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4To save all the pieces of information you’ve added to the contact screen, press Menu  then select 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.
Create a New Contact by Duplicating an Existing Contact
1From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact whose information you want to edit.
2Press 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, you will have two duplicate entries for this contact.
3Edit the information for the new contact, then press Menu  and select Done [].
Edit a Contact
To edit an existing contact:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact’s name then press the wheel. The contact’s 
information appears for editing.
2Edit information as you wish, then press Menu  and select Done [].
Discard/Retrieve a Contact
To remove an existing contact from your Address Book:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the contact’s name.
2Press Menu   then select Discard Contact [].
3The contact is moved to the Trash without a confirmation prompt.
To retrieve a discarded contact:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Tra sh [ + T]. The contacts in the Trash 
appear.
2Highlight the contact you wish to retrieve from the Trash.
3Press 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.
Contact a Contact
Using stored contact information, you can quickly communicate with a contact by phone, Phone Messages, 
Email, or Instant Messaging:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, highlight the name of the contact with whom you wish to communicate.
2Press the wheel to open the contact information.
3Scroll to highlight the phone number, email address, or Web address you wish to use. 
						

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4Press and hold the wheel to open the pop-up menu. Scroll to highlight one of the following, then press to 
initiate the highlighted action:
• - to switch to the Phone application and place a call to your contact
•Email  - to switch to Email and compose an email to that contact
•Send Phone Message  - to switch to the Phone Messages application and compose a 
text message to send to that contact
•Go to - to switch to the Web Browser application and open the contact’s Web page
•Look up  - to switch to the Web Browser application and open a map to the address
•Edit - to edit the highlighted contact information
•Discard - to discard the highlighted contact (and their information) to your Address Book Trash
You can also use menu items to perform these actions, 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. In the example below, the category being searched is Friends.
1From the Browse Contacts screen (in any filtered view), press Menu   then select Match... The Match dialog 
box opens.
2Start typing the first letter(s) of the contact you wish to find. The nearest match is highlighted:
3Either continue typing the name to narrow the search, or scroll to find your contact.
4Press the wheel to open the contact details.
Empty the Address Book 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:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Tra sh. The contacts in the Trash appear.
2Press Menu   then select Empty Trash. All contacts in the Trash are permanently removed. 
						

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Address Book Settings
Use the Settings screen (shown below) to set up “categories” for organizing contacts, as well as “labels” for 
identifying types of contact information. “Ski Friends” is an example of a contact category, and “Cabin #” is an 
example of an information label. You can also import contacts from your SIM card. Read below for details.
Create, Edit, and Delete Categories
Each contact in your Address Book contacts is stored in a category. By default, your Address Book contains four 
categories:
•Work
•Family
•Friends
You can edit the names of these categories, delete them, and create new ones, up to ten total.
To edit an existing category:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down and select Categories. The Categories screen appears:
3Scroll to highlight the category you wish to edit, then press the wheel. The Edit Category dialog box appears:
4Edit the name as you wish, then select Done  to save the change. To cancel your edit, select Cancel.
To create a new category:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears. 
						

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2Scroll down and select Categories. The Categories screen appears.
3Press Menu   then select New Category [ + N]. The New Category dialog box appears:
4Type 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”. 
5Select Done  to save the category. If you change your mind and don’t want to create the new category 
after all, select Cancel.
6You will now be able to assign contacts to this new category, as well as use it to filter (sort) messages. Read 
more in 
Filter Contacts by Category on page 118.
To discard a category:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down and select Categories. The Categories screen appears.
3Scroll to highlight the category you wish to discard.
4Press Menu   then select Discard... [].
5A confirmation dialog appears, asking if you want to discard the category permanently. Select Discard if you 
want to; otherwise, select Cancel.
Create, Edit, and Delete Labels
All pieces of information you store about an individual contact are described using “labels”. For example, in the 
screen below, in the Phone section, “Home” and “Vacation” are labels used to differentiate Gloria’s home phone 
number from the phone number she uses when on vacation. 
						

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By default, the Address Book includes the following labels:
•Home
•Work
•Mobile
•Fax
•Personal
You can edit the names of these labels, delete them, and create new ones, up to ten total.
To edit an existing label:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down and select Labels. The Labels screen appears.
3Scroll to highlight the label you wish to edit, then press. The Edit Label dialog box appears:
4Edit the name as you wish, then select Done  to save the change. To cancel your edit, select Cancel.
To add a label:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down and select Labels. The Labels screen appears, showing all existing labels:
3Press 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”.
4Select Done  to save the label. If you change your mind and don’t want to create the new label after all, 
select Cancel.
5You will now be able to assign contact information to this new label, as well as view it on the Browse 
Contacts screen describing the contact information displayed. 
						

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To discard a label:
1From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
2Scroll down and select Labels. The Labels screen appears.
3Scroll to highlight the label you wish to discard.
4Press Menu   then select Discard... [].
5A confirmation dialog appears, asking if you’re sure you want to discard the label. Select Discard if you want 
to; otherwise, select Cancel to keep the label.
Import Contacts from SIM
From the Settings screen you can import to your Address Book any contacts you may have stored on a SIM card 
from another T-Mobile GSM-enabled phone. Follow the instructions below to do this:
1Follow the instructions provided in 
How to Remove Your SIM on page 28 to remove your T-Mobile-supplied 
SIM from your device.
2Follow the instructions in 
How to Insert Your SIM on page 28 to insert the SIM containing the contacts you 
want to import.
3From the Browse Contacts screen, press Menu   then select Settings. The Settings screen appears.
4Scroll to highlight the Import Contacts from SIM button then press the wheel:
• 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. 
						

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12.  Scheduling Events with Calendar
We hope you enjoy using the Calendar application! For info on using the Calendar, read the topics in this 
chapter:
Calendar Splash Screen
To open the Calendar application, first press Jump, then scroll to highlight the Calendar icon in the left-hand 
“ring” of applications. You will see the Calendar “splash” screen on the right side of the screen when you’ve 
highlighted the Calendar application icon:
The splash screen shows the events you’ve scheduled for the current day, with the event coming up soonest at 
the top of the list.
What’s an Event?
An event is anything you want to schedule on your Calendar. An event can be a doctor’s appointment, a birthday 
or anniversary, a tennis game with a friend, a dinner date, anything you want to schedule. If you want, your 
device can remind you of an event by vibrating, flashing, or playing a ringtone. You can also set an event to 
repeat automatically, like someone’s birthday once a year.
To get going immediately, follow the instructions in 
Create an Event on page 128. •Calendar Splash Screen on page 127
•Keyboard Shortcuts on page 128
•Create an Event on page 128
•Move an Event on page 131
•Edit an Event on page 132
•Discard an Event on page 132
•Ways to View Your Events on page 132•Upcoming View on page 134
•Day View on page 135
•Week View on page 136
•Month View on page 137
•Year View on page 138
•Trash View on page 138
•Go To a Specific Day on page 139 
						

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Keyboard Shortcuts
While you’re in the Calendar application, you can use the following shortcuts for menu items:
Create an Event
When you want to add an event to your schedule you can either:
•
Add an Event from Scratch on page 128, or 
•
Copy an Existing Event on page 131
The two methods are described below in detail. Be patient! You have many options when setting up events, so 
these instructions are rather long and complicated. But then, so is your schedule!
Add an Event from Scratch
1From any Calendar view, press Menu   then select New Event [ + N]. A blank New Event screen appears:
2Start by giving the Event a title. The shorter the title, the more likely it will display on some of the tighter 
views, like the Week view. If you don’t give it a title, the system will name it “Untitled”. New Event...
 + N
Discard Event
Show Today
 + H
Go To...
 + O
View...
 + D
Upcoming View
 + 0
Day View
 + 1
Wee k Vi ew
 + 2
Month View
 + 3
Ye a r  V i e w
 + 4
Tr a s h
 + T
Next/Previous Day
Next/Previous Week
Next/Previous Month
Next/Previous Year 
						

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3Select an icon for your event by rotating the wheel to highlight the Icon selector:  . 
Press the wheel to open the icon pop-up menu. Rotate the wheel to highlight an icon, then press to select it. 
You can pick from the following icons:
4Pick the Date on which the event starts from the date selector  . Highlight the month 
selector with the wheel, then press to open the month selector pop-up. Rotate the wheel until the month you 
want is highlighted, and press to select it. Rotate the wheel down one click to advance to the date selector, 
use the wheel to open the pop-up and select a date, and so on through the year selector.
You can also use the calendar date selector to select the event start date. Highlight the calendar icon   
then press. The current month appears, with today’s date highlighted:
If you want another day, month, or year, rotate the wheel (or press the D-pad arrows) until you highlight the 
day in the month and year you want. Then press the wheel to have this date appear in the Event Details 
screen.
5Set the duration of the event in the Start & End section of the screen:
Select Start & End to open the pop-up menu: 
Scroll the wheel to highlight the duration type you want, then press.
• If you selected Start & End, you’ll have to pick a date range: 
• If you selected Start & Duration, you’ll pick a start time and duration in either hours or minutes: 
						

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• If you selected All Day, you’ll need to pick how many days: 
6To make the event repeat on a regular interval, in the Repetition section, rotate the wheel to highlight the 
Add button, then press. The Repetition dialog box opens:
Select a repeat interval from these choices:
•Every Day
• Every Sunday
• 1st Day of Every Month
• 1st Sunday of Every Month
•Yearly on June 4th
•Other...
7Depending on your choice, you’ll have to decide how long, how often, etc. If you selected Other..., the Other 
Repetition Options dialog box will open. You can select from these repeat options:
•Repeat on a fixed interval - Pick the fixed interval details:
•Repeat on specific days - Select how often you want the event to repeat and then select the appropriate 
days:
8To set a reminder for the event (and each time it repeats), in the Reminder section, highlight the Add 
button and press. The Reminder dialog box opens: