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Instant messaging

Go to

Desk

>

Instant messaging

.

IM allows you to chat with others on the Internet and is compatible with the following IM services: AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo.
If IM is not available from your wireless service provider, it may not appear in the menu of your mobile device. Contact your

service provider for more information about signing up for IM services and costs for services.
IM is different from SMS or e-mail because you can have a two-way or group conversation where all messages within the

conversation are displayed in one screen as an ongoing dialogue. The contact list feature shows you when your friends, family

members, and colleagues are online and available to exchange instant messages. Select the name, write the message, and send

it. Your message stays on the screen and when your friend, family, or colleague replies, the reply appears on the screen above

your original message so that you can track the conversation.
With the IM application, you sign on to an IM service to exchange quick messages with others who are online. You can manage

a list of contacts, view the availability (online, away, offline) of each contact, receive status updates, and share your own

availability. In addition, you can have multiple point-to-point conversations and/or multiple group conversations at the same

time. Conversations can be saved for future reference. Finally, the IM application provides search functionality; you can conduct

a search on IM users or on groups, and initiate actions based on the search results.
For more information on the availability of IM settings, contact your network operator, service provider, or nearest authorized

Nokia dealer.

Tip: IM contacts are not the same as phonebook contacts on your mobile device. Phonebook contacts do not contain

IM contact information.

IM main application view

When login to an IM service is complete, your contact list for the service provider is retrieved automatically. If your contact list

is not available, wait a few minutes and try to retrieve your contact list manually.
The IM view changes depending on your activity. The set of frames displayed on the main window after you log in is different

from the set of frames displayed when you are in a conversation with another IM user. After you log in, the folder frame is on

the left side, and the current conversation frame is in the middle. Command buttons are always shown on the right side.

Navigating in IM - To switch between frames, press Tab. To move around inside a frame, scroll up or down. To expand a folder,

scroll right. To collapse a folder, scroll left.

Tip: Icons and text may appear different for each IM service.

To start an IM session online, select a service provider in the main window and

OK

. In the login dialog, type your user ID and

password for the service provider, and select

OK

. An IM service provider may require the user ID to be in the format

[email protected]. The user ID can be up to 50 characters. The password can be up to 20 characters.
To retrieve your IM contact list from the server, press Menu, and select

Contacts

>

Fetch contact list

.

Active conversation view

To begin a conversation, select

New convers.

You can start a new conversation while you are inside another active conversation.

However, you cannot have two active conversations with the same contact.
To save a conversation, press Menu, and select

Conversations

>

Save

. The conversation is saved as a text file that can be opened

with

Documents

.

Sending an instant message

To send a message with IM, select a contact from the

Online contacts

folder and select

Send IM

. Type a message, and select

Send

.

Viewing online contacts only

To view a list of your IM contacts that are currently online, expand the

Online contacts

folder on the left side of the main view.

Scroll through the list to see the availability status,

Available

or

Away

, for each contact.

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