User Guide

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Manage buddies
The manage buddies submenu lets you change the way your fring buddy list looks and
feels. Using this feature you can mash up all your separate communities of friends into
one manageable, mobile interface via fring.
Figure 47 Manage buddies options
To access the Manage buddies feature:
1. Click Options > Manage buddies.
Adding new buddy
You can search for a contact who has already registered with fring and add her or him to
your buddy list.
To search for a fring contact in the fring network:
1. Choose the Add new buddy option in the Manage buddies submenu.
Your address book will open. You can scroll and Select on any contact. The
contact's phone number will be shown on the search screen and an option to Add
or Cancel will appear. If the user is already a fring user, the contact will be
added to your buddy list. If the user has not yet registered with fring, an SMS will
be sent to him, asking him/her to join fring.
2. If you click Other on the address book screen, you'll be able to manually enter
the phone number (including the int. prefix) and click add.
If the user is already a fring user, the contact will be added to your buddy list. If
the user has not yet registered with fring, an SMS will be sent to him, asking
him/her to join fring.