Dell STREAK 7 User manual

Dell™ Streak 7

User's Manual

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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make

better use of your product.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss

of data if instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,

personal injury, or death.

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Contents 3

Contents

1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . 11

Getting Your Tablet Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11

Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

3 About Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . . . 14

Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . 17

Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Notifications and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Customizing Your Home Screen . . . . . . . . . 25

The Dell Stage Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Navigating the Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . . . . 40

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4Contents

Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Messaging (on 3G model only) . . . . . . . . . . 44

Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Swype Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Dell Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . 59

5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Synchronizing Your Google Data . . . . . . . . 103

6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . 104

Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . 104

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Sound and Ringtone Settings . . . . . . . . . . 106

Date, Time, and Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . 109

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Protect Your Device Data with a Screen

Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Protect Your Device Data with a PIN . . . . . . 111

Protect Your Device Data with a Password . . 112

Protect Your SIM Card with the SIM Lock

Password (on 3G model only) . . . . . . . . . . 113

8Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Bluetooth® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

9 Connect and Sync with a Computer Using

Dell Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 136

Emergency Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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6Features

Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features

This section provides information about the features available on your

device.

NOTE: The features or applications described in this User’s Manual may

not be all available on your device, and may vary depending on the

model you purchase.

Buttons/Ports/Parts Functionality

1Headphone connector Connects to headphones.

2Speaker Provides audio output for video and

music playback.

3Volume up button • Press to increase the volume by

one level.

• Press and hold to continuously

increase the volume.

4Volume down button • Press to decrease the volume by

one level.

• Press and hold to continuously

decrease the volume.

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5Power and Sleep/Wake button • Press and hold to turn on the

device.

• Press to turn the screen on or off.

• While the device is on, press and

hold to turn off the device. Touch

OK when the Power off menu

appears.

6Battery status light Indicates the battery charge status

and pending notifications. The

different lights indicate the following:

• Solid green — Battery is fully

charged when connected to

power.

• Solid amber — Battery is charging.

• Solid red — Battery charge is low

and the battery is charging.

• Blinking red — Battery charge is

low.

• Blinking green — Indicates pending

notifications.

7Back button Touch to return to the previous

screen, close a dialog box, menu, or

pop-up message, and to dismiss the

keyboard.

8Menu button Touch to open or close options

menus that display available tools for

the current application or actions that

you can perform on the current

screen.

Buttons/Ports/Parts Functionality

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8Features

9Home button • When viewing other Home screens,

you can touch this button to return

to the central Home screen.

• When performing any function on

the device, such as working with

applications, widgets, and so on,

you can touch this button to return

to the last Home screen you

viewed, or touch this button again

to return to the central Home

screen.

Buttons/Ports/Parts Functionality

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130-pin port • Connects to the supplied USB

cable for transferring files to and

from a computer.

• Connects to the supplied USB

cable and USB wall-charger

adapter to charge the device.

2Touch screen Touch the screen to use the on-

screen controls including buttons,

menu items, and the keyboard.

3Force power-off button Push the button to force power off

the device.

4SD card slot Holds the SD card in place.

5SIM card slot (on 3G model only) Holds the SIM card in place.

6Slot door Provides access to the SIM card and

SD card slots.

7Speaker Provides audio output for video and

music playback.

8Microphone Used for making video calls with

supportive web applications, such as

Skype.

9Front-facing camera • Used for capturing a front view

picture, for example, a self-portrait.

• Used for making video calls with

supportive web applications, such

as Skype.

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10 Features

1Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.

2Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and

videos in dimly lit environments.

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