Sessions
When connected to the service, your status, as seen by others, is shown in a status line:
Status: Online
,
My status: Busy
, or
Status: App. off.
To change your own status, select
Change
.
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Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts that show their status:
Conversations
,
Online ()
, and
Offline ()
. To expand the folder, scroll to it, and select
Expand
(or scroll right).
To collapse the folder, select
Collapse
(or scroll left).
•
Conversations
— shows the list of new and read instant messages or invitations to IM during the active IM 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 depends on the IM service.
•
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, scroll to the contact with whom you want to chat, and select
Chat
. To answer an invitation or reply to a message, expand the
Conversations
folder, scroll to the contact to whom you
want to chat, and select
Open
.
•
Groups
>
Public groups
— List of bookmarks to public groups provided by the service provider (not visible if groups are not
supported by the network). To start an IM 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. 19.
•
Search
>
Users
or
Groups
— to search for other IM 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, 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