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Street-style neck band headset with superior audio performance.

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A wireless sphere of music.

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Contents

Getting started......................5

Assembly........................................5

Turning on the phone.....................6

Help in your phone.........................7

Charging the battery.......................7

Phone overview..............................8

Menu overview.............................10

Navigation....................................12

File manager.................................13

Phone language...........................15

Entering text.................................15

Calling..................................16

Making and receiving calls...........16

Contacts.......................................18

Call list..........................................22

Speed dial....................................22

Voicemail......................................23

Voice control................................23

Diverting calls...............................25

More than one call........................25

Conference calls...........................26

My numbers.................................26

Accept calls..................................26

Restricted dialling.........................27

Fixed dialling................................27

Call time and cost........................28

Messaging...........................28

Receiving and saving messages.....................................28

Text messages.............................29

Picture messages.........................30

Message options..........................31

Templates.....................................31

Voice messages...........................31

Email.............................................32

My friends ....................................33

Area and cell information.............35

Imaging................................35

Camera and video recorder.........35

Viewfinder and camera keys........35

Using the camera.........................36

Camera icons and settings...........36

Camera shortcuts.........................36

Transferring pictures....................37

Camera printing............................38

Pictures........................................38

PhotoDJ™ and VideoDJ™...........39

Themes.........................................39

Entertainment......................40

Stereo portable handsfree............40

Walkman® player.........................40

Video player..................................40

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Music and video controls.............40

TrackID™.....................................43

Radio............................................44

PlayNow™....................................44

Ringtones and melodies...............45

MusicDJ™....................................45

Sound recorder............................46

Games..........................................46

Applications..................................46

Connectivity........................47

Settings........................................47

Phone name.................................47

Using the Internet.........................48

Web feeds....................................49

Bluetooth™ wireless technology....................................50

Using the USB cable....................52

Synchronizing...............................54

Update service.............................56

More features......................57

Flight mode..................................57

Location services.........................57

Alarms..........................................58

Calendar.......................................58

Notes............................................60

Tasks............................................60

Profiles..........................................61

Time and date..............................61

Locks............................................61

Troubleshooting..................63

Common questions......................63

Error messages............................65

Important information.........67

Sony Ericsson Consumer

Web site.......................................67

Service and support.....................67

Guidelines for Safe and

Efficient Use.................................69

End User Licence Agreement.......73

Limited Warranty..........................74

FCC Statement.............................76

Declaration of Conformity for

W890i...........................................76

Index....................................77

Sony Ericsson W890i

UMTS 2100 GSM EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

This User guide is published by Sony Ericsson

Mobile Communications AB or its local affiliated company, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this User guide necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by Sony Ericsson Mobile

Communications AB at any time and without notice.

Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this User guide.

All rights reserved.

©Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, 2007

Publication number: 1203-2747.1

Please note:

Some of the services in this User guide are not supported by all networks. This also applies to the

GSM International Emergency Number 112 .

Please contact your network operator or service provider if you are in doubt whether you can use a particular service or not.

Please read the Guidelines for safe and efficient use and the Limited warranty chapters before you use your mobile phone.

Your mobile phone has the capability to download, store and forward additional content, e.g. ringtones.

The use of such content may be restricted or prohibited by rights of third parties, including but not limited to restriction under applicable copyright laws. You, and not Sony Ericsson, are entirely responsible for additional content that you download to or forward from your mobile phone.

Prior to your use of any additional content, please verify that your intended use is properly licensed or is otherwise authorized. Sony Ericsson does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of any additional content or any other third party content.

Under no circumstances will Sony Ericsson be liable in any way for your improper use of additional content or other third party content.

Smart-Fit Rendering is a trademark or a registered trademark of ACCESS Co., Ltd.

Bluetooth is a trademark or a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG Inc. and any use of such mark by

Sony Ericsson is under license.

The Liquid Identity logo, SensMe, PlayNow,

MusicDJ, PhotoDJ, TrackID and VideoDJ are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.

TrackID™ is powered by Gracenote Mobile

MusicID™. Gracenote and Gracenote Mobile

MusicID are trademarks or registered trademarks of

Gracenote, Inc.

WALKMAN is a trademark or a registered trademark of Sony Corporation.

Sony, Memory Stick Micro™ and M2™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony

Corporation.

Google™ and Google Maps™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Google, Inc.

SyncML is a trademark or registered trademark of

Open Mobile Alliance LTD.

Ericsson is a trademark or registered trademark of

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition is a trademark or registered trademark of Adobe

Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Microsoft, ActiveSync, Windows, Outlook, and Vista are registered trademarks or trademarks of

Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

T9™ Text Input is a trademark or a registered trademark of Tegic Communications. T9™ Text

Input is licensed under one or more of the following:

U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480,

5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No.

1,331,057, United Kingdom Pat. No. 2238414B;

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Hong Kong Standard Pat. No. HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat. No. 51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842

463(96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT, ES, SE,

GB; and additional patents are pending worldwide.

Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun

Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.

End-user license agreement for Sun™ Java™

J2ME™.

Restrictions: Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and/or its licensors. Customer shall not modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or otherwise reverse engineer Software. Software may not be leased, assigned, or sublicensed, in whole or in part.

Export Regulations: Software, including technical data, is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the U.S. Export Administration Act and its associated regulations, and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries.

Customer agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export, re-export, or import Software. Software may not be downloaded, or otherwise exported or re-exported

(i) into, or to a national or resident of, Cuba, Iraq, Iran,

North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Syria (as such listing may be revised from time to time) or any country to which the U.S. has embargoed goods; or (ii) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department's list of Specially

Designated Nations or the U.S. Commerce

Department's Table of Denial Orders.

Restricted Rights: Use, duplication or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical

Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS

252.227-7013(c) (1) (ii) and FAR 52.227-19(c) (2) as applicable.

Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.

All illustrations are for illustration only and may not accurately depict the actual phone.

Instruction symbols

These symbols may appear in the User guide.

Note

Tip

Warning

A service or function is network- or subscription-dependent. Contact your network operator for details.

> Use a selection or navigation key to scroll and select. See

Navigation on page 12.

Getting started

Assembly

Before you start using your phone, you need to insert a SIM card and the battery.

To insert the SIM card

To insert the battery

1 Unlock the battery cover locks on both sides.

2 Remove the battery cover.

3 Slide the SIM card into its holder with the gold-coloured contacts facing down.

1 Insert the battery with the label side up and the connectors facing each other.

2 Slide the battery cover into place and lock it.

Getting started 5

Turning on the phone

To turn on the phone

1 Press and hold down .

2 Enter your SIM card PIN, if requested and select OK .

3 Select a language.

4 Select Yes to use the setup wizard while settings are downloaded.

If you want to correct a mistake when you enter your PIN, press .

SIM card

The SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card, which you get from your network operator, contains information about your subscription. Always turn off your

6 Getting started phone and detach the charger before you insert or remove the SIM card.

You can save contacts on the SIM card before you remove it from your phone.

See To copy names and numbers to the

SIM card on page 20.

PIN

You may need a PIN (Personal

Identification Number) to activate the services in your phone. Your PIN is supplied by your network operator.

Each PIN digit appears as *, unless it starts with emergency number digits, for example, 112 or 911. You can see and call an emergency number without entering a PIN.

If you enter the wrong PIN three times in a row, the SIM card is blocked. See SIM card lock on page 61.

Startup screen

The startup screen appears when you turn your phone on. See Using pictures on page 38.

Standby

After you have turned your phone on and entered your PIN, the name of the network operator appears. This view is called standby.

Help in your phone

Help and information are available in your phone. See Navigation on page 12.

To use the setup wizard

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Setup wizard .

2 Select an option.

To view information about functions

• Scroll to a function and select Info , if available. In some cases, Info appears under Options .

To view the phone demonstration

• From standby select Menu >

Entertainment > Demo tour .

To view status information

• From standby press the volume key up.

Charging the battery

The phone battery is partly charged when you buy it.

To charge the battery

1 Connect the charger to the phone. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to fully charge the battery. Press a key to view the screen.

2 Remove the charger by tilting the plug upwards.

You can use your phone while it is charging. You can charge the battery at any time and for more or less than 2.5

hours. You can interrupt the charging without damaging the battery.

Getting started 7

Phone overview

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2

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6

Call key

Connector for charger, handsfree and USB cable

Activity menu key 7

8

9

Memory card slot (under the cover)

Keylock key

10 Ear speaker

11 Screen light sensor

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13

14

On/off key

Video call camera

Walkman® key

Selection keys

Screen

End key

C key (Clear)

15 Navigation key, Walkman® player control

16 Silent key

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9

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17 Main camera

18 Battery cover locks

19 Volume, digital zoom keys

20 Camera key

21 Strap hole

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Getting started 9

Menu overview

PlayNow™

Camera

Radio

Calls **

All

Answered

Dialled

Missed

Internet

Messaging

Write new

Inbox

Email

Web feeds

Drafts

Outbox

Sent messages

Saved messages

My friends*

Call voicemail

Templates

Manage messages

Settings

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Contacts

Myself

New contact

Organizer

File manager **

Alarms

Applications

Video call

Calendar

Tasks

Notes

Synchronization

Timer

Stopwatch

Calculator

Code memo

Entertainment

Online services*

Games

TrackID™

Location services

VideoDJ™

PhotoDJ™

MusicDJ™

Remote control

Record sound

Demo tour

Media

WALKMAN

Settings **

General

Profiles

Time & date

Language

Update service

Voice control

New events

Shortcuts

Flight mode

Security

Setup wizard

Accessibility*

Phone status

Master reset

Sounds & alerts

Ring volume

Ringtone

Silent mode

Increasing ring

Vibrating alert

Message alert

Key sound

Display

Wallpaper

Themes

Startup screen

Screen saver

Clock size

Brightness

Edit line names*

Calls

Speed dial

Smart search

Divert calls

Switch to line 2*

Manage calls

Time & cost*

Show/hide my no.

Handsfree

Connectivity

Bluetooth

USB

Phone name

Network sharing

Synchronization

Device management

Mobile networks

Internet settings

Streaming settings

Message settings*

Accessories

* Some menus are operator-, network- and subscriptiondependent.

** You can use the navigation key to scroll between tabs in submenus. For more information, see Navigation on page 12.

Getting started 11

Navigation

The main menus are shown as icons.

Some submenus include tabs.

To navigate the phone menus

1 From standby select Menu .

2 Use the navigation key to move through the menus.

To select actions on the screen

• Select an action shown at the bottom of the screen by pressing the left or right selection key, or the centre navigation key.

To view options for an item

• Select Options to, for example, edit.

To scroll between the tabs

• Scroll to a tab by pressing the navigation key left or right.

To return to standby

• Press .

To end a function

• Press .

To navigate your media

1 From standby select Menu > Media .

2 Press the navigation key right to select an item.

3 To go back, press the navigation key left.

To delete items

• Press to delete items such as numbers, letters, pictures and sounds.

Shortcuts

You can use keypad shortcuts to go directly to a menu. Menu numbering starts from the top left icon and moves across and then down row by row.

To go directly to a main menu

• From standby select Menu and press

– , , or .

To use navigation key shortcuts

• From standby press , , or to go directly to a function.

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To edit a navigation key shortcut

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Shortcuts .

2 Scroll to an option and select Edit .

3 Scroll to a menu option and select

Shortc.

.

Activity menu

The activity menu gives you quick access to certain functions.

To open the activity menu

• Press .

Activity menu tabs

• New events – missed calls and new messages.

• Running apps – applications that are running in the background.

• My shortcuts – add your favourite functions to access them quickly.

• Internet – quick access to the

Internet.

File manager

You can use the file manager to handle files saved in the phone memory or on a memory card.

You may have to purchase a memory card separately.

Memory card

Your phone supports Memory Stick

Micro™ (M2™) memory card adding more storage space to your phone. It can also be used as a portable memory card with other compatible devices.

To insert a memory card

• Open the cover and insert the memory card with the gold-coloured contacts facing down.

Getting started 13

To remove a memory card

• Open the cover and press the edge of the memory card to release and remove it.

To view memory card options

1 From standby select Menu >

Organizer > File manager > the On memory card tab.

2 Select Options .

Handling files

You can move and copy files between your phone, a computer and a memory card. Files are saved on the memory card first and then in the phone memory. Unrecognized files are saved in the Other folder.

You can create subfolders to move or copy files to. You can select more than one or all the files in a folder at the same time for all folders except Games and

Applications .

If the memory is full, delete some content to create space.

File manager tabs

The file manager is divided into three tabs, and icons indicate where the files are saved.

• All files – all content in the phone memory and on a memory card

• In phone – all content in the phone memory

• On memory card – all content on a memory card

To view information about files

1 From standby select Menu >

Organizer > File manager .

2 Find a file and select Options >

Information .

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To move a file in the file manager

1 From standby select Menu >

Organizer > File manager .

2 Find a file and select Options >

Manage file > Move .

3 Select an option.

To select more than one file in a folder

1 From standby select Menu >

Organizer > File manager .

2 Scroll to a folder and select Open .

3 Select Options > Mark > Mark several .

4 For each file you want to mark, scroll to the file and select Mark .

To delete a file from the file manager

1 From standby select Menu >

Organizer > File manager .

2 Find the file and press .

Phone language

You can select a language to use in your phone.

To change the phone language

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the General tab > Language > Phone language .

2 Select an option.

Entering text

You can use multitap text input or T9™

Text Input to enter text. The T9 Text

Input method uses a built-in dictionary.

To change text input method

• When you enter text, press and hold down .

To shift between capitals and lowercase letters

• When you enter text, press .

To enter numbers

• When you enter text, press and hold down – .

To enter full stops and commas

• When you enter text, press .

To enter text using T9™ Text Input

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text message .

2 If is not displayed, press and hold down to change to T9 Text Input.

3 Press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key. For example, to write the word

“Jane”, press , , , .

Write the whole word before looking at the suggestions.

4 Use or to view suggestions.

Getting started 15

5 Press to accept a suggestion.

To enter text using multitap

1 From standby select, for example,

Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text message .

2 If is displayed, press and hold down

to change to multitap text input.

3 Press – repeatedly until the desired letter appears.

4 When a word is written, press add a space.

to

To add words to the built-in dictionary

1 When you enter text using T9 Text

Input, select Options > Spell word .

2 Write the word using multitap input and select Insert .

Calling

Making and receiving calls

You need to turn on your phone and be within range of a network.

To make a call

1 From standby enter a phone number

(with international country code and area code, if applicable).

2 Press . See Video call on page 18.

You can call numbers from your contacts and call list. See Contacts on page 18 and Call list on page 22. You can also use your voice to make calls. See Voice control on page 23.

To end a call

• Press .

To make international calls

1 From standby press and hold down

until a “+” sign appears.

2 Enter the country code, area code

(without the first zero) and phone number.

3 Press .

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To re-dial a number

• When Retry?

appears select Yes .

Do not hold your phone to your ear when waiting. When the call connects, your phone gives a loud signal.

To answer a call

• Press .

To reject a call

• Press .

To change the ear speaker volume during a call

• Press the volume key up or down.

1

2

To mute the microphone during a call

Press and hold down

Press and hold down resume.

.

again to

To turn the loudspeaker on during a call

• Select SpkrOn .

Do not hold your phone to your ear when using the loudspeaker. This could damage your hearing.

To view missed calls from standby

• Press to open the call list.

Networks

Your phone switches automatically between GSM and 3G (UMTS) networks depending on availability.

Some network operators allow you to switch networks manually.

To switch networks manually

1 From standby select Menu > Settings

> the Connectivity tab > Mobile networks > GSM/3G networks .

2 Select an option.

Emergency calls

Your phone supports international emergency numbers, for example, 112 and 911. These numbers can normally be used to make emergency calls in any country, with or without the SIM card inserted, if a 3G (UMTS) or GSM network is within range.

In some countries, other emergency numbers may also be promoted. Your network operator may therefore have saved additional local emergency numbers on the SIM card.

To make an emergency call

• From standby enter 112 (the international emergency number) and press .

Calling 17

To view your local emergency numbers

1 From standby select Menu >

Contacts .

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Special numbers >

Emergency nos.

.

Video call

See a person on the screen during calls. Both parties need a subscription that supports the 3G (UMTS) service, and you need to be within range of a 3G

(UMTS) network. 3G (UMTS) service is available when appears.

To make a video call

1 From standby enter a phone number

(with international country code and area code, if applicable).

2 Select Options > Make video call .

To use the zoom with an outgoing video call

• Press or .

To view video call options

• During the call, select Options .

Contacts

You can save names, phone numbers and personal information in Contacts .

Information can be saved in the phone memory or on the SIM card.

Default contacts

You can choose which contact information is shown as default. If

Phone contacts is selected as default, your contacts show all the information saved in Contacts . If you select SIM contacts as default, your contacts show names and numbers saved on the SIM card.

To select default contacts

1 From standby select Menu >

Contacts .

2 Scroll to New contact and select

Options > Advanced > Default contacts .

3 Select an option.

Phone contacts

Phone contacts can contain names, phone numbers and personal information. They are saved in the phone memory.

To add a phone contact

1 From standby select Menu >

Contacts .

2 Scroll to New contact and select Add .

3 Enter the name and select OK .

4 Enter the number and select OK .

18 Calling