Messenger
Messenger
The messenger in your handset enables instant messaging (immediate message transfer, chatting). The phone supports the XMPP messenger (Jabber).
Instant messaging refers to communication between 'friends' on the Internet. Subscribers exchange short messages which are forwarded immediately. This gives rise to a flowing 'conversation' similar to chatting.
The precondition for this form of communication is that both subscribers have a connection to the messenger server of the same instant messaging provider. Therefore, both subscribers must be 'online'. The messenger server forwards the messages to the recipient.
The subscribers to instant messaging are called buddies.
Most messenger servers allow you to create what are known as buddy lists. You can store the buddies you want to chat to in the buddy list.
The messenger server informs you as soon as one of your buddies comes online or goes offline. Offline means that the buddy has disconnected from the messenger server.
In addition to this, each buddy can determine their own (communication) status (state of presence, see page 50), from which buddies can tell whether they are in the mood to chat or wish to remain undis- turbed.
The Web configurator on your phone gives you the following options:
uGo online (page 49).
uDisplay the list of your contacts (bud- dies) on the handset that you previ- ously created on the PC. This will indi- cate for each buddy whether they are available (online) and ready to chat (state of presence, see page 50).
uExchange messages with your buddies. Your handset notifies you about new
messages with a flashing message key f and a beep.
uCall your buddies directly from your buddy list (page 54).
Requirements for instant messaging:uYou have registered with an instant messaging provider via the Web browser on your PC and (optionally) agreed a Web name (nickname).
uYou have created a buddy list via the messenger client on the PC.
uYou have saved the messenger server address and your access data for the messenger server (user ID, password) in the phone using the Web configura- tor (page 90). The phone needs the data to establish a connection with the messenger server.
Please note:
If your instant messaging provider doesn't support the phone's messenger client, then you can open an account with an open Jabber server and use the Web configurator to enter its address in your phone. Many of these Jabber servers offer gateways to other messenger servers (e.g. AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!).
You can find a list of Jabber servers and an overview of the gateways to other messenger servers on the Internet at
http://www.jabber.org.
You can find information on setting up a Jabber account with connections from ICQ, MSN or Yahoo on the Internet, e.g. at :
http://web.swissjabber.ch
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