Messaging

Status

You can view the status of your contacts and choose to show your own status to others. To change your own status, you have the following options:

Picture – Select a picture from Pictures or take a picture with the camera.

About Me – Write a short text about yourself.

Availability – Select Available, Busy, Away, or

Invisible. If you select Invisible, you will appear as offline to others.

Mood – Select a mood from the list.

Show My Status } To All if you want to show full status to friends but limited status to others, and } Only To contacts if you want to show full status to friends but nothing to others.

Username: – View your username.

To view the status of a contact

}My Friends and select a contact } More

}View Status.To change your own status

}My Friends } Myself } Change Status and edit your status according to the options.

Receiving A Message

When you receive a message, a message alert sounds and an icon appears in the status bar.

Contact List

You can create nicknames for the contacts in your list that are connected to the My friends server. You can also link a contact to the phonebook, and get access to information saved in the phonebook.

To enter a nickname

1} My Friends, and select a contact.

2} More } Manage Contact } Edit Nickname.

3 Enter the nickname for that contact } Save.

To link a contact to the phonebook

1} My Friends and select a contact.

2} More } Manage Contact } Link to Contacts and select the contact in phonebook that you want to create a link to.

To send a message from My friends

1} My Friends and select a contact.

2} More } Send Instant Msg. } Send if the contact is linked to your phonebook, or } Send IM if the contact is not linked.

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