Unpack your smartphone Your Acer smartphone comes packed in a cardboard box. Care- fully unpack the box and remove the contents. If any of the following items are missing or damaged, contact your dealer immediately: • Acer F900 Smartphone • Stylus •...
Indicates Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS status. indicator Light sensor Senses ambient light to adjust screen brightness for comfortable viewing. Phone speaker Emits audio from your smartphone; suit- able for holding to your ear. Charge indicator Indicates battery charge status. Acer F900 Smartphone Quick Guide...
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No. Item Description Touchscreen 800 x 480 pixel screen to display data, phone content and enter information. Talk/send button Activate phone/dial/view recently dialed numbers/answer a call. End button Press to end a call/disconnect GPRS; press and hold to turn the phone function on/off. Start button Press to open the Start menu.
Blue Flashing Bluetooth on Charge indicator: State Description Color Flashing Battery is low and needs recharging/alarm notification (missed call, new message, etc.) Steady Battery is charging Green Flashing Phone is active Steady Battery fully charged Acer F900 Smartphone Quick Guide...
Install the SIM card To take full advantage of your smartphone’s telephony capa- bilities, you must install a SIM card. The SIM card holder is located above the battery compartment. Open the battery compartment Gently, but firmly pull both sides of the battery cover to release it.
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Slide the battery locking tab so it holds the battery in place. CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. Gently, but firmly clip the battery cover in place. Acer F900 Smartphone Quick Guide...
Remove the SIM card and battery Open the battery compartment as shown in “Open the battery compartment“ on page 11. Open the battery locking tab. Using the small tab on the upper right side of the battery, carefully lift it out of its compartment.
Charging complete: LED indicator steady green. If the battery level becomes low in the course of normal use, a status icon appears on the smartphone screen indicating low battery status and an alarm sounds. The charge indicator will flash red. Acer F900 Smartphone Quick Guide...
After you’ve finished the initial setup, you will be asked if you want to install the following add-on applications: • Acer Album: Displays photos and images in thumbnail and full-screen views. • Acer Namecard Manager: Detects and stores text from photos of business cards for easy contact management.
• Acer Backup Utility: Creates backup copies of your cal- endar, contacts, tasks, personal profile, network set- tings, My Documents and messages. • Acer Voice Commander: Uses voice commands to look up contacts, make phone calls, retrieve calendar infor- mation and control media playback.
You will be asked if you want to view the Icon Matrix or Acer 3D view as the default. The Acer 3D view gives you icon-based access to many of the applications and features of your smartphone. You can scroll from side to side by dragging your finger or stylus to the left or right (only part of the screen will be visible at any time).
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You can add or remove icons by tap- ping and holding anywhere on the Acer 3D view. This will reveal a tab that you can tap and drag up to show additional functions. Tap and drag icons between the desktop and the tab to add or remove them.
Before making a call The phone function needs to be turned on before you can make voice and video calls; you can turn the phone on from the Comm. Manager (refer to Chapter 7 of the smartphone User Guide), or by press- ing and holding the End key.
Bluetooth headsets. This allows you to use the unit handsfree when making calls, without the inconvenience of wires. Refer to Chapter 8 of the smartphone User Guide for more details on using a Bluetooth headset. Acer F900 Smartphone Quick Guide...