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Multitasking – Sprint Nextel M520 User Manual

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Section 3C. Entertainment: Sprint TV and Sprint Music

Multitasking

Multitasking is a way of maintaining one application
active while using another. While your current music
selection is playing, you can activate the Application
Manager screen and choose from a list of available
applications which can be run in tandem with your
music.

To multitask on your phone:

1.

Launch the Sprint Music Store application (in
standby mode select

Music

and press

.)

2.

Select the player tab and press

.

3.

Select a file and press

to play the selected

song.)

4.

Press

to exit the Music Store application

without closing it and launch the popup menu,
where you can choose from the following options:

Resume

,

Exit

,

App.Manager

, and

Send to Background

.

If

is pressed while the song is still playing, the

display screen will reactivate the song’s playback
screen.

5.

Select

App. Manager

and press

to launch a

Application Manager screen which provides you
access to several applications:

Application Manager manages all currently active
applications. With your music still playing, the
Sprint Music Store entry appears in the list.

6.

Press

Options

(right softkey) to access the following

management options:

Bring to Foreground

reactivates the current

application screen. For example, if your music is
currently playing in the background, selecting this
option activates the music Player tab with the
song displayed.

Exit Application

terminates the currently selected

application and returns you to the standby screen.

Note

Multitasking is enabled only while using the Sprint
Music Store (

Menu > Music

).

Note

When another application (such as Music, Games,
etc.) is active and running in the background, the Key
tone feature remains inactive.

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