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The notification area may also display some of the following icons:
Ongoing data synchronization Bluetooth is enabled
GPS satellites function is 
enabledConnected to a new Bluetooth 
device
Receiving location data from 
GPS satellitesNo SIM card is inserted
The headphone is connected
Problem with sign-in or sync New e-mail message
SD card is full Download in progress
A Wi-Fi network is found Download complete
USB cable is connected Application update available
Some notifications not 
displayedThe SD card is safe to remove
New Gmail message Preparing the SD card
New SMS/MMS Song is playing
Problem with SMS/MMS 
deliveryNew Google Talk message
New voicemail Upcoming calendar event
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Quick Buttons
The quick buttons at the bottom of the Home screen allow you to 
quickly access the application drawer and some main functions.
1Home screen dots
• Touch the dots  at the bottom left of the 
screen to display the Home screen 
thumbnails.
• Double-tap the dots at the bottom left of the 
screen to move to the first Home screen.
2Email button  Touch the Email button   to open the Email 
application. For more information on using Email, 
see "E-mail" on page 65.
3Launcher button  • Touch the Launcher button   to display 
the application drawer.
• Touch and hold the Launcher button   to 
display the Home screen thumbnails.
4Browser button  Touch the Browser button   to open the 
Browser application.
5Home screen dots
• Touch the dots  at the bottom right of the 
screen to display the Home screen 
thumbnails.
• Double-tap the dots at the bottom right of the 
screen to move to the last Home screen.
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Navigating the Applications
You can find applications available on your device in these screen 
elements:
Application Drawer
The application drawer can be accessed from any home screen and 
contains all of the applications installed on the device, including those 
you have downloaded from the Android Market.
To open the application drawer
1Touch the Home button   to display the default Home screen 
on the desktop.
2From any of the desktop Home screens, you can:
• Drag up in the lower area of the screen.
• Touch the Launcher button  .
To navigate pages of applications
Flick the applications drawer horizontally and touch an application to 
run it.
To close the application drawer
• Drag down anywhere within the application drawer.
• To return to the default Home screen, touch  .
• To return to the current Home screen, touch  .
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Application Shortcuts
To quickly launch applications on the Home screen, you can add 
shortcuts for frequently-used applications to the Home screen or to 
the folder that you created on the Home screen. For more 
information, see "Customizing Your Home screen" on page 24.
To open an application using the application shortcuts
1Touch the Home button  .
2If the desired application shortcut displays on the Home screen, 
touch the shortcut to run the application.
If the desired application is stored in a folder on the Home screen, 
touch the folder to display the contents of the folder, and then 
touch the desired application shortcut.
Recent Applications
To open a recently used application
1Touch and hold the Home button   to view the recently used 
applications, or create the
 HOME Stage Widget on the Home 
screen which contains the most recently used applications (see 
"Adding a Stage Widget" on page 21).
2Touch the desired application shortcut to run the application.
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The Screen Lock Wallpaper
You can set the display to turn off automatically after a timeout period 
of inactivity, or turn it off manually by pressing the power button  .
When you press the power button  to wake up the display, the 
screen lock wallpaper appears to help prevent unintentional touch of 
the screen.
 NOTE: To set the duration the screen remains on before turning off after 
the last operation, touch the Home button 
→ Menu button → 
Settings
→ Display→ Screen timeout. 1Drag or flick this button downward to enable or disable the vibration 
mode.
2Drag or flick this button upward to unlock the screen.
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Using Your Dell Streak 7 Tablet
Managing Contacts
To  v i e w  a n d  m a n a g e  your contacts, touch → Contacts .
To add a new contact
1Touch the Menu button → New contact.
2Select the account where you want to add this contact, such as 
your Gmail account.
1This area shows the account in which the new contact is stored.
2Touch to take a photo or select a photo from the Gallery application to 
use as the contact’s visual caller ID.
3Enter the contact information using the on-screen keyboard. Scroll the 
screen to find more items to fill.
4Touch to replace a default information label with another label that you 
can choose from the Select label list. For example, you can change the 
label from Mobile phone number to Home phone number.
5To u c h  Done to save the new contact to your Contacts list.
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To find a contact
1To locate a contact, you can either:
• Flick the contact list until you find the contact.
• Touch the Menu button → Search, and then type either the 
contact’s full name or only the first letters of it into the Search 
contacts text box. The screen displays the matching contacts.
2Once the contact is located, touch the contact’s entry to view the 
contact’s details.
To e-mail or send a message to a contact
1On the Contacts list, find a desired contact.
2Do one of the following:
• Touch the photo icon of the contact. The icons that represent 
the actions you can do such as e-mail   or address search 
on Maps   appear. Touch the action you want to perform.
• Touch the contact entry to view the contact details, and then 
touch Email to send e-mail using the e-mail accounts you 
have set up on your device, or touch   to send a message.
To edit or share a contact
1On the Contacts list, find the desired contact.
2Touch the contact entry to view the contact details.
3Touch the Menu button  , and then touch Edit contact to edit 
the contact details, or touch Share to share the contact 
information with your friends through e-mail or Bluetooth.
6To u c h  Revert to return to your Contacts list.
7Touch to remove an item from the current information category.
8Touch to add a new item to the current information category. For 
example, you can add a second phone number.
9Touch to fill more information about the contact.
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 NOTE: For information about composing and sending messages, see 
"Messaging" on page 39. For information about using the e-mail 
applications, see "Gmail" on page 76 and "E-mail" on page 65.
Contacts settings
In Contacts , touch the Menu button  .
Display optionsChoose from which accounts you want to 
display the contacts, or set your device to only 
display the contacts who have phone numbers.
Accounts
NOTE: If you want to 
synchronize individual data 
manually, clear Auto-sync, 
and then from your 
account, touch a data item 
to start synchronization of 
that data.
While data is syncing, the 
sync icon   appears on 
the status bar, and the sync 
icon   appears on the 
option of the data being 
synced.Contacts stored on your device can be 
synchronized with a computer using Dell Mobile 
Sync; contacts stored on your personal e-mail 
account such as Gmail can be synchronized 
through an Internet connection.
• To select the data to synchronize:
1Select Background data to make all the sync 
options available.
2Select Auto-sync to let the device 
automatically synchronize the selected data in 
your e-mail account, which may include 
Contacts, Gmail, Calendar, Picasa Web 
Albums, or Twitter data.
• To select the data to sync from your e-mail 
account:
1Touch your e-mail account to open the Data 
& synchronization list.
2Select the data that you want the device to 
synchronize automatically, such as Sync 
Contacts, Sync Gmail, Sync Calendar, Sync 
Picasa Web Albums, and Sync Twitter data.
Import/ExportYou can import contacts from your SIM/SD card 
to your device, export contacts from your device 
to your SD card, and share visible contacts using 
Bluetooth or Gmail.
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Messaging
To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) 
messages, touch → Messaging  . The Messaging screen 
opens with a list of messages or message threads representing all the 
received, sent, and draft messages.
 NOTE: For information about the message thread, see "Receiving text 
and multimedia messages" on page 43.
To compose and send a text message
1On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The 
composer screen opens.
2In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact 
name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact 
name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear 
below the To field. Touch a matched contact to enter the 
contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone 
number.
3Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you want to send 
the message to multiple mobile phone users.
4If you want to add a subject line to the message, touch 
the Menu button → Add subject.
5To u c h  t h e  Type to compose text field to start composing your 
message.
6To u c h  t h e  Send button to send the text message.
7To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging, 
you can continue to compose and send messages to the same 
recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you 
and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.
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To compose and send a multimedia message
1In the To field, type the recipient’s mobile phone number, e-mail 
address, or contact name. Matching contacts with their mobile 
numbers or e-mail addresses appear below the To field. Touch a 
matched contact, or continue typing the desired phone number 
or e-mail address.
2Touch the Type to compose text field to start composing your 
message.
3While editing your message, you can touch the Menu button → 
Attach to insert media items into the message. See the following 
table for more information.
4When you have completed editing the multimedia message, 
touch the Send button to send the message.
You can attach any of the following items to a multimedia message:
PictureOpen the Gallery application and touch a picture 
file to attach it to your message.
Capture pictureOpen the Camera application to capture a 
picture, and then attach it to your message. For 
more information about the Camera application, 
see "Camera" on page 118.
VideoOpen the Gallery application and touch a video 
clip to attach it to your message.
Capture videoOpen the Camcorder application to capture a 
video clip, and then attach it to your message. 
For more information about the Camcorder 
application, see "Camera" on page 118.
AudioOpen the Select music track menu. Touch a 
desired audio file, and then touch OK to attach 
the file to your message.
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