User Guide

Nokia 6800 User Guide 97 Copyright © Nokia 2003
Instant messaging (IM)
IM icons
The following list shows the IM icons and their descriptions. The icons and display
text may appear differently, depending on which IM service you use.
• CHAT SESSIONS
When you send an instant message to another person you initiate a “chat session.”
You can send instant messages to anyone if you have the person’s user name. You
can also add that person to your contact list during an IM session.
To save a contact’s IM user ID, see “Add a new contact” on page 99 or “Add a new
contact from Conversations” on page 99.
Chat from Contacts
Note: To select a text input method, see “Traditional text input” on
page 28 and “Predictive text input” on page 28.
Perform the following steps to initiate a chat session from your Contacts list:
1 From the Inst. messaging online menu, select IM Contacts.
2 Scroll to the contact to whom you want to send an instant message.
3 Press Select > Chat.
The conversation screen appears with the contact’s name at the top. If this is
the first message in this IM session, the conversation screen will be empty.
4 Select Options > Write.
A text entry screen appears with the contact’s name displayed above the
entry field.
5 Enter a message, and select Options > Send.
The message is sent and then displayed at the top of the conversation screen.
Available
Do not disturb/discreet
Appear offline
Available with an alert set
Offline with an alert set
Blocked contact
Unread message/new message
Read message
Group invitation