Nextel Walkie-Talkie Service

Note: While you are on an active phone call, you are able to receive SMS messages. If you are on an active Walkie-Talkie call, you cannot receive data or SMS messages.

Finding Your Walkie-Talkie Number

1.Click the trackwheel while in the Phone screen.

2.Click Status. Your Walkie-Talkie number appears in the format: AreaID*NetworkID*MemberID.

Note: Your Walkie-Talkie number is also known as your DC#.

Receiving Nextel Walkie-Talkie Service Calls

When you receive a new Walkie-Talkie Call, you are notified (as specified in your notification profile). The active call screen appears and displays Push to Talk at the top of the screen and In Use in the middle of the screen.

Note: If you are composing an email or PIN message or are using another BlackBerry device application when you receive a Nextel Walkie- Talkie Service call, the action is interrupted by the call. When the call is disconnected, you return to the last application that you were using before you received the call.

Using Your Call Alert

A Call Alert is a discreet method to notify recipients that you would like to talk with them using Walkie-Talkie Service. When you send an alert, the recipient will receive a series of beeps and your name or Nextel Walkie- Talkie number will appear on the recipient’s display. If the recipient is on a phone call or transmitting data, you are notified with a return message indicating the user is unavailable.

To send a Call Alert:

1.From the Phone screen, type a Walkie-Talkie number.

(AreaID*NetworkID*MemberID) or select a Walkie-Talkie number from your contact list.

2.Roll the trackwheel and click Alert.

3.A dialog screen appears. Press the Walkie-Talkie Button.

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