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Press 

MENU 

 and select 

Edit Text

 to open the Edit Text submenu, or 

simply press and hold the trackball to open the Edit Text context menu. 
Select the operation you want to perform on the selected text. Note the 
standard shortcuts:

 

Cut  

 

MENU 

 

+

 X

 

Copy 

 

MENU 

 

+

 C 

 

 

Select All   

MENU 

 

+

 A

 

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You can paste text that you have copied to the device clipboard to any 
other text box in any application. Simply position your cursor where you 
want to paste the text, then use the Paste shortcut 

MENU 

 

+

 V

. (You can 

also open the menu and select 

Edit Text > Paste

.) Note that the device 

clipboard only stores one set of copied or cut text at a time.

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If you make a text edit and want to undo it, simply press 

MENU 

 

+

 Z

. To 

redo an undo, press 

MENU 

 

Shift

 +

 Z

AutoText

Use the AutoText feature to type text quickly and accurately: 

1

 

Press 

JUMP 

 to open the Jump screen. Press 

MENU 

 to open the menu, 

then select 

Settings > AutoText

. The AutoText screen appears.

2

 

The screen offers automatic formatting and word replacement options you 
can select. Open the menu to discard or create rules.

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The Device Interface

Summary of Contents for Sidekick 3

Page 1: ...Sidekick 3 Reference Guide 27 3003 01 Rev B R3 0 Mar 23 2006 Copyright 2006 Danger Inc All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...Controls 13 Mini Music Player 13 Volume Controls 14 Wireless On Off Control 14 Display Controls 15 Battery Charger 15 Removable Battery 17 SIM Card Slot 18 Memory Card Slot 18 USB 1 1 Port 19 Wrist St...

Page 3: ...erface 29 The Jump Screen 29 Menus 30 Title Bar and Indicators 31 Type and Edit Text 33 Navigate in Text Boxes 33 Delete Text 33 Cut Copy Paste Undo 33 AutoText 34 Type Special Unicode Characters 35 V...

Page 4: ...an Email Message 44 Fetch Email from External Accounts 44 Fetch Email Using Your Device s Web Browser 48 Attach a Photo to an Email Message 48 Address Book Add a Contact to the Address Book 49 Import...

Page 5: ...alog 59 Manage Your Downloaded Items 60 Instant Messaging Sign On 61 Send an Instant Message 61 Switch Between IM Conversations 62 VII Keyboard Shortcuts 63 VIII Troubleshooting 64 IX Handling and Saf...

Page 6: ...send and receive email with image attachments Other features include a full featured phone personal information management PIM applications access to a personal Web portal the Desktop Interface enter...

Page 7: ...movable battery miniSD card USB cable Battery charger wall adapter Hands free stereo headset Wrist strap Carrying case Sidekick Start Guide Sidekick Reference Guide If any of these items are missing p...

Page 8: ...screen will spring into the open position The normal operating position of the device is horizontal with the trackball on the right as shown above To close the display reverse the motion to pivot the...

Page 9: ...d or highlighted in a list Press with no number typed to display a list of recently dialed numbers SPEAKER When using the device as a handset place the speaker to your ear MICROPHONE When you are usin...

Page 10: ...with Bluetooth devices If prompted type the device s PIN code then press DONE to dismiss the PIN Code dialog box 4 By default your call s sound will go through the device handset To send or receive yo...

Page 11: ...s these buttons to page up or down DONE button Pressing DONE takes you back through the screens you were previously viewing until you reach the Jump screen On a screen or in a dialog box press DONE to...

Page 12: ...ulder button captures a photo While using the Phone the left shoulder button toggles Mute and the right shoulder button toggles Speakerphone In the Email and MMS compose screens the right shoulder but...

Page 13: ...in the Play Queue roll the trackball down and select the Play Queue pane Roll the trackball left or right to scroll through the songs in your queue To jump to a specific place in a song roll the track...

Page 14: ...ying a song or on the phone the volume control panel includes separate volume controls for the music or phone call This control is focused by default to change your Sound Profile roll the trackball do...

Page 15: ...Jump screen by pressing MENU then selecting Settings Battery Display Scroll down to highlight the Brightness slider Press the trackball to open the slider for adjustment Roll right to increase brightn...

Page 16: ...e battery charge for at least four hours When you first receive your device you must fully charge the battery for the system to perform battery reading calibration and deliver full capacity As the dev...

Page 17: ...he device over With the camera at the top press the cover latch with your right thumb push the cover left to release then lift the cover to remove it 3 Push the battery in slightly then lift the batte...

Page 18: ...brackets are on top of the card holding the card into place 4 To remove the SIM card insert your nail or paper clip into the notch in the case located next to the card in order to move the card up sli...

Page 19: ...card inserted you can manage the contents of the card by connecting a USB cable to the device and your computer The flash memory will appear as a drive on your computer and you will be able to add or...

Page 20: ...e and password 1 Wait for account activation Before you can use your account your account must be activated This can take up to 48 hours but usually takes only 1 3 hours While you wait step through th...

Page 21: ...l address for example username example com Before you select a username read the following guidelines Usernames must start with an alphabetic character A Z and can include numbers and underscores _ bu...

Page 22: ...a password that is more than seven characters long mixes letters and numerals and uses upper and lower case letters Passwords are case sensitive For example if you set your password to be Hard2Guess t...

Page 23: ...lect the Next button to indicate your acceptance and transmit your registration data 8 Wait while data transmits Wait while the data you entered in Registration transmits to T Mobile The service will...

Page 24: ...ename your device as it appears to others and select an option requiring that others authenticate before connecting to your device For maximum privacy and security make sure you select the Require aut...

Page 25: ...Backgrounds 2 Highlight your choice of background from the submenu then press the trackball to set it Backlighting For better screen visibility in poor light enable backlighting 1 Press JUMP to open t...

Page 26: ...e press MENU DONE You can also wake the device by opening the screen If you have set a privacy code see next section type it at the prompt To prevent display damage after your device has been in key g...

Page 27: ...3 Enter a three digit code using the keyboard or the dial At the prompt re enter your code to verify 4 A New Combination Enabled message appears Select OK 5 Press DONE to save your settings and return...

Page 28: ...e Locale Settings screen 1 Press JUMP to open the Jump screen Press MENU to open the menu then select Settings Locale The Locale screen appears 2 All available locales are listed in the Language pop u...

Page 29: ...es device wide settings and controls 1 Go to the Jump screen from any screen by pressing JUMP The Phone splash screen is selected by default 2 Press MENU from the Jump screen to open the Jump screen m...

Page 30: ...e while on that screen These actions are listed in a floating window which you open by pressing the Menu button MENU Menu items with submenus are noted with a right pointing arrowhead The Email Settin...

Page 31: ...dicators One dot device is connecting to the GPRS EDGE network two dots getting IP address three dots connecting to the data service G fully connected to the data service GSM Phone service only A phon...

Page 32: ...l see a visual balloon notification move across the title bar while you re in any application except games Until you check your new message or go to your Web page you ll see the appropriate icon in th...

Page 33: ...ckball left right To jump to the top bottom of a text box press MENU or Delete Text To delete a character to the left of the cursor press the DEL To delete a character to the right of the cursor press...

Page 34: ...e the text then use the Paste shortcut MENU V You can also open the menu and select Edit Text Paste Note that the device clipboard only stores one set of copied or cut text at a time 5 If you make a t...

Page 35: ...cter Here are some useful tips in using the Special Character selector With the selector open you can show the same characters capitalized by pressing Shift the character like a Toggle back to lowerca...

Page 36: ...cluded in the box Once you ve signed in your Jump page will open Use the Jump page navigation buttons to open the various applications Open the online Help page by clicking the Help link Import existi...

Page 37: ...The Desktop Interface 37 Desktop Interface Jump Page Remember When you ve finished using the Web applications always click the Sign Out link to exit the Web site securely...

Page 38: ...o place the call To dial using letters such as 1 800 LETTERS First open the on screen dial pad by selecting the button on the Phone screen Now you can use the keyboard to type letters and the on scree...

Page 39: ...or hands free for use with the phone read Bluetooth Headset or Hands free on page 10 Answer a Phone Call When your device signals an incoming phone call the display will show the name of the caller an...

Page 40: ...hold the 1 key The voice mail system will prompt you to type a password which will be the last four digits of your mobile number 2 After you are in the voice mailbox you will be prompted through a tu...

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