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Using MSN Messenger

With MSN Messenger, you can send instant messages to your contacts’ mobile devices or computers.

Click Select here to sign in. Enter your e-mail address and password. Once you’re signed in, you’ll see a list of which contacts are online and not online. You have to do this only once; your device remembers your credentials, making it very easy to stay connected.

Sending a message

Click on the contact to whom you’d like to send a message. Enter your message in the text entry area at the bottom of the screen and select Send. To quickly add common messages, select Menu > My Text and select a message in the list.

Ongoing chats

To invite a contact to an ongoing chat, select Menu > Invite and select a contact.

Changing your display name

To change your display name, from MSN Messenger select Menu > Options. Enter your display name. Select OK.

Setting your status

From MSN Messenger, select Menu > My Status. You’ll see a list of options. Select the one you’d like others to see.

Adding and deleting contacts

To add a contact, from MSN Messenger select Menu > Add a Contact. Add the Sign-in Name and select Next. The name will be added to your list.

To delete a contact, select and hold the contact’s name, then select Delete Contact from the pop-up menu.

Using MSN Hotmail

With MSN Hotmail on your Pocket PC, you can access your Hotmail Inbox even when you’re mobile. You can read, send and reply to e-mail, manage your folders, and mark e-mail attachments for downloading so that you can view them.

To synchronize your Hotmail Inbox so you see your latest messages, select Menu > Send/Receive.

Creating and sending Hotmail messages

You create and send messages using Hotmail the same way you do using Outlook Mobile. See the Using Outlook Mobile section for more information.

Entertainment and Multimedia

Using Windows Media Player 10

Synchronizing files and playing media on your mobile device has never been easier.

Getting content from your desktop onto your mobile device

To get media onto your device, you can take advantage of the built-in synchronization capability of Windows Media Player 10. Built-in synchronization allows you to sync your PC’s media files with your mobile device on demand, and even sync content without selecting a button via the intelligent Auto Sync functionality in Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player can scan your PC for media and add it to your media library, after which the content will be readily available to sync to your Windows Mobile-based device.

To take full advantage of Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, you will first need to install the PC version onto your computer. You can do so by visiting Microsoft’s Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/download/download.aspx.

Once you have installed it, start Windows Media Player 10 on your PC. Select the Sync tab and then connect your mobile device to your PC. If you have a multimedia card inserted in your device, you will be prompted with a Device Setup menu and asked to choose either automatic or manual synchronization. Windows Media Player 10 sets the default synch method to automatic if it sees that your storage card or hard drive is 512 MB or larger. If your storage capacity is smaller then 512 MB, the default is set to manual.

Automatic synchronization

If you have 512 MB or more of storage on your device or storage card, try the Auto Sync feature. Windows Media Player 10 will scan the music on your PC and sync songs based on the following rules until your storage card is full:

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  Music rated at 5 stars
  
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  Music added in the past month
  
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  Music rated 4 stars or 5 stars
  
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  Music played in the past month
  
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  Music played the most
  
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  All music
  

You also have the ability to customize the priorities and playlists for Auto Sync. Customization can be done by selecting Sync Settings and choosing the items you would like to include. Each time your mobile device is synced to your PC while Windows Media Player 10 is active, Windows Media Player will make updates to your device’s Media Library automatically, based on your preferences.

NOTE: If your device has less than 32 MB of usable memory, whether system memory or storage card memory, you will not be given the option to Auto Sync.

Manual synchronization

Notice that your device name is listed on the right side of Windows Media Player. Below the device name are the names of folders that reside on your device. By using the four icons above your device name, you can add folders, delete files, format multimedia cards in your device or view the properties of selected files. To switch from your device memory to your multimedia card, select the icon depicting your device name, and then select Storage Card. The contents of your card are now listed.

The status section denotes if the song is ready to sync or is currently syncing. The message “Songs may not fit…” will appear if you do not have adequate storage space on your card.

Starting Windows Media on your mobile device

To start Windows Media Player 10 on your Pocket PC, select Start > Programs > Windows Media. You will see your Library screen. From here you can navigate to the five areas of content: My Music, My Videos, My TV, My Playlists and Now Playing. From your Library you can launch music, videos and TV shows that you’ve previously stored on your device’s storage card.

NOTE: If you do not see your Library, select Menu > Library.

Updating your device after syncing content

To update your mobile device Media Library after syncing content, follow these steps:

Select Start > Programs > Windows Media > My Music. This will bring up two selections, My Device and Storage Card. Select the Storage Card option to tell the device to look for media on your multimedia card for Media Library content. If you select My Device, it will look for media saved to your device’s main memory.

Now select Menu > Update Library, and then Search. Windows Media Player will scan either your card or device for new media to add to the Media Library. Use the Update Library function each time you sync over new content.

Playing media on your device

Now you are ready to play media on your mobile device. From the Library screen, select My Music. Notice that you can now sort by All Music, Artist, Album or Genre. Select the track you would like to hear, then select Play.

Playing video content

Playing your video content is just like playing your music. From the main Library page, select My Videos and choose either All Video or Genre to sort through your collection.

Landscape mode

In full-screen Landscape mode you use more screen real estate to watch video. To use this feature, start your video, select Menu, and then select Full Screen. Depending on video size, compression and format, certain videos can be played utilizing the entire screen. Those that aren’t rendered to fit the screen will have a black border.

Synchronizing TV Content

If you have a Windows XP Media Center Edition-based PC and have previously recorded TV shows to your hard drive, you can easily synchronize TV content to your device using Windows Media 10. You can choose to synchronize the TV shows manually or automatically each time your Windows Mobile-based device is connected. Once synchronized as described above, your shows should appear in the My TV selection in Windows Media Player on your device. Content will automatically be resized to fit your device and take up less memory.

Queuing up your media

While in your mobile device’s media library, you can queue up other songs or videos to form a playlist. At any point, highlight a song, artist, album, genre, playlist or even the All Music selection. Select the Menu button and select Queue Up. When you return to the Now Playing list, you will see that all the content under the selected item has been added to the end of the queue. You now can reorganize the order of the Now Playing list however you’d like, by selecting Menu.

Things to keep in mind when playing media

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  The directional pad is your main control. You can customize it based on your personal preferences.
  

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  Pressing the pad straight in (or the standard action key) will play or pause media.
  

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  Pressing once to the right or left will advance to the next song or start the song over.
  

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  Holding down the directional pad to the right or left will move to the next or previous media file.
  

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  Pressing up or down on the directional pad controls the volume.
  

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  Use the “#” key to mute or turn on the volume.
  

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  If you’ve synced an album for which you had album art from your PC to your mobile device through Windows Media Player 10, the artwork will appear when music from the album is played.
  

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  If you receive a call while listening to or watching media on your mobile device, the device will automatically pause and mute the media so you can take the call.
  

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  Selecting Menu brings up a variety of selections, including Shuffle/Repeat, which lets you listen to your music in a random-play mode. Note that the Options section is accessed from here.
  

Playing Games

To play games on your mobile device, select Start > Programs > Games. Both Bubble Breaker and Solitaire come with your device by default, but other games you install will also appear in this game folder. There are thousands of titles available for purchase including popular games such as “Age of Empires^®,” “Lemonade Tycoon,” “Midtown Madness^®” and “Myst."

Pictures & Videos

Editing a picture

To crop a picture, open up a picture. Select Menu > Edit. Then select Crop. Drag a box to select the crop area. Then select inside the box to crop.

For further information on the many features of Pictures & Videos, visit Help. With the Pictures & Videos application open, select Start > Help. You’ll see instructions on how to take a picture, record a video clip, and much more.

Customizing Windows Mobile 5.0

Changing the Today screen

The Today screen that appears when you turn on your Windows Mobile-based device shows you all your Calendar items, active tasks and unread messages. You can customize this screen by selecting Start > Settings > Today.

Changing your theme

Every Windows Mobile-based device comes with at least two themes, right out of the box. And you can find many more available for download from Microsoft and its partners.

To change your theme, select Start > Settings > Today. The drop-down box in the middle of the screen displays all the themes currently loaded on your device. You will see the two that came with the software and any you may have added. Select one of the themes listed, then select OK to load it. Finally, select Start and then Today to navigate back to your Today screen. You will now see the new colors and background image.

New themes are labeled as filename.tsk. When they are saved into your device’s Windows folder, new themes will be available for you to select in your Today manager. When your device is synced to your PC, open ActiveSync on your PC and select Explore. Navigate to your Windows folder. You can drag and drop new TSK themes from your PC into this folder, then follow the steps above to locate and activate the themes.

Setting a picture as a background

To set a picture as a background, select Start > Settings > Today. On the Appearance tab, check the box Use this picture as the background. Browse to the picture. Select OK.

Changing the items on the Today screen

You can also change the items that appear on the Today screen. Simply select Start > Settings > Today and select the Items tab. Check the boxes of the items you’d like to appear on your Today screen.

Changing the ring tones on your device

With Windows Mobile 5.0 you can assign individual ring tones to each of your friends, business associates or other contacts.

To do so, select Start > Contacts. Select the contact to whom you’d like to assign a particular ring tone. Select Menu > Edit, and then select Ring tone. Select the ring tone you’d like to use from the scroll-down menu. Select OK.

Windows Mobile 5.0 supports a variety of ring-tone formats, including WAV, WMA and MP3. If you have a song or sound that you’d like to add to your ring-tone collection, save the file in your device’s My Sounds folder. You can then navigate to it following the steps above.

Adding new applications to your device

It’s easy to add one of the many programs available for Windows Mobile 5.0 to your device. You can do this by downloading files from your Internet Explorer Mobile browser, running executable applications you’ve received in e-mail, or installing applications from your PC while your device is synchronized. As with any PC application, do not install new applications if you are not certain of what they do or where they came from.

If you choose to download a file using the browser or install an attached application sent in e-mail, ensure the file is for Windows Mobile 5.0 and that the file name ends in .cab. Once downloaded and selected, CAB files will automatically install themselves.

To download an application or file from the Internet, select Start > Internet Explorer. Go to the page that contains the program you’d like to save. Select the file, and select Save As. In the Name box, enter a name for the file.

Do either of the following:

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  In the Folder list, select the folder in which you’d like to save the file.
  
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  In the Location list, select where you’d like to store the program: Main memory or Storage card. Select OK.
  

Removing programs

You can remove only those programs that you’ve already installed. Programs that come with your device cannot be removed.

Select Start > Settings > System tab > Remove Programs. In the Programs in storage memory list, select the program you’d like to remove, and select Remove. Select Yes. If another confirmation message appears, select Yes again.

Here are some of the many more ways to customize your device:

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  One Column. Arranges the content into one column that is as wide as the screen, minimizing the need for you to scroll horizontally.
  

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  Default. Maintains a layout similar to what you see on a desktop computer but makes items smaller and arranges the content so that you can see most of it without having to scroll horizontally.
  

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  Desktop. Keeps the same layout and size as on a desktop computer, which will require both horizontal and vertical scrolling.