another Sidekick II tutorial

BIG thanks to my roommate, Andrew, for informing me of a feature I've overlooked in my Sidekick II!!!

I have been using my Sidekick II since the beginning of February 2005. I've been frustrated with not having a pic of an out-of-state friend or two, and attach their face pictures corresponding to their names and info in my address book. SO FRUSTRATING! After I installed this new feature, I found it in good use for my address book and changing AIM buddy icons! This new feature is called, "Picture Transfer." I totally love this feature, and sometimes tease my friends with it.

Here ya go! Here's how to use the "Picture Transfer" feature:

1. Just press the Jump button.

2. Select your Download Fun Catalog section.

3. Open the Applications section.

4. Select "Picture Transfer" and purchase for a one-time fee of $1.99. This will be automatically charged ONCE into your next month's T-Mobile bill. Trust me. It's gonna be worth it!

5. Install and restart your Sidekick II.

6. Open any email you have saved with attached pictures from friends.

7. Look for a button under each picture that you can click, "Open with 'Picture Transfer'." When you click that button under a pic you want to save or use, it will automatically save to your camera's gallery in your Sidekick II.

8. Keep in mind that you have a limit of 36 pictures in your camera's gallery. Don't go over the limit! (There's an excellent way to save more than 36 pics in your gallery - use your Gmail account. It'll zip all the attached pics into one .zip file and allows you to view the contents before downloading them! Wow, it really saves me and many people from headaches! However, you'll need a Gmail Invite to open an account with Gmail. Please send me an IM via AIM for an invite, I'll be more than happy to send you one!)

9. Now, you can do 3 different things with "Picture Transfer":

- One - Your AIM Buddy Icon:
After you saved an emailed picture and used the "Picture Transfer," go to your Sidekick II's AIM section. Make sure you are logged in. On your buddy list, press Menu button. Go to settings. You'll see your buddy icon, select it and it will list 3 icons: blank(or existing buddy icon), camera and AIM logo.. Select the camera icon, that'll open the camera's gallery. Pick the picture you want, check it and press menu button, select "use checked" and then you're done with changing your AIM buddy icon.

- Two - Your Address Book:
Ask your out-of-town buddies to take self-portraits with their own Sidekick IIs or webcams, and email it to you. Do the same way to save pic from email to gallery with "Picture Transfer." Go to jump screen, select the Address Book. Enter or select your friend's name. Click "edit identity" and select the icon on the left next to the name. Select the camera icon option. Your camera's gallery will automatically open. Select and check your friend's face, press menu button and select "use checked" option. Then you're done! Your friend's info now have a face to its name!

- Three - Your Blogger/BlogSpot Account:
With multiple pics in seperate emails, you can use "Picture Transfer" to organize and clean up those emails, convert all into one email with attached pics. It's a nifty tool to use for sending multiple pics via email to your blogger/blogspot/moblog account. After you saved all the emailed pics to your camera's gallery, create new message, enter the subject and fill in the description or story in the body. Use your blog/moblog's email address and send the pics. Your attached pics will be posted on your blog/moblog.

** You can get a free blog at blogger.com, or a moblog at textamerica.com! If you want to buy a Sidekick II, go to deafpager.com or fusewireless.com and make your purchase! If you want to check out Gmail's info before asking me for a Gmail Invite, check gmail.com! **