Getting to know your Phone
BlackBerry® Curve™ key functions
Making Phone Calls
Make phone calls
1. On the Home screen or in the Phone Screen, perform one of the following:
a. Type a phone number
b. Type part of a contact name. Use the trackball to scroll to and highlight
a contact or phone number and click/press the trackball or the Send key
to
place the call.
2. To end the call, press the End key.
Make a phone call using Voice Dialing
1. On the Home screen, scroll to
and click the Voice Dialing icon.
2. Wait for the sound.
3. Say “Call” and a contact name or
phone number.
4. To end the call, press
the End key.
Note: To turn the
speakerphone on or
off during a call,
press the
Speakerphone ($)
key, or click the
trackball and then
click Activate
Speakerphone /
Handset.
Note: To learn more
about voice dialing
features, press the
Menu key and choose
Help.
Tak e a Picture
Taking photos is easy with the built-in 2 MP camera.
1. Take a picture by clicking the Camera key or by
clicking the Camera icon on the Home screen.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
• To take another picture, click the Camera icon.
• To delete the picture, click the Trash Can icon.
• To send the picture via email, click the Envelope icon
.
• To set the picture as a
caller ID picture or Home
screen background, click
the Crop icon.
• To rename the picture, click
the File Folder icon.
Downloadable Fun using AT&T Mall
• On the Home screen, scroll to and click on the AT&T Mall icon.
• Browse thousands of ring tones from the classics to today’s top performers by
going to Shop Tones.
• Select Shop Games to find games that turn your downtime into fun time.
• Personalize your phone with unique
art at Shop Graphics.
• Go to Shop Multimedia to find an MMS greeting card
that’s perfect for the occasion.
• Subscribe to useful applications and cool tools
discovered at Shop Applications.
*Additional charges may apply for downloadable content.
Your use of third party products and services shall be governed by and subject to you
agreeing to the terms of separate software licenses, if any, for those products or services.
RIM and AT&T makes no representation, warranty or guarantee whatsoever in relation to
the third party products and services and assumes no liability whatsoever in relation to
the third party products and services even if RIM and AT&T has been advised of the
possibility of such damages or can anticipate such damages.
Customize and personalize your BlackBerry® Curve™ with downloadable*
games, graphics and ring tones.
MEdia
™
Net
With MEdia Net, you can get the information that is important to you at a
glance. Check your local weather, your team scores or movie listings with just a
few clicks.
1. On the Home screen, scroll down to and select the MEdia Net icon.
2. Scroll the trackball to a category of interest and then click to explore that category.
For quick access to your favorite categories, personalize
your MEdia Net home page.
1. From the MEdia Net home page, scroll to and click Edit next to My Links.
2. Click Edit My Links.
3. Select the categories you would like to appear on your
home page.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save.
How to bookmark a web page
1. Press the Menu key, then click Add Bookmark.
2. Click Add.
Organize Me
The BlackBerry® Curve™ features time saving tools to help you stay on top of
your day. Get organized with the calendar, address book, task list, and alarm
functionality of your BlackBerry Curve.
Add a contact
1. From the Home screen, click on Address Book.
2. Click on the Menu key, click on New Address.
3. Type in the contact information.
4. Click on trackball and click Save when complete.
Set-up a task
1. From the Home screen, click on Applications.
2. Click on Tasks icon. Press the Menu
key,
click on New and enter your task (an errand).
Set the alarm
1. From the Home screen, click on Settings.
2. Click on the Alarm icon.
3. Set up the Alarm by selecting On for the Daily Alarm and Selecting the Time, Snooze.
You can also synchronize your BlackBerry Curve with local information on your home/work computer such as calendar, contacts, tasks, and
media files by using BlackBerry® Desktop software that comes on the enclosed BlackBerry® User Tools CD in the box.
Text Messaging
Let your thumbs do the talking. With the versatile keyboard,
sending and receiving email, SMS, and MMS messages is
easy and fast. An SMS can be sent to other mobile phones
while an MMS can be sent to both mobile phones and
email addresses.
To compose a text message
1. From the Home screen, click on the Messages icon.
2. Press the Menu key. Click Compose SMS Text.
3. Select a name in the address book or click Use Once and
add the recipients phone number(s) or email addresses and
separate with a semicolon if necessary.
4. Enter the message text
.
5. When you’re through typing, click the trackball and Send.
To respond to a text message
1. Click on the Messages icon on the Home screen.
2. Using the trackball, scroll to and click the Text Message in your messages list.
3. Click the trackball and click Reply.
4. T
ype your message. Click the trackball, select Send.
Typing Tips
To enter symbols
like . and @, press
the SYM key.
Personal Email
BlackBerry® Internet Service email provides wireless “push” delivery and access up
to 10 supported personal and work email accounts including MSN™, Yahoo!™,
GMail™, Earthlink™ and many other popular ISP and personal email providers.
How to set up supported email accounts from your BlackBerry Curve.
1. From the Home screen, click the BlackBerry Setup icon.
2. On the BlackBerry Setup screen, click the Personal Email Setup icon.
3. Roll the trackball, scroll down and click Create New Account.
4. Read the BlackBerry Internet Service terms and conditions carefully, and if
you agree, then
scroll to and click Yes to accept.
5. Type the following information in the Account Setup screen: User Name & Password.
6. You now have the option to add up to 10 supported Internet email accounts and/or create an
optional BlackBerry email address.
How to compose email
1. From the Home
screen, click on the Messages icon.
2. Press the Menu key, scroll to and click Compose Email.
3. Type an email address or contact in the To: field.
4. Type the Subject.
5. Type your message, click the trackball and click Send.
For more information on message settings, filters, and shortcuts, press the Menu key while in the Messages screen
and then click on Help.
Note: When taking, processing, or using
the camera obey all laws which may
restrict your use of the camera or
BlackBerry Curve.
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