Treo Smartphone w/Windows Mobile-what does the selection: Time Out mean?

Question

If you go to "settings", then "today", then click "items" there is a box that says: "today time out (and has selection box of 4 to 12 hr)"

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? My husband nor I know what it means. We have looked in our manuals and searched the mobile "help" section and nothing comes up on it.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Answer 1

today ~time out ~4 to 12 hours not sure yet, possibly try using 4, and see if screen shut off or beeps, in 4 hours, also check options in menu to see if related for time,

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/7140/...

~nothing mention, you may have added third-party plug-in program that added feature to list, music, time, weather, calculator etc,

as owner of phone, you could use online chat for assistance,

http://chatsupport.palm.com/sdcxuser/asp...

palm Treo Smartphone , phones have different options,

http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartpho...

support

http://www.palm.com/us/support/treo/treo...

Palm

http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartpho...

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pg 207 /wrong phone,

http://www.palm.com/us/products/smartpho...

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Selecting which items appear on your Today screen,

pg 174 pg 207

1 Press Start ☎ and select Settings.

2 On the Personal tab, select Today ☼.

3 Select the Items tab.

4 Check the boxes next to the items you want to appear on your Today screen, and uncheck any items you want to

hide.

5 (Optional) Select Options (if available) to configure the settings for the current item. Press OK ☺ to return to Today Settings.

6 Press OK ☺.

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~ so from your appearance on screen you can √ check from list what shows up on Today screen (home base),

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Answer 2

It is an option you will probably never need or use

If it is set for 4 hours this is what will happen

If you have an application open and covering the today screen  and let the phone go into its sleep mode

If you open it in 5 hours the program will have closed and reverted to the today screen

If you opened it in 3.5 hours your same application would still be displayed

It is on windows mobile software .Some phones will still let it work some will not.

On my tilt about all it does is lock it after it times out and cuts off the alarms and requires me to do a soft reset to get it working again  so i leave it unchecked