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USING APPLICATIONS
USING APPLICATIONS
CAMERA
The Sonim XP8 has a rear camera with 12MP xed focus
for taking pictures. The pictures are saved in Photos.
1. From App screen, tap on Camera ( ).
2. Select Camera mode to set the following modes:
• Normal ( ): To shoot a picture in normal mode,
tap on soft key to capture the picture. Use Volume
Up and Down key or pinch with ngers to Zoom in
and Zoom out.
• Video ( ): Tap on Video button to enable the
video mode and start the recording. You can pause
the recording in the middle by using Pause soft key
( ) symbol.
• Tap on Toggle button ( ) to toggle between
camera and video mode.
3. On Camera screen, tap on Option ( ) >
Settings ( ). The following options are
displayed:
• Under Still camera > Picture size and the following
picture sizes are displayed. Select the required size.
• 12M pixels
• 8M pixels
• 5M pixels
• 3M pixels
• 2M pixels
• 1M pixels
• VGA
• Under Still camera > Picture quality and the
following options are displayed:
• Low
• Standard
• High
• Under Still camera > Exposure and the following
options re displayed:
• -2, -1.5, -1, -0.5, 0, +0.5, +1, +1.5, +2
• Tap on Still camera > White balance and the
following options are displayed:
• Auto
• Incandescent
• Fluorescent
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• • Tap on Still camera > Shutter Sound and you
can enable/disable this option.
CALENDAR
The Calendar helps you to set appointments, schedule
reminders and alerts and repeat them if required. You can
also view your saved tasks on a daily or weekly basis.
To access calendar;
1. From App screen, tap on Calendar ( ).
2. To change the calendar view, tap on Option menu
( ) and you can view the calendar in Day, 3
Day, Week, and Month format.
3. Tap on Add ( ) icon to add the following in
your calendar:
• Goal: You can choose a goal and the calendar
schedules sessions for your goals.
• Reminder: You can set a reminder to call, email,
text, check-in, reservation.
• Event: You can add an event in the calendar and
tap on Save to save the event.
4. Tap on Option ( ) > Settings to view the
settings. The options are; Events from Gmail,
Events, Reminders, Birthday and Holidays which
are synced with you Email account.
5. Tap on Option ( ) > Refresh to sync the
calendar.
CLOCK
You can view the time of major cities in different time
zones using this function. You also have the option to use
Daylight Saving Time (DST).
1. From App screen, tap on Clock ( ).
2. Tap on Clock ( ).
3. Select World clock icon ( ) located at the
bottom of the screen. To view the list of cities and
the current time, enter the rst few alphabets to
get the list of cities. Tap on the city name and the
selected city and the current time is added to the
Clock.
• The local time in the home city is displayed in the
upper half of the screen.
• To set the home city, select the required city from
the list. It is added to the selected cities list. The
selected city is set as the home city.
ALARM
You can set an alarm for a particular time.
1. From App screen, tap on Clock ( ).
2. Tap on Alarm icon ( ) on the top of the screen.
3. Tap on Add ( ) to add a new alarm and tap on
OK.
4. Set the following items:
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