User Guide

Messaging
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■ Instant messaging (IM)
Instant messaging (network service) is a way to send short, simple text
messages to online users, delivered over TCP/IP protocols.
Before you can use instant messaging, you must subscribe to the service.
To check the availability and costs, and to subscribe to the service, contact
your network operator or service provider, from whom you also receive
your unique ID, password, and settings.
To set the required settings for the instant messaging service, see
Connection settings in “Access the IM menu,” p. 33. The icons and texts
on the display may vary, depending on the instant messaging service.
While you are connected to the instant messaging service, you can use
the other functions of the phone, and the instant messaging conversation
remains active in the background. Depending on the network, the active
instant messaging conversation may consume the phone battery faster,
and you may need to connect the phone to a charger.
Access the IM menu
To access the Instant messages menu while still offline, select Menu >
Messaging > Instant messages. If more than one set of connection settings
for instant messaging service is available, select the desired one. If there
is only one set defined, it is selected automatically.
The following options are shown:
Login — to connect to the instant messaging service. To set the phone to
automatically connect to the instant messaging service when you switch
the phone on, select Menu > Messaging > Instant messages, connect to
the instant messaging service, and select My settings > Automatic login >
On phone start-up.
Saved conversations — to view, erase, or rename the conversations that
you saved during an instant messaging session
Connection settings — to edit the settings needed for messaging and
presence connection