Asus Tucana User manual

Asus Mobile
Tucana Cell Phone
User Guide

Welcome
Congratulations on your purchase of an Asus Mobile Tucana
Cell Phone. The following illustration displays the features found
on the front of your phone.
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4
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Left/Menu
Soft Key
Press to display
menu or select
left menu
functions.
Send/Answer
Key
Press to turn on
the power or end
a call.
Right Soft Key
Press to select
right menu items
Power/End Key
Press turn on
the power, end a
call, exit menu.
Speaker
Strap Eyelet
Attach phone
strap to carry
easily.
Screen Up/Down
Navigation Key
Scroll through
menu items.
Keypad

Overview
The Tucana’s stylish design and color display make it a
pleasure to carry around. The Tucana’s has features to meet
your communication needs and more.
Stay in touch with wireless networking
The Tucana is a phone for people who want to stay in touch with
the world. In addition to all the basic calling and messaging
functions you would expect with a cell phone, it supports
multimedia messaging, allowing you to send and receive
pictures. Wireless networking capabilities allow you to check e-
mail or browse web services covering news, entertainment,
reservations, finance, navigation services (GPS), and more.
Manage your time with the PIM
The Tucana is a phone for people on the go. The Personal
Information Manager (PIM) helps you schedule appointments in
the calendar, set alarms, or jot down important notes.
Play and create with camera, photo editing, games
The Tucana is also a phone for people with a sense of creativity
and fun. Not only does it include a built-in camera, but it offers a
variety of photo editing options. Finally, for moments of fun,
there are games and a music composer.

Unpacking list
The following items come included in the box with your phone.
Note: Please save the original box and packing materials in
case you need to repack any items or send them for servicing.
User Manual
Cell phone Battery charger
User manual

Contents
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unpacking list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Inserting the SIM card and battery . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Turning the phone on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Turning the phone off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Charging the battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Making a call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Answering a call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Adjusting the volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using Your Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Standby mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Text entry: The basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Choosing text entry methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Multitap text entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
T9™ text entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Calling Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Redialing a number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Caller ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Showing or hiding personal information. . . . . 17
Canceling an incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Call logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Returning a missed call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Answer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Call waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Call barring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Timing Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
International calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Emergency numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Phone Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Adding contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Editing contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Copying contact information to SIM card . . . . 22
Searching for a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Deleting a contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using a group list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using a fixed dialing list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Speed Dialing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing your own number.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Viewing the status of the phone. . . . . . . . . . . 23
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sending messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Text messages (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Multimedia Messages (MMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Composing a new multimedia message . . . . 27
Information Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using the Camera and Managing Photos. . . 32
Taking a photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Self-portrait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Managing your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Adding effects to your photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Fun and Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pictures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Settings in Your Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Entering your name and phone number . . . . . . 46
Time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ring style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ring volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Start-up Animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Greeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Menu display schemes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
SIM card lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Keypad lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Network information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reset settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Personal Information Manager (PIM) . . . . . . 52
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Adding Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Viewing and Editing Appointments. . . . . . . . . 53
Deleting Appointments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Adding Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55