User's Manual

Chapter 3 : Email and other messages 25
2 Do one of the following:
• The first time you open Messaging: Tap Add An Account.
• Any other time: Open the application menu and tap Preferences &
Accounts. Tap Add IM Account.
3 Tap the account type.
4 Enter your username and password.
5 Ta p Sign In.
6 Ta p Done.
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 ire less se rv ic e s on ).
1 Open Messaging .
2 Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation:
• In Buddies view, tap a buddy name. 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.
• In Conversations or Buddies view, if you tap , you start a new text
message. To switch to IM, tap and tap an IM address from your
Contacts.
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 the email address.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.