Palm Tungsten T2 Manual

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Your Handheld
Like a good personal assistant, your
handheld helps you keep track of your
schedule, your business and personal
contacts, your to-do list, even your
Microsoft Office and multimedia files.
Stay productive by carrying more of
your important files and documents.
Get connected with wireless access to
email, text messages, and the web.
View digital photo and video albums
directly on your handheld, or insert an
expansion card (sold separately) to
listen to your favorite music. And don’t
worry about losing your information—
even if the battery drains completely,
the information stays in your
handheld’s memory. Simply recharge
to access it again.
Benefits
• Carry more of your important
information, and work with it on the
go
• Save time and stay organized
• Travel light
• Never lose important information
• Stay in touch with wireless
connectivity
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What’s on my handheld?
What’s on the screen?
What software is on my
handheld?
What’s on the CD?
Related topics

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What’s on my handheld?
Front
Screen Displays the applications and information on your handheld. The
screen is touch-sensitive.
Input area Lets you enter info with Graffiti® 2 writing or open the onscreen
keyboard.
5-way navigator Helps you move around and select info to display on the screen.
Quick buttons Turn on your handheld and open Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, and Note
Pad.
Screen
5-way navigator
Calendar
Contacts
Tasks
Note Pad
Input area
Quick Buttons

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IR port Beams information between handhelds and other devices that have an
IR port.
Expansion card
slot
Lets you insert an expansion card (sold separately) to play music, back
up info, and add memory, applications, and accessories to your
handheld.
Power button Turns your handheld on or off and lets you turn Keylock on (if active).
Headphone jack Lets you connect standard 3.5mm headphones (sold separately) to
your handheld so you can listen to music and other audio applications.
Stylus Lets you enter information on your handheld. To use the stylus, slide it
out of the slot and hold it as you would a pen or pencil. Using your
fingertip instead of the stylus is OK, but don’t use your fingernail, a real
pen, or any other sharp object to touch the screen.
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Key Term
IR Short for infrared.
Beaming uses infrared
technology to send
information between two
IR ports that are within a
few feet of each other.
Did You Know?
Beaming lets you quickly
share appointments,
addresses, phone
numbers, and more.
Stylus
Expansion
card slot
Power button
IR port
Headphone
jack

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Back
Speaker Lets you listen to alarms, game and system sounds, and music.
Reset button Resets your handheld if it freezes (stops responding).
Multi-connector Lets you connect a sync cable (included) or a cradle (sold separately)
to your computer so you can synchronize. Also lets you connect the
AC charger to your handheld so you can charge it.
Bluetooth®radio
(internal)
Enables your handheld to connect with other devices (sold
separately) that use Bluetooth®wireless technology.
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Key Term
USB The type of
connector or cable that’s
commonly used to
connect accessories to a
computer.
Multi-
connector
Reset
button
Bluetooth®radio
(internal)
Speaker

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What’s on the screen?
Your handheld includes many features that make it easy to use. Among them are the input area
and the common elements that appear on the screen in each of the applications. Once you learn
how to use them in one application you can easily use them in all the others.
Input area
Tapping the icons in the input area does the following:
Clock icon Displays the current time and date. The display closes automatically after
two seconds. See Setting the date and time and Managing Clock
Settings for more information.
Brightness icon Opens the Adjust Display dialog box, where you can set the brightness of
your handheld’s display. See Adjusting the brightness for instructions.
Home icon Displays Applications View, where you can open applications. See
Opening applications for more information.
Menu icon Opens the menus, where you can select items that provide access to
other features. See Using menus for more information.
Tip
If you use another
application frequently,
customize the input area
to display that
application’s icon. Tap
and hold any of the four
large icons, and select the
new application you want
from the list. The new
application’s icon
replaces the icon you
tapped. Star icon
Letter keyboard
Icon
Find icon
Home icon
Menu icon
Number keyboard
Icon
Clock icon Brightness icon

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Application controls
Star icon Displays Favorites View, where you can open applications. See Opening
applications for more information.
Find icon Opens the Find dialog box, where you can search for information. See
Finding information for more details.
Letter keyboard
icon
Opens the alphabetic keyboard. See Entering information with the
onscreen keyboard for details.
Number
keyboard icon
Opens the numeric keyboard. See Entering information with the
onscreen keyboard for details.
Previous/next
arrows
Select the left and right arrows to view the previous and next entry; where
up and down arrows appear, select them to view the previous and next
screens of information.
Scroll bar Drag the slider, or tap the top or bottom arrow, to scroll the display one line
at a time. To scroll to the previous screen, tap the scroll bar just above the
slider. To scroll to the next screen, tap the scroll bar just below the slider.
Scroll bar
Previous/next arrows
Command button
Pick list
Entry box
Box
Tips icon
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Key Term
Slider The solid area on
the scroll bar. The slider
moves to indicate the
relative position within
the entry or list.
Tip
You can also use the
5-way navigator to select
an item from a pick list
and to select some
command buttons.

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Command
button
Select a button, such as OK, Cancel, or Details, to perform a command or to
open a dialog box. Command buttons appear at the bottom of dialog boxes
and application screens.
Tips icon Tap the Tips icon to view shortcuts and other useful information for the
screen where the icon is located. When you have finished viewing the tip,
select Done.
Entry box Tap an entry box to open a dialog box where you can enter info for that field.
Pick list Select the arrow to display a list of choices, and then select an item in the
list.
Box Check or uncheck a box to select or deselect it. When a box is checked, the
corresponding option is selected and active. When a box is unchecked, the
corresponding option is deselected and inactive.

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What software is on my handheld?
Your handheld comes with many applications preinstalled and ready to use.
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Favorites Customize a list of your favorite applications and web pages so that you can
locate and open them quickly.
Calendar Manage your schedule from single entries, like lunch with a friend, to repeating
and extended events, like weekly meetings and holidays. Even color-code your
schedule by category.
Contacts Store names and addresses, phone numbers, email and website addresses—
even add a birthday alarm or a contact’s photo.
Media View and organize photos and videos.
RealPlayer®Carry music on expansion cards (sold separately), create playlists, and listen to
music on your handheld. This application has a companion desktop application
that you can install from the CD (Windows only). Both Mac and Windows users
can use RealPlayer on the handheld.
Bluetooth®Set up wireless connections to a mobile phone, network, or computer for sending
and receiving information.
Web Browse your favorite sites on the web using the built-in Bluetooth technology on
your handheld.
Ta s k s Stay on top of your to-do list. Enter things you need to do, prioritize them, set
alarms, and then monitor your deadlines.
Memos Capture information such as meeting notes, lists of books to read, movies to see,
recipes, and anything else you need to write down.
Note Pad Write on the screen in your own handwriting or draw a quick sketch.
Calculator Solve basic math calculations such as splitting restaurant bills and figuring tips.
Tip
Can’t find some of these
applications? Tap the
category list in the upper-
right corner of
Applications View and
select All.

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What’s on the CD?
The Tungsten™ E2 software installation CD includes desktop software for your computer and
additional software for your handheld.
The desktop software lets you use your computer to view, enter, and manage info for many of the
applications on your handheld.
You must install Palm®Desktop software in order to synchronize your handheld with
your computer. When you synchronize, information entered on either your computer or your
handheld is instantly updated in the other location—no need to enter info twice. Synchronizing
also creates a backup copy of the info on your handheld on your computer.
The additional software lets you do more things with your handheld. When you set up your
handheld you may install some (or all) of these applications. You can install any of the applications
at any time after you set up your handheld as well.
Quick Tour Learn about your handheld and how to enter information.
Expense Track business or travel expenses and print expense reports after you
synchronize.
HotSync®Synchronize the info on your handheld with the info on your computer.
Prefs Customize your handheld’s sound levels, colors, security, and more.
Card Info View information about an expansion card seated in the expansion card slot.
World Clock Set the time in your home city and two other locations, and set an alarm to wake
you up.
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The software installation CD includes titles such as the following:
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Palm®Desktop software View, enter, manage, and back up info for Calendar, Contacts, Tasks,
Media, Memos, and Expense on your computer (Expense and Media
are Windows only). You can also view, manage, and back up info for
Note Pad. When you synchronize your handheld with your computer,
this info is updated in both places. Palm Desktop software is installed
automatically during the initial CD installation process.
Palm Desktop includes HotSync®Manager software, which allows you
to customize the settings for synchronization. You can access HotSync
Manager by selecting its icon in the task bar at the bottom of your
computer screen.
During installation, you can choose to synchronize your
handheld with Microsoft Outlook on your computer (Windows only). If
you do, information in Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Memos is
synchronized with information in Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, and Notes
in Outlook. Information in Expense, Note Pad, and Media is still
synchronized with information in Expense, Note Pad, and Media in
Palm Desktop software.
Quick Install
(Windows only)
Install applications and transfer files from your Windows computer to
your handheld or to an expansion card that is seated in the expansion
card slot for use on your handheld. Quick Install is installed
automatically when you synchronize during the initial CD installation
process.
HotSync Manager
NOTE