3Tap the status icon to the left of your online status (Available or Busy) and tap Sign off.

Send and receive IM messages

BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that the phone is on and that you're inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services on).

1Open Messaging .

2Do one of the following to start or continue a conversation:

•In Friends view, tap a friend name. If there's more than one account for that friend, the most recently used IM account is opened. To switch to another IM account, tap the IM account name in the top right and tap an IM address.

•In Conversations view, tap an existing conversation.

•In Conversations or Friends view, tap to start a new message. Enter an IM address, or tap to search for a contact.

3Enter the message text and tap .

TIP You can include emoticons in your message (see Use emoticons in a message).

4When the message recipient replies, the reply appears below your message in the conversation. Repeat step 3 to reply to that person.

5(Optional) Do any of the following from a message you receive:

•To call a number: Tap the number and tap .

•To add a number to Contacts: Tap and hold the number and tap Add to Contacts. Tap Save As New to create a new contact or tap Add To Existing to add this number to an existing contact.

•To send an email: Tap the email address.

•To go to a web address: Tap it.

Add a friend

To add a friend to an IM account, you must send a friend request and be accepted as a friend by the invitee.

To send a friend request:

1Open Messaging .

2Open the application menu and tap Add Friend.

3Tap the IM Service field and tap the account in which you want to add the friend.

4Do one of the following:

•To add a Skype friend: Tap Add a Contact, enter the name or

screen name of the friend you want to add and tap . Tap the friend name.

•To add a friend in any other IM account: In the Friend Name field, enter the friend details required by the account, for example, an email address or IM address.

5(Optional, if available) Tap the Message field and enter a message for your friend invitee.

6Tap Add Friend.

Receive a friend request

1Open Messaging .

2Tap the conversation containing the invitation.

3Do one of the following:

•To accept a friend request: Tap .

•To decline a friend request: Tap and tap Delete.

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