Instant Messaging
3Scroll down to select When closed and press Enter. A dropdown menu is displayed.
4Select the required option and press Enter. The status displayed to your contacts when the Ogo cover is closed is set accordingly.
Sending an Instant Message
As soon as you have set up your IM account on the Ogo, you can exchange messages with your contacts.
►To send an instant message:
1Access the IM application and select the tab for the IM community (ICQ or Windows Live Messenger).
2Select the contact to whom you want to send a message, and press Enter. The Chat screen is displayed.
3Insert your message text and press Enter. Your message is sent to the selected contact, and is displayed in the top half of the screen.
Note: You can use QuickText to quickly insert predefined or customized texts. For details, see Working with QuickText on page 15.
Adding Emoticons to Your Instant Messages
You can use a variety of emoticons to personalize your chat messages.
►To add an emoticon to an instant message:
Press the Emoticon key on the keyboard. An emoticon palette is displayed. Scroll through the palette to select the desired emoticon and press Enter. The ASCII code of the emoticon is added to your message text, the graphic emoticon appears in the top half of the screen after you press Enter.
Notes: When an emoticon is selected for a few seconds, a Tooltip appears with
the ASCII equivalent of the icon (e.g. is “:‐)” ). You can insert the ASCII string to include the emoticon in your message.
The available emoticons vary according to the IM provider.
Receiving an Instant Message
When an instant message arrives on your Ogo and the Chat screen is not open, a banner message appears briefly at the top of the screen. If an alerticon has been assigned to the contact, the alerticon animation is played.
During an ongoing chat, an incoming message from the same contact is automatically added to the dialog in the top half of the screen.
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