Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 Owners Manual

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3 People ................................
People enables quick and easy access to the people you want to reach. 
You can view and create contacts on your phone and synchronize these 
with your Gmail contacts or other applications on the web or on your 
phone.
3.1 Consult your contacts
Touch to view the 
contact’s detailed  information.
Touch icon to open 
Quick Contact panel.
Touch to view your  contact groups and  favourite contacts.
Touch to search in 
People.
Touch to add a 
new contact. 
						

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Touch the Menu key to display contacts list option menu. 
Following actions are enabled:
•	 Delete contact Select and delete unwanted contacts.
•	 Contacts to display Choose contacts to display.
•	 Import/Export Import or export contacts between phone, SIM 
card, microSD card and phone storage.
•	 Accounts Manage the synchronization settings for different 
accounts.
•	 Settings Set contacts' display mode.
•	 Share visible 
contacts Share contacts with others by sending the 
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Email, 
SMS,etc.
3.2 
Managing contact groups
The contact group helps you to improve the organization of your contacts. 
You can add, remove and view groups in the Groups screen.
Touch the  Groups to view local groups.  To create a new group, touch 
the icon 
, enter the new name and touch Done to confirm. If you 
have added accounts to your tablet, touch the Groups to view groups in 
accounts.
3.3  Adding a contact
Touch the icon  in the contact list to create a new contact.
You are required to enter the contact's name and other contact 
information. By scrolling up and down the screen, you can move from one 
field to another easily. 
						

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Touch to select a picture for the contact.
Touch to unfold the other 
predefined labels of this category.
Touch to save.
Touch to add a new label.
If you want to add more information, touch Add another field to add a 
new category.
When finished, touch Done to save.
To exit without saving, you can touch Cancel.
Add to/remove from Favourites
To add a contact to Favourites, you can touch a contact to view details 
then touch 
 to add the contact to Favourites (the star will turn gold 
in colour). 
To remove a contact from favourites, touch the gold star 
 on contact 
details screen.
Only phone contacts can be added to Favourites. 
						

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3.4 Editing your contacts
To edit contact information, touch the Menu key on the contact details 
screen, then touch Edit. When finished, touch Done.
Delete a contact
To delete a contact, touch the Menu key and select Delete  from contact 
details screen.
The contact you have deleted will also be removed from other 
applications on the tablet or web the next time you synchronize 
your tablet. 
						

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3.5 Contacts importing, exporting and sharing
This phone enables you to import or export contacts between phone, SIM 
card, microSD card and phone storage.
From Contacts screen, touch  
  to open options menu, touch  Import/
Export, then select to import/export contacts from/to SIM card, Phone, 
Phone storage, Accounts, etc.
To import/export a single contact from/to SIM card, choose an account 
and target SIM card(s), select the contact you want to import/export, and 
touch the icon 
  to confirm.
To import/export all contacts from/to SIM card, choose an account  and 
target SIM card(s) mark Select all and touch the icon 
  to confirm.
You can share a single contact or contacts with others by sending the 
contact's vCard to them via Bluetooth, Gmail, etc.
Touch a contact you want to share, touch the Menu key, and select Share 
from contact details screen, then select the application to perform this 
action.
3.6  Accounts
Contacts, data or other information can be synchronized from multiple 
accounts, depending on the applications installed on your phone.
To add an account, drag down the notification panel and touch 
 to enter 
Settings, then touch Add account.
You are required to select the kind of account you are adding, like Google, 
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As with other account set-ups, you need to enter detailed information, like 
username, password, etc.
You can remove an account to delete it and all associated information from 
the phone. Open the Settings 
screen, touch the account you want to 
delete, touch the Menu key and select Remove account, then confirm.
Turn on/off the sync & Auto-sync
Touch an account to enter the account screen, mark/unmark the 
checkbox(s) to turn on/off the account’s auto-sync. When activated, all 
changes to information on the phone or online will be automatically 
synchronized to each other.
Sync manually
You can also synchronize an account manually on Accounts  screen, touch 
an account in the list, then touch the Menu key and select Sync now. 
						

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4  Messaging,  Email ...................
4.1 Messaging .....................................................
You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this tablet.
To access this feature, touch 
 from the Apps.
  All messages you receive or send out can be saved in tablet 
memory or SIM card. To consult the SMS messages stored in SIM 
card, touch 
  from Messaging screen, then touch Settings\Text 
message(SMS)\Manage SIM messages.
4.1.1  Write message
On message list screen, touch the new message icon  to write text/
multimedia messages.
Touch to create a new message.
Touch to search in all messages.
•  Touch to view the whole message 
thread.
•  Touch & hold to delete message or add 
shortcut. 
						

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For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the Quick Contact 
panel to communicate with the contact. For unsaved contacts, 
touch the photo to add the number to your People.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on Type person's 
name or number bar or touch 
 to add recipients, touch Type text 
message bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch 
 
to send the text message. You have to choose a SIM card if two cards are 
inserted.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as 
several SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered is 
approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear upon the Send 
option of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed to 
be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which 
may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and 
sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses. 
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, 
video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are 
added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the 
Type person's name or number bar, touch Type text message bar 
to enter the text of the message, touch the Menu key to open the option 
menu, select Add subject to insert a subject, and touch 
 to attach 
picture, video, audio and so on. 
When finished, touch 
 to send the multimedia message.  
						

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Attach options:
•	 Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to 
select a picture as attachment.
•	 Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for 
attaching.
•	 Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to 
select a video as attachment.
•	 Capture video Access Camcorder to record a new video for 
attaching.
•	 Audio Access to select an audio file as attachment.
•	 Record audio  Enter Sound Recorder to record a voice message 
for attaching.
•	 Slideshow
Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to 
create a new slide, and touch currently existing 
slide to edit it (see following picture). Touch the 
Menu key to get more actions, like setting the 
slide duration, adding music, etc.
•	 Contact
Access People application to select one or 
more contact(s) to attach.
•	 Calendar
Access Calendar application to select one or 
more event(s) to attach.  
4.1.2  Manage messages
When receiving a message, an icon  will appear on status bar as 
notification. Drag down the status bar to open the Notification panel, 
touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the 
Messaging application and touch the message to open. 
Messages are displayed in conversational order. 
						

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To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter message-
composing screen, enter the text, then touch 
 .
Touch and hold an SMS in message details screen. The following message 
options are available for selection. •	 Copy This option displays when the message is an SMS. 
Copy the current message content. You can paste 
it to the enter bar of the new message you are 
going to compose.
•	 Forward Touch to forward the message to another recipient.
•	 Lock/Unlock 
message Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can't/
can be deleted if you reach maximum number of 
stored messages. 
•	 Save message to 
SIM card This option displays when the message is an SMS. 
Touch to save the message to SIM card.
•	 View message 
details Touch to view details of the message.
•	 Delete message Delete the current message.
•	 Select text Touch to select the message text to copy, cut, 
add to dictionary, etc.