Dell STREAK 7 User manual

Dell™ Streak 7
User's Manual
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Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make
better use of your product.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss
of data if instructions are not followed.
WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,
personal injury, or death.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . 11
Getting Your Tablet Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11
Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 About Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . . . 14
Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . 17
Home Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Notifications and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Customizing Your Home Screen . . . . . . . . . 25
The Dell Stage Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Navigating the Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . . . . . . 40
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4Contents
Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Messaging (on 3G model only) . . . . . . . . . . 44
Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Swype Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dell Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . 59
5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Synchronizing Your Google Data . . . . . . . . 103
6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . 104
Power Management Settings . . . . . . . . . . 104
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Sound and Ringtone Settings . . . . . . . . . . 106
Date, Time, and Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . 109
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Protect Your Device Data with a Screen
Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Protect Your Device Data with a PIN . . . . . . 111
Protect Your Device Data with a Password . . 112
Protect Your SIM Card with the SIM Lock
Password (on 3G model only) . . . . . . . . . . 113
8Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Bluetooth® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9 Connect and Sync with a Computer Using
Dell Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 136
Emergency Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
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6Features
Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
This section provides information about the features available on your
device.
NOTE: The features or applications described in this User’s Manual may
not be all available on your device, and may vary depending on the
model you purchase.
Buttons/Ports/Parts Functionality
1Headphone connector Connects to headphones.
2Speaker Provides audio output for video and
music playback.
3Volume up button • Press to increase the volume by
one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
increase the volume.
4Volume down button • Press to decrease the volume by
one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
decrease the volume.
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5Power and Sleep/Wake button • Press and hold to turn on the
device.
• Press to turn the screen on or off.
• While the device is on, press and
hold to turn off the device. Touch
OK when the Power off menu
appears.
6Battery status light Indicates the battery charge status
and pending notifications. The
different lights indicate the following:
• 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.
7Back button Touch to return to the previous
screen, close a dialog box, menu, or
pop-up message, and to dismiss the
keyboard.
8Menu button Touch to open or close options
menus that display available tools for
the current application or actions that
you can perform on the current
screen.
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8Features
9Home button • When viewing other Home screens,
you can touch this button to return
to the central Home screen.
• When performing any function on
the device, such as working with
applications, widgets, and so on,
you can touch this button to return
to the last Home screen you
viewed, or touch this button again
to return to the central Home
screen.
Buttons/Ports/Parts Functionality
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130-pin port • Connects to the supplied USB
cable for transferring files to and
from a computer.
• Connects to the supplied USB
cable and USB wall-charger
adapter to charge the device.
2Touch screen Touch the screen to use the on-
screen controls including buttons,
menu items, and the keyboard.
3Force power-off button Push the button to force power off
the device.
4SD card slot Holds the SD card in place.
5SIM card slot (on 3G model only) Holds the SIM card in place.
6Slot door Provides access to the SIM card and
SD card slots.
7Speaker Provides audio output for video and
music playback.
8Microphone Used for making video calls with
supportive web applications, such as
Skype.
9Front-facing camera • Used for capturing a front view
picture, for example, a self-portrait.
• Used for making video calls with
supportive web applications, such
as Skype.
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10 Features
1Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.
2Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and
videos in dimly lit environments.
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