Dell Aero User manual

User’s Manual
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Contents
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Contents
Before Using Your Smartphone . 10
Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General Statement on RF Energy . 11
Proper Disposal . . . . . . . . . . 11
IEEE 1725 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
FCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting Up Your Smartphone . . . 15
Smartphone Requirements . . . . . . 15
Activating Phone Service . . . . . . . 15
Setting Up the Phone for the
First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Dell Aero Smartphone
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dell Aero Smartphone Features 21
Front View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Back View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Left View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Right view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Dell Aero Smartphone Basics . 24
Using the Touch Screen . . . . . . . . 24
Connection Manager . . . . . . . . 26

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Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Main Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Home Screen . . . . . . . . 30
Sleep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Phone Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting an Input Method . . . . . 37
Selecting Input Languages . . . . . 38
Entering Text With Qwerty . . . . . 39
Entering Numbers and Symbols . . 40
Using HandWriting . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Phone KeyPad . . . . . . 42
Connecting to the Internet . . . . . . 43
Selecting Cellular Data Networks . 43
Basic Phone Settings . . . . . . . . 44
Display Settings. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Date & Time Settings . . . . . . . . 46
Location Settings . . . . . . . . . . 49
Language Settings . . . . . . . . . 49
Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Wizard Settings . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the Phone Features . . . . 55
Making a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Answering or Rejecting
an Incoming Call . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Accessing the Call Log. . . . . . . . 60

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Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Call Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Fixed Dial Number (FDN) List . . . 65
Call Barring. . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Call Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . 67
Other Basic Call Settings. . . . . . 68
My SIM number . . . . . . . . . . 69
Dialing Prefix Number . . . . . . . 69
Speed Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Voicemail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the In-call Timer . . . . . . 71
TTY Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Managing Bluetooth Connections . . 72
Managing Wi-Fi Connections . . . . 73
Changing Wi-Fi Settings . . . . . . 73
Adding a Wi-Fi Network . . . . . . 74
Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network. . . 74
Mobile Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Configuring Mobile Networks . . . 75
Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Managing SD Card and
Phone Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Using Voice Command . . . . . . . . . 78
Configuring Voice Command . . . . 78
Using Internet Features . . . . . 80
Internet Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Viewing Web Pages . . . . . . . . 80
Navigating Web Pages . . . . . . . 82

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Browser Overview . . . . . . . . . 83
Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Browser Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Browser Settings . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tweeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Using Email Features . . . . . . . . 89
Managing Exchange Server Account 89
Getting Information From Exchange
Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Synchronization Settings . . . . . . 89
Managing Email Accounts. . . . . . 90
Adding an Internet Email Account . 90
Setting Up and Editing
Email Accounts . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Removing an Account . . . . . . . 93
Managing Email Messages . . . . . 93
Sending Emails . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Receiving Emails . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting Messages . . . . . . . . . 95
Using Multimedia Features . . . 96
Browsing and Playing Music . . . . 96
Managing Music Files . . . . . . . . 97
Synchronizing Music . . . . . . . . 97
Transfering Music. . . . . . . . . . 98

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Creating a Playlist . . . . . . . . . 98
Managing Playlists . . . . . . . . . 99
Music Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Music Player Controls . . . . . . 101
Setting a Song as Your Ringtone . 101
Browsing and Playing Videos . . . 102
Managing Videos . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sorting Videos . . . . . . . . . . 102
Deleting a File From a List . . . . 103
Viewing Video Properties . . . . 103
Sharing Videos . . . . . . . . . . 104
Deleting Multiple Videos . . . . . 104
Using the Video Player . . . . . . 105
Using the Picture Application . . . 106
Browsing Pictures . . . . . . . . 106
Managing Picture Files . . . . . . 107
Changing Picture Settings . . . . 109
Using the Video Editor . . . . . . . . 110
Using the Storyboard . . . . . . . 110
Using the Music Movie . . . . . . 110
Using Auto Cut . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using the Camera. . . . . . . . . . . 112
Camera mode . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using the Recorder Application . . 114
Using Google Applications . . . 116
Google Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Searching Places. . . . . . . . . 116

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Getting Directions . . . . . . . . 117
Changing Map Modes . . . . . . 118
Finding Your Location. . . . . . . 118
Using Latitude . . . . . . . . . . 118
Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
YouTube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using YouTube . . . . . . . . . . 121
Accessing My YouTube Account. 122
Uploading Videos . . . . . . . . . 123
Using Network Features. . . . . 125
AT&T Navigator. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
AT&T Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
GPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using Where . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Using AllSport GPS . . . . . . . . 129
AT&T Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Using mSpotRadio . . . . . . . . 129
Using MusicID2 . . . . . . . . . . 130
AT&T Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
AT&T Hot Spots . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
YPmobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using YPmobile . . . . . . . . . . 132
AT&T Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mobile Video . . . . . . . . . . . 134
MobiTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mobile Banking . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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SIM Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using Applications . . . . . . . . 135
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Viewing Messages . . . . . . . . 135
Reading Unread Messages . . . 136
Replying to a Message. . . . . . 136
Sending Messages to Your Contacts 137
Opening to Message View . . . . 138
Messaging Settings . . . . . . . 139
Quickoffice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Calendar Views. . . . . . . . . . 141
Using the Calendar . . . . . . . . 145
Alarm Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Add More Alarms. . . . . . . . . 149
Changing the Clock Display . . . 149
Hiding the Clock . . . . . . . . . 150
Setting the Date & Time . . . . . 151
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
File Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Viewing Stored Files . . . . . . . 152
Adding New Folders . . . . . . . 152
Sorting Files and Folders . . . . . 153
Deleting Files and Folders . . . . 154
Cut, Copy, and Paste . . . . . . . 154
Searching for Contents . . . . . . 155
Renaming Files or Folders . . . . 156
Compressing Files and Folders . . 156

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Decompressing Files and Folders 156
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Adding Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Reading Notes . . . . . . . . . . 158
Editing Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Deleting Notes . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Creating New Tasks . . . . . . . 159
Editing Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Deleting Tasks . . . . . . . . . . 160
World Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Viewing Clocks . . . . . . . . . . 161
Adding Clocks . . . . . . . . . . 161
Deleting Clocks . . . . . . . . . . 161
World Clock Settings . . . . . . . 162
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Using Search . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Selecting Search Categories . . . 163
Advanced Search. . . . . . . . . 164
Index Statistic. . . . . . . . . . . 165
DM Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Backup Your Mobile Contacts,
Messages, and Settings . . . . . 165
Restore Your Mobile Contacts,
Messages, and Settings From the
Backup File . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Managing Applications . . . . . . . 166
Deleting All Data . . . . . . . . . 166
Deleting an Application Data . . . 166