Nokia 8800, 8801 manual Connect, Sessions

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Connect

To connect to the instant messaging service, open the Instant messages menu, activate an instant messaging service, and select Login. When the phone has successfully connected, Logged in is displayed.

To disconnect from the instant messaging service, select Logout.

Sessions

Connect to the instant messaging service and select one of the following

Conversations to view the list of new and read instant messages or invitations to instant messaging during the active instant messaging session. Scroll to the message or invitation that you want and select Open to read the message.

• 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.

IM contacts includes the contacts that you have added. Scroll to the contact with whom you would like to chat and select Chat or Open if a new contact is shown in the list. To add contacts see "IM contacts" on page 31.

indicates the online and the offline contacts in the phone contacts memory.

indicates a blocked contact. indicates a contact that has been sent a new message.

Groups > Public groups. 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 in the conversation. When you have successfully joined the group conversation, you can start a group conversation. To create a private group, see "Groups" on page 31.

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.

To start the conversation when you have found the user or the group that you want, select Options > Chat or Join group.

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