User Manual

Messaging
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Sessions
When connected to the IM service your status as seen by others is shown in a
status line: My status: Online, My status: Busy or Status: Appear offline — to
change own status, select Change.
Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts and
showing their status: Conversations (%N), Online (%N) and Offline (%N). To
expand the folder highlight it and select Expand (or press scroll right), to collapse
the folder select Collapse (or press scroll left).
Conversations — shows the list of new and read instant messages or invitations
to IM during the active IM session.
indicates a new group message.
indicates a read group message.
indicates a new instant message.
indicates a read instant message.
indicates an invitation.
The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the IM service you
have selected.
Online (%N)—shows the number of contacts that are online
Offline (%N)—shows the number of contacts that are offline
To start a conversation, expand the Online (%N) or the Offline (%N) folder, scroll
to the contact with whom you would like to chat, and select Chat. To answer an
invitation or to reply to a message, expand the Conversations folder, scroll to the
contact to whom you would like to chat, and select Open. To add contacts, see
Add IM contacts p. 37.
Groups > Public groups—the list of bookmarks to public groups provided by the
service provider is displayed, but not visible if groups are not supported by the
network. To start an IM session with a group, scroll to a group, and select Join.
Enter the screen name that you want to use as your nickname in the
conversation. When you have successfully joined the group conversation, you can
start a group conversation. You can create a private group. See
Groups p. 38.
Search > Users or Groups — to search for other IM users or public groups on the
network by phone number, screen name, e-mail address, or name. If you select
Groups, you can search for a group by a member in the group, or by group name,
topic, or ID.
Options > Chat or Join group — to start the conversation when you have found
the user or the group that you want.