Nokia 8260 - • Indicators and icons

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• Indicators and icons

On your phone, you have two types of identifiers: indicators and icons.
Icons are graphical representations of a specific item or situation. For
example, an icon appears when you have a voice message waiting to be
heard.

Scroll bar: This view shows the scroll bar
down three tab positions from the beginning
of the menu list. The number 3 appears above
the scroll bar, showing the tab position.

Tab

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Indicators show the status of something. The phone uses three types of
indicators:

Signal strength
indicator

Battery power
indicator

Handset volume indicator

Signal strength: This indicator shows the signal strength of the wireless
network at your current location. The higher the bar, the stronger the
signal.

Battery power: This indicator shows the battery charge level. The higher
the bar, the more power in the battery.

Handset volume: This indicator appears only when you press the volume
keys. It illustrates the volume level during a call.

The list below shows what each icon means.

You have an active call.

The phone is waiting for you to enter a response.

You have selected Silent as the current profile.

The keyguard has been activated to prevent any accidental key
presses.

You have one or more voice messages waiting.

You have one or more unread text messages waiting.

Signal
strength
indicator

Battery
power
indicator

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Digital service is available.

Any alpha characters you enter will be uppercase (capital letters).
Press the

key to switch between upper and lowercase letters.

Any alpha characters you enter will be lowercase. Press the

key to switch between upper and lowercase letters.

You are in predictive text mode. You can enter words by
pressing each number key only once for each letter.

This appears when you press and hold the

key while storing

names. After switching to this numbers mode, you cannot enter

any alpha characters. You can enter only numbers.

This appears when you press the

key while storing names.

You are in special character mode. You can select a special

character by pressing Insert.

The alarm clock is set.

You have a reminder in your calendar to do something. (Appears
only on Calendar display.)

You have a reminder in your calendar that it’s someone’s birthday.
(Appears only on Calendar display.)

You have a reminder in your calendar to call someone. (Appears
only on Calendar display.)

You have a reminder in your calendar of a meeting. (Appears only
on Calendar display.)

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