IBM Simon User Manual

Filer
Use
the Filer
feature
to manage
your
Simon files
and to
back up
your personal
data.
Memory
Management
Simon
works
with two
kinds
of memory:
system
and card.
System memory
comes
as
part
of Simon.
Card
memory
is
available on optional
memory
cards.
As
you
save data to
either
system
memory
or a
memory
card,
you
have
less room
to store
additional data.
You can
buy more memory
cards,
but
you
may
also want
to use Filer
to manage
your
memory.
The
main Filer
screen has
two memory
check
boxes, with the
System
Memory
box checked to
start
with.
To
switch to
card memory,
touch its
check box.
The main Filer
screen
also has
a memory-used
indicator,
which
shows
you
how much
of the
currently
selected memory
you
have
used.
lt
also
tells
you
how
much
memory
you
have left
in bytes.
"Byte"
is
a computer
term for
memory
units. A
good
way to think
of memory
is
that
you
have
a memory
budget to spend
on
data. lf
you
start to run out
of
room,
you
either need
to
get
more memory
cards, or
you
need
to
erase data that
you
no longer
need.
For
example, faxes
require
a lot
of memory to
store,
so
you probably
want
to erase
them
or copy them to
memory
cards
as soon
as
possible
after
you
receive
them.
Working
with Files
When
you
touch
Filer from
the
Mobile
Office,
you
see
a set of folders
for the
different
Simon features,
such as Address
Book,
Calendar,
and Fax. To look
in
a
folder,
just
touch it.
All available
files in the
folder
appear
as buttons.
The
button label
shows
the name
of the file
and how
much memory
it uses.
To work
with
a
file,
touch its
button.
To return to
the main Filer
screen,
touch the lndex
button in the
upper right
corner
of the screen.
See
"Using
the
Filer" on
page
50.
After
you
touch
a file's
button,
a menu will
appear.
From this menu
you
can choose
to copy
the
file,
rename the file,
or
erase the file.
lf
you
are working
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Guide
with
a file in
Simon's system memory,
you
can copy
it
to
an optional memory
card. lf
you
are
working
with
a file on a memory
card,
you
can copy it to
Simon's
system
memory.
Prepare,
Back
Up, and Restore
When
you
check card memory,
three
additional
buttons
appear at
the
bottom of the
main Filer
screen: Prepare,
Backup,
and Restore. lf
you
want
to
back up
(copy) your personal
data,
you
need to
insert
an optional memory
card in the
PCMCIA slot.
lf
you
have never
used the card in
Simon before,
you
must
prepare
it
by touching
the Prepare
button.
(Another
common name for
prepare
is
formaf.) This
will
take
a
while,
and
if
the card
has any data
on
it,
preparing
the
card
will
erase it.
After
you've
prepared
the
card,
just
touch
the Backup
key to
copy all of
your personal
data to
the card. Then,
if
anything happens to
Simon's memory,
you
can use
the
Restore
button to copy
your personal
data back
to
Simon. lt is a
good
idea
to back
up
your
personal
data frequently, and to keep
the memory
card in
a safe
place
separate
from where
you
keep
your
Simon.
Simon
Features
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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