Section 2G

Calendar and Tools

Your device is equipped with several personal information management features that help you manage your busy lifestyle. This section shows you how to use these features to turn your device into a time management planner that helps you keep up with your contacts, schedules, and commitments.

Using Your Device’s Calendar

Adding an Event to the Calendar

Your Calendar helps you organize your time and reminds you of important events.

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calendar.

  2. Select the day to which you would like to add an event by either:

  3. Touch to open the New Event window.

  4. Touch Enter Title to create a new title for the event.

  5. Select a start and end time for the event by touching the corresponding Start or End field.

  6. Assign an hour and minute by either:

  7. Tip

    Touching and holding down on the arrows (up or down) increases the speed at which the numbers scroll through each reel.

  8. Select an alert time for the event by touching the Alert field and touching one of the following options:

  9. Select a repeating status for the event by touching the Repeat field and touching one of the following options:

  10. Select a ringer type for the alarm by touching
    Set Ringer
    .

  11. Associate a Contacts entry with the event by touching Call Reminder, scrolling through and choosing an entry from your existing Contacts list.

  12. Touch Save to save the new event.

Note

If the End time and date fall before the Start date and time, an onscreen warning message will appear, and you will be given the opportunity to revise the values onscreen.

Event Alert Menu

When your device is turned on and you have an event alarm scheduled, your device alerts you and displays the event summary. By default, the alarm will sound ten minutes before the event, and then again on the event. There are several ways your device alerts you to scheduled events:

To silence the alarm and reset the schedule, touch the onscreen Dismiss button. (You can also silence the alarm by pressing the side volume key.)

To view additional options, press the appropriate onscreen button:

Viewing Events

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calendar.

  2. Select the day for which you would like to view events by touching it. (If you have events scheduled for the selected day, they will be listed in chronological order.)

  3. Tip

    In the calendar view, days with events scheduled are underlined.

  4. To display an event’s details, touch it.

Erasing a Day’s Events

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calendar.

  2. Touch the day containing the event you would like to erase.

  3. Tip

    In the calendar view, days with events scheduled are underlined.

  4. Touch and from the Delete page, select an option:

Erasing Selected Events

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calendar.

  2. Touch the day containing the event you would like to erase.

  3. Touch > Delete Some.

  4. Touch an event to highlight it and in a single motion, drag to the right.

Erasing All Events

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calendar.

  2. Touch the day containing the events you would like to erase.

  3. Touch > Delete All.

  4. Touch Yes  from the Erase confirmation screen to erase all events for the currently selected day.

Using Your Device’s Alarm Clock

Your device comes with a built-in alarm clock that has multiple alarm capabilities.

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > Alarm.

  2. Create a new alarm by touching .

  3. Turn the alarm on or off by sliding the alarm activation slider to either On or Off.

  4. Select a time for the alarm by touching the time field.

  5. Tip

    Touching and holding down the arrows (up or down) increases the speed at which the numbers scroll through each reel.

  6. Select a repeating status for the alarm by touching the Repeat button and then choosing from one of the following:

  7. Select a ringer type for the alarm by touching the Ring button. (You can first touch to play a sample of the current ringer.)

  8. Scroll through the list of available ringer sounds and touch a ringer name to assign it.

  9. Select a snooze status for the alarm by touching the Snooze field and then choosing from one of the following:

  10. Touch Save to save your new alarm.

Note

Any stored alarms will appear on the Alarm page in the order in which they were created.

To turn alarm off (when sounding):

  1. With the alarm sounding an alert, touch either:

To delete all alarm events:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > Alarm.

  2. Touch (upper-right) to access the Delete page.

  3. Touch Delete All > Delete to delete all of the current alarm events.

To delete a specific alarm event:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > Alarm.

  2. Touch (upper-right) to access the Delete page.

  3. Touch Delete Some.

  4. Touch an event to highlight and in a single motion, drag to the right.

Using the Timer

Use a timer to count down to an event based on a preset time length (hours, minutes, and seconds).

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > Timer.

  2. Select a countdown time length for the alert by setting the Hours, Minutes, and Seconds value.

  3. Tip

    Touching and holding down the arrows (up or down) increases the speed at which the numbers scroll through each reel.

  4. Touch Start to save the countdown.

Using the Stopwatch

Your device comes with a built-in stopwatch.

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > Stopwatch.

  2. Touch Start to turn on the timer.

  3. Touch Lap to place a marker on the list. This helps you keep track on certain time segments.

  4. – or –

    Touch Stop to stop the process.

  5. Touch Restart to continue the stopwatch function from its last paused time marker.

  6. – or –

    Touch Reset to stop the process and restart the counter back to zero.

  7. Press to return to the previous screen.

Using the World Clock

To view the time in over 50 different locations:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > World Clock.

  2. Touch either or
    Tap to add
    to begin using the world map.

  3. Touch a location on the world map to reveal a monocle that displays a magnified view of any available cities in that area.

  4. Touch an available city from within the monocle.

  5. Touch the Select <city> button from the bottom of the world page.

  6. Repeat the process to add additional cities.

To organize existing World Clock entries:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > World Clock.

  2. Touch to access the World Clock entries page.

  3. Touch and hold to detach the entry.

  4. While still pressing the screen, drag the entry to its new location within the current list and then remove your finger/stylus from the screen.

To delete existing World Clock entries:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > World Clock.

  2. Touch to access the World Clock entries page.

  3. Touch adjacent to an entry you would like to delete.

  4. Touch Done to store the new changes.

To Assign Daylight Saving Time:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Clock > World Clock.

  2. Touch to deactivate Daylight Saving Time.

– or –

Touch to activate Daylight Saving Time.

Using Your Device’s Notepad

Your device comes with a notepad that you can use to compose and store reminders and notes to help keep you organized.

To compose a note:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Notes > .

  2. Type your note using the keyboard and touch Done to save your note. (See “Entering Text” on page 35.)

To read a saved note:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Notes.

  2. Touch a note from the list.

To delete saved notes:

  1. Press and touch Main () > Notes.

  2. Touch and hold the note from the list (along the left side of the screen) until it detaches from the page.

  3. While still pressing the screen, drag the selected note over and release it by lifting your finger off the screen. See “Detaching Entries” on page 25.

Using the Calculator

Your device comes with a built-in calculator. This application becomes the default until another calculator option is chosen.

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calculator.

  2. Enter numbers using your dial pad. The onscreen functions just like any other physical calculator.

  3. Press equals (= ) for the total.

  4. Press to return to the previous screen.

Changing the Calculator Application

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calculator.

  2. Touch the Change Default icon (shown below) to reset the default calculation application.

  3. Choose from either: Calculator, Tip Calculator, or Unit Calculator.

Important

Once a calculation option is selected, it will remain active until you first change the default option (see “Changing the Calculator Application” on page 85). The following set of calculation procedures assumes that the default has first been reset.

Using the Tip Calculator

Your device comes with a built-in tip calculator application. See “Changing the Calculator Application” on page 85.

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calculator > Tip Calculator.

  2. Use the dial pad to enter the total bill amount.

  3. Touch the Tip field and use the dial pad to enter a new tip percentage value. (The correct tip will be calculated instantly.)

  4. If you’re splitting the check, touch the Each pay field and enter the number of people in your party.

  5. Touch Reset to delete all values.

  6. Press to return to the previous screen.

Note

This application becomes the default until another calculator option is chosen. See “Changing the Calculator Application” on page 85.

Using the Unit Converter

Your device comes with a built-in conversion application. See “Changing the Calculator Application” on page 85. 

  1. Press and touch Main () > Calculator > Unit Converter.

  2. Touch the unit field from the upper-right of the screen.

  3. Touch the grey initial unit field and select a specific unit of measurement from the Unit page.

  4. Touch the grey target unit field and select a specific unit of measurement from the Unit page.

  5. Use the onscreen dial pad to enter a value for the initial unit. (The converted value will be instantly calculated.)

  6. Touch Reset to delete all numbers.

  7. Press to return to the previous screen.

Note

This application becomes the default until another calculator option is chosen. See “Changing the Calculator Application” on page 85.