Sessions
When connected to the instant messaging service your status as seen by others is shown in a status line:
My
status: Online
,
My status: Busy
or
Status: Appear offline
— to change own status, select
Change
.
Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts and showing their status:
Conversations
,
Online
and
Offline
. To expand the folder highlight it and select
Expand
(or press scroll right), to collapse the
folder select
Collapse
(or press scroll left).
Conversations
— shows the list of new and read instant messages or invitations to instant messaging during
the active instant messaging session.
indicates a new group message.
indicates a read group message.
indicates a new instant message.
indicates a read instant message.
indicates an invitation.
The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the instant messaging service you have selected.
Online
— shows the number of contacts that are online.
Offline
— shows the number of contacts that are offline
To start a conversation, expand the
Online
or the
Offline
folder and scroll to the contact with whom you would
like to chat and select
Chat
. To answer an invitation or to reply to a message expand the
Conversations
folder
and scroll to the contact to whom you would like to chat and select
Open
. To add contacts, see
Add IM contacts
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.
Groups
>
Public groups
(not visible if groups are not supported by the network) — the list of bookmarks to
public groups provided by the service provider is displayed. To start a instant messaging session with a group,
scroll to a group, and select
Join
. Enter the screen name that you want to use as your nickname in the
conversation. When you have successfully joined the group conversation, you can start a group conversation.
You can create a private group. See
Groups
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.
Search
>
Users
or
Groups
— to search for other instant messaging users or public groups on the network by
phone number, screen name, e-mail address, or name. If you select
Groups
, you can search for a group by a
member in the group, or by group name, topic, or ID.
Options
>
Chat
or
Join group
— to start the conversation when you have found the user or the group that you
want.