in chronological order. The default order is the newest (most recent) photos first (upper left corner). April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 206: Sort Your Photos

    1 Select the check box to the left of the photo(s) you want to discard. Click Check All if you want to discard all your photos. 2 Click Discard Checked. You will be asked to confirm your deletion. 3 Click OK to permanently discard the photo(s), or click Cancel to keep your photos. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 207: Attach Photo(S) To An Email

    2 Check the photo(s) you want to attach, then click Send Checked. Your Camera Gallery is dismissed and your email is displayed, with the images shown as attachments. 3 If you decide to attach additional photos, click Attach Photos and repeat the process. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 208: 23. Keeping A To Do List On The Web

    Jump page button bar, or by clicking the To Do icon in the To Do section of the Jump page. This opens the Browse Tasks page: Your Jump page shows all your tasks that are both “upcoming” and “not completed”. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 209: About To Do Items

    For each task, the title, status (if overdue or completed), and due date (if applicable) are displayed. To view all tasks, including completed tasks, select All from the View drop-down list, then click Go. All tasks – overdue, finished, and incomplete – are listed together in chronological order. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 210: Add A New Task

    Discard Completed Tasks You can easily remove all completed tasks by clicking Discard Checked on the Browse Tasks page. The completed tasks are moved to the Trash. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 211: Manage Trash

    3 To retrieve a task, select the check box on the left side of the task, then click Retrieve Checked. The task will be removed from the list in the Trash; a message at the top of the page confirms the retrieval. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 212: 24. Keeping Notes On The Web

    Notes section of the Jump page. By default, the Browse Notes view is displayed: Browse Notes The Browse Notes page lists all your current notes on the right side of the page in alphabetical order, as shown in the illustration above. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 213: Add A Note

    2 Click Discard Checked at the top or bottom of the list of notes. All selected notes will be moved to Trash; a message at the top of the page confirms the discard. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 214: Manage Your Trash

    The note will be removed from the list of notes in Trash; a message at the top of the page confirms the retrieval. The modification date and time are not updated since the note itself has not been modified. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 215: 25. Settings On The Web

    Open your Settings on the Web by clicking Settings on the Jump page’s top menu bar. You will see three tabs on this page: Account Information and System Information. Account Information is selected by default: Each tab section is described in more detail below. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 216: Account Information

    • Device phone number - In case you forget it. • SIM ID - You may need this number if you need to contact Customer Care • Device ID - You may need this number if you need to contact Customer Care. April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 217 Index T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual Index default labels Symbols # (pound) tone discarding a category entering while on a call discarding a label * (star) tone editing a category entering while on a call editing a label .bmp files editing existing category...
  • Page 218 (outgoing) Browse Trashed Notes screen, Notes application attaching files from your computer attaching photos Bubbles, how to play limits buddies AutoSave capture mode adding AutoText blocking creating rules discarding April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 219 Web viewing an event filtering by views, about call forwarding CC field, Compose screen setting up charging your device turning off clearing your Call Log Call Log about code April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 220 Address Book categories adjusting Address Book labels control buttons SIM PIN number about deleting Back button entries in Call Log illustration POP3 account April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 221 113114 forwarding email message To Do task Inbox folder icon Web Browser bookmark number of custom folders you can create display icons opening hypertext links display, opening and closing reading an email message April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 222 POP3 accounts moving messages on the Web managing your mailbox size folders, bookmarks moving messages to folders adding opening an attachment discard April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 223 SIM card IMSI number handling a SIM Inbox handset on the Web using as phone Inbox folder headset about jack icon using with phone April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 224 Notes menu items switching screen names Refresh unblocking a buddy scrolling in Web pages Instant Messaging Service Stop Loading keyboard shortcuts To Do application View Bookmarks Web Browser jacks keypad dialing camera headset April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 225 Calendar events on the Web muting a phone call managing your Speed Dial list map a contact’s address mark message as read April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 226 Offline group, AIM using device as handset on/off button using headset voice mail one dot in title bar, meaning phone call opening April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 227 PIN for SIM card redialing a number placing phone calls Phone application placing a second call Reference Guide, PDF file for printing placing telephone calls refreshing a Web page placing a call April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 228 Phone email message roaming charges, about email messages on the Web text message Rock & Rocket, how to play sending email status indicator Sent folder safety, while using device about icon April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 229 (*) tone, entering while on call what you can do on device without a SIM Start Guide, PDF file for printing SIM card about April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 230 To Do items retrieving a discarded task on the Web discarding a task title (To Do) size limit discarding completed tasks viewing all on the Web editing a task viewing details emptying Trash April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 231 Alt key Week view device views of photo Gallery shift key SIM card voice mail your SIM card calling setting up un-mute button Speed Dial number unread emails volume listed on splash screen April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 232 Time Zone user information Week Calendar view details summary wheel, using Wireless Options roaming charges turning roaming on/off wireless, turning on and off Word files, reading as attachment Year Calendar view details summary April 15, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual...

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