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Address Book

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The Browse Contacts Screen

• About the Browse Contacts Screen
• Wireless Operator Contact Information
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Send Contact Information (vCard) via Text or Email Message
• Contact a Contact
• Find a Contact
• Copy Contacts to and from SIM Card
• View Contacts by Category
• Sort Contacts
• Discard a Contact
• Retrieve a Discarded Contact
• Empty the Trash

About the Browse Contacts Screen

The Browse Contacts screen is the main view into your Address Book. On this screen, individual contacts are listed, along with the first phone number that appears in the Phone section of their contact information.

You can specify to show "All" your contacts on this screen or just one category of contacts. Read more in View Contacts by Category and Sort Contacts.

You can store 2000 contacts in your Address Book. For each contact you can keep these categories of information:

• Ten Phone numbers
• Five Email addresses
• Five IM (instant messaging) names
• Three Web addresses (URLs)
• Three Street addresses
• One Note

About Context Menus With a contact highlighted, you can open a "context menu" that gives you options for calling, emailing, sending a vCard, etc. for that contact. To open a context menu you can take any of the following actions:

• Press and hold the Return key

• Press then press the wheel quickly

• Press and hold the wheel

Wireless Operator Contact Information

Your device comes with your wireless operator's Customer Care contact information already entered for you. To find this information, do the following while you are in the Address Book:

1. On the Browse Contacts screen, scroll to the Customer Care entry; press the wheel to open the contact details screen.

   Tip: If you don't see the Customer Care entry, open the menu and make sure either the All or Work category is selected.

2. To phone your wireless operator's Customer Care department:
   • From the contact details screen, scroll to highlight the phone number.
   • Press Menu then select Call.

Keyboard Shortcuts

While in the Address Book application, you can use the keyboard shortcuts shown in the tables below to select options from the following menus:

• Browse Contacts Menu Shortcuts
• Contact Details Menu Shortcuts
• Trash Menu Shortcuts
• Settings - Categories and Labels Menu Shortcuts

Browse Contacts Menu Shortcuts

New Contact	N
Send Contact	M
Discard Contact
View All	0
View Trash	T
Jump to top of contact list
Jump to bottom of contact list

Contact Details Menu Shortcuts

Done
Send Contact	M
Discard Contact
Cancel Edits

Trash Menu Shortcuts

View All

0

Settings - Categories and Labels Menu Shortcuts

Done
New Category/Label	N
Discard

Send Contact Information (vCard) via Text or Email Message

You can share contact information by attaching it to an text or email message. The contact information is exported in vCard format (.vcf) so the recipient can save it to their device or address book client on their desktop computer.

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, rotate the wheel to highlight the contact whose information you want to attach to a message.

2. Press and hold the wheel to open the context menu. Select Send Contact to open the submenu.

3. Select either via Email [ M] or via Text. The Email or Text Messaging Compose screen opens with the contact's information attached in vCard format.

4. Complete your message and press Send [ M].

You can also send a vCard from an Email or Text Messaging Compose screen. Simply press Menu and select Attach > vCard (in Email) or Attach vCard (in Text Messaging). Select a contact from the list that appears and their vCard is attached to your new message.

For instructions on importing a vCard attached to a message you receive, read Add a vCard Email Attachment to Your Address Book or Add vCard Text Message to Your Address Book.

Contact a Contact

Using stored contact information, you can quickly communicate with a contact by phone, email, text, or IM message; or send the contact information as a vCard:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the name of the contact with whom you wish to communicate.

2. Press and hold the wheel to open the context menu. Scroll to highlight one of the following, then press to initiate the highlighted action. Note that if you have more than one email, IM, text, or MMS address stored for a contact, a submenu listing all possible choices will be available.
   • Call phone number (label) - Switches to the Phone application and place a call to your contact
   • Email address (label) - Switches to the Email application and compose an email to that contact
   • IM name (label) - Opens an IM conversation with that contact. If you are not logged in to the IM client, then the appropriate log in screen will appear.
   • Text phone number (label) - to switch to the Text Messaging application and compose a text message to send to that contact
   • Go to URL- to switch to the Web Browser application and open the contact's Web page
   • Look up address - to switch to the Web Browser application and open a map to the address

3. You can also bring up the context menu while in the contact's information screen. Highlight a number or address then press and hold the wheel. If you open this context menu from a specific entry, you'll also have the option to discard the information.

You can always use menu items to perform these actions from the contact information screen, assuming you have the relevant contact information highlighted when opening the menu.

Find a Contact

If you have a large number of contacts in your Address Book, you can easily search and find a specific contact by using the Match dialog box. The Match search is limited to the category of contacts you are currently viewing in the Browse Contacts screen. So, if you want to search your entire Address Book, make sure you have selected the All category from the menu.

1. From the Browse Contacts screen (in any filtered view), press Menu then select Match or just start typing the first letter(s) of the contact you wish to find. The nearest match is highlighted.

2. Either continue typing the name to narrow the search, or scroll to find your contact.

3. Press the wheel to open the contact details.

Copy Contacts to and from SIM Card

You can copy contact information from your device to your SIM card, and vice versa. Note that SIM cards have space limitations and can only store a name and phone number.

Copy Contact from Device to SIM Card

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact you want to copy to your SIM card.

2. Press Menu then select Copy to SIM Card.

3. The Copy to SIM Card dialog box opens. If you have more than one phone number associated with this contact on your device, then you can select an alternate number from a pop-up menu.

4. When finished, select Done .

5. The contact is copied to your SIM card.

View SIM Card Contacts and Copy to Device

1. Press Menu then select View [ D] > SIM Card. There may be a slight delay while the SIM card contacts load.

   Once loaded, notice that the SIM card capacity for contacts displays in the title bar; for example 5/254 in the title bar means you have 5 contacts stored on the SIM card and have room for a total of 254.

2. Highlight the contact you want to copy to your device.

3. Press Menu then select Copy to Device.

4. A Contact Details page opens with the contact name and phone number added. Make any additions or changes you want.

5. When finished, select Done to save the contact to your device or press Cancel to not save it after all.

View Contacts by Category

To view only one category of contacts on the Browse Contacts screen:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select View [ D] to open the View submenu. All the categories you have defined are listed.

2. The category of contacts currently displayed on the Browse Contacts screen is indicated by a bullet.

3. Rotate the wheel to highlight the category you want to view, then press.

4. The menu dismisses and the Browse Contacts screen refreshes to show only the contacts in the category you selected.

   If you have selected the SIM card view, there might be a slight wait while your SIM card contacts load.

5. To return to the "All" view, press Done .

Sort Contacts

On the Browse Contacts screen, individual contacts can be sorted by first or last name. To specify your sort preference:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Sort to open the Sort submenu.

   Note that the sort option currently selected is marked by a bullet.

2. Rotate the wheel to highlight the sort option you prefer, then press.

3. The menu dismisses and the Browse Contacts screen refreshes to reflect your new sort preference.

Discard a Contact

To remove an existing contact from your Address Book:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact's name.

2. Press Menu then select Discard Contact [ ].

3. The contact is moved to the Trash without a confirmation prompt.

Retrieve a Discarded Contact

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select View > Trash [ T]. The contacts in the Trash appear.

2. Highlight the contact you wish to retrieve from the Trash.

3. Press Menu then select Retrieve Contact [ R]. The contact information is moved back to your Address Book in the category to which it was previously assigned.

Empty the Trash

All discarded contacts are moved to the Trash category. Since this information takes up storage space on your device, you should periodically remove items from Trash by doing the following:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select View > Trash. The contacts in the Trash appear.

2. Press Menu then select Empty Trash. A confirmation dialog box appears. Select Empty Trash to proceed. All contacts in the Trash are permanently removed.

Contact Details Screen

• Create a Contact
• Create a New Contact by Duplicating an Existing Contact
• Create Photo Caller ID
• Send Contact Information (vCard) via Text or Email Message
• Edit a Contact

Create a Contact

You can add a contact to your Address Book by starting from scratch; or by duplicating an existing contact's information, then editing it (read more in Create a New Contact by Duplicating an Existing Contact).

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select New Contact [ N]. The New Contact Identity dialog box opens.

   The Identity screen holds basic contact information, including a pop-up menu of icons you can assign to the contact as well as a photo ID from your Photo Gallery. (Read more in Create Photo Caller ID.) Complete at least one of the fields, then select Done .

2. The full Contact Details screen appears.

   From this screen you can:

   • select the contact category
   • add phone numbers (up to ten)
   • add email addresses (up to five)
   • add instant messaging names (up to five)
   • add Web addresses, or URLs (up to three)
   • add street addresses (up to three)
   • add a note

   To add information, rotate the wheel to highlight the appropriate button, and press. A screen opens in which you can add the information.

3. Add contact information to each screen, then select Done . Continue through the Contacts screen until you have added all the information you wish.

   Note: Before you can save the contact information, you must have provided one of the following pieces of information:

   • First or Last name
   • Phone Number
   • Email address
   • Company name

4. To save all the pieces of information you've added to the contact screen, press Done .

   Tip: If you cannot select Done from the menu because it is dimmed, then you must return to the contact screen and add one of the required pieces of information listed above.

   To cancel adding the new contact, press Menu then select Cancel Contact .

Create a New Contact by Duplicating an Existing Contact

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact whose information you want to copy, then press the wheel to open the contact's information screen.

2. Press Menu then select Duplicate Contact. A contact information screen opens with an exact copy of the highlighted contact's information.

   Note: If you save this contact information without changing any of the information, you will have two duplicate entries for this contact.

3. Edit the information for the new contact, then press Done .

Create Photo Caller ID

You can associate a photo that you've saved in your Photo Gallery with a contact. This means that when you receive a phone call from that contact, you'll see the associated photo in the incoming call dialog box. Note that currently you can associate photos with up to 50 of your contacts. Here's how to do it:

1. Take a picture of the contact with your device and save it to your Photo Gallery. If you want, you can wait to take the photo until step 6.

2. In the Address Book, highlight the contact you want to associate with the photo, and press the wheel to open the contact's information screen.

3. The Edit Identity button should be highlighted by default. Press the wheel to open the Identity dialog box.

4. Rotate the wheel up to highlight the icon and press. The icon selector appears.

5. Highlight the Photo ID icon (the first icon), then press the wheel. Your Photo Gallery opens.

6. Use the wheel to select a photo (a check appears under the photo when it's selected). Note that at this point you could also choose to take a new photo and use that for the Photo ID.

7. With the photo selected, press Menu and select Use Checked . A smaller version of the photo appears on your contact's Identity dialog box.

8. Assign the photo and dismiss the Identity dialog box by pressing Done .

9. Press Done again to save the photo with your contact information.

Edit a Contact

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact's name then press the wheel. The contact's information appears for editing.

2. Edit information as you wish. Note that for contacts stored on your device, you can discard an entry quickly by pressing and holding the wheel to open the context menu. Select Discard from the context menu.

3. When finished editing, press Done to save your changes. To cancel your edits, press Menu then select Cancel Edits .

Address Book Settings

• Create, Edit, and Delete Categories
• Create, Edit, and Delete Labels
• Import Contacts from SIM Card

Create, Edit, and Delete Categories

Each contact in your Address Book contacts is stored in a category. By default, your Address Book contains the following categories:

• Work
• Family
• Friends

You can edit the names of these categories, delete them, and create new ones, up to 10 total.

To edit an existing category:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Categories. The Categories screen appears, showing all existing categories.

2. Scroll to highlight the category you wish to edit, then press the wheel. The Edit Category dialog box appears.

3. Edit the name as you wish, then select Done to save the change. To cancel your edit, select Cancel .

To create a new category:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Categories. The Categories screen appears.

2. Press Menu then select New Category [ N]. The New Category dialog box appears.

3. Type the name of your new category. Remember, categories describe a group of contacts; for example, you might have a number of medical doctors you want to group into a category named "MDs".

4. Select Done to save the category. If you change your mind and don't want to create the new category after all, select Cancel .

5. You will now be able to assign contacts to this new category, as well as use it to filter messages. Read more in View Contacts by Category.

To discard a category:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Categories. The Categories screen appears.

2. Scroll to highlight the category you wish to discard.

3. Press Menu then select Discard [ ].

4. A confirmation dialog opens, asking if you want to discard the category permanently. Select Discard if you want to; otherwise, select Back .

Create, Edit, and Delete Labels

All pieces of information you store about an individual contact are described using "labels".

By default, the Address Book includes the following labels:

• Home
• Work
• Mobile
• Fax
• Personal

You can edit the names of these labels, discard them, and create new ones, up to 10 total.

To edit an existing label:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Labels. The Labels screen appears, showing all existing labels.

2. Scroll to highlight the label you wish to edit, then press. The Edit Label dialog box appears.

3. Edit the name as you wish, then select Done to save the change. To cancel your edit, select Cancel .

To add a label:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Labels. The Labels screen appears.

2. Press Menu then select New Label [ N]. The New Label dialog box appears.

   Type your new label name. Remember, labels describe bits of information about an individual contact; for example, you could create a label named "Social" to describe the email addresses your friends use for social-type email. Each friend could also have an email address labeled "Work".

3. Select Done to save the label. If you change your mind and don't want to create the new label after all, select Cancel .

4. You will now be able to assign contact information to this new label, as well as view it on the Browse Contacts screen, where it describes the contact information that is displayed.

To discard a label:

1. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Labels. The Labels screen appears.

2. Scroll to highlight the label you wish to discard.

3. Press Menu then select Discard [ ].

4. A confirmation dialog opens, asking if you're sure you want to discard the label. Select Discard if you want to; otherwise, select Back to keep the label.

Import Contacts from SIM Card

From the Import SIM Contacts screen you can import to your Address Book any contacts you may have stored on a SIM card from another wireless operator GSM-enabled phone. Follow the instructions below to do this:

1. Follow these instructions to remove your operator-supplied SIM card from your device:
   • Turn off your device by pressing the power on/off key.
   • Expose the SIM card slot by peeling back the bumper from the top-left edge of the device:
     
   • Press down on the silver "catch" and the SIM card will spring out of its slot. Remove the SIM card carefully. (Always handle your SIM card carefully since the card and gold contacts can be easily damaged by scratches or bends. Be sure to keep SIM cards out of reach of small children.)

2. Now insert the SIM card containing the contacts you want to import:
   • Insert the SIM card into its slot with the gold contacts facing up and the cut corner facing out.
     
   • When you release the SIM card make sure it is locked into position behind the catch so it doesn't spring out.
   • Replace the bumper and turn on your device.

3. From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu then select Settings > Import SIM Contacts.

   • If your SIM card contains no contact information, a dialog box will tell you that "No contacts were found on the SIM card."

   • If your SIM card does contain contact information, a dialog box will appear, giving you status as the import progresses. When the import has finished, you'll be notified how many contacts were imported.

   Note: If you import a contact already present in your Address Book, that contact will appear twice.

Contents

Address Book

Index

December 05, 2005. Releases 2.3, 2.4 ©2002-2005. Danger, Inc. All rights reserved.