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Chapter 2 Exploring Your Handheld
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Locating top panel components
Indicator light
Serves as an alert for Date Book, World Clock, Note Pad, or
Voice Memo alarms. It also indicates the battery-charging
status when your handheld is in the cradle/cable.
Power button/
backlight control
Turns your handheld on or off and controls the backlight
feature. If your handheld is turned off, pressing the power
button turns the handheld on and returns you to the last
screen you viewed.
If your handheld is turned on, you can turn it off by pressing
the power button. Pressing and holding the power button for
about two seconds turns the backlight on or off.
Expansion card slot
Accepts SD or MultiMediaCard expansion cards, enabling
you to back up data, add more memory, or use additional
applications.
Stylus
Slides in and out of the slot on the top of your handheld. To
use the stylus, gently press the top of the stylus to release it
from the slot, and then pull it out of the slot and hold it as
you would a pen or pencil.
IR port
Uses infrared technology to transmit data to and receive data
from other infrared-enabled devices and to perform
HotSync
®
operations. See “Beaming data” in Chapter 3 and
see “Conducting IR HotSync operations” in Chapter 16 for
more information.
Stylus
Expansion
card slot
Power button/
backlight control
IR port
Indicator light