Wiley Windows Phone 7 For Dummies
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1. Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Phone Fhone te amp 2 C2 tet 1 EISEN SHENT Beginning atthe Beginning In This Chapter Turning on your phone Making sense of cellular billing Charging the phone and managing battery life Navigating around the phone Turning your phone off and putting it to sleep WW Phone 7 is an operating system for mobile phones Unlike Apple s iPhone operating system which is available only on the iPhone itself several manufacturers will offer phones based on the Windows Phone 7 operating system each with its own subtle variation Microsoft has closely defined many of the key features that need to be there regard less of the manufacturer which means that almost all the infor mation in this book will apply to your phone regardless of the phone manufacturer or your cellular carrier In this chapter I fill you in on the basics of using your new device You start by turning on your phone I told you I was covering the basics Then eo I explain how cellular carriers work and tell you f En what to expect from your cellphone bill I guide you People K iy through charging your phone and getting the most out of your phone s battery I give you a basic tour of your phone s buttons and other features And I end by telling you how to turn off your phone or put M 20 it to sleep If you re not new to cellphones in general and smart Outlook phones in particular you may want to skip th2. Phone 7 devices differ from other smartphones is that you can set up a page for some of your favorite people to keep track of their e mails texts and entries on their social networking sites see Part IV When you read a message or an interesting entry you may be more inclined to call that person which may be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how many minutes you have on your calling plan Text usage Some service plans include unlimited texting others offer a certain number of text messages for a flat rate A texting bundle is an add on to your voice plan For example you may pay an additional 5 per month to get 200 free text messages that means you can send and receive a total of 200 messages per month If you go over that limit you pay a certain amount per message usually more for text messages you send than those you receive As with voice the Windows Phone 7 operating system makes it convenient to text but it doesn t obligate you to buy a text plan You can make phone calls regardless of whether you have a text plan At the same time texting is so darn convenient when you just want to get or send a little bit of information Plus it s being built in to many of the com munications tools that will be part of your phone Although your Windows Phone manages the technical interfaces you may end up sending and receiv ing more texts than you expect My advice is to get at least some texting and be ready to decide
3. it out of the box At that point you can replace the battery or upgrade to the newest Windows Phone 16 Part I Getting Started Navigating around the Phone Windows Phone 7 devices differ from other smartphones in that Windows Phones have significantly fewer hardware buttons In their place is amuch heavier reliance on buttons on the screen In this section I guide you through your phone s buttons touch screen and keyboard The phone s buttons Microsoft has reduced the number of hardware buttons on the Windows Phone 7 device to six unless the phone has a keyboard I cover them all in the following sections Buttons on the front Beneath the Start screen are three buttons that you use to control what appears on the screen From left to right they are the Back button the Start button and the Search button see Figure 1 3 The Back button The Back button on your phone is similar to the Back button in your Web browser on your computer As you start navigating through the screens on your phone pressing the Back button takes you back to the previous screen If you keep pressing the Back button eventually you ll get to the Start screen Figure 1 4 shows a couple of the options for what the Back button may look like on your phone The Start button Pressing the Start button takes you directly to the Start screen The icon shown in Figure 1 5 is a silhouette of the familiar Windows icon The Start button comes i
4. whether you want to pay for more or stay with a minimal plan and budget your texts Data usage Access to the Internet is essential to get the full experience of Windows Phone 7 The Internet is where you access all the capabilities that make the Windows Phone 7 so special Paying for the Internet on your Windows Phone is similar to paying your Internet service provider for Internet access for your PC at home Although you can use Wi Fi to supplement the coverage you get from your cellular car rier you need to have a data plan from your cellular carrier as well There s no getting around it with your Windows Phone Most cellular companies price Internet access with one flat rate So when you get a Window Phone 7 device you ll pay a certain amount per month for data usage access to the Internet and it doesn t matter how much you use or don t use the Internet on your phone you still pay that same flat rate 14 MBER X Part Getting Started What if didn t get my phone from a cellular company With a few exceptions such as an unlocked GSM phone each phone is associated with a particular cellular company Maybe you bought a secondhand phone on eBay or you got a phone from a friend who didn t want his any more If you didn t get your phone directly from a cellular provider you need to figure out which provider the phone is associated with and get a service plan from that company Usually you ll see t
5. alone and it will simply shut off the screen to preserve bat tery life The Camera button The digital camera is among the most popular features on cellular phones The camera may vary from one manufacturer and cellular carrier to the next but Microsoft has set a minimum standard of 5 megapixels and a flash your phone may have higher resolution What does not vary is that pressing the Camera button launches the Camera application Also after the Camera application is up you press the Camera button to take a picture The Volume button Technically there are two Volume buttons one to increase the volume and the other to lower it The Volume buttons control the volume of all the audio sources on the phone including the following The phone ringer for when a call comes in The phone headset when you re talking on the phone The volume from the digital music and video player The Volume buttons are aware of the context of what volume you re chang ing If you re listening to music they raise or lower the music volume but leave the ringer and phone earpiece volumes unchanged The Volume buttons complement software settings you can make within the applications For example you can open the music player software and increase the volume on the appropriate screen Then you can use the hard ware buttons to decrease the volume and you ll see the volume setting on the screen go down The touch screen To cram the i
6. an leave your phone on every minute until you re ready to upgrade to the newest Windows Phone in a few years You can also put it to sleep over night several days or even longer see The Power button earlier in this chapter for more on sleep mode But sometimes it s best to simply shut down the phone if you aren t going to use it for several days or more To shut down the phone completely simply press and hold the power button for 5 seconds Part I Getting Started
7. ces may charge subscription fees For exam ple WeatherBug www weatherbug com tells you weather conditions for free but it also offers WeatherBug Professional which provides more informa tion for a monthly fee If you want WeatherBug Professional on your phone you have to pay the piper The good news is that some of these services can be billed through your cellular carrier if you want Check with your carrier allow it to charge overnight Charging Vour Phone and Managing Battery Life Windows Phones use lithium ion batteries Although you probably don t have to plug it in to an outlet right away the first time you do plug it in you should Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 15 You ll hear all kinds of battery lore out there that s left over from ear lier battery technologies For example lithium ion batteries don t have a memory like NiCad batteries did So you don t have to be careful to allow the battery to fully discharge before recharging it Your phone comes with at least one battery charger When it comes to charg ing Windows Phone 7 devices can be very different from one manufacturer and cellular carrier to the next In addition to the battery charger that comes in the box with the phone you may have several other charging options Wall charger A wall charger plugs in to the power port on your phone and allows you to charge the phone from a standard electrical outlet Unplug the bat
8. d a friend s computer with a different screen resolution that the layout of the buttons is a little different What s happen ing is that the software is sized to on the resolution of your screen To access what is not immediately visible on your screen you ve probably worked with ascroll bar like the horizontal scroll bar shown in Figure 1 9 22 Part I Getting Started Figure 1 9 A horizontal scroll bar on a computer To overcome the practical realities of screen size on a phone that will fit into your pocket the Windows Phone embraces a panorama screen layout Figure 1 10 represents a panorama screen layout The full width of the screen is accessible but only the part bounded by the screen of the Windows Phone is visible on the display people recent nats new Fi H Heading to rn T the gyni now a or Stehmann Wi ae Live ine grar ds to the zoo i Bassli ak pster tA Amy Alberts Dave Alexander A it Kerry y ai ik Be Luis Alverca Courtesy of Microsoft Corporation Figure 1 10 The Windows Phone 7 panorama display To see more of the screen you have several choices pan flicks pinch and stretch and double taps I cover all these in the following sections Pan The simplest finger motion on the phone is the pan You place your finger on a point on the screen and your finger drags the image on the screen until you lift your finger Figure 1 11 shows what the motion looks l
9. decision to unclutter the screen and have the status bar displayed only if you want it to be To display the status bar tap the top of the screen with your finger Voila The status bar appears Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning The nitty gritty of how your phone works As soon as you turn on your phone several things happen As the phone is powering up it begins transmitting information to and receiv ing information from nearby cellular towers The first information exchanged includes your phone s electronic serial number Every cell phone has its own unique serial number built in to the hardware of the phone the serial number in current generation cellphones can t be dupli cated or used by any other phone The technical name of this electronic serial number depends on your cellular carrier AT amp T T Mobile and U S Cellular call it an International Mobile Equipment Identity IMEI number Verizon and Sprint refer to it as an electronic serial number ESN It doesn t matter to the phone or the cellular tower if you re near your home when you turn on your phone that s the joy of cellphones Figure 1 2 How many bars do you have All the cellular networks have agreements that allow you to use cellular networks in other parts of the country and sometimes around the world That said a call outside your cellular provider s own network may be expensive Within the United States many service plans al
10. hapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning Teut Cutii qwertyuiop asdfghj ki t zx cvbnm amp 123 i space enter Courtesy of Microsoft Corporation Figure 1 7 Use the software keyboard to search for the information you need The Power button The Power button is on top of the phone In addition to powering up the phone it puts the device into sleep mode if you press it for a moment while the phone is on Sleep mode shuts off the screen suspends any running applications and turns off the radios in the phone The advantage of Sleep mode over com pletely turning off the phone is that hitting any of the hardware buttons wakes up the phone it s ready to operate in just a few seconds If you turn off the phone it takes longer to start back up 19 20 Part Getting Started MBER K ey You can t receive any calls while your phone is in sleep mode Sleep mode is different from what happens when you haven t used the phone in a little while After 15 or 20 seconds the screen turns off The screen is the biggest user of power on the device Having it go dark saves a large amount of battery life However the phone is still alert to any incoming calls if someone calls you the screen automatically lights up Sleep mode barely uses any power so it will not affect your battery life Only use sleep mode if you don t want to be disturbed by calls Otherwise just leave your phone
11. hat you and your phone are insepa rable and you need a better plan The good news is that most cellular carriers allow you to change your service plan Most cellular service plans have three components M Voice usage 1 Text usage M Data usage I walk you through each of these components and how Windows Phone 7 affects them in the following sections Voice usage Voice usage is the most costly and the most complex element of most ser vice plans Cellular providers typically offer plans with a certain number of anytime minutes and a certain number of night weekend minutes Some pro viders offer plans with reduced rates or even free calls to frequently called numbers to other cellphones with the same cellular provider or to other cellphones in general If you talk a lot you may be able to opt for an unlim ited voice plan for domestic calls only At its core aWindows Phone 7 device is obviously a phone In the early days of smartphones manufacturers were stung by the criticism that smart phones weren t as easy to use as traditional cellphones Indeed you do have to bring up the Phone screen to make a call more on making and receiving calls in Chapter 2 To avoid this criticism Microsoft has made sure that the screen used to make calls is only two clicks away from the Start screen what you see after the phone is ready for you to start using it Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 13 One way that Windows
12. he company s logo on the phone somewhere If you don t know what carrier the phone was associated with and no logo is on the phone you need to find out which carrier the phone Is set to work with The quickest way This is good news As you customize your phone to keep up with your friends is to take the phone to any cellular store they know how to figure it out If you want to narrow down the possibilities on your own you need to do some investiga tion The easiest way is to take off the back of the phone to find the plate with the model and serial number for the phone If you see IMEI on the plate the phone is based on a technol ogy called Global System for Mobile GSM it ll work with either AT amp T or T Mobile or both If you see ESN on the plate the phone will work with either Verizon or Sprint but not both and access your favorite sites the cost of access won t increase Of course the downside is that if you use the Internet on your phone only a tiny bit you can t get a cheaper data plan But then you probably wouldn t be buying a Windows Phone 7 device in that case Even still many new smartphone users face sticker shock with their new data plan Be ready and recognize that it will be worth it More good news is that your cellular carrier has good data coverage It isn t perfect but it s much better than if you were to try to rely on free Wi Fi hotspots Of course some Web based servi
13. ike The pan motion allows you to move slowly around the panorama This motion is like clicking on the scroll bar and moving it slowly Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 23 O7 Finger down followed by finger move in a single or multiple directions Pan ends on finger up or when another gesture starts Figure 1 11 The pan motion for controlled movement Flieks To move quickly around the panorama you can flick see Figure 1 12 M Ze Finger down followed by a quick finger move in a single direction and finger up Flick can also follow a pan gesture Figure 1 12 The flick motion for faster movement Better control of this motion will come with practice The stronger the flick the more the panorama will move 2 4 Part I Getting Started Pinch and stretch Zoom options change the magnification of the area on the screen You can zoom out to see more features at a smaller size or zoom in to see more detail at a larger size To zoom out you put two fingers on the screen and pinch the image The pinch motion is shows in Figure 1 13 Figure 1 13 Use the pinch motion to zoom out The opposite motion is to zoom in This involves the stretch motion as shown in Figure 1 14 Figure 1 14 Use the stretch motion to zoom in Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 25 Although pinch and stretch work with panoramas these motions are most useful when you re in applications that aren t sized for your screen
14. is chapter If the term smartphone is foreign to you you probably haven t used one before and reading this chapter won t hurt A smartphone is a cellphone on which you can download and run applications 1 0 Part Getting Started First Things First Turning On Vour Phone When you open the box with your new phone the packaging presents you with your phone wrapped in plastic readily accessible If you haven t already take the phone out of the plastic bag and remove any protective covering material on the screen The On button is on the top of the phone On the button is a symbol that looks like Figure 1 1 Press the On button for a second and you should see the screen light up Don t press the On button too long after the screen lights up if you do the phone may turn off again Figure 1 1 The symbol for the On button Your phone should arrive with enough of an electrical charge that you won t have to plug it in to an outlet right away You can enjoy your new phone for the first day without having to charge it If you re used to talking on a cellphone you may be looking for the usual wireless status bar shown in Figure 1 2 Windows Phone 7 doesn t automati cally show you the status bar The Windows Phone 7 designers went with the philosophy that giving you visual representation only confirms what you already know by listening Coverage for cellular networks is pretty good these days so they made the
15. low you to pay the same rate if you use your phone any where in the United States to call anywhere in the United States But if you travel outside the United States even to Canada you may end up paying through the nose Remember Before you leave on a trip check with your cellular car rier about your rates Even if you travel interna tionally only a few times every year a different service plan may work better for you Your cel lular carrier can fill you in on your options For more on billing check out the section You and Your Shadow Understanding How Your Cellular Carrier Bills You in this chapter 11 12 Part I Getting Started Vou and Vour Shadow Understanding How Vour Cellular Carrier Bills Vou In the United States most cellular companies sell phones at a significant discount when you sign up for a service agreement And most cellular com panies offer discounts on phones when you want to upgrade to something newer as long as you also sign up for another couple years of service So it s not surprising that most people buy their phones directly from cellular companies If your new Windows Phone 7 device is an upgrade from an older phone you may have a service plan that was suitable with your last phone but isn t so great anymore If this is your first cellphone ever or with this particular carrier you may have started on an entry level plan thinking you wouldn t need that many minutes only to find t
16. n handy when you want to change what you re doing with the phone such as going from browsing the Web to making a phone call The Search button Use the Search button to find information on your device The icon is shown in Figure 1 6 Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning Text Outlook ram ir rere ot sin we u tp y a Zr 4 cou N b r Courtesy of Microsoft Corporation Figure 1 3 The Windows Phone 7 Start screen de Figure 1 4 The Back button looks something like this 17 1 S Part I Getting Started Figure 1 5 The Start button takes you to the Start screen Figure 1 6 The Search button looks like this When you press the Search button a Search screen pops up along witha small software keyboard see Figure 1 7 so that you can enter the text to describe what you want to search for The search is based on the application you re using at the moment If you re in the phone application the Search button searches your telephone book for a contact based on the text you enter If you re on the Internet it searches the Web If you re on the Start screen it searches the whole phone Turn to the section The keyboard later in this chapter for more on the ways you can enter your search terms Side buttons In addition to the three buttons on the front there are three buttons on the side of the phone the Power button the Camera button and the Volume button C
17. n the screen as shown in Figure 1 17 In this case a text box pops up in addition to the keyboard As you tap out Seattle Art Museum the text appears in the box on the screen as if you had typed it on a hardware keyboard When you tap the Search button the key board disappears and the location of the Seattle Art Museum is highlighted on your phone The phone is smart enough to know when the keyboard should appear and disappear If you find that your software only keyboard is frustrating many cellular car riers offer a trade in program If you return your phone to the store within a limited time such as 30 days they ll exchange it for a model with a built in hardware keyboard If your phone has a hardware keyboard the software keyboard doesn t pop up automatically Thumbing on your hardware keyboard Some Windows Phone models have a slide out keyboard The advantage of a hardware keyboard is that it offers more tactile feedback than a touch screen You may prefer this as an alternative to only having the software keyboard If you have a hardware keyboard but find that you are happiest using the software keyboard you may be able to take advantage of a trade in program and get a Windows Phone without a hardware keyboard Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 2 Seattle Art Museum asdfghjkl t zxcvbnm amp Figure 1 17 The software keyboard on the screen of a map Turning Off the Phone You c
18. nformation that you need onto one screen Microsoft takes a radical approach to screen layout To make this new approach work there Chapter 1 Beginning at the Beginning 2 1 are several finger motions that you ll want to become familiar with to work with your screen I cover these motions in the following sections Tapping to select or launch from the screen A tap is simply a touch of the screen Tapping is much like using a touch screen at a retail kiosk Figure 1 8 shows what the motion should look like Single touch of the screen Finger down on a single point within a bounded area and back up within a short period of time Figure 1 8 The tap motion In some ways the tap is like a single click of a mouse on a computer screen It allows you to select options on a screen One difference between a mouse on a computer and a tap on a Windows Phone is that it takes a double click to open an application on your computer but only a single tap to open an application on your Windows Phone Don t press and hold If you leave your finger on the screen for more than an instant the phone gets confused and thinks that you want to do something more Moving around the screen behind the screen The other finger actions help you move around the screen to get to the infor mation you need at the screen resolution that you want You can set your computer to whatever screen resolution you like And you may have noticed if you use
19. such as Web pages However you can use them wherever you like Double tap The double tap shown in Figure 1 15 is where you touch the same button on the screen twice in rapid succession You use the double tap to jump between a zoomed in and a zoomed out image to get you back to the previ ous resolution This option saves you from any frustration in getting back to a familiar perspective _ Two quick taps within a bounded area Figure 1 15 The double tap motion It s important to time the taps so that the phone doesn t interpret them as two separate taps With a little practice you ll get the timing of the second tap down The keyboard The screen of the Windows Phone is important but you ll still probably spend more time on the keyboard entering data on a small QWERTY key board All Windows Phones come with a software keyboard some come with a software keyboard and a hardware keyboard Tapping on the software keyboard The software keyboard automatically pops up when the application detects that there is a need for user text input The keyboard in Figure 1 16 appears at the bottom of the screen 26 Part Getting Started qwertyuiop III On LL t zxcvbnm lt amp amp 123 r space enter Figure 1 16 The software keyboard For example if you re searching for the Seattle Art Museum within Seattle on Bing Maps you tap the Search button and the keyboard in Figure 1 16 will pop up o
20. tery charger when you aren t charging your phone If you leave the charger plugged in there will be a small but continuous draw of power Travel charger What distinguishes a travel charger from a regular wall charger is that the prongs fold in to the wall bug the plug that you stick into the outlet Some manufacturers ship a travel charger with the phone others don t Car charger A car charger lets you charge your phone from an outlet in your car sometimes from your cigarette lighter 1 Fuel cell or photocell charger Several companies make products that can charge your phone if you don t have access to a wall outlet or a car outlet Only buy a charger that is designed to work with your Windows Phone and that comes from a reputable manufacturer A cheaper alternative to what you can buy at the cellular store is not necessarily a bargain Cheap chargers may physically fit in the charging port on your phone and may charge the phone but lithium ion batteries are sensitive to voltage and your off brand charger may hurt the performance of your battery High heat shortens the life of your battery Be careful not to leave your phone on your car s dashboard In general if you keep your phone with you except when you sit in a sauna or sweat lodge you ll be safe If you take good care of it your battery should last about two years with a drop in performance of about 25 percent from the condition it was in when you took
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