Palm PIXI PLUS
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Palm PIXI PLUS will keep you connected with its variety of features. Stay in touch with friends and family by sending text and multimedia messages or browse the web using Wi-Fi or your data connection. With its built-in camera, you can capture special moments and share them with ease. The Palm Synergy feature conveniently merges data from multiple sources, like Google and Outlook calendars, into a single view.
Key Features
Gesture-based interface
Multitasking capabilities
2-megapixel camera
Wi-Fi connectivity
Synchronization with online services
Integrated messaging
Pages: 206 Palm PIXI PLUS Owner's manual
Brand: Palm Category: Smartphones Size: 4 MB
Languages: English
Table of contents
- 3 Contents
- 5 Welcome
- 6 Your Palm® Pixi™ Plus phone
- 7 What's in the box?
- 7 Print material
- 7 Hardware
- 8 Where can I learn more?
- 9 Basics
- 10 Get to know your phone
- 10 Front view
- 10 Keyboard
- 11 Touchscreen
- 11 Icons in the title bar
- 12 Back view
- 12 Top view
- 13 Set up your phone
- 13 Insert the SIM card
- 15 Complete setup
- 15 Verify your profile
- 16 What is a Palm profile?
- 16 Charge the battery
- 17 Maximising battery life
- 18 Turn the phone on/off
- 18 Turn the screen on/off
- 18 Turn wireless services off (aeroplane mode)
- 19 Turn wireless services on
- 19 Turn everything (the screen and wireless services) on/off
- 20 Use gestures: tap, swipe, drag, flick, pinch
- 20 Basic gestures
- 22 Scroll gestures
- 23 Zoom gestures
- 23 Text selection gestures
- 25 Drag an item
- 25 Delete a list item
- 25 Open applications
- 25 Open an application in Quick Launch
- 26 Open an application in the Launcher
- 27 Open an application using search
- 27 Work with applications
- 27 Go up one level in an app (back gesture)
- 27 Display all open applications (Card view)
- 28 Move among open applications
- 28 Reorder open cards
- 28 Close an application
- 29 Change the applications that appear in Quick Launch
- 29 Reorder Quick Launch icons
- 29 Reorder Launcher icons
- 30 Delete an application
- 30 Enter and save information
- 30 Use the keyboard
- 30 Enter uppercase letters
- 31 Enter alternate keyboard characters
- 31 Enter passwords
- 31 Enter characters from the symbols table
- 31 Symbols and accented characters
- 32 Enter information in a field
- 32 Select items in a list
- 33 Cut, copy and paste information
- 33 Use the Select All and Copy All features
- 33 Save information
- 33 Use the menus
- 34 Open the application menu
- 34 Open the connection menu
- 35 Search to find info and make calls
- 35 Use universal search
- 36 Universal search application keywords
- 36 Search within an application
- 36 View and respond to notifications
- 36 Respond to a notification
- 37 View all your notifications
- 37 Reorder notifications and other dashboard items
- 38 Update the software on your phone
- 38 Respond to a system software notification
- 38 Manually check for system updates
- 39 Use App Catalog to shop for new applications
- 39 Browse applications in App Catalog
- 40 Download a free application
- 40 Manage applications
- 41 Update downloaded applications
- 41 Copy files between your phone and your computer
- 41 Copy files and folders using USB Drive mode
- 41 Delete files and folders using USB Drive mode
- 42 Copy music, photos and videos using third-party software
- 42 Sync personal data using third-party software
- 43 Data transfer
- 44 Data transfer overview
- 44 How do I get data from my old phone?
- 44 How do I get data off my computer?
- 45 About the Data Transfer Assistant (DTA)
- 46 I'm already using Google, Facebook, Yahoo! and/or Exchange. How do I sync data?
- 46 I want to keep using my current desktop app and sync with an online account on my phone
- 47 I don't need to sync, but I do want a copy of my data backed up somewhere besides my phone
- 47 I'd rather sync directly with my computer
- 49 Phone
- 50 Make calls
- 50 Dial using the onscreen dial pad
- 51 Dial by contact name using universal search
- 51 Dial using the keyboard
- 51 Dial using a speed dial
- 52 Dial by contact name in the Phone application
- 52 Redial the last number dialled
- 52 Dial your national emergency number
- 53 Dial from another application
- 53 Receive calls
- 53 Answer a call
- 53 Silence the ringer on an incoming call
- 54 Ignore a call
- 54 Use voicemail
- 54 Set up voicemail
- 54 Listen to voicemail messages
- 54 What can I do during a call?
- 54 Manage a call
- 55 End a call
- 55 Use another application while on a call
- 56 Make a second call
- 56 Answer a second call (call waiting)
- 56 Switch between two calls
- 56 Make a conference call
- 57 Look up or send a message to a contact
- 57 What's my number?
- 57 View your call history
- 58 Save a phone number to Contacts
- 59 Use a phone headset
- 59 Use a wired headset
- 59 Set up and use a Bluetooth® hands-free device
- 60 Customise phone settings
- 60 Turn contact match display on/off
- 60 Turn call forwarding on/off
- 60 Turn my caller ID on/off
- 61 Turn call waiting on/off
- 61 Change your voicemail number
- 61 Use dialling shortcuts
- 61 Lock or unlock the SIM card
- 62 Use restricted dialling
- 62 Set roaming and data usage preferences
- 63 Manually select network settings
- 63 Enable TTY/TDD
- 63 Enable HAC
- 65 Email, text, multimedia and instant messaging
- 66 Email
- 66 How do I send and receive email on my phone?
- 66 Merged inboxes in Email
- 66 Set up email
- 67 Set up email: Microsoft Exchange
- 68 Set up email when automatic setup fails
- 69 Enter advanced account settings
- 69 Turn new email notifications on/off
- 70 Change account login settings
- 70 Delete an email account
- 70 Create and send an email message
- 71 Add attachments to a message
- 71 Save a message as a draft
- 71 Receive and read email messages
- 72 Open email attachments
- 72 Save attachments
- 73 Save or share an inline image
- 73 Add a contact from an email message
- 73 View a contact from an email message
- 73 Search for an email message
- 73 Reply to a message
- 74 Forward a message
- 74 Copy messages
- 74 Move a message to another folder
- 74 Mark a message as read or unread
- 74 Flag or unflag a message
- 74 Show or hide message header details
- 74 Delete a message
- 75 Add a signature to outgoing messages
- 75 View mail folders
- 75 Sort email in a folder
- 76 Add an email folder as a favourite
- 76 Set email preferences
- 76 Reorder accounts
- 77 Reply to meeting invitations
- 77 Send email messages from within another application
- 77 Messaging
- 77 What kinds of messages can I send and receive?
- 77 Work with conversations
- 78 Switch between messaging accounts in a conversation
- 78 Dial a number from a conversation
- 78 Switch between Conversations view and Buddies view
- 79 Create and send a text or multimedia message
- 80 Use emoticons in a message
- 81 Receive and view text and multimedia messages
- 81 Add a contact from a text or multimedia message
- 82 Forward a message
- 82 Copy messages
- 82 View a contact's information from a message
- 82 Dial a number from a message
- 82 Delete a message
- 82 Delete a conversation
- 82 Set up an instant messaging (IM) account
- 83 Sign in to an IM account
- 83 Sign out of an IM account
- 83 Send and receive IM messages
- 84 Add a contact from an instant message
- 84 Change your online status
- 84 Change your custom message
- 85 Change your IM account username and password
- 85 Delete an IM account
- 85 Turn messaging notifications on/off
- 87 Contacts, Calendar and other personal information
- 88 Contacts
- 88 How do I add names and other info into Contacts?
- 88 Linked contacts
- 89 Use Contacts for the first time
- 89 Create a contact
- 90 Find a contact
- 90 View, edit, copy or delete contact information
- 91 Copy a contact to the SIM card
- 91 Add a photo to a contact
- 92 Add a ringtone to a contact
- 92 Assign a speed dial to a contact
- 93 Assign a reminder message to a contact
- 93 Link a contact
- 94 Unlink a contact
- 94 Add a contact entry to the Launcher
- 94 Get in touch with a contact
- 95 Delete a contact
- 95 Customise Contacts
- 96 Manually synchronise Contacts with your online accounts
- 96 Stop synchronisation of Contacts with an online account
- 97 Send Contacts
- 97 Receiving vCards
- 97 Calendar
- 97 How do I get events into Calendar?
- 98 Layered calendars
- 98 Use Calendar for the first time
- 99 Create an event
- 99 Enter the event location
- 99 Schedule a repeating event
- 100 Add an alarm to an event
- 100 Customise event notification sounds
- 100 Add a note to an event
- 100 Create an all-day (untimed) event
- 101 Change the Calendar display
- 101 Move around in Calendar
- 101 Quickly glimpse at your schedule
- 102 Delete an event
- 102 Respond to an event reminder
- 102 View meeting participants
- 103 Customise Calendar
- 103 Manually synchronise Calendar with your online accounts
- 104 Stop synchronisation of Calendar with an online account
- 104 Tasks
- 104 Create a task list
- 104 Create a task
- 105 Set task priority, due date and other details
- 105 Check off a task
- 106 View tasks that are due today
- 106 Rename a task
- 106 Sort a task list
- 107 Reorder your tasks
- 107 Set due dates for all tasks in a list
- 107 Mark all tasks in a list completed/incomplete
- 107 Hide or delete all completed tasks in a list
- 108 Delete a task or a task list
- 108 Memos
- 108 Create a memo
- 108 Find a memo
- 108 Edit a memo
- 108 Change the colour of a memo
- 109 Delete a memo
- 109 Email a memo
- 109 Clock
- 109 Manage Clock
- 109 Set an alarm
- 110 Cancel an alarm
- 110 Change the alarm volume
- 110 Delete an alarm
- 110 Calculator
- 110 Perform calculations
- 111 Calculator buttons
- 111 Facebook
- 113 Photos, videos and music
- 114 Camera
- 114 Take a picture
- 114 Review pictures
- 114 Photos
- 114 Look at pictures
- 115 Organise your pictures into albums
- 116 Add a picture to a contact
- 117 Save a picture as wallpaper
- 117 Share a picture
- 117 Upload a picture to the web
- 118 Set up an online pictures account on your phone
- 118 Delete a picture
- 118 Videos
- 118 Record a video
- 119 Edit videos you recorded
- 119 Upload or share videos you have recorded
- 120 Watch a video
- 120 Use video playback controls
- 121 Delete a video
- 121 YouTube
- 121 Watch a YouTube video
- 121 Use video playback controls
- 122 Find related videos
- 122 Share a video
- 122 Music
- 122 Listen to music
- 123 Use music playback controls
- 124 Switch the Now Playing display
- 124 Search for related songs or content
- 124 Change the order of items in the Now Playing list
- 124 Remove a song from the Now Playing list
- 124 Delete a song
- 125 Web and wireless connections
- 126 Wi-Fi
- 126 What is a Wi-Fi connection?
- 126 Why use a Wi-Fi connection?
- 126 Are there different kinds of Wi-Fi networks?
- 126 Turn Wi-Fi on and off
- 126 Connect to a new open network
- 127 Connect to a new secure network
- 127 Connect to a previously used network
- 127 Disconnect from a network
- 127 Put Wi-Fi to sleep when the screen is off
- 128 Customise connection settings
- 128 Location Services
- 129 Web
- 129 Go to a website
- 130 Go to a website using search
- 130 Open another browser
- 130 Navigate a web page
- 130 Add a web page to the Launcher
- 131 Create a bookmark
- 132 Open a bookmarked page
- 132 Edit, reorder or delete a bookmark
- 133 Return to previously viewed web pages
- 133 Use links on a web page
- 133 Copy a picture from a web page
- 133 Customise web browser settings
- 134 Google Maps
- 134 Bluetooth® wireless technology
- 134 What is Bluetooth® wireless technology?
- 135 Turn the Bluetooth feature on/off
- 135 Make a pairing request to another device
- 135 Accept a pairing request from another device
- 136 Connect with a paired device
- 136 Disconnect from a device
- 136 Delete a device
- 136 Rename a device
- 137 Documents
- 138 Doc View
- 138 Open a file
- 138 Change the text display size
- 138 Find text in a file
- 139 Save a file with a new name
- 139 Share a file
- 139 View file properties
- 139 View comments, endnotes and footnotes in a Microsoft Word document
- 140 Select a row or column in an Excel® spreadsheet
- 140 Resize rows or columns in a spreadsheet
- 140 Show or hide rows or columns in a spreadsheet
- 140 Sort your data in a spreadsheet
- 140 Switch between sheets in a spreadsheet
- 141 View comments in a spreadsheet
- 141 Switch among views in a PowerPoint® presentation
- 141 Move around in a presentation
- 141 Upgrade to Documents To Go® from DataViz
- 141 PDF View
- 141 Open a PDF file
- 142 Move around in a PDF file
- 142 Change the text display size
- 142 Find text in a file
- 143 Save a file with a new name
- 143 Share a file
- 143 View bookmarks
- 145 Preferences
- 146 Backup
- 146 Back up your information
- 146 What information is backed up?
- 148 Update your Palm Profile settings
- 148 Remotely erase your Palm profile account
- 149 Date & Time
- 149 Device Info
- 149 View system information
- 149 Rename your phone
- 149 Restart your phone
- 149 Erase data and reset your phone
- 150 About the full erase options
- 150 Run Quick Tests
- 151 Run Interactive Tests
- 151 Change default applications
- 151 Use Certificate Manager
- 151 Install a certificate from USB drive storage
- 152 Install a certificate from an email attachment
- 152 View certificate details
- 152 Delete a certificate
- 152 Enable media sync
- 152 Regional Settings
- 152 Language
- 153 Formats
- 153 Screen & Lock
- 153 Change screen brightness
- 153 Set the interval for turning the screen off automatically
- 153 Change your wallpaper
- 153 Turn advanced gestures on/off
- 154 Set options for unlocking the screen
- 154 Change your Secure Unlock password
- 154 Get notifications when the screen is locked or off
- 155 Sounds & Ringtones
- 155 Manage system sounds and notifications
- 155 Select the ringtone for incoming calls
- 155 Select a song as a ringtone
- 157 Troubleshooting
- 158 For users of other Palm® devices
- 158 I want to transfer my data from my computer
- 158 Battery
- 158 I can't charge the battery
- 158 I need to replace the battery
- 161 I inserted or removed the SIM card without taking out the battery—now I can't connect to the network.
- 161 I can't get my screen to turn on after removing and replacing the battery
- 161 I can't get the back cover off
- 162 I can't get the back cover on
- 163 Screen and performance
- 163 The screen appears blank
- 163 An application does not respond to taps
- 164 Applications are running slowly
- 164 My gestures in the gesture area aren't working
- 164 There are small icons in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen
- 164 Phone
- 164 Signal strength is weak
- 165 My phone doesn't connect to the mobile network
- 165 I see five bars in the signal-strength icon, but I still can't connect to the network
- 165 The person on the other end of the line hears an echo
- 165 I hear my own voice echo
- 165 My voice is too quiet on the other end
- 165 I hear static or interference
- 165 My phone seems to turn off by itself
- 166 I am working with a support agent and need to find my IMEI number
- 166 Hands-free devices
- 166 I can't make or receive calls using a Bluetooth® hands-free device
- 166 I lost the connection between my phone and my Bluetooth headset
- 166 I hear static or interference when using my hands-free device
- 166 Some features of my hands-free device don't work with my phone
- 166 Synchronisation
- 166 What is synchronisation?
- 167 How do I set up synchronisation with an online account?
- 167 I don't want to sync calendar or contact information with my online account—just email
- 167 I want to sync with Outlook or Palm Desktop software on my computer
- 168 I have an Exchange account at work, but my data is not being downloaded to my phone
- 168 I have entered the settings to sync with Exchange, but I can't synchronise with my company's Exchange server
- 168 A notification tells me that ActiveSync encountered a problem on the server
- 168 A notification tells me that there is not enough free memory to synchronise
- 168 A notification tells me that the server cannot be reached
- 168 A notification tells me that ActiveSync encountered a problem with [item type] [item name]
- 169 Sending and receiving data in Email, Messaging and Web
- 169 I can't tell if data services are available
- 169 Email
- 169 I have problems using my email account
- 169 I have problems sending and receiving email
- 170 I have problems sending email (IMAP and POP accounts)
- 170 After I receive messages, older messages disappear from my Inbox
- 170 Messaging
- 170 I can't send or receive text or multimedia messages
- 170 I want to send a video in a multimedia message, but do not see it on the list of items I can attach
- 170 Wi-Fi
- 170 I am trying to connect my phone to my Wi-Fi network and need to find the phone's MAC address
- 171 Web
- 171 My phone doesn't connect to the Internet
- 171 I can't access a web page
- 171 An image or map is too small on my screen
- 171 A secure site refuses to permit a transaction
- 171 Calendar and Contacts
- 171 I haven't entered any contacts or calendar events on my phone, but when I open those apps, I see entries
- 172 My personal and work contact and calendar information is getting merged into a single view—I'd rather keep them separate
- 172 I started entering a contact's name in universal search, but I'm not seeing the person in the results
- 172 Camera
- 172 Transferring information between your phone and your computer
- 172 I copied files from my computer, but I can't see or play them on my phone
- 173 When I open the drive representing my phone from my computer, I see subfolders. Do I need to move my files into these folders?
- 173 Backing up and restoring data
- 173 I need to reset my phone but don't understand the difference between the erase options
- 173 How do I get my data back after an erase?
- 173 My bookmarks were restored, but the thumbnail icon is not displayed
- 174 Updates
- 174 I dismissed a system update notification, and now I don't know how to get the update on my phone
- 174 My phone froze while I was downloading or installing a system update
- 174 Transferring information from another Palm® webOS™ platform phone
- 174 I want to get files off my old webOS phone, but the screen is cracked or doesn't respond to taps, so I can't access USB Drive mode
- 174 Third-party applications
- 175 Getting more help
- 175 Making room on your phone
- 177 Terms
- 181 Online accounts available for Palm® webOS™ phones
- 183 Specifications
- 187 Regulatory and safety information
- 197 Index
- 197 Numerics
- 197 A
- 197 B
- 198 C
- 199 D
- 200 E
- 200 F
- 201 G
- 201 H
- 201 I
- 201 J
- 201 K
- 201 L
- 202 M
- 202 N
- 202 O
- 202 P
- 203 Q
- 203 R
- 204 S
- 205 T
- 205 U
- 205 V
- 206 W
- 206 X
- 206 Y
- 206 Z
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Frequently Answers and Questions
How do I set up my Palm Pixi Plus phone?
Follow the on-screen instructions after turning on the phone. You'll need a valid email address and to answer a security question to create a Palm profile.
How do I charge the battery?
Connect the USB cable to the phone's charger/microUSB connector and the other end to the AC charger. Plug it into a working outlet.
How do I use gestures on my phone?
The phone uses taps, swipes, drags, flicks, and pinches for various functions. Refer to the 'Use gestures' section for detailed explanations and animations.
What is a Palm profile?
It provides automatic updates, backups of phone-stored data, and remote erase capabilities if the phone is lost or stolen.
How do I open applications?
You can open an application from the Launcher, Quick Launch, or by using the search function.
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