HP ipaq hw6500 User Manual

Using the Phone Features

Contact your mobile phone service provider for the following information 

and services:
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Have them activate your phone for International Roaming. 

Depending on your mobile phone service provider, there may be 

an additional charge for this feature.

NOTE:  Once your HP iPAQ has been activated, it is set up permanently 

for you to use abroad.

•

Check with your mobile phone service provider to make sure your 

HP iPAQ will work in the country you are going to and find out 

what kind of coverage you will receive.

•

Find out if you will need to purchase another SIM card with the 

correct international format on it, or if your mobile phone service 

provider may be able to reformat the SIM card you already have 

into the correct format.

•

Since your HP iPAQ has GPRS and EDGE capability, you may want 

to ask your mobile phone service provider for an up-to-date list of 

foreign operators that enable you to use data functionality abroad 

and added costs for the service plan. Once you know which 

network to connect to in the country you are traveling through, 

you can connect to that network manually using the 

following instructions.

Changing Network Settings

You can change Network Settings by either of the following methods:
•

From the Start menu, tap Settings > Phone > Network tab.

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From the Phone keypad, tap Tools > Options > Network tab. 

The GSM/GPRS connection your HP iPAQ is currently using will be 

listed at the top of the screen.

You can view available networks, determine the order in which your phone 

accesses another network if the current one is unavailable, and specify 

whether you want to change networks manually or automatically. The 

current network remains active until you change it, lose your signal, or 

change your SIM card.

Manually Selecting a Network

NOTE:  HP highly recommends leaving the HP iPAQ set to its automatic 

network settings.

At times, you may want to manually select a different wireless network to 

use, instead of your HP iPAQ automatically doing this for you. For 

example, if you want to connect to a specific network for a specific 

purpose, and you are authorized to use this specific network, then 

complete the following instructions:
1.

From the Phone keypad, tap Tools > Options > Network tab.