Sony Xperia S User Guide

To have a private conversation with a conference call participant
1 During an ongoing conference call, tap  {0} participants.
2 Tap the telephone number of the participant with whom you want to talk
privately.
3 To end the private conversation and return to the conference call, tap 
.
To release a participant from a conference call
1 During an ongoing conference call, tap the button showing the number of
participants. For example, tap  3 participants if there are three participants.
2 Tap 
 next to the...

To turn off call forwarding
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Call settings  > Call forwarding .
3 Select an option, then tap  Disable.
Showing or hiding your phone number
You can select to show or hide your phone number on call recipients' devices when
you call them.
To show or hide your phone number
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
.
2 Find and tap  Settings > Call settings  > Additional settings  > Caller ID .
Fixed Dialling Numbers
If you have received a PIN2 code from...

Contacts
About  Contacts
Use the Contacts application to store and manage all your numbers, email
addresses, and other contact data in one place. Just tap on a contact to see all
communications with that contact in one easy overview.
You can add new contacts in your device and synchronise them with contacts saved
in your Google™ account, Microsoft ®
 Exchange ActiveSync ®
 account, or other
accounts that support synchronisation. The Contacts application automatically
creates new entries and also helps...

your contacts to your new device using that account. For more detailed information
about synchronisation, see  Synchronising your corporate email, calendar and
contacts  on page 105.
To synchronise contacts on your device with a synchronisation account
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
 , then tap  .
2 Tap 
 , then tap  Settings > Accounts & sync .
3 If you have already set up a synchronisation account and you want to sync
with that account, tap the account, then tap 
 , and tap  Sync now.
Transferring...

5Tap to search contacts6Tap here to create a contact
Managing your contacts
You can create, edit and synchronise your contacts in a few simple steps. You can
select contacts saved in different accounts and manage how you display them on
your device.
If you synchronise your contacts with more than one account, you can join contacts
on your device to avoid duplicates.
Some synchronisation services, for example, some social networking services, do not allow you to edit contact details.
To view your...

To edit contact information about yourself
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
, then tap .
2 Tap  Myself , then tap 
.
3 Enter the new information or make the changes you want.
4 When you are done, tap  Done.
Avoiding duplicate entries in the Contacts application
If you synchronise your contacts with a new account or import contact information in
other ways, you could end up with duplicate entries in the Contacts application. If this
happens, you can join such duplicates to create a single entry. And if you...

The quick contact menuTap a contact's thumbnail to view quick communication options for a particularcontact. Options include calling the contact, sending a text or multimedia message,
and starting a chat using the Google Talk™ application.For an application to appear as an option in the quick contact menu, you may need to set up the application in your device and be logged in to the application. For example, you need tostart the  Gmail™ application and enter your login details before you can use...

Messaging
Using text and multimedia messaging
You can send and receive text messages from your device using SMS (Short
Message Service). If your subscription includes MMS (Multimedia Messaging
Service), you can also send and receive messages that contain media files, for
example, pictures and videos. The number of characters you can send in a single text
message varies depending on the operator and the language you use. If you exceed
the character limit, then all your single messages are linked together...

To delete conversations
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
 , then find and tap  .
2 Tap 
 , then tap  Delete conversations .
3 Mark the checkboxes for the conversations that you want to delete, then tap 
> Delete .
To save a sender's number
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap 
 > Save .
3 Select an existing contact, or tap  Create new contact.
4 Edit the contact information and tap  Done.
To call a message sender
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
, then find and tap .
2 Tap a...

Google Talk™
The Google Talk™ application lets you chat with your friends using text, voice and
video.
To start Google Talk™
1 From your  Home screen , tap 
 .
2 Find and tap  Talk.
To reply to an instant message with Google Talk™
1 When someone contacts you on Google Talk™, 
 appears in the status bar.
2 Drag the status bar downwards, then tap the message and begin to chat.
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