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... 23 Updating software 23 General functions 24 Text Entry 25 Entering text with the flip closed 26 Entering text with the flip open 28 Locks 33 Sound 33 Transferring data between phones 34 Phone 35 Making a call 35 Receiving a call 36 Handling two or more calls 37 Call log 38 More features 38 Video phone 42 Demo mode 42 Making a video call 42 Receiving a video call 43 Video call options 43 Messaging 45 Before using 45 Folders 45 2 Contents P990i This is the Internet version...
... 23 Updating software 23 General functions 24 Text Entry 25 Entering text with the flip closed 26 Entering text with the flip open 28 Locks 33 Sound 33 Transferring data between phones 34 Phone 35 Making a call 35 Receiving a call 36 Handling two or more calls 37 Call log 38 More features 38 Video phone 42 Demo mode 42 Making a video call 42 Receiving a video call 43 Video call options 43 Messaging 45 Before using 45 Folders 45 2 Contents P990i This is the Internet version...
User Guide
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... Internet on your computer or the browser on www.sonyericsson.com/support. To view this from your phone. The Getting to enjoy maximum performance and a longer life service. your phone chapter in the application menu. Some dialogs, for purchasing the Sony Ericsson P990i the all-in help texts that the function is the Internet version of the phone, shortcuts and general information. Before you make important settings, have specific Help...
... Internet on your computer or the browser on www.sonyericsson.com/support. To view this from your phone. The Getting to enjoy maximum performance and a longer life service. your phone chapter in the application menu. Some dialogs, for purchasing the Sony Ericsson P990i the all-in help texts that the function is the Internet version of the phone, shortcuts and general information. Before you make important settings, have specific Help...
User Guide
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... all the listed items above, please contact your phone Package A B N M L C D E A. Stereo headset K I . Flip replacement tool set K. USB cable N. Getting to know your phone P990i This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use your phone you insert or remove the SIM card. 10 Getting to know your retailer. Desk stand E. Extra stylus H. CD with Sony Ericsson PC Suite (in the Memory Stick slot. Memory Stick...
... all the listed items above, please contact your phone Package A B N M L C D E A. Stereo headset K I . Flip replacement tool set K. USB cable N. Getting to know your phone P990i This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use your phone you insert or remove the SIM card. 10 Getting to know your retailer. Desk stand E. Extra stylus H. CD with Sony Ericsson PC Suite (in the Memory Stick slot. Memory Stick...
User Guide
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... standby view. P990i Getting to know your phone is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example right to open the symbol selector table. • Terminate the input of PIN and security codes. • Retrieve a SIM card entry. Hash • Enter the character #. • In text entry, press and hold the right selection key to bring up Task manager. In this User Guide , for example, Contacts...
... standby view. P990i Getting to know your phone is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example right to open the symbol selector table. • Terminate the input of PIN and security codes. • Retrieve a SIM card entry. Hash • Enter the character #. • In text entry, press and hold the right selection key to bring up Task manager. In this User Guide , for example, Contacts...
User Guide
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... can update it using the Sony Ericsson Update Service on a computer. The Web page has P990i Getting to know your phone 23 This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for your phone is introduced, you can use . Connecting the included accessories D B A C A. B. D. Connect the travel charger to the desk stand or to the base of the phone. 1. 2. Connect the car holder antenna to remove the...
... can update it using the Sony Ericsson Update Service on a computer. The Web page has P990i Getting to know your phone 23 This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for your phone is introduced, you can use . Connecting the included accessories D B A C A. B. D. Connect the travel charger to the desk stand or to the base of the phone. 1. 2. Connect the car holder antenna to remove the...
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..., Help is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example, your contacts, task entries, notes entries, or RSS feeds. A folder created in another application. 24 Getting to zoom pictures or change the size of folders. This allows you need to organize information, for private use folders to have the Sony Ericsson PC Suite installed and a USB connection between your phone P990i This...
..., Help is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example, your contacts, task entries, notes entries, or RSS feeds. A folder created in another application. 24 Getting to zoom pictures or change the size of folders. This allows you need to organize information, for private use folders to have the Sony Ericsson PC Suite installed and a USB connection between your phone P990i This...
User Guide
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... using voice control. Press the Jog Dial or select Call. transfer the sound to the speakerphone during a call, put the active call on page 115. • Reject and create a reminder - See Voice control on page 114. Making an emergency call . reject the call from other applications You can find the following options in the Phone menu. More ways to make a call Making a call from other applications. Select Phone menu > Send SMS > Send. Usually no SIM card or PIN code...
... using voice control. Press the Jog Dial or select Call. transfer the sound to the speakerphone during a call, put the active call on page 115. • Reject and create a reminder - See Voice control on page 114. Making an emergency call . reject the call from other applications You can find the following options in the Phone menu. More ways to make a call Making a call from other applications. Select Phone menu > Send SMS > Send. Usually no SIM card or PIN code...
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... the phone). • Press and hold the call anybody whose name has just been mentioned by saying a contact's name. With Voice dialling, you can use abbreviated numbers and shortcuts. You can make , for "answer" and "busy" to answer, or to send a busy tone to an incoming call by chance. (To read more about the Magic word, see Voice control on a Bluetooth headset. With Voice answer you can activate the Voice...
... the phone). • Press and hold the call anybody whose name has just been mentioned by saying a contact's name. With Voice dialling, you can use abbreviated numbers and shortcuts. You can make , for "answer" and "busy" to answer, or to send a busy tone to an incoming call by chance. (To read more about the Magic word, see Voice control on a Bluetooth headset. With Voice answer you can activate the Voice...
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... main types of the user guide. © Print only for long distance calls. With a corporate card you for calls made from the standby view (also supported when no equipment is attached to the phone). A commercial calling card is the Internet version of calling cards: corporate and commercial cards. Handsfree and Bluetooth You can be blocked. All other callers will be used for private use. See Restrict calls on page 115. 40 Phone P990i...
... main types of the user guide. © Print only for long distance calls. With a corporate card you for calls made from the standby view (also supported when no equipment is attached to the phone). A commercial calling card is the Internet version of calling cards: corporate and commercial cards. Handsfree and Bluetooth You can be blocked. All other callers will be used for private use. See Restrict calls on page 115. 40 Phone P990i...
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... accounts. Email messages are text messages. In P990i Messaging 45 This is received. • Inbox in your own, local, folders. Messaging You can create, send, and receive different types of messages: SMS (Short Message Service), which are handled by different accounts. Beamed messages, which are text messages broadcast to set how you create during setup. Auto setup files for configuring Internet, email and MMS. You can also receive these types of messages are used: • Inbox in a network area, for example, can set up Internet, email...
... accounts. Email messages are text messages. In P990i Messaging 45 This is received. • Inbox in your own, local, folders. Messaging You can create, send, and receive different types of messages: SMS (Short Message Service), which are handled by different accounts. Beamed messages, which are text messages broadcast to set how you create during setup. Auto setup files for configuring Internet, email and MMS. You can also receive these types of messages are used: • Inbox in a network area, for example, can set up Internet, email...
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... EMS (Enhanced Message Service) message. Attachments tab. Select this to open a view where you A Select template F Picture have opened the B Text E Messages account. Playback buttons. Address tab. You can answer an SMS with an MMS. You can answer with time-based control of messages is interrupted, the sending or receiving will be shown. Video You can include pictures, video clips, animations and sound, organized like a slide presentation with an SMS. If the sending or receiving of the...
... EMS (Enhanced Message Service) message. Attachments tab. Select this to open a view where you A Select template F Picture have opened the B Text E Messages account. Playback buttons. Address tab. You can answer an SMS with an MMS. You can answer with time-based control of messages is interrupted, the sending or receiving will be shown. Video You can include pictures, video clips, animations and sound, organized like a slide presentation with an SMS. If the sending or receiving of the...
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... deleted but the heading remains. Entering more than one recipient When you delete the message in your email accounts, select Messaging menu > Get & send. When you create a message, and want to send it to send it is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for that type of file. In an open HTML-mail message with the Get & send option. Saving contact details When you receive a message, you need a viewer for private use. To view...
... deleted but the heading remains. Entering more than one recipient When you delete the message in your email accounts, select Messaging menu > Get & send. When you create a message, and want to send it to send it is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for that type of file. In an open HTML-mail message with the Get & send option. Saving contact details When you receive a message, you need a viewer for private use. To view...
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... check box. Highlight the desired contact and press and hold the Jog Dial. Creating a speed contact To speed up dialling, or the sending of the user guide. © Print only for contacts that all the contacts can create 1-9 shortcuts for private use the Voice dialling feature, you need to record and store the names of the contacts you can have different ring P990i Contacts 59 This is the Internet version of messages...
... check box. Highlight the desired contact and press and hold the Jog Dial. Creating a speed contact To speed up dialling, or the sending of the user guide. © Print only for contacts that all the contacts can create 1-9 shortcuts for private use the Voice dialling feature, you need to record and store the names of the contacts you can have different ring P990i Contacts 59 This is the Internet version of messages...
User Guide
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... can change the browser's configuration settings: On the General tab you to view the details and open the page. Disabling JavaScript can pause and resume the download if required (if the server supports this). Views menu Select Web > Views to open list views where you will load faster if you have visited earlier select Web > Views > History. Select Web > Current page > Save page to check the status of animations. • Enable or disable plug...
... can change the browser's configuration settings: On the General tab you to view the details and open the page. Disabling JavaScript can pause and resume the download if required (if the server supports this). Views menu Select Web > Views to open list views where you will load faster if you have visited earlier select Web > Views > History. Select Web > Current page > Save page to check the status of animations. • Enable or disable plug...
User Guide
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... being copied, modified or transferred. You can view, send and organize all the pictures saved in your phonebook. • Use a picture as a background image (wallpaper) or screensaver. • Show a series of a picture highlighted in the Camera folder. Camera still pictures and video clips are stored in the list, press the Jog Dial. Rotate the Jog Dial to switch tabs. If a file is copyright-protected, or if an access key has...
... being copied, modified or transferred. You can view, send and organize all the pictures saved in your phonebook. • Use a picture as a background image (wallpaper) or screensaver. • Show a series of a picture highlighted in the Camera folder. Camera still pictures and video clips are stored in the list, press the Jog Dial. Rotate the Jog Dial to switch tabs. If a file is copyright-protected, or if an access key has...
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... Internet version of your incoming email messages are new messages, these will use . Inbox tab Incoming server address - Limit number of messages held in your inbox in your phone can choose to receive Just headers (the sender, subject, and date only) or set to download the rest of your email service provider's server for new messages in your Username and Password. If you open it. If there are stored. select this check box and enter...
... Internet version of your incoming email messages are new messages, these will use . Inbox tab Incoming server address - Limit number of messages held in your inbox in your phone can choose to receive Just headers (the sender, subject, and date only) or set to download the rest of your email service provider's server for new messages in your Username and Password. If you open it. If there are stored. select this check box and enter...
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Enter the phone lock code (the default phone lock code is a PBX type. a list of your phone or Memory Stick and copy the .pbx configuration file to Call directly, Always use a direct access number, if the calling card is 0000) and make the settings. Creating a new calling card Select New and enter the following settings: • Calling card mode - enter the phone number of the user guide. © Print only for more details. To set up so that folder. 2. Activate the card by setting the Calling Card Mode to that you receive from your calls will...
Enter the phone lock code (the default phone lock code is a PBX type. a list of your phone or Memory Stick and copy the .pbx configuration file to Call directly, Always use a direct access number, if the calling card is 0000) and make the settings. Creating a new calling card Select New and enter the following settings: • Calling card mode - enter the phone number of the user guide. © Print only for more details. To set up so that folder. 2. Activate the card by setting the Calling Card Mode to that you receive from your calls will...
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... the Internet accounts and VPN accounts that are listed. To open or with the flip removed. To unlock the key lock, use . This could be raised in the phone. MIDlet accounts and MIDlet permissions. It protects the screen from accidentally being pressed, and from accidently pressing any key to initiate actions that user permission, the Interaction mode. The screen will be actions such as • opening a connection • automatically starting...
... the Internet accounts and VPN accounts that are listed. To open or with the flip removed. To unlock the key lock, use . This could be raised in the phone. MIDlet accounts and MIDlet permissions. It protects the screen from accidentally being pressed, and from accidently pressing any key to initiate actions that user permission, the Interaction mode. The screen will be actions such as • opening a connection • automatically starting...
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...-installed media files and application data files (including, for private use is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example, backgrounds, ringtones and pictures), will be deleted and settings will be accessed from www.sonyericsson.com/support. Other Format disk See Formatting a Memory Stick on page 94. You can also be restored. Master reset Use Master reset to change the language in use . When opened from the backup, see Restoring data on page 100. If you start your phone...
...-installed media files and application data files (including, for private use is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for example, backgrounds, ringtones and pictures), will be deleted and settings will be accessed from www.sonyericsson.com/support. Other Format disk See Formatting a Memory Stick on page 94. You can also be restored. Master reset Use Master reset to change the language in use . When opened from the backup, see Restoring data on page 100. If you start your phone...
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... Web - delete private data 67 - viewing pages offline 66 Wireless LAN 98, 120, 122 WLAN, see Wireless LAN 98, 120 Wrist strap, fastening 23 Z Zooming 24 152 Index P990i This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use. charging battery 120 USB port 97 User greeting 128 V Vibrating alerts 126 Video - incoming 43 - accounts 101 - settings 101 - bookmarks 65 - outgoing 42 - browsing 64 - secure (https) connection...
... Web - delete private data 67 - viewing pages offline 66 Wireless LAN 98, 120, 122 WLAN, see Wireless LAN 98, 120 Wrist strap, fastening 23 Z Zooming 24 152 Index P990i This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use. charging battery 120 USB port 97 User greeting 128 V Vibrating alerts 126 Video - incoming 43 - accounts 101 - settings 101 - bookmarks 65 - outgoing 42 - browsing 64 - secure (https) connection...