User's Manual

Chapter 3 : Email and other messages 27
3 Tap to the left of the text Offline and tap Available.
Send and receive IM messages
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you’re
inside a coverage area (see Tu rn w i re l es s se r v ice s o n ).
1 Open Messaging .
2 Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation:
• In Buddies view, tap a buddy name and enter a new message. If
there's more than one account for that buddy, the most recently
used IM account is opened.
• In Conversations view, tap an existing conversation and enter a new
message.
• In Conversations or Buddies view, if you tap , you start a new text
message. To switch to IM, tap the icon in the upper-right corner of
the screen, enter an IM address from your Contacts, and then tap
the address.
3 Enter the message text and tap .
4 When the message recipient replies, the reply appears below your
message in the conversation. Repeat step 3 to reply to that person.
5 (Optional) Do any of the following from a message you receive:
• To call a number: Tap the number, and tap .
• To send a text message: Tap and hold the number, and tap Te x t .
• To send an email: Tap and hold the email address, and tap Send
Email.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.
TIP You can include emoticons in your message (see Use emoticons in a
message).