Document Outline

• Notes, Cautions, and Warnings
• 1 Setting Up Your Dell Venue Smartphone
  • Getting Your Smartphone Ready for Use
  • Turning On Your Smartphone
  • Turning Off Your Smartphone
  • Turning Off the Screen
• 2 Dell Venue Smartphone Features
  • Touch Screen
  • Screen Orientation
  • Applications, Widgets, and Shortcuts
  • The Stage Desktop
    • To navigate across the desktop
    • To control the Home screens using Home screen thumbnails
  • Dell Stage Widgets
    • Adding a Stage Widget
    • Deleting a Stage Widget
    • Using Stage Widgets
      • Using the HOME Stage widget
      • Using the CONTACTS Stage widget
      • Using the EMAIL Stage widget
      • Using the GALLERY Stage widget
      • Using the MUSIC Stage widget
      • Using the SOCIAL Stage widget
      • Using the WEB Stage widget
    • Customizing Your Home Screens
      • To add an item to a Home screen
      • To move a Home screen item
      • To remove a Home screen item
      • To open a Home screen folder
      • To close a Home screen folder
      • To move a Home screen shortcut into a folder
      • To remove a Home screen shortcut from a folder
      • To rename a folder
  • Status Bar
    • The status area may also display some of the following icons:
    • The notification area may also display some of the following icons:
  • Quick Buttons
  • Navigating Applications
    • Application Drawer
      • To open the application drawer
      • To navigate pages of applications
      • To close the application drawer
    • Application Shortcuts
      • To open an application using the application shortcuts
    • Recent Applications
      • To open a recently used application
• 3 Using Your Dell Venue Smartphone
  • Calling
    • Making Calls
      • To make a call
      • To call a number with an extension
      • To make an international call
      • To listen to your voicemail
      • To answer or reject an incoming call
      • Controls during a call
    • Adjust Call Settings
  • Managing Contacts
    • To add a new contact
    • To find a contact
    • To call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact
    • Contacts settings
  • Messaging
    • To compose and send a text message
    • To compose and send a multimedia message
    • Receiving text and multimedia messages
    • To read a text message
    • To forward the message
    • To view a multimedia message
    • To reply to a text or multimedia message
    • To delete a message or a message thread
    • To edit message settings
  • Pop-Up Menu
    • To select an option or item on the pop-up menu
  • Android Keyboard
    • To open the Android keyboard
    • To close the keyboard
    • To display the keyboard
    • Keyboard controls
      • To configure the keyboard settings
      • Available keyboard settings
      • Word suggestion settings
    • Create your personal dictionary
      • To add a word to the dictionary
      • To edit a word in the dictionary
      • To delete a word from the dictionary
  • Swype Keyboard
    • To open the Swype keyboard
    • Swype Keyboard controls for composing an e-mail
  • Google Search Widget
    • To search by typing
    • To search by voice
  • Power Control Widget
  • Managing Your Smartphone Settings
    • To check storage spaces
    • To erase unwanted application data to free storage space
    • To format the microSD card
    • To remove the microSD card safely
    • To erase all data from your smartphone
    • To reset your smartphone to the default state
• 4 Internet
  • Connecting to the Internet
    • GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSPA
      • To connect to the internet using GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA
      • To manually select a new network
      • To automatically select a new network
      • To schedule mobile data connection
    • Wi-Fi
      • To turn on Wi-Fi and connect to a network
      • To check the current Wi-Fi network connection
      • To connect to another Wi-Fi network
    • Disable All Connections Using the Airplane Mode
  • Browsing the Internet
    • To open the browser
    • To use the browser controls bar
    • To go to a web page
    • To set up your home page
    • Viewing Web Pages
      • To navigate on a web page
      • To zoom in on a web page
      • To zoom out on a web page
      • To view the next or previous page
      • To open a new window
      • To switch between browser windows
      • To find text within a web page
      • To copy text on a web page
    • Using Web Links, History, and Downloads
      • To select a link on a web page
      • To check the history of visited web pages
      • To allow download of web applications
      • To install an application
      • To check downloads
    • Manage Bookmarks
      • To bookmark a web page
      • To open a bookmark
      • To manage your bookmarks
      • To configure browser settings
  • E-mail
    • To open the e-mail application
    • To set up an e-mail account
    • To compose and send e-mails
    • To delete an e-mail
    • To delete or edit an e-mail account on your smartphone
  • Web Applications
    • Gmail
      • To open Gmail
      • To set up your Google account
      • To refresh Gmail
      • To view e-mails in different folders or with labels
      • To read e-mails
      • To create and send an e-mail
    • Google Talk
      • To activate Google Talk
      • To sign in automatically
      • To add a new friend to your friends list
      • To view and accept an invitation
      • To change your online status and message
      • To start a conversation
      • To add a friend to an active conversation
      • To disable the chat log
      • To switch between active conversations
      • To close a conversation
      • To display all friends in your friends list
      • To show a friend in the most popular list
      • To always show a friend in most popular list
      • To block a friend from sending you messages
      • To permanently remove a friend
      • To find out what device your friend uses to chat on Google talk
      • To sign out from Google Talk
    • Maps
      • To enable location source
      • To open Google Maps
      • To see your location on a map
      • To find a location on the map
      • To view the details of a place
      • To move around a map
      • To zoom-in or zoom-out on a map
      • To change map layers
      • To view a map in street view
      • To get directions
      • To clear a map
      • Using Google Latitude
      • To launch Latitude
      • To invite friends to share locations
      • To accept an invitation
      • To show your friends
      • To connect with your friends
      • To control what to share and change your public profile
    • Places
    • Navigation
    • News and Weather
      • Weather
      • News
      • To add/remove news topics
      • To refresh news and weather settings
    • YouTube
      • To open YouTube
      • To search for a video by typing
      • To search for a video by voice command
      • To search for a video by category
      • To filter videos by different time frames
      • To watch videos
      • To manage a video
    • Android Market
      • To open Android Market
      • To download and install an application or game
      • To open an application or game
      • To uninstall an application or game
    • Synchronizing Your Google Data
      • To select the applications to synchronize
• 5 Customizing Your Dell Venue Smartphone
  • To change the display settings
  • To change sound and ringtone settings
    • General settings
    • Incoming calls settings
    • Notifications settings
    • Feedback settings
  • To manually set the date, time and time zone
  • To set the language
• 6 Protecting Your Dell Venue Smartphone
  • Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Screen Unlock Pattern
    • To create a screen unlock pattern
    • To enable or disable the screen unlock pattern and change related settings
  • Protect Your Smartphone Data With a PIN
  • Protect Your Smartphone Data With a Password
  • Protect Your SIM Card With the SIM Lock Password
    • To enable the SIM card PIN
    • To change the SIM card PIN
• 7 Applications
  • Camera
    • To launch the camera in picture mode
    • Camera controls
    • To manage pictures
    • To start the camcorder mode
    • Camcorder controls
    • To manage videos
  • Copying Files to and from the MicroSD
    • To set the microSD card as a USB drive
    • To turn off USB storage
    • To remove the microSD card
  • Bluetooth
    • To turn on Bluetooth and make the smartphone discoverable
    • To pair and connect a Bluetooth headset
    • To end a Bluetooth connection
    • To terminate a pairing partnership
    • To change your smartphone’s Bluetooth name
  • Photos and Videos
    • To share or delete albums
    • To browse picture and video thumbnails
    • To display a full picture
    • To play a video
  • Music
    • To open Music
    • To select a song
    • To control music playback
    • To create a playlist
  • Calendar
    • To open the calendar
    • To set up an event
    • To view the calendar
    • To view and synchronize multiple calendars
    • Event reminders
    • To view, dismiss, or snooze a reminder
  • Alarm Clock
    • To open the alarm clock
    • To set an alarm
    • To temporarily disable an alarm
    • To delete an alarm
    • To silence all alarms
  • Calculator
  • Sound Recorder
  • Voice Dialer
    • To use a voice command to start an action
• 8 Synchronizing Your Dell Venue Smartphone and Computer Using Dell Mobile Sync
• 9 Troubleshooting
  • Start emergency software recovery
• Index