Palm Pre and Pixi for TOTAL Beginners!

A while back, I wrote an article titled "How to: Get Ringtones on your Palm Pre."  It had a lot of good stuff on there about... well, setting up ringtone! I also wrote about simple, safe, and easy fixes for the Palm Pre's most common problems.  But as I helped beginners with their Palm Pre's, I noticed how lot of people felt TOTALLY LOST on doing even the most BASIC functions (like copy/paste... hello?), even after having owned it for a while!

Fear not, friends, because TOTALLY PALMED is your mejor amigo. ... That's "best friend" in Spanish...... never mind.  Read on after the break to learn how to do the most basic things with your Pre.  (P.S. These lessons can apply to the Pixi as well!)

Okay, so let's get started.  These videos are pretty self-explanatory and won't require any of my commentary. Before I go on, guess what! A lot of these videos (the last three, specifically) are already on your Palm Pre! Just as Dorothy needed just to click her heels three times to go home, all you had to do was tap the "HELP" icon and watch these videos for yourself on your phone. These videos are streamed to you, so you'll need an internet connection to view 'em.  

For those wondering, "where's the stinkin' user manual?!" ... Here it is. You're welcome.

So let's get right to it!

In order, here are the help topics below:
1)  Very basic overview of the Pre, courtesy of Sprint
2)  Basic tutorial on using the Palm Pre with gestures
3)  Basic tutorial on setting up and using email
4)  Basic tutorial on setting up calendars and contacts
5)  Basic Messaging/IM Tutorial
6)  How do I... use Universal Search?
7)  How do I... do multitasking on my phone?
8)  How do I... move my cursor around and highlight text?
9)  How do I... COPY/PASTE?
10)  How do I... remove the back cover to switch out the battery?
11) How do I... make a conference call on the Palm Pre?
12) How do I... learn everything ELSE there is to know about the Palm Pre?

1) Very basic overview of the Pre:



2) Basic tutorial on using the Palm Pre with gestures:



3) Basic tutorial on setting up and using email:



4) Basic tutorial on setting up calendars and contacts:



5) Basic Messaging/IM Tutorial:



6)  How do I use Universal Search?


7) How do I multitask on my phone?


8) How do I move my cursor and highlight text?



9) How do I copy/paste?



10) How do I remove the back cover to change the battery?



11) How do I make a conference call on the Palm Pre?



12) How do I... learn everything there is to know about the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi?
Why, by reading TOTALLY PALMED, of course!  ;)

Also, make SURE you check out Precentral.net. This place is THE AUTHORITY on all things Palm. There are other great websites as well:

Pre101.com
Prethinking.com
Everythingpre.com
PalmInfocenter.com




That's it! I hope these videos help some of you. Mad props to akitayo for posting all these videos on YouTube... it made my job a whole lot easier! :)  Stay tuned for more tips!