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Sony Ericsson T290– 2/21 

 

7.  As you are prompted for a recipient’s number, you can either: 

a.  Manually input a 10-digit wireless phone number, highlight send and press the scroll key center 
b.  or press the left scroll key to select a number from your phonebook, SIM entries, and unsaved 

numbers. Highlight your selection and press the scroll key center. Type in the first letters of your 
desired contact and press the scroll key center. You will then be able to scroll through the list 
and select the name you want to send a message to and press the scroll key center to select. 
You’ll notice the number of the contact you’ve selected in a dialog box. If this is the correct 
entry, highlight ‘Send’ and press the scroll key center to select. 

8. 

Once you send the message, your phone will display 

Message Has Been Sent 

letting you know the 

message has successfully been sent from your phone.  Most messages should be delivered within a 
few seconds, however multiple variables could delay, or prevent messages from being successfully 
delivered.

 

 

Helpful Hints 

 

To insert a ‘space’ press the # key 

 

To insert a ‘period’ press the number 1 key 

 

If you’re sending a message to a stored contact, the wireless number must contain 10 digits for the 
message to be sent successfully. 

 

You can change input modes (triple tap, predictive text, numeric entry, or symbols) by pressing the star 
key. You’ll notice the input mode change on the top left portion of your phones screen.

 

 

Send a message from your computer to your wireless phone by indicating the email address as your 10-
digit wireless number @gocbw.com (e.g. 

[email protected]

). 

 

For more advanced options (such as usingT9/Predictive text) please consult your user manual.

 

 
Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet Services 

Have you ever wanted to look up a sports score, get a breaking news headline, or check your e-mail but were 
nowhere near a PC?  Now you can do all of that and more using your wireless phone! 

This section will provide detailed information on all the amazing things you can do with your next generation 
phone. If you subscribe to one of the Wireless Internet plans, there are a lot of added benefits you receive 
including a free Fuse email box, the ability to personalize your service and set up short cuts to the places you 
visit most often, and better rates on downloads and data usage beyond your selected plan.  If you choose not to 
subscribe, you can still try Wireless Internet and pay-as-you-go using our more limited service. 

All the applications within this section require that you be connected to Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet Service.  

 

How do I connect to CBW Internet Services? 

Simply select 

Menu 

 Web Services 

 

 Home 

to connect to CBW Internet services.  You’ll then see the 

following 

menu: 

     

• 

Email 

• 

My info 

• 

Cincinnati.com 

• 

ESPN Sports 

• 

Wall Street Journal 

• 

National News 

• 

Entertainment 

• 

Find it 

• 

Usage History 

• 

MSN 

 

Navigating through menus: 

To select one of these menu options, use the scroll keys to scroll up, down, left and right through the menu.  
When the item you want is highlighted, press directly down on the scroll key center to select it.  
(Tip: Pressing directly down on the scroll key center is just like the “ENTER” key on your PC, which lets you 
select the menu item with one touch). 
 

Entering Letters, Symbols and Numbers into your Phone: 

Your phone’s user guide has great information to help you learn how to enter numbers, letters, and symbols.  
You’ll need to learn how to do this before continuing. (Tip!  Also check out “Predictive Text”, and how to 
change cases from capital to lower case letters.  It will make your experience much easier.) 

 

Summary of Contents for CINCINNATI BELL T290

Page 1: ...ng Have you ever wanted to reach someone but know that they are in a place where they can t receive a phone call or have you just wanted to pass a quick comment along without making it into a long voice conversation Text Messaging may just be for you Text messaging is already active on your phone and any messages that you receive are FREE This is especially handy because it means you may be able t...

Page 2: ...manual Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet Services Have you ever wanted to look up a sports score get a breaking news headline or check your e mail but were nowhere near a PC Now you can do all of that and more using your wireless phone This section will provide detailed information on all the amazing things you can do with your next generation phone If you subscribe to one of the Wireless Internet...

Page 3: ...thly Wireless Internet plan or charged per kilobyte if you aren t a Wireless Internet subscriber NOTE This option not available on all Next Generation phones E Mail To access your email select the Email menu option within the Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet services home page on your phone You will see two options 1 My Email or 2 Other Email My Email Cincinnati Bell Wireless Internet subscribers...

Page 4: ...per that delivers the latest business news from every major market in the world More than 1 650 analysts and writers bring you the top world news crucial reports from all industries in depth technology coverage along with all the financial insight you need to succeed Select from US News Asia News Europe News or Technology News Entertainment This category offers more fun things to do with your phon...

Page 5: ...elect Find Nearest and Enter ZIP Once you ve entered your Zip starting point you can select the type of business you are seeking restaurant gas station etc Highlight your selection and press enter center of large circular button Your results will appear Google A search engine that you can select if you want to visit other websites Note Many websites are not set up correctly for access using a mobi...

Page 6: ...ress the scroll key center You ll notice the name of the contact you ve selected in the dialogue box If this is the correct entry highlight Send and press the scroll key center Note Your Sony Ericsson T290 can receive image files that are 45KB or smaller and in the format of a JPEG PNG OTA BMP WBMP or GIF Sound files must be in Mobile MIDI GMX format and under 45KB in size When sending an MMS mess...

Page 7: ...s and the minutes used will not subtract from the minutes you have available in your wireless rate plan If you dial directly to your 7 or 10 digit home phone number these minutes will not be free and will count against your plan s available minutes Likewise minutes used when dialing from your home to your wireless will subtract from your plan s available minutes Cincinnati Bell reserves the right ...

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