User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Handbook for Palm™ Tungsten™ T m550 Handhelds
- Contents
- About This Book
- Setting Up Your Palm™ Tungsten™ T Handheld
- Exploring Your Handheld
- Entering Data on Your Handheld
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Using Graffiti writing to enter data
- Beaming data
- Sending data
- Using your computer keyboard
- Importing data
- Using Note Pad
- Using Voice Memo
- Using a portable keyboard
- Working with Applications
- Opening applications
- Switching between applications
- Categorizing applications
- Changing the Applications Launcher display
- Copying applications to or from an expansion card
- Selecting copy settings
- Using menus
- Choosing application preferences
- Performing common tasks
- Creating records
- Editing records
- Deleting records
- Purging records
- Categorizing records
- Finding information
- Sorting lists of records
- Attaching notes
- Choosing fonts
- Receiving and alerts
- Hiding or masking private records
- Installing and removing applications
- Using Address Book
- Using Calculator
- Using Card Info
- Using Date Book
- Using Expense
- Using Memo Pad
- Using Note Pad
- Using Phone Link
- Using To Do List
- Using Voice Memo
- Using World Clock
- Performing HotSync® Operations
- Selecting HotSync setup options
- Customizing HotSync application settings
- Conducting cradle/cable HotSync operations
- Conducting IR HotSync operations
- Conducting modem HotSync operations
- Conducting Bluetooth HotSync operations
- Conducting network HotSync operations
- Using File Link
- Creating a user profile
- Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
- Setting General Preferences
- Setting Communication Preferences
- To open the Communication Preferences screens:
- Bluetooth Preferences
- Connection Preferences
- Network preferences
- Creating and selecting network service profiles
- Entering a user name
- Entering a password
- Selecting a connection
- Adding telephone settings
- Entering a prefix
- Disabling Call Waiting
- Using a calling card
- Connecting to your service
- LAN access points
- Accessing the Internet with a Bluetooth phone or LAN access point
- Adding detailed information to a network service profile
- Idle timeout
- Defining primary and secondary DNS
- IP address
- Login scripts
- Creating a login script on your handheld
- Plug-in applications
- Deleting a network service profile
- Network preferences menu commands
- Service menu
- Options menu
- TCP/IP troubleshooting
- Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages
- Viewing the Network Log
- Adding a DNS number
- Phone Preferences
- Setting Personal Preferences
- Maintaining Your Handheld
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Product Regulatory Information
- Index
Appendix A Maintaining Your Handheld
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Prolonging battery life
Note the following considerations for the battery in your handheld:
■ Under normal conditions your handheld battery should remain charged when
you place it in the cradle/cable for just a few minutes each day. You can
conserve battery life by doing any of the following:
– Turn off or reduce the brightness of the backlight feature. See “Using the
backlight” in Chapter 2 for more information.
– Change the Auto-off setting that automatically turns the handheld off after
a period of inactivity. See “Auto-off after” in Chapter 17 for more
information.
– Turn off the Bluetooth feature when you’re not using it. See “Bluetooth
Preferences” in Chapter 17 for more information.
– Minimize accessing the expansion card slot.
■ If the battery becomes low in the course of normal use, an alert appears on the
handheld screen, describing the low battery condition. If this alert appears,
perform a HotSync
®
operation to back up your data; then leave your handheld
in the cradle/cable to recharge the unit. This helps prevent accidental data loss.
■ If the battery drains to the point where your handheld does not operate, it stores
your data safely for about a week. In this case there is enough residual energy
in the battery to store the data, but not enough to turn on your handheld. If your
handheld does not turn on when you press the power button, you should
recharge the unit immediately. The battery may not have enough residual
energy to power the indicator light, which is normally green when the battery
is charging.
■ If your battery drains and you have the unit in an uncharged state for an
extended period of time, you can lose all your stored data.
■ There are no serviceable parts inside your handheld, so do not attempt to open
the unit.
■ If you ever dispose of your handheld, please dispose of it without damaging the
environment. Take your handheld to your nearest environmental recycling
center.
Resetting your handheld
Under normal circumstances you will not have to use the reset button. On rare
occasions, however, your handheld may no longer respond to buttons or to the
screen. In this case you need to perform a reset to get your handheld running
again.
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