Palm Tungsten T2 Manual

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CHAPTER 2

Your Handheld

Like a good personal assistant, your

handheld helps you keep track of your

schedule, your business and personal

contacts, your to-do list, even your

Microsoft Office and multimedia files.

Stay productive by carrying more of

your important files and documents.

Get connected with wireless access to

email, text messages, and the web.

View digital photo and video albums

directly on your handheld, or insert an

expansion card (sold separately) to

listen to your favorite music. And don’t

worry about losing your information—

even if the battery drains completely,

the information stays in your

handheld’s memory. Simply recharge

to access it again.

Benefits

• Carry more of your important

information, and work with it on the

• Save time and stay organized

• Travel light

• Never lose important information

• Stay in touch with wireless

connectivity

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apter

What’s on my handheld?

What’s on the screen?

What software is on my

handheld?

What’s on the CD?

Related topics

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What’s on my handheld?

Front

Screen Displays the applications and information on your handheld. The

screen is touch-sensitive.

Input area Lets you enter info with Graffiti® 2 writing or open the onscreen

keyboard.

5-way navigator Helps you move around and select info to display on the screen.

Quick buttons Turn on your handheld and open Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Note

Pad.

Screen

5-way navigator

Calendar

Contacts

Tasks

Note Pad

Input area

Quick Buttons

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To p

IR port Beams information between handhelds and other devices that have an

IR port.

Expansion card

slot

Lets you insert an expansion card (sold separately) to play music, back

up info, and add memory, applications, and accessories to your

handheld.

Power button Turns your handheld on or off and lets you turn Keylock on (if active).

Headphone jack Lets you connect standard 3.5mm headphones (sold separately) to

your handheld so you can listen to music and other audio applications.

Stylus Lets you enter information on your handheld. To use the stylus, slide it

out of the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. Using your

fingertip instead of the stylus is OK, but don’t use your fingernail, a real

pen, or any other sharp object to touch the screen.

Key Term

IR Short for infrared.

Beaming uses infrared

technology to send

information between two

IR ports that are within a

few feet of each other.

Did You Know?

Beaming lets you quickly

share appointments,

addresses, phone

numbers, and more.

Stylus

Expansion

card slot

Power button

IR port

Headphone

jack

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Back

Speaker Lets you listen to alarms, game and system sounds, and music.

Reset button Resets your handheld if it freezes (stops responding).

Multi-connector Lets you connect a sync cable (included) or a cradle (sold separately)

to your computer so you can synchronize. Also lets you connect the

AC charger to your handheld so you can charge it.

Bluetooth®radio

(internal)

Enables your handheld to connect with other devices (sold

separately) that use Bluetooth®wireless technology.

Key Term

USB The type of

connector or cable that’s

commonly used to

connect accessories to a

computer.

Multi-

connector

Reset

button

Bluetooth®radio

(internal)

Speaker

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What’s on the screen?

Your handheld includes many features that make it easy to use. Among them are the input area

and the common elements that appear on the screen in each of the applications. Once you learn

how to use them in one application you can easily use them in all the others.

Input area

Tapping the icons in the input area does the following:

Clock icon Displays the current time and date. The display closes automatically after

two seconds. See Setting the date and time and Managing Clock

Settings for more information.

Brightness icon Opens the Adjust Display dialog box, where you can set the brightness of

your handheld’s display. See Adjusting the brightness for instructions.

Home icon Displays Applications View, where you can open applications. See

Opening applications for more information.

Menu icon Opens the menus, where you can select items that provide access to

other features. See Using menus for more information.

Tip

If you use another

application frequently,

customize the input area

to display that

application’s icon. Tap

and hold any of the four

large icons, and select the

new application you want

from the list. The new

application’s icon

replaces the icon you

tapped. Star icon

Letter keyboard

Icon

Find icon

Home icon

Menu icon

Number keyboard

Icon

Clock icon Brightness icon

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Application controls

Star icon Displays Favorites View, where you can open applications. See Opening

applications for more information.

Find icon Opens the Find dialog box, where you can search for information. See

Finding information for more details.

Letter keyboard

icon

Opens the alphabetic keyboard. See Entering information with the

onscreen keyboard for details.

Number

keyboard icon

Opens the numeric keyboard. See Entering information with the

onscreen keyboard for details.

Previous/next

arrows

Select the left and right arrows to view the previous and next entry; where

up and down arrows appear, select them to view the previous and next

screens of information.

Scroll bar Drag the slider, or tap the top or bottom arrow, to scroll the display one line

at a time. To scroll to the previous screen, tap the scroll bar just above the

slider. To scroll to the next screen, tap the scroll bar just below the slider.

Scroll bar

Previous/next arrows

Command button

Pick list

Entry box

Box

Tips icon

Key Term

Slider The solid area on

the scroll bar. The slider

moves to indicate the

relative position within

the entry or list.

Tip

You can also use the

5-way navigator to select

an item from a pick list

and to select some

command buttons.

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Command

button

Select a button, such as OK, Cancel, or Details, to perform a command or to

open a dialog box. Command buttons appear at the bottom of dialog boxes

and application screens.

Tips icon Tap the Tips icon to view shortcuts and other useful information for the

screen where the icon is located. When you have finished viewing the tip,

select Done.

Entry box Tap an entry box to open a dialog box where you can enter info for that field.

Pick list Select the arrow to display a list of choices, and then select an item in the

list.

Box Check or uncheck a box to select or deselect it. When a box is checked, the

corresponding option is selected and active. When a box is unchecked, the

corresponding option is deselected and inactive.

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What software is on my handheld?

Your handheld comes with many applications preinstalled and ready to use.

Favorites Customize a list of your favorite applications and web pages so that you can

locate and open them quickly.

Calendar Manage your schedule from single entries, like lunch with a friend, to repeating

and extended events, like weekly meetings and holidays. Even color-code your

schedule by category.

Contacts Store names and addresses, phone numbers, email and website addresses—

even add a birthday alarm or a contact’s photo.

Media View and organize photos and videos.

RealPlayer®Carry music on expansion cards (sold separately), create playlists, and listen to

music on your handheld. This application has a companion desktop application

that you can install from the CD (Windows only). Both Mac and Windows users

can use RealPlayer on the handheld.

Bluetooth®Set up wireless connections to a mobile phone, network, or computer for sending

and receiving information.

Web Browse your favorite sites on the web using the built-in Bluetooth technology on

your handheld.

Ta s k s Stay on top of your to-do list. Enter things you need to do, prioritize them, set

alarms, and then monitor your deadlines.

Memos Capture information such as meeting notes, lists of books to read, movies to see,

recipes, and anything else you need to write down.

Note Pad Write on the screen in your own handwriting or draw a quick sketch.

Calculator Solve basic math calculations such as splitting restaurant bills and figuring tips.

Tip

Can’t find some of these

applications? Tap the

category list in the upper-

right corner of

Applications View and

select All.

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What’s on the CD?

The Tungsten™ E2 software installation CD includes desktop software for your computer and

additional software for your handheld.

The desktop software lets you use your computer to view, enter, and manage info for many of the

applications on your handheld.

You must install Palm®Desktop software in order to synchronize your handheld with

your computer. When you synchronize, information entered on either your computer or your

handheld is instantly updated in the other location—no need to enter info twice. Synchronizing

also creates a backup copy of the info on your handheld on your computer.

The additional software lets you do more things with your handheld. When you set up your

handheld you may install some (or all) of these applications. You can install any of the applications

at any time after you set up your handheld as well.

Quick Tour Learn about your handheld and how to enter information.

Expense Track business or travel expenses and print expense reports after you

synchronize.

HotSync®Synchronize the info on your handheld with the info on your computer.

Prefs Customize your handheld’s sound levels, colors, security, and more.

Card Info View information about an expansion card seated in the expansion card slot.

World Clock Set the time in your home city and two other locations, and set an alarm to wake

you up.

NOTE

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The software installation CD includes titles such as the following:

Palm®Desktop software View, enter, manage, and back up info for Calendar, Contacts, Tasks,

Media, Memos, and Expense on your computer (Expense and Media

are Windows only). You can also view, manage, and back up info for

Note Pad. When you synchronize your handheld with your computer,

this info is updated in both places. Palm Desktop software is installed

automatically during the initial CD installation process.

Palm Desktop includes HotSync®Manager software, which allows you

to customize the settings for synchronization. You can access HotSync

Manager by selecting its icon in the task bar at the bottom of your

computer screen.

During installation, you can choose to synchronize your

handheld with Microsoft Outlook on your computer (Windows only). If

you do, information in Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Memos is

synchronized with information in Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes

in Outlook. Information in Expense, Note Pad, and Media is still

synchronized with information in Expense, Note Pad, and Media in

Palm Desktop software.

Quick Install

(Windows only)

Install applications and transfer files from your Windows computer to

your handheld or to an expansion card that is seated in the expansion

card slot for use on your handheld. Quick Install is installed

automatically when you synchronize during the initial CD installation

process.

HotSync Manager

NOTE

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