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Subscribing to a Mobile Phone Service Provider
Before you can use the phone feature on your HP iPAQ, you must subscribe with
a mobile phone service provider.
The following features supported on your HP iPAQ must be activated by your
mobile phone service provider:
• Call Forwarding
• CSD—Circuit Switched Data
• GPRS—General Packet Radio Service
• International Dialing
• International Roaming
• Internet Access
• Text Message/MMS—Text Message Service/Multimedia
Messaging
Service
•Voicemail
• VPN—Virtual Private Network
For more information on these services, contact your mobile phone service
provider. If you purchased your HP iPAQ from a mobile phone service provider,
phone service may be activated at time of purchase or the mobile service provider
may include activation instructions.
If you purchased a prepaid SIM card to use with your HP iPAQ or, if your service
provider issued you a SIM card with a preset PIN, the following information is
not applicable.
You must call the service provider to activate your mobile phone service. Your
carrier may require the following information to activate your service:
• SIM Card Serial Number (printed on the box label or on the back of the
SIM card)
• IMEI Number (printed on the HP iPAQ label under the removable battery)
Your mobile phone service representative provides you your wireless phone
number and help you set up your service.
Turning on Your Phone Functions
To turn on phone functions:
1. On the Today screen, tap iPAQ Wireless.
2. Tap the Phone tab, and then tap Status: Off to activate the phone.