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 device.
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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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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Contents 3
Contents
1 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features. . . . . . . 7
2 Setting Up Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Getting Your Device Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11
Turning On Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Turning Off the Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3 Understanding Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Out-Of-Box Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Touch Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Screen Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts . . . . . . 17
The Dell™ Stage Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Dell™ Stage Widgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quick Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Navigating the Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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4 Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet . . . . 36
Managing Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Pop-up Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Android Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Google Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power Control Widget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Managing Your Device Settings . . . . . . . . . . 51
5 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Browsing the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Web Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Synchronizing Your Google Data . . . . . . . . 107
6 Customizing Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Sound and Ringtone Settings . . . . . . . . . . 109
Date, Time, and Time Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Language Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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7 Protecting Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Protect Your Device Data With a Screen
Unlock Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Protect Your Device Data With a PIN . . . . . . 115
Protect Your Device Data With a Password . . 116
Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Copying Files to and From the Device . . . . . 120
Bluetooth® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Sound Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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9 Synchronizing Your Dell Streak 7
Tablet and Computer Using
Dell Mobile Sync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Starting Your Device in the Safe Mode . . . . . 140
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Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features 7
Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
This section provides information about the features available on your
device.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality
1Headphone connector Connects to headphones.
2Speaker Provides audio output for video and music
playback.
3TV antenna
(available on select models
only)
Used for improving the reception of
television signals.
4Volume up button • Press to increase the media volume by
one level.
• Press and hold to continuously increase
the media volume.
5Volume down button • Press to decrease the media volume by
one level.
• Press and hold to continuously
decrease the media volume.
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8Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
6Power 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 select one of these options:
–Silent mode: The device is set to
vibrate mode; all sounds are disabled
except for alarms.
–Airplane mode: Disable all wireless
connections.
–Power off: Turn off the device.
7Battery 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.
8Back button Touch to return to the previous screen,
close a dialog box, menu, or pop-up
message, and to dismiss the keyboard.
9Menu 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.
10 Home button • Touch to open the central Home
screen.
• Touch and hold for quick access to the
most recently used applications.
Buttons/Connectors/Parts Functionality
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130-pin connector • 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 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
(available on select
models 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 Dell Streak 7 Tablet Features
1Camera lens Captures pictures and videos.
2Camera flash Used for capturing pictures and
videos in dimly lit environments.
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