Hit the power button. An activation wizard will greet you. Follow him.
You’re going to need an identity to IM or e-mail. If you already have one, great. If not, just go to aol, msn or yahoo! on your computer and get one. Another wizard will walk you through the process.
You can pick more than one service, and, if you want, add other e-mail accounts. Once you’re through, you’ll get a confirmation. And that’s it. You’re done. You have an ogo identity. Welcome.
A brief look at how to work your ogo, key by key
Home: Hit this key to pick how to communicate, change your online status, get support, change settings, work your address book, etc. Just don’t put your feet on the couch.
Ogo: See who’s im-ing, texting or e-mailing you. Bounce between all three.
Mail: Your e-mail and text messages all in one place. If you want, go ahead and sort them by account.
Chat: The IM spot. Check out all your buddies. Choose a buddy and hit enter if you want to chat. You can also add buddies here. Or delete them if they’ve been bad.
Compose: Write an e-mail or text here.
Options: Takes you to the action menu for the screen you’re on. Read or delete messages. Add buddies or delete buddies.
Go back: Every press of this button is a step closer to home.
Mailbox name: This is what you call this account. For example, Home e-mail, My Comcast Account, or whatever will help you remember which e-mail account it is.
E-mail address: The e-mail address for the account.
User name: The user name you use to log in. It may be your e-mail address or it may be the portion of the address before the @ sign.
Display name: This will be the name that appears when you send other people e-mail. You may want to use your full name, your first name, a nickname, or whatever. Just avoid display names that may be confused with spam.
To navigate the device, you'll use a combination of the 8-way navigation key as well as the options menu key and the Enter key. A brief summary of how these work: Outer Ring: The left and right arrows move between tabs. Up and down arrows scroll one page at a time (page up/down). In message text, left and right arrows move to beginning and end of a line of text; up and down arrows move to beginning and end of the message.
Inner Ring: Left and right arrows scroll left and right within a screen or line of text. Up and down arrows move between lines in a screen or lines of text in a message.
Options Menu: Found on the left hand side (insert image). Press the options menu button to access all the actions you can take on any given screen.
Enter Key: Use the enter key to confirm selections. Also press the enter key to see a list of available options in various menus (for example use the enter key to select your status from a list in My Status.)