Setting Up and Using Instant Messaging

You can use the Instant Messaging application to set up your Treo Pro smartphone to work with multiple IM accounts at the same time. You can be online with and exchange instant messages with AOL, Yahoo, and Windows Live contacts without having to switch to different application screens. A tabbed interface makes it easy for you to switch between conversations.

Installing the Instant Messaging Application

Before you can set up and use the Instant Messaging application, you must install it from the Web.

Before You Begin

Be sure your phone is on and you are in a coverage area (see “Turning Your Treo Pro Smartphone On and Off” on page 32).

Your account must include data services (see “Getting Started With Data Services” on page 114).

1.Press Start and select Programs.

2.Select Instant Messaging .

3.Note the file name that appears on the next screen, and then select Save (left softkey).

4.Accept the defaults in the Name, Folder, and Type fields on the Save As screen.

5.In the Location field, select Main memory.

6.Select Save. (The file is saved to the My Documents folder on your device.)

7.Press Option + Start to open the File Explorer application.

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