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Palm TREO 680 User Manual

Manual is about: Palm PDA User Guide Treo 680 Smart Device

Summary of TREO 680

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 i table of contents welcome to at&t 1 overview: your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device 1 setup 2 insert the battery 2 complete setup 3 navigation 4 wake up the touchscreen and turn it off 4 move around the touchscreen 5 use the keyboard 6 open applications 8 your phone 9 turn your pho...

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    Ii palm ® treo ™ 680 your contacts, calendar, messages, and web 24 contacts 24 calendar 26 messaging 27 web browser 28 your music and pictures 30 listen to music 30 take pictures 33 troubleshooting 35 tips and tricks 37 keyboard 37 phone 37 data 38 typing 38 browser 39 navigation 39 general 39 statu...

  • Page 3: Overview: Your Palm

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 1 welcome to at&t overview: your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device indicator light (phone and charge indicator) calendar microphone earpiece menu send phone side button volume power/end messaging applications 5-way navigator and center button multi-connector headset jack stylus ringer...

  • Page 4: Insert The Battery

    2 palm ® treo ™ 680 setup insert the battery 1. Remove the battery door. 2. Insert the battery into the compartment. 3. Slide the battery door back into place. 4. Connect the charger. The touchscreen on your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device turns on. Wait for the progress bar to fill and the language ...

  • Page 5: Complete Setup

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 3 complete setup 1. Select the language you want to use. 2. Follow the onscreen instructions to set the date and time. Note: if you want your treo 680 to obtain the date, time, and time zone from the local network, accept the default setting on the date & time screen. 3. When the s...

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    4 palm ® treo ™ 680 navigation wake up the touchscreen and turn it off the phone and the touchscreen of your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device can be turned off and on separately. When you wake up the touchscreen and leave the phone off you can use only the organizer features, for example, when you’re ...

  • Page 7: Move Around The Touchscreen

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 5 move around the touchscreen to move around the touchscreen on your treo 680, you can use the 5-way navigator, or you can tap items on the touchscreen with the stylus. The 5-way includes the following buttons: highlight and select items the highlight identifies which item is affec...

  • Page 8: Use The Keyboard

    6 palm ® treo ™ 680 select menu items many applications have menus to give you access to additional features. These menus are usually hidden from view, but they appear when you press menu . 1. Press menu to display an application’s menus. 2. Press right and left to switch between menus. 3. Press up ...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 7 enter lowercase and uppercase letters • to enter lowercase letters, press the key you want. • to enter an uppercase letter, press shift/find and then press a letter key—no need to hold shift/find while entering the letter. • to turn caps lock on, press shift/find twice. The follo...

  • Page 10: Open Applications

    8 palm ® treo ™ 680 open applications when you open an application using a quick button or applications view, you automatically close the application you were previously using and save any information you created in that app. Use the quick buttons the front of your treo 680 has three quick buttons t...

  • Page 11: Turn Your Phone On and Off

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 9 your phone turn your phone on and off when your phone is on, it is connected to the at&t network (provided you’re in a coverage area) so that you can make and receive phone calls and use wireless services, such as email, messaging, and the web browser. During initial setup, your ...

  • Page 12: Make And Receive Calls

    10 palm ® treo ™ 680 make and receive calls to make and receive calls, your phone must be on. When your phone is off, your incoming calls go to voicemail. Dial using the keyboard 1. Press phone . 2. If prompted, press center to turn off keyguard. 3. Use the number keys on the keyboard to enter the p...

  • Page 13: Set Up Voicemail

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 11 ignore calls to ignore a call, do one of the following: send the call to voicemail: press power/end or select ignore. Send the caller a text message: select ignore with text. This option sends the call to voicemail and opens a text message addressed to the caller. (sending text ...

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    12 palm ® treo ™ 680 what can i do when i’m on a call? When you make or receive a call, active call view appears. Use the 5-way or stylus to select any of the following onscreen buttons: 0 tip while a call is in progress, press the volume button on the side of your treo 680 to adjust the call volume...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 13 0 did you know? If the touchscreen dims during a call, press any key except send or power/end to restore the touchscreen brightness. Puts a call on hold. To take the call off hold, select this button again. Lets you make another call while the first call is on hold. Opens the di...

  • Page 16: Set Up Personal Email

    14 palm ® treo ™ 680 your email choose the best email option before you begin: you must have a data plan with at&t to use email on your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device. You can use your treo 680 to access email from both personal and corporate email accounts. • a personal email account is an account ...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 15 3. Make up a descriptive name for this account and enter it in the account name field. For example, personal email. 4. Select the mail service pick list, select your email provider, such as aol, and then select next. 5. Enter the username for your email account. Your username us...

  • Page 18: Set Up Corporate Email

    16 palm ® treo ™ 680 set up corporate email there are two types of applications you can use to access corporate email on your treo 680: self-service xpress mail is a self-service option for accessing your corporate email from your treo 680 without support from it. Using xpress mail with a corporate ...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 17 set up xpress mail on your computer before you begin: you need the following: • your work email address • the type of mail server your company uses: microsoft exchange, lotus notes, or imap • the computer you use to access your corporate email (internet connection required) 1. O...

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    18 palm ® treo ™ 680 4. Click next. 5. Click download to copy xpress mail desktop software to your computer. 6. When the file download dialog box appears, click open. 7. Click yes to install xpress mail personal edition. 8. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation. On the completi...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 19 11.If you want to access files on your computer from your treo 680, check the enable access to documents box, and then click finish. Your web browser displays the congratulations! Page to confirm that xpress mail is connected to your corporate email account. You have finished in...

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    20 palm ® treo ™ 680 install xpress mail on your treo 680 before you begin: make sure your phone is on and that you are in an area where a data connection is available. You can tell a data connection is available when either a black triangle or green arrows appear in the signal-strength icon in the ...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 21 8. When prompted, select reset. Resetting is complete when the phone application appears. 9. Press messaging . 10.Enter the 10-digit mobile phone number for your treo 680, and then select next. 11.Select personal edition, and then select next. 12.Enter the xpress mail username a...

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    22 palm ® treo ™ 680 synchronization why synchronize information? Synchronizing means that information you enter in one place—your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device or your computer—is automatically entered in the other; so there’s no need to enter the information twice. Sync your palm ® treo ™ 680 and...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 23 3. Select the same language you selected on your treo 680, and then follow the onscreen instructions. 4. When the install program asks you to sync, connect the usb sync cable to a usb port on your computer and to the socket on the bottom of your treo 680. 5. Press the sync butto...

  • Page 26: Contacts

    24 palm ® treo ™ 680 your contacts, calendar, messages, and web contacts enter names and phone numbers 1. Press phone . 2. Select the contacts tab. 3. Press menu . 4. Select new contact from the record menu. 5. Use the 5-way to move between fields as you enter info. 6. Do any of the following: add a...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 25 dial by contact name 1. Press phone . 2. Select the contacts tab. 3. Use the keyboard to start entering one of the following for the contact you want to call: • first name (joh for john) • last name (smi for smith) • first initial and last name (jsm for john smith) for example, ...

  • Page 28: Calendar

    26 palm ® treo ™ 680 calendar to enter a new appointment: 1. Press calendar until day view appears. 2. Select go to and then select the desired day. 3. Select new. 4. Using the keyboard, enter a starting hour and minute for the event, such as 545 for 5:45. 5. Select the end time box and enter the en...

  • Page 29: Messaging

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 27 messaging before you begin: consult at&t for pricing and availability of text and multimedia messaging services. To send a text or multimedia message: 1. Press applications and select messaging . 2. Select new. 3. Select the to field and do one of the following: • enter the firs...

  • Page 30: Web Browser

    28 palm ® treo ™ 680 web browser before you begin: you must have a data plan on your at&t account to browse the web on your treo 680. 1. Press applications and select web to open the blazer ® web browser. If necessary, select yes to turn on your phone, and yes to connect to the internet. Note: to co...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 29 use the 5-way to access any of the following icons in the title bar: 0 did you know? After you configure an email application on your treo 680, you can select an email address link from a web page to create a message to the selected address. Goes to your home page. Opens a dialo...

  • Page 32: Listen To Music

    30 treo 680 your music and pictures listen to music to listen to music on your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device, you need to convert the music files into mp3 format using windows media player (windows computers) or itunes (mac computers), and then transfer the music files to your treo 680 or an expans...

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    Treo 680 31 set up itunes for mp3 1. On your mac, open itunes. 2. Select preferences. 3. Click the advanced button at the top of the window, and then click importing. 4. Click the import using pop-up menu and select mp3 encoder. 5. Click the setting pop-up menu and select good quality. Transfer mp3 ...

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    32 treo 680 4. Do one of the following: windows: open windows media player on your computer. Select the sync tab, and then select palm handheld from the drop-down list. Select start sync. The files are transferred to your treo 680. Note: do not press the sync button on your cable. Windows media play...

  • Page 35: Take Pictures

    Treo 680 33 note: to adjust the volume during playback, press the volume button on the side of your treo. See your user guide for more information about playing music on your treo. Take pictures you can use the built-in camera that comes with your treo 680 (camera version only) to take and view pict...

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    34 treo 680 5. Press center to capture the picture. 6. Do any of the following: 0 see user guide: your palm ® treo ™ 680 smart device for more information about taking and viewing photos and videos on your treo. Tip to add an audio caption later, open the picture and then select audio caption from t...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 35 troubleshooting i need to insert my sim card 1. Remove the battery door and battery. 2. Slide the sim tray out of the slot. 3. Insert the notched end of the sim card into the sim tray, and then press the other end of the card into place. 4. Slide the sim tray back into the slot....

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    36 palm ® treo ™ 680 nothing happens when i press a key do a soft reset by removing the battery and reinserting it. I don't want keyguard to turn on automatically 1. Press applications and select prefs . 2. Select keyguard. 3. Select the auto-keyguard pick list, and then select disable. 4. Select do...

  • Page 39: Keyboard

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 37 tips and tricks keyboard 0 phone 0 to: do: lock the keyboard press option + power/end unlock the keyboard press center adjust the brightness press option + p ; press left to decrease the brightness or right to increase it to: do: turn speakerphone on and off during a call select...

  • Page 40: Data

    38 palm ® treo ™ 680 data 0 typing 0 to: do: use your treo 680 with your pc as a wireless modem make sure your computer has bluetooth ® wireless technology and your treo 680 has a data plan that allows tethered use. Call 1-800-331-0500 to check on your data plan. Then, see your palm treo 680 smart d...

  • Page 41: Browser

    Palm ® treo ™ 680 39 browser 0 navigation 0 general 0 to: do: move to wide page mode press menu + w move to optimized mode press menu + o jump to the toolbar press space toggle between fast and normal mode select switch between bookmark and page view press menu + v to: do: page up one screen press a...

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    40 palm ® treo ™ 680 status indicators 0 phone on with wireless coverage phone on without wireless coverage sim locked, emergency calls only wireless services off call forwarding on signal strength without data coverage signal strength with data coverage available signal strength with active data co...

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    Palm ® treo ™ 680 41.

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    42 palm ® treo ™ 680 intellectual property notices © 2007 palm, inc. All rights reserved. Trademark, copyright, patent, and other intellectual property notices are set forth on page ii within your palm treo 680 smart device user guide installed on the cd. At&t, at&t logo, cingular and cingular logos...