User's Manual

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Messaging
R1A Draft for US FCC approval only
Receiving a message
When you receive a message, a message alert
sounds and an icon appears in the status bar.
Contact list
You can create nicknames for the contacts in your
list that are connected to the My friends server.
You can also link a contact to the phonebook, and
get access to information saved in the phonebook.
To enter a nickname
1 } My friends, and select a contact.
2 } More } Manage contact } Edit nickname.
3 Enter the nickname for that contact } Save.
To link a contact to the phonebook
1 } My friends and select a contact.
2 } More } Manage contact } Link to contacts
and select the contact in phonebook that you
want to create a link to.
To send a message from My friends
1 } My friends and select a contact.
2 } More } Send instant msg } Send if the
contact is linked to your phonebook, or } Send
IM if the contact is not linked.
Strangers
A stranger is someone that is not in your list of
contacts. An icon indicates a message from a
stranger. You can add the stranger to your list of
contacts, or you can block the stranger. If you do
not perform any action, the stranger disappears
when you log out from the My friends server.
To add a stranger to the list of
contacts
} My friends and select the stranger } More } Add
as contact.
Blocking contacts and strangers
You can block a contact or stranger so that they
cannot view your status or send you messages.
To block or unblock a contact
1 } My friends and select a contact.
2 } More } Manage contact. Select Block contact
or Unblock contact.
To block a stranger
} My friends and select the stranger } More } Block
user.
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