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Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet

Word suggestion settings

Create your personal dictionary

The keyboard displays suggested words as you type using the default
dictionary. You can create a personal dictionary to include words not
found in the main dictionary. Word suggestions also appear from your
personal dictionary, if you have created it.

To add a word to the dictionary

1

Touch the Home button

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Menu button

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Settings

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Language & keyboard

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User dictionary

.

2

Touch the Menu button

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Add

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3

Type a desired word into the

Add to dictionary

text box.

4

Touch

OK

.

To edit a word in the dictionary

1

Touch the Home button

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Menu button

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Settings

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Language & keyboard



User dictionary

.

2

Touch a desired word.

3

Touch

Edit

.

4

Edit the spelling of the word in the

Edit word

text box.

5

Touch

OK

.

Auto-capitalization

The first letter of the word in a new sentence is
capitalized.

Voice input

Turn on the microphone to enable voice input for
the main keyboard or symbols keyboard.

Quick fixes

Mark and correct wrong spellings and typos.

Show suggestions

Show suggested words as you type.

Auto-complete

Touching the space bar or a punctuation key
automatically inserts a highlighted word
suggestion.

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Summary of Contents for STREAK 7

Page 1: ...Dell Streak 7 User s Manual COMMENT ...

Page 2: ...ritten permission of Dell Inc is strictly forbidden Trademarks used in this text Dell and the DELL logo are trademarks of Dell Inc Adobe Acrobat is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Microsoft Windows Microsoft Office Word Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Office PowerPoint are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corpor...

Page 3: ...1 Turning On Your Device 13 Turning Off Your Device 13 Turning Off the Screen 13 3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 14 Out Of Box Wizard 14 Touch Screen 14 Screen Orientation 17 Applications Widgets and Shortcuts 17 The Dell Stage Desktop 18 Dell Stage Widgets 21 Status Bar 29 Quick Buttons 32 Navigating the Applications 33 ...

Page 4: ...ower Control Widget 50 Managing Your Device Settings 51 5 Internet 54 Connecting to the Internet 54 Browsing the Internet 57 E mail 65 Web Applications 68 Synchronizing Your Google Data 107 6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet 108 Display Settings 108 Sound and Ringtone Settings 109 Date Time and Time Zone 111 Language Settings 112 ...

Page 5: ...n 113 Protect Your Device Data With a PIN 115 Protect Your Device Data With a Password 116 Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password 117 8 Applications 118 Camera 118 Copying Files to and From the Device 120 Bluetooth 121 Gallery 124 Music 126 Calendar 129 Clock 132 Calculator 134 Sound Recorder 135 ...

Page 6: ...6 Contents 9 Synchronizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet and Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync 136 10 Troubleshooting 138 Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode 140 ...

Page 7: ...peaker Provides audio output for video and music playback 3 TV antenna available on select models only Used for improving the reception of television signals 4 Volume up button Press to increase the media volume by one level Press and hold to continuously increase the media volume 5 Volume down button Press to decrease the media volume by one level Press and hold to continuously decrease the media...

Page 8: ...llowing 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 8 Back button Touch to return to the previous screen close a dialog box menu or pop up message and to dismiss the keyboard 9 Menu button Touch to open or clo...

Page 9: ...the button to force power off the device 4 SD card slot Holds the SD card in place 5 SIM card slot available on select models only Holds the SIM card in place 6 Slot door Provides access to the SIM card and SD card slots 7 Speaker Provides audio output for video and music playback 8 Microphone Used for making video calls with supportive web applications such as Skype 9 Front facing camera Used for...

Page 10: ...10 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features 1 Camera lens Captures pictures and videos 2 Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and videos in dimly lit environments 1 2 ...

Page 11: ... Your Device Ready for Use Insert the SIM card Insert the SD card 1 Pull out the slot door 2 Hold the SIM card with the metal contacts facing down and follow the SIM card illustration on the slot door label to insert the SIM card into the SIM card slot 1 Pull out the slot door 2 1 2 1 ...

Page 12: ...onnect the cable s USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger adapter 3 Connect the USB wall charger adapter into an electrical outlet and charge the device until the battery is fully charged NOTE When charging the battery by connecting the device to an electrical outlet the battery requires about 4 hours to be fully charged 2 Hold the SD card with the metal contacts facing down and follow t...

Page 13: ...ouching the corresponding number keys using the on screen keypad Touch the OK button to confirm your input The device is ready for use when the Home screen is displayed Turning Off Your Device 1 Press and hold the Power and Sleep Wake button 2 Touch the Power off option on the screen Turning Off the Screen If both the device and the screen are on press the Power and Sleep Wake button once to turn ...

Page 14: ...t any point during the video you can touch CONTINUE and PREVIOUS to go to the next or previous page After viewing the last page touch DONE to return to the Home screen Touch Screen Your device has a multi touch sensitive screen You can touch the surface of the screen to operate the device Finger Gestures Allows you to Touch Tap gently on the screen with your fingertip Select the items on the scree...

Page 15: ...uch and hold your finger on an item on the screen 2 Keeping your finger in contact with the screen move your fingertip to the desired location 3 Take your finger off the screen to drop the item in the desired location Move items such as images and icons on the screen Scroll through Home screens web pages lists entries photo thumbnails contacts and so on Finger Gestures Allows you to ...

Page 16: ... a vertical or horizontal direction on the screen Quickly scroll through Home screens web pages lists entries photo thumbnails contacts and so on Zoom out Move two fingers close together on the screen Reduce the view of an image or web page zoom out Finger Gestures Allows you to ...

Page 17: ...g the Home button Menu button Settings Display Auto rotate screen Applications Widgets and Shortcuts Application Software which allows you to perform a specific task Your device is preloaded with a variety of applications and additional applications can be downloaded from the Android Market Widget A small application which resides on the Home screen and provides quick and easy access to informatio...

Page 18: ...idgets shortcuts and widgets to give you quick and easy access to frequently used applications Twitter or Facebook postings music pictures and more You can personalize the Stage desktop by adding your own shortcuts or widgets or by displaying your favorite picture as the desktop wallpaper NOTE The desktop screens are fixed and cannot be added or deleted NOTE For more information on using Dell Stag...

Page 19: ... the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails The Home screen thumbnails act as shortcuts to their individual Home screens The icon of the thumbnail represents the Stage widget To view the Home screen thumbnails 1 Touch the bottom area on either side of the quick buttons as illustrated in red 2 Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the thumbnails 1 2 ...

Page 20: ...e Home screens using the thumbnails either Touch the corresponding thumbnail to go to the desired screen To quickly pan through the Home screens drag your finger horizontally across the thumbnails until the desired Home screen appears Home screen thumbnails ...

Page 21: ...want to add a Stage widget 2 To reserve enough space for the widget remove unwanted items from the screen see To remove a Home screen item on page 28 3 To access the Add to Home screen menu either Touch and hold an empty area on the home screen Touch the Menu button and then touch the Add option 4 Touch Stage Widgets 5 From the Select Stage Widget menu touch to select the Stage widget you want to ...

Page 22: ...action to proceed with the contact Touch the ADD tile to add a new contact To use the EMAIL Stage Widget From the EMAIL Stage widget you can read your e mails in your e mail account or compose a new e mail If you have not set up an e mail account touch Add an Account and follow the instructions on the screen to complete your e mail configuration To use the GALLERY Stage Widget From the GALLERY Sta...

Page 23: ...ch a tweet to view the other tweets posted by the same author 3 To post your tweet touch the text box type your tweet and then touch the Update button You can also touch the Update button to compose and post your tweet NOTE For more information on using Facebook and Twitter see Facebook on page 68 and Twitter on page 72 To use the WEB Stage Widget The WEB Stage widget shows your recently visited w...

Page 24: ... from the Home screen Applications 1 Scroll through the application menu to locate the desired application 2 Touch the desired application to create the shortcut on the current Home screen Bookmark 1 Flick through the Bookmarks list to locate the desired bookmark 2 Touch the desired bookmark to create the shortcut on the current Home screen Contact 1 Flick through the Contacts entries to locate th...

Page 25: ...tions using Google Maps see To get directions on page 88 Gmail label Touch to create a desired Gmail label shortcut so that you can access your e mails with that label from the desktop Latitude Create a shortcut that you can touch to open Google Latitude to share locations with your friends and family who have signed in to the service with their Google accounts Music playlist Create a Play all or ...

Page 26: ...it on the Home screen Folders You can create the following folders New folder Add a folder where you can store your Home screen shortcuts All contacts Add a shortcut to all your contacts stored in the Contacts application Bluetooth received Add a shortcut to access files received through Bluetooth Contacts with tablet numbers Add a shortcut to the contacts with tablet numbers Facebook Phonebook Ad...

Page 27: ...k the picture thumbnails horizontally to locate the desired picture 3 Touch the picture to display it 4 To cut a portion of the picture as the wallpaper move the crop frame and drag the angles to locate the desired part 5 Touch the Save button to set the wallpaper Live wallpapers Select an animated and interactive wallpaper Wallpapers Flick to or touch a picture thumbnail to display a picture then...

Page 28: ...he item 2 With your finger remaining in contact with the item on the screen drag the item to another location on the screen 3 Release the item in the desired location To remove a Home screen item 1 Touch and hold an item such as a widget shortcut or folder that you want to remove until it magnifies and becomes movable 2 Drag the item onto the top of the Trash icon and when the item turns red relea...

Page 29: ...folder to open the folder panel 2 Touch and hold the top area of the folder panel until the Rename folder menu opens 3 Touch the Folder name text box to type the name using the on screen keyboard 4 Touch OK to confirm Status Bar The status bar at the top of the Home screen displays the notification status and time areas 1 Notification area The notification area displays notification icons to infor...

Page 30: ...ailable for carrier specific versions Battery status 100 full UMTS data network is in use only available for carrier specific versions Battery is low and needs to be charged HSPA data network is connected only available for carrier specific versions Battery is extremely low and needs to be charged immediately HSPA data network is in use only available for carrier specific versions Battery is charg...

Page 31: ... satellites No SIM card is inserted The headphone is connected Problem with sign in or sync New e mail message SD card is full Download in progress A Wi Fi network is found Download complete USB cable is connected Application update available Some notifications not displayed The SD card is safe to remove New Gmail message Preparing the SD card New SMS MMS Song is playing Problem with SMS MMS deliv...

Page 32: ...Home screen 2 Email button Touch the Email button to open the Email application For more information on using Email see E mail on page 65 3 Launcher button Touch the Launcher button to display the application drawer Touch and hold the Launcher button to display the Home screen thumbnails 4 Browser button Touch the Browser button to open the Browser application 5 Home screen dots Touch the dots at ...

Page 33: ...d from the Android Market To open the application drawer 1 Touch the Home button to display the default Home screen on the desktop 2 From any of the desktop Home screens you can Drag up in the lower area of the screen Touch the Launcher button To navigate pages of applications Flick the applications drawer horizontally and touch an application to run it To close the application drawer Drag down an...

Page 34: ...sired application shortcut displays on the Home screen touch the shortcut to run the application If the desired application is stored in a folder on the Home screen touch the folder to display the contents of the folder and then touch the desired application shortcut Recent Applications To open a recently used application 1 Touch and hold the Home button to view the recently used applications or c...

Page 35: ...ess the power button to wake up the display the screen lock wallpaper appears to help prevent unintentional touch of the screen NOTE To set the duration the screen remains on before turning off after the last operation touch the Home button Menu button Settings Display Screen timeout 1 Drag or flick this button downward to enable or disable the vibration mode 2 Drag or flick this button upward to ...

Page 36: ...he new contact is stored 2 Touch to take a photo or select a photo from the Gallery application to use as the contact s visual caller ID 3 Enter the contact information using the on screen keyboard Scroll the screen to find more items to fill 4 Touch to replace a default information label with another label that you can choose from the Select label list For example you can change the label from Mo...

Page 37: ...ail or address search on Maps appear Touch the action you want to perform Touch the contact entry to view the contact details and then touch Email to send e mail using the e mail accounts you have set up on your device or touch to send a message To edit or share a contact 1 On the Contacts list find the desired contact 2 Touch the contact entry to view the contact details 3 Touch the Menu button a...

Page 38: ...on your device can be synchronized with a computer using Dell Mobile Sync contacts stored on your personal e mail account such as Gmail can be synchronized through an Internet connection To select the data to synchronize 1 Select Background data to make all the sync options available 2 Select Auto sync to let the device automatically synchronize the selected data in your e mail account which may i...

Page 39: ...pe a phone number or contact name matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear below the To field Touch a matched contact to enter the contact s mobile number or continue typing the desired phone number 3 Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you want to send the message to multiple mobile phone users 4 If you want to add a subject line to the message touch the Menu button Add subjec...

Page 40: ... editing the multimedia message touch the Send button to send the message You can attach any of the following items to a multimedia message Picture Open the Gallery application and touch a picture file to attach it to your message Capture picture Open the Camera application to capture a picture and then attach it to your message For more information about the Camera application see Camera on page ...

Page 41: ...he SD card 2 Open the Ringtones folder 3 Copy the ringtone you want to attach to your MMS into the Ringtones folder 4 On the MMS composer screen touch the Menu button Attach Ringtone 5 Select the ringtone to attach it to your MMS Record audio Open the Music application and select a music file from the list Open the Sound Recorder application to record an audio clip Touch to start recording Touch t...

Page 42: ...hange the slide duration or the text and picture layout 6 When editing multiple slides touch to edit the next slide touch to return to the previous slide NOTE You can create a slideshow of up to ten slides 7 To replace a picture on the slideshow editor screen touch the Replace picture button and select a new picture to replace To remove the current slide touch the Remove Slide button To preview th...

Page 43: ...w message Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from the same contact or a number are grouped into message threads similar to text conversations of an online chat You can see all of the messages exchanged between you and the contact Message threads are listed according to when they are sent or received with the latest message at the top To read a text message Touch and drag do...

Page 44: ...ch a multimedia message or message thread to open the message 2 Touch the thumbnail of the attached picture to display the picture touch the Play button to play the attached video NOTE Touch the Download button to manually download the media file in the message NOTE To save the attached media item to your SD card touch and hold the message until the Message options menu opens Touch Copy attached t...

Page 45: ... delete all messages in the Messaging list touch the Menu button Delete threads To edit message settings In the Message application touch the Menu button Settings Follow the instructions on the screen to change the text or multimedia message settings Pop up Menu Touch the Menu button to open or close the pop up menu that lists available options for the current application or actions that you can p...

Page 46: ...nu button To close the keyboard Touch the Back button or touch and hold the Menu button Keyboard controls for composing an e mail 1 Touch to type letters into the text box where the cursor appears Touch and hold to type accented letters for applicable languages 2 Based on the letters being typed the keyboard shows suggested words along the top of the keyboard with the most probable word highlighte...

Page 47: ...owercase keyboard 4 Touch to show the keyboard for typing numbers punctuation marks and symbols other than the period Touch to switch back to the alphabet keyboard Touch and hold to select the following option Android keyboard settings Configure the keyboard settings 5 Touch to use voice input Say the words you want to enter in the microphone The device enters the words that it can recognize from ...

Page 48: ...3 Type a desired word into the Add to dictionary text box 4 Touch OK To edit a word in the dictionary 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Language keyboard User dictionary 2 Touch a desired word 3 Touch Edit 4 Edit the spelling of the word in the Edit word text box 5 Touch OK Auto capitalization The first letter of the word in a new sentence is capitalized Voice input Turn on the micropho...

Page 49: ... 1 From the Google Search widget you created on the Home screen touch to select the type of your search All Web Apps or Contacts 2 Touch the Google Quick Search Box The on screen keyboard opens 3 Type a keyword or text into the box using the keyboard As you type the search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box 4 Scroll the listed search results and ...

Page 50: ...r Home screen on page 24 NOTE To conserve battery charge you may choose to disable one or more of these modes when not in use 1 Indicates if the appropriate mode is enabled or disabled 2 Touch to enable or disable Wi Fi connection 3 Touch to enable or disable Bluetooth 4 Touch to enable or disable the Use GPS satellites mode which allows you to pinpoint locations down to the street level This mode...

Page 51: ...ear data under Storage to erase unwanted application data touch Clear cache under Cache to erase unwanted cache To format the SD card 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings SD card Device storage 2 Touch Unmount External SD card to enable the Format SD card option CAUTION Formatting a SD card erases all data and downloaded applications stored on it Ensure that you back up the data that you r...

Page 52: ...ove the SD card from your device as illustrated To erase all data from your device CAUTION The following steps will erase all the data including your Google account and downloaded applications from your device Ensure that you back up all the required data before you proceed 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Privacy Factory data reset 2 Touch Reset tablet NOTE You must draw your screen u...

Page 53: ...To force power off your device 1 Pull out the slot door 2 Push the force power off button using a paper clip or other similar pointed objects 3 Press and hold the Power and Sleep Wake button to turn on your device Force power off button ...

Page 54: ...M card installed in your device However this is only limited to text messaging If a Wi Fi connection is currently available the device automatically uses the Wi Fi connection to access the Internet The Internet connection through GPRS EDGE 3G 4G or HSPA becomes temporarily inactive until the Wi Fi connection ends If you want to connect to the Internet using a GPRS EDGE 3G 4G or HSPA data network 1...

Page 55: ...matically select a new network Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Wireless networks Mobile networks Network operators Select automatically Wi Fi You can connect your device to the Internet using Wi Fi To connect to a Wi Fi network you need access to a wireless point or hotspot within a distance of up to 300 feet 100 meters NOTE The range and quality of the Wi Fi signal is affected by the n...

Page 56: ...ection has priority over mobile network connection if both are available To check the current Wi Fi network connection From the status bar When your device is connected to a wireless network the Wi Fi icon in the status bar indicates the signal strength number of bands that light up If Wireless networks Wi Fi settings Network notification is enabled the icon appears in the status bar as the device...

Page 57: ...cted networks flick to the bottom of the list to touch Add Wi Fi network Enter the Wi Fi network settings and then touch Save Disable all Connections Using the Airplane Mode Selecting the Airplane mode disables all mobile and Wi Fi connections This feature is useful when wireless connectivity is strictly prohibited such as on an airplane Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Wireless networks...

Page 58: ...nually enter a home page 1 Touch the Menu button More Settings Set home page 2 Enter the address of the website you want to use as your home page and then touch OK To set the current page as the home page 1 Go to the web page that you want to set as the home page 2 Touch the Menu button More Settings Set home page 3 Touch Use current page OK To select a home page from bookmarks 1 Touch from the br...

Page 59: ... web page to switch between the zoom in and zoom out views of the area To view the next or previous page Touch the back button to view the previous page touch Menu button More Forward to view the next page To open a new window Touch the Menu button New window A new browser window opens and displays the home page To switch between browser windows You can open multiple browser windows to easily swit...

Page 60: ... to your e mail or text messages 1 Go to the web page from where you want copy the text 2 Locate the text you want to copy and then touch the Menu button More Select text 3 Position your finger at the start of the text you want to copy and then drag to the end of the text you want to copy The copied text is highlighted in pink 4 Release your finger from the screen 5 To paste text on an e mail or t...

Page 61: ...web pages touch the Most visited tab Link type Functionality Web page address Touch the link to open the web page Touch and hold the link to open a context menu that allows you to open bookmark and save the link copy the link of the web page to the clipboard or share the link through Bluetooth e mail Facebook text messaging or Twitter E mail address Touch to send an e mail to the e mail address To...

Page 62: ...1 On the browser screen touch the application you want to download 2 The application details screen opens Read details about the application such as its cost overall rating comments by users the developer contact info and more 3 To install the application select either Install if the item is free or Buy if it requires purchase To check downloads On the browser screen touch the Menu button More Dow...

Page 63: ...new window to open the bookmark in a new window To manage your bookmarks 1 On the browser window touch or touch the Menu button Bookmarks 2 On the Bookmarks window touch and hold a desired bookmark to open the context menu that provides the following options Open Open the bookmarked website in the same browser window Open in new window Open the bookmarked website in a new window Edit bookmark Touc...

Page 64: ...e bookmark s address automatically pasted on the text field Send the bookmark s address to others with an e mail Messaging Touch to open the message composer with the bookmark s address automatically pasted on the text field Send the bookmark s address to others with a text message Facebook Twitter Touch to open the message composing window with the bookmark address pasted Post the bookmark onto F...

Page 65: ...Next NOTE If the e mail account you want to set up is not in the device s e mail database you will be asked to manually enter the e mail account settings including the e mail server protocol and so on after touching Next NOTE Touch Manual setup rather than Next to directly enter incoming and outgoing settings for the account being set up 2 Enter the name for the account and the name you want displ...

Page 66: ...e check box 1 The Combined Inbox contains all e mails received in all your accounts 2 E mail not sent and saved as drafts are stored in the Drafts folder 3 Select an account to view e mails received in the inbox of the account 4 The number of new e mails received in this account 5 The check symbol indicates that this account is the default account for sending e mail 6 Touch to view e mails in the ...

Page 67: ... To field As you type information matching contacts appear on the screen Touch the recipient to automatically add the e mail address or continue typing the e mail address manually If you are sending the e mail to multiple recipients separate their e mail addresses with a comma You can add as many recipients as you need 5 Type the subject 6 Compose your message 7 Touch the Menu button Send NOTE If ...

Page 68: ...quire an active Wi Fi or mobile data network connection GPRS EDGE 3G 4G or HSPA For more information about configuring your device for Internet connectivity see Connecting to the Internet on page 54 NOTE Not all applications are available in all versions of this product Facebook Touch the Launcher button Facebook Facebook is a social networking website where you can post your personal profile and ...

Page 69: ...s 2 Touch Messages to view messages sent between you and your friends Touch the desired message to read it To delete a message touch the check box next to the message and then touch the Delete button To reply to the message type your reply into the text box at the bottom and then touch the Send button To compose a new message touch the button or touch the Menu button Compose 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1...

Page 70: ...ompose and post your messages or pictures 6 Touch to search for your friends on Facebook 7 Touch Friends type the name of a friend you are looking for on Facebook and touch the name of the friend you found to View the friend s wall info and pictures on their profile page Type a message into the Write something text box on your friend s wall screen Touch Share to post your message on their wall 8 T...

Page 71: ...ation on using Facebook visit facebook com help 1 Touch to view a Facebook friend s wall postings 2 To respond to this friend s postings touch the text box then type the message you want to post on this friend s wall 3 Touch Share to post your message on this friend s wall 4 Touch the arrow buttons to scroll and view other friends postings 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 72: ...Twitter You must have a Twitter account to use Twitter To set up a Twitter account touch Sign up now and follow the instructions on the screen 1 To sign in to Twitter type your user name or e mail address and your password and then touch Sign in 2 Choose whether to sync the people you follow in your Twitter account to your Contacts list then touch the Done button NOTE See To use the Twitter widget...

Page 73: ... to reply to the author forward Retweet the tweet to your followers on Twitter add the author to your favorites list or share the tweet through Facebook e mail Messaging or Twitter 3 Tweets that contain username in the body of the tweet are collected in here as Mentions 4 Touch to send private tweets called direct messages to people you follow From the Direct messages screen touch to compose and s...

Page 74: ...n and then touch to display available tweets around Touch to find people who use Twitter Touch From the pop up menu touch Type a name in the Search people text box and then touch 7 Touch to view your profile and the tweets you posted To post your profile picture onto Twitter touch the Menu button Change profile photo and then select a desired picture from Gallery 8 Touch to read the tweets forward...

Page 75: ... to quit composing your tweet 4 Touch to view the people you follow then select who you want to talk to in your tweet Their names will appear in your tweet as name 5 Touch to launch the camera and capture a picture to post along with your tweet 6 Touch to open Gallery and select a picture to post along with your tweet 7 Shows the number of remaining characters allowed in your tweet 3 1 2 7 6 5 4 ...

Page 76: ...ogle account 1 On the Add a Google account screen touch the Next button to proceed 2 Touch the Sign in button Enter your Google user name and password and then touch the Sign in button NOTE If you need to use another Google account with a different user name and password on your device touch the Menu button Accounts Add account Next Sign in Enter your Google user name and password and then touch t...

Page 77: ...e mails 1 Touch the Menu button Go to labels 2 Touch the folder that stores the e mails you want to view or touch the label with which the e mails are marked 1 Folder or Label and number of unread e mails 2 Touch the check box to select the e mail thread To use this feature touch the Menu button More Settings then enable Batch operations 3 Touch Archive to store the selected e mail thread in the A...

Page 78: ...reen and then touch an e mail thread to view the e mails inside 1 Touch to view previous e mails with the same subject 2 Touch to read the next or previous e mail thread 3 Touch to open or close the Reply all and Forward buttons 4 Touch Reply to reply to the contact Touch Reply all to reply to all contacts in the mail loop Touch Forward to forward the e mail to another contact 5 Touch to star an e...

Page 79: ...ication NOTE Touch to remove an attachment 5 Touch Send to send the e mail Google Talk Google Talk is an instant messaging program provided by Google To activate Google Talk 1 Touch the Launcher button Talk 2 Sign in to Google Talk with your Google account If you do not have a Google account follow the instructions on the screen to create an account see To set up your Google account on page 76 3 T...

Page 80: ...ccept an invitation 1 In the friends list touch the Menu button More Invites All chat invitations you have sent or received but have not been answered are listed on the pending invitations screen 2 Touch a pending invitation 3 Touch Accept or Cancel When a friend accepts your chat invitation the pending invitation disappears from the list To change your online status and message 1 Touch the online...

Page 81: ...n the friends list touch the Menu button Switch chats 2 In the panel that opens touch the name of the friend you want to chat with To close a conversation In your friends list touch and hold the name of a friend with an active chat Touch End chat on the menu that pops up On a chat screen touch the Menu button End chat To display all friends in your friends list Only the friends that you chat with ...

Page 82: ...d the friend s name and then touch Block friend Your friend is removed from your friends list and is added to the blocked friends list NOTE To unblock a friend in the friends list touch the Menu button More Blocked In the blocked friends list touch the name of the friend to unblock then touch OK To permanently remove a friend 1 In the friends list find the friend to remove 2 Touch and hold the fri...

Page 83: ...g Google Maps you need to enable My location sources 1 Touch Home button Menu button Settings Location security 2 Select Use wireless networks Use GPS satellites or both NOTE Selecting Use GPS satellites allows you to pinpoint locations down to the street level However this mode requires a clear view of the sky and consumes battery power To open Google Maps Touch the Launcher button Maps To see yo...

Page 84: ... of business or organization such restaurant or school b Touch the search key on the keyboard or the search icon on the search box To search by voice a Touch b Say your destination NOTE As you enter information previous searches or matching locations appear below the search box You can touch a place name or address to show the location on the map 3 The search results are marked on the map by lette...

Page 85: ...ormation see To get directions on page 88 3 Touch to switch to street view for the location For more information see To view a map in street view on page 87 4 Touch the photo thumbnail to open the browser and find more information about the location on Google 5 Touch to view the address details and reviews for the place if the information is available Select the action you can do with the location...

Page 86: ...d if the street view for the location is available To zoom in or out on a map Touch to zoom out and touch to zoom in Move two fingers close together on the screen to zoom out move two fingers further apart to zoom in To change map layers Google Maps opens with the default map layer You can apply different types of layers to view additional information or images on the map 1 Touch 2 From the Layers...

Page 87: ... the screen with your finger 5 To move the view along the street touch the arrows displayed on the screen or touch the Menu button Step forward or Step backward Map layer The map layer displays streets highways buildings main establishments mass transit stations parks rivers lakes mountains boundaries and so on Traffic layer The traffic layer displays colored lines along the roads where real time ...

Page 88: ... a Touch the place s name or address displayed on the map b On the location details screen touch 2 Enter the starting point in the first text box and your destination in the second text box NOTE By default your current location is the starting point and the place you found on the map is your destination 3 Touch Go The directions to your destination are listed 1 Starting point 2 Destination 3 Choos...

Page 89: ...have signed in to the service with their Google accounts You can also send instant messages and e mails and get directions to your friends locations To let your friends view your location and accept their invitations you need to enable Latitude 1 While viewing a map in any mode touch the Menu button Join Latitude 2 Sign in to Google Latitude with your Google account If you do not have a Google acc...

Page 90: ... an invitation When you receive a request to share your location with a friend on Latitude touch the request and choose how you want to respond Accept and share back You can see your friend s location and your friend can see yours Accept but hide my location You can see your friend s location but they cannot see yours Don t accept Reject the sharing request No location information is shared To sho...

Page 91: ...friend s location on the map 4 Sharing options Share best available location Share street level location with your friend Share only city level location Share only the city or the approximate area you are in not the street level location Your friend can see your photo icon in the middle of the city you are in Hide from this friend Stop location sharing with this friend Your friend cannot see your ...

Page 92: ... the address of your current location using Twitter Facebook Bluetooth text messaging or e mail Edit privacy settings Manage how your location is shared with your friends Turn off Latitude Disable Latitude and end location sharing Detect your location Latitude automatically detects and updates your current location NOTE To let Latitude report your location you must enable My location sources For m...

Page 93: ...nd offers guide to nearby restaurants coffee shops bars hotels attractions ATMs gas stations and more 1 Touch to select a category 2 From the list of places touch the desired place to view more details For more information on using the controls on this screen see To view the details of a place on page 85 ...

Page 94: ...nd safety regulations Do not operate the device while driving Touch the Launcher button Navigation Google Maps Navigation is an Internet connected GPS satellite navigation system with voice guidance Navigation provides the following features Feature Description Searching in plain language Type the name or address of the place the business or the organization you want to find Searching by voice Nam...

Page 95: ...d displays up to date traffic conditions on the screen Press the Menu button Layers Traffic to turn on Traffic view Searching along route Search for any kind of business along your route Press the Menu button Layers to access popular types of places Feature Description ...

Page 96: ...reet View imagery Navigation automatically switches to Street View as you approach your destination Car dock mode Place your device in a car dock to access Navigation and Voice Search easily Navigation shortcut Speak Destination Say your destination using Google voice search Type Destination Type your destination Contacts Select a destination from the location of your contacts Starred Places Selec...

Page 97: ...Internet 97 Walking navigation Get voice guided navigation for walking directions Your device vibrates for turn notifications Feature Description ...

Page 98: ...h the Menu button Settings Weather settings 2 Clear the Use my location check box 3 Touch Set location 4 Enter a city or postal code 5 Touch The weather location will be updated to the location you manually set 1 Current weather Touch this area to view temperatures wind speed and humidity data within the next 24 hours 2 Weather forecast for the next 6 days 3 Touch the The Weather Channel icon to s...

Page 99: ...h Select news topics Select the check boxes next to the news topics you want to display on the device Clear the check boxes next to the unwanted news topics To configure news and weather refresh settings 1 Touch the Menu button Settings Refresh settings 2 To refresh news and weather automatically select the Auto refresh check box 3 Touch Refresh interval to adjust the refresh interval Faster refre...

Page 100: ...e search bar 2 Type the video name or keyword into the search box using the on screen keyboard The search results that fully or partially match the text being typed appear below the search box You can a Scroll the search results and touch the desired result b Touch on the keyboard or the search icon on the search box to search for results that match the entered text and then touch a desired search...

Page 101: ...he Landscape format 1 Place the device in the Landscape format 2 Select a video on the YouTube screen Touch the video to start the playback in full screen 3 To control video playback touch anywhere on the screen to bring up the controls 4 Touch the screen again to pause the playback When paused the icon appears 5 Touch the screen again to resume the playback 6 To end playback touch the Back button...

Page 102: ...the Info Related videos and Comments tabs to view the information about this video browse related videos and read comments NOTE Some of the features above may require signing in to your YouTube account To use YouTube menu options In YouTube you can touch the Menu button to access the following menu options some of which may require signing in to your YouTube account NOTE For more information on us...

Page 103: ...atic screen rotation to portrait or landscape To open Android Market 1 Touch the Launcher button Market 2 Sign in to Android Market with your Google account If you do not have a Google account follow the instructions on the screen to create an account see To set up your Google account on page 76 3 Touch the Accept button after you read and agree with the Android Market Terms of Service ...

Page 104: ...ll games available for download are sorted by these categories 2 The Market screen displays popular application categories here for direct access 3 The Market screen opens with featured applications for direct access 4 Shows user rating about the item and whether it is free or requires a purchase 5 Touch Downloads to view your downloads 6 Touch to search Android Market for applications or games 6 ...

Page 105: ...to view the functions or data that the application or game can access on your device 4 On the application details screen touch Install to start the download and installation The application s downloading screen will show the download progress NOTE If the application requires access to any of your data or functions on your device Market tells you what the application can access Touch the OK button ...

Page 106: ...pplication or game 1 On the downloads screen touch the application you want to uninstall 2 Touch Uninstall 3 After the uninstall is completed you can select the reason for removing the application From the Market screen 1 Touch the Downloads tab on the Market screen or touch the Menu button Downloads 2 Touch the installed application in the list 3 Touch Open The selected application starts running...

Page 107: ...ings bar touch to select Auto sync to allow the device to automatically synchronize the selected data 4 Under the Manage accounts bar touch your account to select the data that you want the device to synchronize automatically such as Sync Contacts Sync Gmail Sync Picasa Web Albums and Sync Calendar NOTE If you want to synchronize individual applications manually touch to clear the Auto sync check ...

Page 108: ...to select the check box to disable a setting touch the setting option to clear the check box Brightness Manually adjust screen brightness 1 Drag the brightness slider horizontally or touch the desired portion on the slider The length of the highlighted bar on the slider determines the brightness of the screen 2 Touch OK to confirm the adjustment NOTE If Automatic brightness is enabled the device w...

Page 109: ...mains on after the last operation Scroll the options and touch a preferred timeout period to disable this feature select Never timeout The screen automatically turns off and locks itself based on the preset timeout duration To turn on and unlock the screen press the Power button and then flick the icon up to unlock the screen if it is automatically locked NOTE If you select Never timeout the scree...

Page 110: ...the volume for music and video playback Alarm Adjust the volume for alarm ringtone 1 To adjust the volume drag the sliders horizontally or touch the desired portion of the slider to increase or decrease volume 2 Touch OK to confirm the adjustment Notification ringtone Select a desired ringtone for notifications Notification sound Select this item to enable notification sound Audible selection Play...

Page 111: ...r automatically from your mobile network or from the Internet Set date 1 Touch or touch and hold or to adjust the day month and year you can also touch the day month or year to type a date using the on screen keyboard 2 Touch Set to confirm the date Set time zone Select a city or region that represents the time zone for your device Touch the Menu button to sort the time zone list alphabetically or...

Page 112: ...nu button Settings Language keyboard Select language or touch Settings icon Language keyboard Select language 2 Select a language of your choice from the Locale list that appears Use 24 hour format Clear this check box to display the time in 12 hour format Select date format Select the format to be used for displaying the date ...

Page 113: ...nds before you can try again If you no longer remember your screen unlock pattern follow these steps to unlock your screen 1 Touch Forgot pattern 2 When prompted sign in to the Google website using your Google account name and password 3 Draw a new screen unlock pattern as described in To create a screen unlock pattern on page 113 NOTE If you are unable to obtain a new unlock pattern following the...

Page 114: ...ate the pattern 5 The device records the pattern if it is correctly drawn Touch Continue 6 Draw the pattern again as prompted and then touch Confirm NOTE To change your unlock screen pattern you need to draw the old pattern and perform steps 4 to 6 to create a new pattern To disable or change the screen unlock pattern 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Location security Change screen loc...

Page 115: ...e button Menu button Settings Location security Set up screen lock PIN or touch the Launcher button Settings icon Location security Set up screen lock PIN 2 On the Choose your PIN page that appears enter a PIN in the text box Your PIN must be 4 characters at least 3 Touch OK to proceed 4 Enter the PIN again to confirm 5 Touch OK Use visible pattern Clear this option if you do not want the lines of...

Page 116: ...k Password or touch the Launcher button Settings icon Location security Set up screen lock Password 2 On the Choose your password page that appears enter a password in the text box A valid password consists of at least 4 characters and contains at least one letter 3 Touch OK to proceed 4 Enter the password again to confirm 5 Touch OK To disable or change the password 1 Touch the Home button Menu b...

Page 117: ...e SIM card Contact your service provider to obtain the PUK To enable the SIM card PIN 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Location security Set up SIM card lock Lock SIM Card or touch the Launcher button Settings icon Location security Set up SIM card lock Lock SIM Card 2 Type your SIM card PIN and then touch OK To change the SIM card PIN 1 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Locat...

Page 118: ...tton Camera Camera controls 1 Viewfinder screen 2 Camera setting indicator Touch each indicator to open the camera settings and touch to select the desired setting 3 On screen shutter button To capture a picture 1 Focus on the object in the viewfinder screen 2 To start the auto focus mode touch and hold the on screen shutter button 3 Touch the on screen shutter button and release to capture the pi...

Page 119: ...ctures and the camcorder mode for capturing videos 5 Touch the thumbnail view of the last taken picture to view and manage the picture using the Gallery application Front Facing Rear Facing Camera Use the front facing or rear facing camera to capture pictures Gallery Open the Gallery application to view and manage pictures Switch to video camera Toggle between the camera mode for capturing picture...

Page 120: ... notification icon appears on the status bar s notification area when the device is connected to the computer NOTE If the USB connected screen does not appear drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel and then touch USB connected to open the USB connected screen 3 Touch Turn on USB storage if you want to copy files between your computer and the SD card or the internal device storage...

Page 121: ...ion 1 Drag down the status bar to open the Notifications panel 2 Touch Turn off USB storage Bluetooth Bluetooth is a short range wireless communications technology that lets your device connect over a wireless network to other Bluetooth enabled devices for data exchange Bluetooth on your device operates in three different modes To turn on Bluetooth and make the device discoverable 1 Touch the Home...

Page 122: ...sword on both devices or enter the password provided by the device manufacturer Ensure that you read the documentation of the pairing device to check if it requires a default password 5 When the pairing is successful Paired but not connected is displayed under the paired device 6 Touch the paired device to start connection When the paired device is successfully connected to your device the Bluetoo...

Page 123: ... to erase all pairing information with that device You need to re enter the password if you want to restore a Bluetooth connection to that device To change your device s Bluetooth name 1 Ensure that you have turned on Bluetooth on your device icon in the status bar indicates that Bluetooth is enabled 2 Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Wireless networks Bluetooth settings Device name 3 En...

Page 124: ...ownloaded pictures are grouped as download 1 Touch and hold an album until the check box appears 2 Touch more albums to select them if you want to do the same task for those albums To post the selected album to Picasa or video album to YouTube or to send the album using Bluetooth messaging or e mail touch Share To delete the album touch Delete To browse picture and video thumbnails 1 Touch an albu...

Page 125: ...he picture to view the next or previous one To bring up the picture viewing controls touch anywhere on the screen or touch twice To zoom the picture in or out you can Touch Pinch the picture with two fingers then move the fingers away from each other to enlarge the view of the picture or bring them closer together to reduce the view of the picture To zoom in or out on a particular area of the pict...

Page 126: ... into these categories Artists Albums Songs and Playlists Touch a category to view the list within it NOTE If you rotate your device to landscape mode an additional Now playing category appears 2 Flick the list until you find the music you want to play For instance to select music by artist a Flick the list of artists in alphabetical order b Touch the name of an artist A list of albums by the arti...

Page 127: ...oll the playback control bar forward to fast forward the song Drag and scroll the playback control bar backward to rewind the song 4 If the song is playing for more than five seconds touch to jump to the beginning of the song If the song is playing for less than five seconds touch to play the previous song 5 Touch to pause playback touch to resume playback 6 Touch to play the next song Touch and h...

Page 128: ... want to add in the playlist A pop up menu opens 4 Touch Add to playlist 5 In the Add to playlist window touch New NOTE If you want to add the artist album or song to the current playlist touch Current playlist in the Add to playlist options menu 6 Enter the name for your new playlist in the text field and then touch Save 9 The name of the artist album and the song being played Touch and hold the ...

Page 129: ...y check box 4 Type the event location and description 5 If you have set up more than one account on your device under the Calendar option choose the account calendar to which to add the event 6 To invite your friends to join this event type their e mail addresses into the Guests text box The invitation will be e mailed to them when this event is set up 7 Decide whether it is a recurring event in R...

Page 130: ...lendars to synchronize to the device and which of those to show or hide on the device in Calendar To set whether calendars are synchronized to the device or visible follow the steps below 1 In Calendar touch the Menu button More Calendars The Calendars screen displays all the calendars you have added or subscribed to for each account on your device organized by account Touch the name of an account...

Page 131: ...der 1 Drag the notification area of the status bar to open the Notification menu 2 Touch the upcoming event name to display the event NOTE If you have other pending event reminders these events will also appear on the screen 3 Touch Snooze all to put off all event reminders for five minutes Touch Dismiss all to turn off all event reminders Press to keep the reminders pending in the notification ar...

Page 132: ...y the slideshow of the pictures stored on your device 5 Touch to start the Music application and choose the music to play 6 Touch to return to the Home screen 7 Displays the local weather Touch to start the News and Weather application to find more weather updates 8 Touch to turn the backlight down to the minimum level Touch and hold to turn off the backlight and only display the current time date...

Page 133: ...you have set on the device Time Set the alarm time Adjust the time by touching or or touch the hour and minute fields to enter a time Touch AM to change to PM or vice versa then touch Set when done Repeat Select the days you want the alarm to ring then touch OK NOTE If you did not select any days for the alarm Never appears to hint that your alarm will only go off once Ringtone Select the alarm ri...

Page 134: ...t mode 1 On the Alarms screen touch the Menu button Settings 2 Touch Alarm in silent mode to set if the alarm should ring when the device is in silent mode Calculator 1 Touch the Launcher button Calculator The basic calculator panel opens 2 Perform calculations by touching the corresponding buttons on the calculator panel touch the CLEAR button to clear the displayed numbers or symbols 3 To perfor...

Page 135: ...ording in the amr format 1 Touch the Launcher button Sound Recorder 2 Touch to start recording 3 Touch to end recording 4 Touch to start playback of the recording touch to stop playback 5 Touch Save this recording to save the recording on the SD card 6 To play back a sound recording again touch the Launcher button Music Songs then select a recording to play For information about Music see Music on...

Page 136: ...nd Windows 7 operating systems To install the Dell Mobile Sync software on your computer 1 Connect the supplied USB cable to your device and a computer Wait for your computer to automatically install the device driver After the driver installation is complete the Dell Mobile Sync installer may start automatically on computers running the Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and Windows Vista operating systems...

Page 137: ...and Outlook contacts 1 Ensure that the supplied USB cable is connected to your device and a computer 2 Double click the Dell Mobile Sync icon on the Windows desktop Your device appears under the Devices section in the Dell Mobile Sync software 3 After the copy or sync is complete disconnect the USB cable NOTE For information about the Dell Mobile Sync software and to learn how to sync your device ...

Page 138: ... Check all connectors to ensure that all connections have been properly made Unable to turn the device on The battery is empty Charge the device Shortened standby time The duration of standby time is affected by your service provider s system configuration The same device used with different service providers systems does not have the same duration of standby time If you are located in an area whe...

Page 139: ...y Internet problems Unable to connect to the network Invalid SIM card Contact your service provider You are not within the network s service area Check the service area with your service provider Poor signal Move to an open space or if you are inside a building move closer to a window Your device is in Airplane mode with no wireless connectivity Touch the Home button Menu button Settings Wireless ...

Page 140: ... to continue using your device normally To enter the Safe mode follow the steps below 1 Make sure your device is off 2 Press and hold the Power and Sleep Wake button to turn on your device 3 While the operating system is starting up the white DELL logo appears twice When you see the white DELL logo at the second time touch and hold the Menu button until Safe mode appears at the bottom of the scree...

Page 141: ...ot Start software recovery 1 Connect an SD card to your computer 2 On your computer go to support dell com and follow the instructions to download the software upgrade package to the SD card NOTE The device only recognizes the software upgrade package as Update pkg Rename the downloaded package to Update pkg if it is not named so 3 Disconnect the SD card from the computer and install the SD card i...

Page 142: ...Power and Sleep Wake 8 Volume up down 7 C Calculator 134 Calendar 129 Camcorder 119 Camera 118 Camcorder 119 Shoot videos 119 Take pictures 118 Charging 12 Connection Mobile networks 54 To a computer 120 Wi Fi 55 Contacts 36 Add 36 Sync 38 View 37 Controls 7 Touch screen 14 Customize 108 D Data connection 54 Date 111 Dell Mobile Sync 136 Dell Stage Desktop 18 widgets 21 Device Customize 108 Overvi...

Page 143: ... 52 F Facebook 68 Force power off 53 G Gallery 124 Gmail 76 Google Account Setup 76 Google Maps 83 Google Maps Navigation 94 Google Search 49 Google Talk 79 H Home screen 18 Customize 24 I Internet Browse 57 Connection 54 K Keyboard 46 L Language 112 M Maps 83 Messaging 39 Compose 39 Receive 43 Mobile networks 54 Music 126 Create a playlist 128 Playback 127 N Navigation 94 ...

Page 144: ... Disable change 114 Settings 115 SD card 120 Format 51 Insert 11 Remove 51 Set as USB drive 120 Turn off USB storage 121 Unmount 51 Search 49 Settings Date and time 111 Display 108 Language 112 Sound and ringtone 109 Shortcuts 34 Add 24 Definition 18 SIM card Insert 11 Software Recovery 141 Sound 109 Stage widgets 21 Status bar 29 Icons 30 Synchronize Google Data 107 Synchronize with Computer Use ...

Page 145: ...Index 145 Touch screen 14 Troubleshooting 138 Twitter 72 V Voice Search 50 W Web Applications 68 Bookmarks 62 Widgets Add 26 Definition 17 Google Search 49 Wi Fi 55 Y YouTube 100 ...

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