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Nokia E90 Tips and Tricks

Fully tap into the functions of your Nokia E90 Communicator phone with useful tips and tricks.

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Helpful hints

How long did we talk?

To set the device to display the duration of a call during the call, select Show call duration > Yes.

Hear your messages

The message reader reads your received messages aloud. To play a message, press and hold the left selection key when you receive a text message. To start reading a message in Inbox or mailbox, select Options > Play.

What's that in kilograms?

To perform conversions between currencies and units, select Menu > Office > Converter. To be able to convert currencies, you’ll have to fill in the present rates.

Barcode reader

Use the Barcode application to scan and decode different types of codes, such as barcodes and codes in magazines. Select Menu > Tools > Barcode, aim the camera to the code and select Scan code.

Tools for business

Did you get the attachment?

To open an e-mail attachment, select Options > Attachments. Scroll to the attachment, and press the scroll key.

Invite them all

You can send a calendar entry to a compatible device by selecting Options > Send > Via text message, Via multimedia, Via e-mail, Via Bluetooth, or Via infrared in the Calendar application.

What time is it in Tokyo?

To open the world clock view, select Clock, and scroll right to the third tab. In the world clock view, you can view the time in different cities. To add cities to the list, select Options > Add city. You can add a maximum of 15 cities to the list.

Put a team together

Reach the whole team at once with Nokia Team Suite at Menu > Office > Team suite. Create a new team in Options > Team > Create new.

Active notes for active life

You can insert images, videos, and sound in your active notes. You can link notes to other applications, such as Contacts, and send notes to others. Select Menu > Office > Active notes.

Using push to talk

Push to talk (PTT) is a network service that allows you to communicate to a group of people on a push of a button, walkie-talkie style, over a GSM/GPRS network. To activate PTT, select Menu > Connectivity > PTT. Before you can use push to talk, you must define access point and settings.

Tips for safe use

Your E90 speaks for itself

The Voice aid application reads text on the screen, allowing you to use the basic functions of your device without looking at the display. Select Menu > Tools > Voice aid.

Where did I see that?

With Search, you can search for information in your contacts, notes, calendar appointments, to-do notes, email messages, multimedia messages, and text messages. Select Menu > Office > Search. You can use wildcards (? and *) in your search.

What if your E90 gets lost?

It is good practice to have a backup of your device content in case it is lost, broken or stolen. To back up to a memory card, select Menu > Tools > Memory > Options > Back up phone memory, or use Nokia PC Suite to back up data on a compatible computer.

Free up some memory

To ensure that you have always enough available memory, delete or transfer data regularly to a memory card or computer.

Help is at hand

To read instructions for the current view of the open application, select Options > Help. To browse the help topics and conduct searches, select Menu > Help > Help.

Power user tricks

Voice mail shortcut

To call your voice mailbox (network service), press and hold 1 or select Menu > Tools > Call mailbox. When you open the Voice mail application for the first time, you are asked to enter the number of your voice mailbox.

Shortcut to Dialled numbers

To open Dialled numbers in the standby modes, press the call key.

Shortcuts for Maps

To zoom in or out on the map, press * or #. To switch between the 2-D and 3-D views, press 0.

Image viewer shortcuts

When viewing an image, pres the Call key send the image, 0 to zoom out and 5 to zoom in. Pressing 3 will rotate the image clockwise.

Tidy up your e-mail inbox

You can create folders to organize your messages. Select My folders > Options > New folder in the Messaging application. To rename a folder, select Options > Rename folder.

Top eight numbers

Speed dialing allows you to make a call by pressing and holding a number key in the standby mode. To assign a number key to a phone number, select Menu > Tools > Speed dial.