Handspring Treo 180 Communicator User Guide

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Blazer
If you can’t hold the world in the palm of your hand, at least you can hold the World Wide Web 
when you use Blazer to browse the Internet on your communicator’s screen.
To use Blazer, you must subscribe to data services from your wireless service provider, and you 
must have an account established with an ISP (Internet Service Provider). Many wireless service 
providers also provide ISP services. If ISP information is available from your wireless service 
provider when you configure your wireless communication settings with the Handspring CD-
ROM, the installation program will set up Blazer for use with that provider.
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icon in the Palm folder and follow the instructions on the screen
Viewing web pages
You can view web pages whenever you are inside a coverage area. If you are outside a coverage 
area, you can view web pages that are stored temporarily on your communicator in an area called 
the “cache.” However, if a page stored in the cache has an expiration date and it is past that date, 
you need to establish an Internet connection to view that page.
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indicator in the lower right corner of the screen. 
To view a web page:
1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 18 for details.
2. Press Blazer .
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provider installed another application as the default web browser. To launch Blazer, 
press Option  , press Menu  , and then tap the Blazer icon  .
3. Press Menu .
4. Under Go, select Go to Web Page (/G).
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5. Enter the URL you want to view.
6. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
While a page is loading, a Progress icon   appears in the lower right corner of the screen. 
You can tap links to other pages as soon as they appear. You don’t need to wait until a page 
fully loads. To stop loading a page, tap the Stop icon   in the lower left corner of the screen.
 
7. To scroll through a page, use the scroll buttons or jog rocker, or tap the onscreen arrows or 
scroll bar (if one appears).
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:: : To view a list of web sites that are optimized for your communicator, go to the home 
page, and then tap Directory of Mobile Sites.
Working with bookmarks
The Bookmark view makes it easy for you to get to web sites you visit often. 
Viewing bookmarked pages
Your communicator may come with a few bookmarks already in place. You can jump directly to 
any of the predefined bookmarks, or to any pages for which you’ve created a bookmark. 
To view a bookmark:
1. Make sure wireless mode is on. See page 18 for details.
2. Press Blazer   twice to access the Bookmark view  .
3. Tap the bookmark you want to view.
 
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:: : You can also press the scroll buttons to scroll to other pages, and roll the jog rocker 
to scroll through the current page. To view the selected page, press the jog rocker.
Tap to go to 
home page
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Adding bookmarks
You can store up to 100 bookmarks and group them in categories by placing similar links on the 
same bookmark page. See page 125 for information on creating page categories.
To bookmark the current page:
1. From the Page view, go to the page you want to bookmark.
2. Press Menu .
3. Under Page, select Add Bookmark (/A).
 
 
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
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and entering a Name, Description, and URL for the page you want to bookmark.
To define a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Add Bookmark (/A).
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:: : You can also open the New Bookmark dialog box by tapping an empty bookmark slot.
3. Enter a Name, Description, and URL for the page you want to bookmark.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
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Editing bookmarks
You can change the title, description, or URL associated with any of your bookmarks. 
To edit a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the page icons to navigate to the page containing the bookmark you want to change.
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:: : You can enter or change the Title for any bookmark page. Use the page Title to 
create bookmark categories. For example, if you want to create a page with links to 
various investments, you might name the page Assets.
4. Tap the bookmark you want to change.
5. Enter the changes.
6. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
Deleting bookmarks
If your bookmark list becomes full, or you no longer need an entry, you can delete it. 
To delete a bookmark:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the entry you want to delete.
4. In the Edit Bookmark dialog, tap Delete.
5. Hold Option   and press Return   twice to confirm deletion.
Page icons
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Arranging your bookmarks
As your bookmark list grows, you may want to rearrange the entries or move entire pages. You 
can assign a title to each bookmark page and arrange the entries by category. For example, if you 
want to create a page with links to various sports scores, you might name the page Scores.
To assign page category titles:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Tap the page icon to which you want to assign a title.
4. Enter the title. 
5. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish. 
To rearrange bookmark entries:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Drag the entries to the slot where you want them to appear.
 
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:: : If the new slot is full, the other entries move down one slot as the rows fill from top 
to bottom. If you drag an entry to a page icon, the entry moves to the first available 
slot on that page.
4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
To rearrange bookmark pages:
1. From the Bookmark view, press Menu  .
2. Under Bookmark, select Edit Bookmark (/E).
3. Drag the page to the slot where you want it to appear.
A grey line appears next to the page when it is in drag mode. When dropping a page on the 
top row, the grey line appears to the left of the slot where the page will appear. When drop-
ping a page on the bottom row, the grey line appears to the right of the slot where the page 
will appear.
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4. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
Blazer menus
Blazer menus are shown here for your reference, and Blazer features that are not explained 
elsewhere in this guide are described here.
See page 31 for information about choosing menu commands.
The Go and Options menus differ depending on whether you’re displaying the Page view or the 
Bookmark view.
Page menu
Refresh
Enables you to update the current web page with the most up-to-date 
information.
Stop loading
Cancels the process of loading a page.
Properties
Displays the Page Properties dialog box where you can view the Page Name, 
URL, Size (Bytes) and whether the page was loaded from the cache.
 
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Bookmarks menu 
Go menus 
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Preferences 
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page. To restore the factory default Home Page setting, tap Restore in the 
Set Home Page dialog box. 
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Blazer while you are still connected to the Internet. The default setting for 
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HTTP proxy server settings. If your ISP or network requires you to go 
through a proxy server when you connect to the Internet, use this dialog box 
to enter the proxy server settings. Contact your ISP or system administrator 
for details.
Disconnect
Terminates your connection to the Internet.
About Blazer
Displays version information for Blazer. 
						

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SMS Messaging
In addition to dialing and receiving voice calls, you can use your Treo to send and receive short 
text messages. These text messages, also called SMS (Short Message Service) messages, are 
similar to e-mail messages that you send and receive from your computer, but are limited to 160 
characters in length. The person receiving your message must also have a GSM mobile phone 
and a wireless service provider that supports text messages. Some wireless service providers also 
allow you to use your Treo to send text messages to an e-mail address and to receive text 
messages from a computer. Talk to your wireless service provider for details about their SMS and 
SMS Email features.
Enabling SMS and SMS Email
To send and reply to SMS messages, you must subscribe to your wireless service provider’s SMS 
service. If you subscribe to this service, your wireless service provider supplies an SMS Message 
Center number which appears in the SMS Preferences dialog.
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Contact your wireless service provider to see if their service is compatible with SMS.
To use SMS Email, you must subscribe to your wireless service provider’s SMS Email service and 
enter their SMS Email Center number in the SMS Preferences dialog. The SMS Email Center 
forwards the SMS messages to the recipient’s e-mail address. Contact your wireless service 
provider to obtain their SMS Email Center number.
To enable SMS and SMS Email:
1. Make sure wireless mode is on for at least 30 seconds. See page 18 for details.
2. Press SMS Messaging  .
3. From the SMS Messages Inbox, press Menu  .
4. Under Options, select Preferences.
5. Enter or confirm the SMS Message Center number.
6. Enter or confirm the SMS Email Center number.
 
 
7. Hold Option   and press Return   to finish.
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Receiving SMS messages
When you receive SMS messages, the New SMS Messages alert appears.
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provider’s SMS service. 
In the New SMS Messages alert dialog box, you can save or respond to the first message by 
tapping any of the following buttons:
Tips:
nTo view additional incoming messages, press SMS Messaging  .
nYou can also dismiss the alert dialog box by pressing the jog rocker or the top scroll button.
Viewing messages
SMS Messaging enables you to quickly view your incoming messages. You can also view 
messages you’ve sent and pending messages that will be sent when a signal is available. 
To view SMS messages:
1. Press SMS Messaging   repeatedly to access the message category you want to view: 
Inbox, Sent, or Pending.
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Saves the message in the SMS Messages Inbox category, dismisses the 
alert dialog box, and returns you to the previous application.
Reply
Switches to the SMS Messaging application, opens the new message 
dialog box, and addresses the message to the person who sent you the 
message.
Call Sender
Dials the number of the person who sent you the message. If the message 
was sent from an e-mail address, this option is not available.
Delete Msg.
Deletes the current message, dismisses the alert dialog box, and returns 
you to the previous application.
Number of new messages
Most recent message