Palm Pre Tricks

Palm Pre Tricks To Make You Seasoned


Here are some Palm Pre Tricks and Tips that might make your time with Pre a lot better. And oh yeah, this might also improve your tapping skills:


Mute Ringtone When Call – You can mute the ringtone when someone’s calling by tapping the Power button once.


Airplane Mode – Holding the Power button for five seconds will prompt you to select Turn Off/Airplane mode. Choose Airplane mode. While in this mode, you will not be able to place calls but you can still use the Wi-Fi.


Sleep Mode – Tapping the Power button once will put your Pre into the sleep mode. Tap again to wake it up!


Forward Incoming Calls to Voicemail: If you want to re-direct a phone call to a Voice mail, just double tap the Power button in quick succession.


Copy Selected Text – You can copy selected text by tapping the upper left corner menu of the Pre. Next, click Edit. And then choose copy. The selected text will now be copied to the Palm Pre clipboard.


Paste The Text Copied – After copying the text, goto the place where you want to paste your text. Tap the display’s upper left corner menu. Choose Edit and click Paste.


Switching between Applications – Launch Screen & Lock that is found on the Launcher Screens. In Advanced Gestures, Slide the Switch Applications from off to on. Next time you want to switch applications, slide your thumb over the whole Pre gesture area to goto the previous active application. Or right for the next active app.


Setting Speed Dial – Navigate to the contact apps. Then tap the upper left corner menu of your display. Tap Set Speed Dial. Your Pre will now display all the numbers available for the speed dial. Next, it will display the keyboard keys available for it. Hold these when you want to make a quick contact.


Resetting Your Pre – Sometimes your Pre apps and other programs might slow down or start lagging. Its time to soft reset your phone. Press the Pre’s power button and flick the Ringer switch back and forth 4 times. The shut down menu appears and after that the device will reboot on its own.


Add Web Pages To Launcher – You can add web pages to your Pre Launcher screen. While surfing the page, tap the upper left menu of the screen till you see a Menu and then select Page. Next click Add to Launcher and you should now be able to see the page on your Launcher.


Capture Screenshots – This can be done by pressing Orange key, SYM and the P key. The screenshot will be available under the Pictures icon and under the screencaptures heading.