Palm HandPHONE SMS, User Manual

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Page 2: ...engineered by Jerome Tredez Ludovic Ferrandis Ronald Tessier and Régis Nicolas QA and testing by Christophe Sureau Documentation by Michael Modjeska HandPHONE Smartcode Software and the Smartcode Software logo are trademarks of Smartcode Software Incorporated a Palm Inc company Graffiti HotSync and Palm OS are registered trademarks and Palm Palm III and Palm IIIx are trademarks of Palm Inc All oth...

Page 3: ...tings 6 Connection types 7 3 Using SMS 9 Retrieving messages 9 Leaving originals on the phone 11 Sending messages 11 Configuration 11 Writing and sending messages 13 Manipulating messages 15 Incoming messages 15 Outgoing sent messages 16 Outbox 16 Draft Folder 16 Sent folder 16 4 Troubleshooting 17 Error messages 17 5 Index 20 ...

Page 4: ...ow you to send e mail and faxes in addition to SMS messages HandPHONE allows you to choose message type but you should check with your service provider if you intend to send formats other than SMS text messages The receiving party s mobile phone will automatically download pending SMS messages up to the memory capacity of the phone HandPHONE SMS lets you ƒ Send and receive SMS messages up to 160 c...

Page 5: ...your Palm handheld to your PC or Macintosh computer in order to run HotSync software and upload the HandPHONE SMS program file The instructions given in this section are valid both for Windows and Macintosh systems To install HandPHONE SMS 1 Locate the phonesms prc file You may copy the file to your hard disk or install it directly from your distribution media 2 Place your Palm handheld in its cra...

Page 6: ...settings as shown here Default values will work fine in most cases though you may choose enter the Service Center Number at this time You can always come back to this screen by tapping on Options Ö Message Options on your handheld Validity period Specifies the maximum length of time for which your message will be allowed to sit at the message center before being deleted in case the recipient s mob...

Page 7: ... to by your network carrier Get button retrieves the current SMS C from your phone Set allows you to copy an SMS C number to your phone Tap OK or Cancel when you are done RQQHFWLRQ W SHV To choose the type of connection between your Palm handheld and your GSM phone select Options Ö Profile Setup and tap on the pull down menu as shown here Ö Old phone Cable Serial cable to early model cell phones O...

Page 8: ...8 HandPHONE SMS Tap on OK to confirm your choice At this point you may test your connection by performing any of the operations that exchange data with your phone as described in the next sections ...

Page 9: ...either read directly on your phone using its own integrated software or using HandPHONE SMS which offers an interface that is much easier to manipulate Follow these steps to retrieve messages 1 Tap on the Menu icon select Message Ö Retrieve or the Graffiti stroke R 2 HandPHONE SMS will connect to your mobile phone and download all currently available messages displaying them in a list as shown her...

Page 10: ...SMS 3 Tap on a message to view it or perform other actions 4 An opened message looks like this Note HandPHONE SMS only downloads incoming messages not outgoing messages that you may have typed manually on your phone ...

Page 11: ... Phone Options Graffiti stroke O to open the screen shown here 2 Use this check box to specify whether or not to leave original SMS messages on your phone as you download them to your handheld 6HQGLQJ PHVVDJHV Configuration As mentioned in Chapter 1 Getting Started you may need to specify a few simple configuration options described here 1 Select Options Ö Message Options Graffiti M which opens th...

Page 12: ...fication on the status of your message Status reports are sent from the message center to your mobile phone and are not downloaded to your Palm handheld Service center Enter the service center SMS C telephone number given to by your network carrier The Get button retrieves the current SMS C from your phone Set allows you to copy an SMS C number to your phone Note With some early model GSM phones i...

Page 13: ... phone number directly on the To field or tap on To to lookup the recipient s phone number in your Address Book 3 Select a number and tap on Add to return to your message Note Remember that international phone calls require a plus sign in front of the recipient s phone number 4 The Name field is for your own convenience and is not sent as part of the message ...

Page 14: ...o place the message in either the Outbox it is ready to send the Draft folder to send at a later time You may delete this message by tapping Cancel or re set configuration options for this message only by tapping on Details as described in the preceding section 7 To send messages currently in your Outbox make sure your mobile phone is turned on and properly connected then select Message Ö Send All...

Page 15: ...ptions whenever you tap on a message in any list view Incoming messages When looking at the Inbox list of received messages you can tap on any message to open the pop up window as shown below View Opens the message so you can read it Reply Creates a new message using the sender s phone number as the new destination Forward Allows you to send a copy of this message to another recipient Delete Remov...

Page 16: ... any time When you are ready to send a message from the draft folder you should move it to the Outbox You may also choose to edit the message edit a copy of the message or delete the message entirely Sent folder The Sent folder keeps copies of the messages you have sent whether or not they were successfully transmitted to the recipient In the Sent folder you may highlight a message in order to vie...

Page 17: ...ith the GSM connection Please make sure you are using the right Connector Mobile Phone combination and that they are connected Check your setup Menu Profile setup An error occurred while getting storage information Check to make sure that your cables and adapter are firmly attached and that the batteries are charged An error occurred while retrieving Check the connection and try again You may also...

Page 18: ...fill the recipient s phone number before moving this message Before moving messages to the Outbox you need to make sure to enter the recipient s phone number You must fill the service center phone number before moving this message Before moving messages to the Outbox you need to make sure to enter the service center phone number To avoid this error use Options Ö Message Options to set the Service ...

Page 19: ...o send messages Check with your mobile phone carrier Your mobile phone is busy Exit SMS management before using HandPHONE SMS This message indicates that your mobile phone is currently performing SMS related tasks HandPHONE SMS cannot access the phone in this case so you need to exit SMS management and leave the phone in ready mode Your modem or phone does not support SMS Some early model GSM phon...

Page 20: ...taller 5 C Configuration 10 D Draft 13 E Error messages 16 F Folder Draft 15 Incoming 14 Outbox 15 Sent 15 G Get 7 11 GSM 4 H HotSync 5 I Infrared 7 L Lookup 12 M Message length 13 Message type 6 11 Moving messages 15 O Outbox 13 P phonesms prc 5 Profile Setup 7 R Retrieve 8 ...

Page 21: ...ex 21 S Send Retrieve 13 Send All 13 Serial cable 7 Service center 7 11 Set 7 11 Short Messaging Service defined 4 SMS settings 6 Status report 7 11 14 T Telephone number 7 11 To 12 V Validity Period 6 11 ...