Mike, Most cell phone screens are hard to read against Wallpaper or a photo for wallpaper in the background. Go into you Settings, Wallpaper and set it to OFF. Then go to Settings Color Schemes and pick a background color that gives you good text/background screen contrast. I found Blue worked for me.Next, all small phones that fit in pants pocket have a lock-out function to prevent keys from being activated until Unlocked. Go to Settings, Phone Settings,Automatic Keyguard and set it to ON. This will automatically lock the keyboard, if you forget, after about 1 minute on no key activity. To Unlock keyboard, on the Main screen press Unlock softkey then Asterisk key. To lock keyboard manually, at Main screen press Menu softkey followed by Asterisk key.Tips:1. The Speakerphone works great on this phone. It is also usefulfor a higher volume in you need it when using the phone nearyour ear. Be sure to hold the phone away from your ear, saywith your index finger inserted between you ear and the phone.To activate Speakerphone, when a call is connected SPEAKERwill appear on screen above right softkey. Press it. Adjustvolume using left/right direction keys to decrease/increase.2. Use Calendar to alarm yourself of Birthdays and to Noteevents. After you have Saved the alarm, press the Optionsleft softkey and select Repeat to set in a daily/weekly/monthly/yearly reminder alarm. Birthday are automaticallyrepeated yearly.3. Use the 'Add Detail' Option to a Contact to store Addressand Notes about the contact. You can add more than one Noteto the same Contact if you run out of space(about 32characters) on the first one.3. Use Settings,Personal Shortcuts, to set the right andleft Softkeys for what you phone functions you want quickaccess to. Consider assigning one of them to ShortCuts thenmake a list of Function Shortcuts you want at Settings,Persona Shortcuts, Assign Shortcuts. You can also OrganizeShortcuts here to prioritize your shortcut list, top to bottom.4. Use Nokia's free software to Backup and Sync Contacts on yourcomputer using MS Outlook/Express(a must if you have lots ofcontacts and information data on your phone). You will needthe Nokia DKU5 USB cable. The DKU2 cable is for the 3120's bigbrother, the Nokia 6230. DKU2 is not usable with Model 3210.Find them cheap on Ebay.THIS IS A GREAT AND RELIABLE POCKET PHONE WITH ALL THE ESSENTIALS!! Not a Digital Camera. A phone is not a good camera, buy one. Not an MP3 Player. A phone is not a good MP3 player, buy one. Just more things to go wrong and act funky on your phone.