IBM Simon User Manual

power
on and off
using the
on screen
Phone
Power
button. To
save
battery
power,
you
can
keep
your phone
off
while
you
work with
the Mobile
Office.
You can
also
leave
the
phone
on when
you
turn the main
power
off,
if
you
want to
be able to receive
calls.
Phone
Settings
The Phone
Settings
button takes
you
from the
Phone Menu
to the Phone
Settings screen. From
this screen,
you
can set
your phone
to
answer
automatically,
retry
automatically,
answer with
any
key,
accept
pages,
set Vox
(voice
activated
transmitter),
and change
the emergency
number.
Quick
Dial
This feature
lets
you place
calls
quickly
by touching
Quick
Dial
and the
button containing
the desired
number.
You
can
program
16 frequently
used
numbers:
eight
on the first
screen
and another eight
on a second
screen.
Touch
the
down arrow to see
the
second
screen,
and the
up arrow to
see
the first
screen.
Q-'c<
D:al
phone
numbers
must
be in the Address
3,i:<
:eiore
you
can
put
them
in
Quick
Dlal. To
put
a
-.::c€rrn
Quick
Dial. touch
any blank
Quick
Dial
bi;iton. An insiruction
screen will
appear. Touch
OK after
you
read
the instructions.
Next,
the
Address
Book
index
screen
will
appear. Touch
the
tab for
the last
name
of
the
person
you
want in
Quick
Dial,
and all the
phone
numbers
for that letter
will
appear. Touch
the
button
with
the desired
number,
and that
number
will
appear in
Quick
Dial.
To
change
a
Quick
Dial
number,
touch
Add/Change,
then the
button
you
want
to
change. Follow
the
steps
on the
screen.
To
erase
a
Quick
Dial
number,
touch
Erase,
then
the
button with
the
number
you
want
to erase.
Redial
Touch
the Redial
button to
call the
last number
dialed on the
phone.
This
feature
is
useful when
a
number is
busy
the first
time
you
try it.
Retry Automatically
This feature
is convenient
if
you
are in
a busy
cellular area. To
set Retry
Automatically,
touch
Menu, then Phone
Settings,
and then touch
Retry
Automatically
to check it.
When
this feature
is
active
and
you place
a call, the
phone
will
try to
connect to the
cellular system
10
times every
three
seconds
until it can
place
the
call. Keep
in mind
that
this feature will
keep
trying to
connect to
a busy
cellular system,
but will not
keep
trying to
call a
busy
phone
number.
See
"Phone
Settings"
on
page
27.
Ringer
Tone/'Volume
To
adjust the
ringer volume,
touch
Menu,
then
Sound
Settings, and
adjust the
slider.
You have
three
ringing
tones that
you
may
select:
Standard,
Bell,
and
Beeps.
When
you
touch
a Ringing
Tone
check
box,
you
hear that
tone
at the
current volume.
Touch
OK when
you
finish.
Roaming
Preference
(For
complete information
on roaming,
see the
materials
you
received
from
your
cellular
system
provider.)
When
you
got your
Simon,
you
subscribed
to a cellular
telephone
service.
Cellular
telephone
services
cover
only a
certain area.
lf
you
use
your phone
outside
of this
area,
you
are
"roaming."
Use this feature
to set
your
roaming
preferences.
Touch Menu,
then Roaming
Preferences
to
get
to
the Roaming
screen.
You
can select
a roaming
preference,
select which
NAM
(phone
number)
you
want
to use if
you
have more
than
one, and
set up
your
area code.
(See
"Area
Code" on
page
18.)
"NAM" is the
cellular telephone
term for
your
telephone's
number. You
can have
as many
as four
NAMs
in
Simon, each for
a
different cellular
area.
This
can be
useful
if
you
travel
frequently
among
different
cellular system
areas. lf
you
have
more
than
one NAM,
you
can
select the
NAM
you
want,
or
you
can check Auto
NAM.
(See
the
screens
on
"Setting
Up Roaming" on
page
31.) lf
you
check
Auto
NAM,
Simon will
automatically
switch to the
right
NAM for
the current
cellular
area.
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User's Guide
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IBM Simon Specifications

General

Release Year	1994
Display	Monochrome LCD
Resolution	160 x 293 pixels
RAM	1 MB
Storage	1 MB
Operating System	Datalight ROM-DOS
Dimensions	200 x 64 x 38 mm
Weight	510 g
Network	AMPS
SIM	No
Phonebook	Yes
Call records	Yes
Loudspeaker	No
3.5mm jack	No
Memory Card slot	No
Talk time	1 hour
Alert types	Ringtone
Messaging	Email
Features	Touchscreen
Battery	NiCad, 7.5V