Blackbe;rry BlackBerry Curve User manual

Getting Started Guide
BlackBerry® Curve™

BlackBerry®Curve™
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Welcome to AT&T 4
What’s in the Box? 4
Insert the Battery 5
Charge the Battery 5
Set Up Your BlackBerry®Curve™6
Setup Wizard 6
Introduction to BlackBerry Curve 6
Email Set Up 9
Get Started Using Your BlackBerry®Curve™14
Make a Phone Call 14
Make a Phone Call Using Voice Dialing 15
Set Up Voicemail 16
Check Your Voicemail Messages From Your BlackBerry®Curve™16
Check Your Voicemail Messages From Other Phones 16
Add a Contact 17
Schedule an Appointment 18
Send an Email 19
Send an SMS Text Message 20
Go to Web Pages 21
Set Up Bluetooth® 22
Push to Talk 23
- Set up Push to Talk 23
- Add a Push to Talk contact 24
- Create a Push to Talk group 24
- Edit a Push to Talk contact or group 25
- Make a Push to Talk call 26
- Make a Quick Group call 26
Table of Contents

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- Accept a Push to Talk invitation 27
- Respond to a Push to Talk call 27
- Set your Push to Talk availability status 28
- Send a Call Me Alert 28
- Set a Contact Alert 29
- Send a Voice Message 29
- Turn off Push to Talk 30
Take a Picture 31
Take & Send a Picture 31
Sync Your BlackBerry®Curve™With Your Computer 32
BlackBerry®Desktop Software 32
What You Need 33
Setup instructions 34
Media 38
Media 38
Transfer Music and Videos to your BlackBerry®Curve™38
Insert a Media Card 39
AT&T Mobile Music™ 40
AT&T Mall 41
Troubleshooting 42
Tips and Tricks 48
Accessories 50
Icons & Indicators 54

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What’s in the Box?
Remove the following items from the box to help you set up your
BlackBerry®Curve™.
USB Sync Cable
Travel Charger
Stereo Headset
BlackBerry®User Tools CD
Includes User Guide,
BlackBerry End User/Software
License Agreement and
warranty information for your
BlackBerry Curve.
Rechargeable
Battery
Getting Started Guide
BlackBerry Curve
Welcome to AT&T
What’s in the Box?
Getting Started Guide
BlackBerry® Curve™
Quick Start Guide
Email
Text Messaging
Push to Talk
MEdia™ Net
AT&T Mobile Music™
2MP Camera
See User Guide on BlackBerry® User Tools CD for Spanish Instructions.
Additional charges may apply. Visit www.cingular.com for more details.
BlackBerry® Curve™ features subject to change without prior notice.
All BlackBerry Curve screens are simulated.
Use your phone for more than just talking
Quick Start Guide

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Insert & Charge the Battery
Insert the Battery
1. Press the battery cover release
button on the back of the
BlackBerry Curve and slide the
battery cover off.
2. Insert the battery so that the
BlackBerry logo faces up and the
metal contacts on the battery
align with the metal contacts on
your BlackBerry Curve .
3. Slide the battery cover back onto
the BlackBerry Curve so that
the cover lies flat and clicks into
place.
Charge the Battery
1. Pull the plug blades down on the travel charger.
2. Connect the small USB end of the travel charger cable to the USB
port on the side of your BlackBerry Curve .
3. Plug the travel charger into a power outlet.
4. Charge the battery to full power.
Steps?
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Takes?
1 minute
Note:
If the battery
is charged, the
BlackBerry®Curve™
turns on. If the device
does not turn on,
charge the battery.
The length of time
to charge the battery
can take up to an
hour or more.
CAUTION: Use only
accessories that
Research In Motion
has approved for use
with your BlackBerry
Curve . Use of other
accessories might
invalidate your
warranty and might
be dangerous.

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Takes?
5 - 10 minutes
Note:
As you complete the
Setup Wizard, look for
the progress indicator
to tell you how many
screens you have
completed. The more
indicator tells you if
there is more to see
on the screen and
the buttons along the
bottom allow you to
navigate through the
Setup Wizard.
Set Up Your BlackBerry Curve
Setup Wizard
Setup Wizard
The BlackBerry®Curve™contains a Setup Wizard designed to help you
quickly and easily set up and personalize your BlackBerry Curve .
Introduction to BlackBerry Curve
The introduction to the BlackBerry®Curve™
section of the Setup Wizard will help you
choose your language, set up the date and
time, and orient you to some of the important
keys/functions on your BlackBerry Curve .

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Note:
You can exit the
Setup Wizard at any
time and return to
where you left off by
selecting BlackBerry
Setup from the
Home screen and
then choosing Setup
Wizard.
Note:
To save battery
power your
BlackBerry®Curve™
screen is set to
Timeout (go dark
or dim) after 45
seconds. If the
screen goes dark or
dims simply press
any key to view the
screen again.
Setup Wizard
1. Once you have launched the Setup Wizard,
use the TRACKBALL to scroll up and down
on the screens and highlight input fields
or buttons. Click (press) the TRACKBALL to
select fields or buttons.
2. To set your time zone, highlight the
current time zone and click the TRACKBALL.
Scroll the TRACKBALL up or down to find
your time zone and click again to select it.
3. Review the navigation keys and click “Next”.

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Set Up Your BlackBerry Curve
Setup Wizard
4. Enter your owner information and click
“Next”.
5. Select the display font and click “Next”.
Note:
If your SIM card
currently has contacts
saved to it, you will
be prompted to
import them to the
BlackBerry®Curve™.
To import the
contacts click “Yes”
then click “Next”.

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Email Set Up
1. In the Setup Wizard, on the Email Setup
screen, select the “I want to create or add
an email address” option. Click “Next”.
2. Click “Next”.
3. Click “Create New Account”.
Email Set Up
Steps?
13
Takes?
5 - 10 minutes
Note:
To set up email using
web browser on your
computer, visit www.
cingular.com/
blackberrystart.

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Email Set Up
Set Up Your BlackBerry Curve
4. To view the terms of the BlackBerry®
Internet Service license agreement, click
“click here”.
5. Please read the terms and conditions
carefully. To accept the terms of the
license agreement, select the “Yes”
option. Click “I Agree”.
6. Type a login user name of your choice for
the email setup website.
The user name must begin with a letter or number, contain
between 4 and 32 characters, and may contain letters,
numbers, underscores, dashes, and period characters.
Typing Tips
To capitalize a
letter, hold the
letter key until the
capitalized letter
appears or press
the RIGHT SHIFT
key and press
the appropriate
letter key