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 p. 41.
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 p. 41.
M e s s a g i n g
40
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.