Setting up a phone connection, To configure a phone connection on your handheld, E, see – Palm TUNGSTEN T2 User Manual

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Chapter 14

Using Phone Link

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Exchange SMS messages:

Use a Global System for Mobile Communications

(GSM) phone carrier service to send and receive short text messages. See

Chapter 15

for more information.

Use Palm™ Dialer to dial numbers on your phone:

Send telephone numbers from

your handheld to your GSM mobile phone. See

Chapter 9

for more information.

Perform wireless HotSync

®

operations:

Use your mobile phone as a modem, and

synchronize data with your computer from anywhere within your mobile
phone service area. To use this feature, your mobile phone service must include
data services. See

“Conducting modem HotSync operations”

in

Chapter 21

for

additional information.

A GSM mobile phone, GSM network service, data service, high-speed wireless
data service, and an ISP account with a dial-up connection are not included with
your handheld.

Setting up a phone connection

To set up a phone connection, you must configure connection information on your
handheld. If you want to connect to the Internet and send and receive e-mail, you
must also configure the network service settings. The Phone Link and Phone Link
Updater applications guide you through this process. For information on how to
enter or modify these settings manually, see

“Setting Communication Preferences”

in

Chapter 22

and see

“Network Preferences”

in

Chapter 22

.

The instructions in this section assume that you already installed the desktop
software that came with your handheld and performed at least one HotSync
operation.

To configure a phone connection on your handheld:

1.

If you are establishing a Bluetooth connection with a phone, you must first turn
on Bluetooth communication and turn on the Discoverable setting on your
handheld. See

“Bluetooth Preferences”

in

Chapter 22

for instructions.

2.

Tap the Home icon

.

3.

Select the Phone Link icon

.

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