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Are you looking for a convenient way to backup your call history or an automatic way to log incoming/outgoing calls to your calendar? Eric Fetty has a great free utility here to create an entry on your calendar for each call.
How to add an email signature so that it appears automatically in your email messages.
1. From any mailbox screen, press Menu.
2. Select Options.
3. Select Preferences.
4. Select Signature.
5. Check the box for Attach Signature.
6. Enter the signature, and then select OK.
How to enable Call Forwarding on your Palm Centro smartphone.
1. Press Phone.
2. Press Menu.
3. Select Options.
4. Select Phone Preferences.
5. Select the Call forward list and select a number. You may also select Edit numbers, and then select New to enter a new number.
6. Select OK and you’re done.
How to make a 3 way call with your Motorola Q phone.
1. While in your current call, place the call on hold by pressing the Call/Answer key.
2. Dial the number you wish to connect with and press the Call/Answer key.
3. After the call is established, press and hold the Call/Answer key for about 2 seconds to merge the calls.
How to send an item from your Motorola Q to another device via Bluetooth.
1. Select Start > Bluetooth > BT Send Object.
2. Select the item type and the item you wish to send such as an e-mail, contact, task, calendar entry, audio, ring tones, pictures, video, or voice notes.
3. Press Send.
4. Select the name of the device you wish to send the item to.
That’s it. You’re done.
How to uninstall a program from your Palm Centro.
1. Insert your expansion card if the program needs to be removed from it.
2. Press Applications.
3. Press Menu.
4. Select Delete on the App menu.
5. Select the Delete From pick list and select Phone or Card.
6. Select the program that you wish to remove.
7. Select Delete.
How to beam pictures to another Palm Centro using BlueTooth.
1. Ensure Bluetooth is On in the Bluetooth application on both the sending and receiving devices.
2. Press Applications and select Pics&Video.
3. Select the album that contains the entry want to send. Select the picture.
4. Press Menu.
5. Select Send.
6. Select Bluetooth, and then select OK.
7. Select the devices you wish to send the photo to in the Discovery Results screen, and then select OK.
Source: Palm Centro User Guide
Send a program to another Palm device over your Bluetooth connection.
1. Open Applications > Bluetooth.
2. Select Bluetooth On.
3. Press Applications.
4. Press Menu.
5. Select Send from the App menu.
6. Select the Send From pick list and select whether the application you want to send is located on your device or on an expansion card.
7. Select the program you want to transfer. Programs with locks cannot be sent.
8. Select Send.
9. Select Bluetooth, and then select OK.
10. Select the device you are sending the program to on the Discovery Results screen, and then select OK.
Source: Palm Centro User Guide
How to set an Out of Office message in Windows Mobile 6.
1. Open Messaging or Calendar.
2. Select Menu > Tools > Out of Office.
Set your Windows Mobile device alarm to wake you up to your favorite music.
1. Download The Core Pocket Media Player from here. Install it.
2. Select Start > Settings.
3. Select the System tab.
4. Select Clock & Alarms.
5. Select the Alarms tab.
6. Enter a description for the alarm.
7. Select the day you want the alarm to sound.
8. Open The Core Pocket Media Player and play the song you want to set for your alarm.
9. Turn off the device while the song is playing. When the alarm sounds, the song will play.
This article adapted from a forum entry at PocketPCmag.com by Spudley112
Is your Palm Centro device locked up and frozen. You might want to try a hard reset. Here’s how.
1. Remove the battery from the rear of the unit.
2. Hold down the power button while reinserting the battery.
3. When the Palm logo appears, release the power button.
4. Press the Up button to complete the hard reset and erase all data on the Centro.
To enable airplane mode on your Windows Mobile 6 device, it involves simply turning only the phone portion of your smartphone off.
On a device with a touch screen, follow these steps:
1. Select the signal strength icon on the top menu bar.
2. Select Wireless Manager.
3. Select Turn phone off.
On a device without a touch screen, follow these steps:
1. Open your Quick List. Usually this is accessed by pressing the power button once. Certain phones may have a different way.
2. Select Wireless Manager.
3. Select Turn off phone.
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