Accessing Wireless Chatrooms

Sprint PCS Vision gives you the ability to join wireless chatrooms from your Sprint PCS Vision Phone, to send text messages and icons to chatroom participants, or to launch a one-on-one (private) chatroom.

To access a chatroom from the browser:

1.Press to launch the browser.

2.Select Messaging ( ).

3.Select Chat ( ).

4.Select Enter. (You will see a disclaimer for Wireless Chat.)

5.Select I Agree ( ) to accept the disclaimer.

6.Use your keypad to enter a nickname then select Enter. (The chat menu will display.)

7.Select a chatroom from the menu (for example, “Friends”or

“Singles”) then press Go ( ) to enter.

8.Once in the chatroom, you may scroll through the postings to read messages from other chatroom participants and use your keypad to enter your own messages.

Note:

For information about posting to chatrooms or setting up one-on-one sessions, please see the Sprint PCS Vision User’s Guide at www.sprintpcs.com.

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8912 specifications

The Sprint Nextel 8912 is a noteworthy mobile device that captures attention with its robust features and user-friendly characteristics. Launched during a period where smartphones were rapidly evolving, the 8912 is a testament to Sprint’s commitment to delivering reliable and functional devices to its customers.

One of the main features of the Sprint Nextel 8912 is its sleek design, which balances both style and practicality. The device boasts a compact form factor that fits comfortably in the palm of the hand and can easily slide into a pocket or purse. The display is vibrant and clear, offering users an enjoyable experience when viewing content or navigating through applications.

In terms of technology, the Sprint Nextel 8912 operates on the Nextel network, renowned for its Direct Connect capability. This feature allows users to communicate instantly with other Nextel users, making it an ideal choice for professionals who require immediate communication in their daily operations. The integration of walkie-talkie functionality lends itself well to fieldwork environments, enhancing productivity and collaboration.

The device is powered by a reliable operating system designed for efficiency and ease of use. Users can expect a smooth interface when accessing various applications and settings. With a focus on practicality, the Sprint Nextel 8912 includes essential tools such as calendar, task manager, and a reliable web browser for staying connected and organized throughout the day.

Battery life is another standout characteristic of the Sprint Nextel 8912. It features a long-lasting battery that allows users to remain connected without the constant worry of recharging. This is particularly advantageous for individuals with demanding schedules who depend on their devices for long periods.

While might not possess the advanced capabilities of today’s smartphones, the Sprint Nextel 8912 shines in its reliability, ease of use, and effective communication features. The device is well-suited for those who prioritize functionality over complexity, making it a practical choice for various users looking for a dependable mobile solution.

Overall, the Sprint Nextel 8912 delivers an efficient and user-friendly experience, highlighting the intersection of technology and communication for individuals who prioritize seamless connectivity.

Contents

For the Audiovox 8912, follow these instructions Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8912 by Audiovox Table of Contents 2B. ControllingYour Phone’s Settings 2E. NavigatingThrough Menus 2H. Personal Organizer 106 Safety Guidelines and Warranty Information Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Introduction Getting Started Setting Up Service Setting Up Service ActivatingYour Phone Getting Started With Sprint PCS ServiceDetermine if Your Phone is AlreadyActivated UnlockingYour Phone Visiting Our Website Setting UpYour VoicemailTo set up voicemail Getting Help Receiving Automated Usage and Invoicing Information Reaching Sprint Customer ServiceSprint PCS Operator Services To access this information Understanding Your Sprint PCS Phone Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone The Basics Your Sprint PCS PhoneThe Basics Front View of Your Phone Key Functions Softkey ButtonsNavigation Key Viewing the Display Screen Features of Your Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone Turning Your Phone On Using Your Phone’s BatteryBattery Capacity Turning Your Phone On and Off To remove your battery, follow these easy steps Installing the BatteryRemoving the Battery To install your phones Li-Ion battery Charging the Battery Using the AC ChargerTo use the AC Charger provided with your phone Making Calls To make a call using your keypadDisplaying Your Phone Number Making and Answering Calls To disconnect a call when you are finished Answering CallsEnding a Call Voice Dial Changing the Ringer VolumeSpeaker Mode Missed Call Notification Calling Emergency Numbers Muting a CallSilent Send My Phone Number End-of-Call Options In-Call Options To find a phone number To save a number from standby modeSaving a Phone Number Finding a Phone Number To dial directly from an internal Phone Book entry Dialing and Saving Phone Numbers With PausesDialing From the Internal Phone Book To dial or save phone numbers with pauses Using One-Touch/Two-Touch Speed Dialing EnteringText Selecting a Character Input ModeTo change the character input mode for a phone book entry To change the character input mode when writing a message To add a word to the T9 Text Input database Entering Characters Using T9 Text InputAdding a Word to theT9 Database Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad Entering Numbers,Symbols and Emoticon Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Voice Call Sound SettingsVolume Ringer Off, Level 1 Level Key BeepMessaging Speaker To adjust the power off volume Power OnPower Off To adjust the power on volume Selecting Ringer Types for Voicemail RingersSelecting Ringer Types for Voice Call Selecting Ringer Types for Messaging Service AlertsMinute Low Signal ConnectFade To adjust the tone length Roam RingerTone Length Screen Saver Display SettingsMenu Style Graphics Select Incoming Call Incoming Call To display or change your custom greeting Setting Off or OnSub LCD Greeting To adjust the display’s contrast BacklightContrast Games/Tools MessageAlert 8 Secs, 15 Secs, 30 Secs, Flip Open To enable your phone’s Location feature Location Settings Pre-Set Messages MessagingNotification Callback Number Reminder Signature CallAnswer Airplane ModeOther Settings Select Airplane Mode Times AutoAnswerAuto Redial Off, 5 Secs, 10 Secs, 18 Secs Language TTY Mode Enable TTY or Disable TTY To turn TTY Mode on or off Dialing Voice SettingSelect Voice Setting HFK Mode On, Off To activate abbreviated dialing PBook MatchSpeed Dial Select Abbrev. Dial Key Guard Phone Information Setting Your Phone’s Security Setting Your Phone’s SecuritySetting Your Phone’s Security To change your lock code Setting Your Phone’s SecurityLock Phone Change Lock Select Outgoing Calls Special NumbersLimit Use Outgoing Calls Select Call History To enable or disable the Call History displayCall History Pictures Numbers Long DistanceSelect Long Distance Erasing Your Downloads Resetting Your Picture AccountSelect Reset Picture Account Erasing Your Phone Book Enabling Sprint PCS Vision Resetting Your PhoneSelect Enable PCS Vision Select Disable PCS Vision Updating Your Vision Profile Select Update Vision ProfileTo enable or disable Net Guard Net Guard Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding Roaming Recognizing Icons on the Display ScreenRoaming on Digital Networks Roaming on Analog Networks Set Mode Setting Your Phone’s Roam Mode To answer incoming roaming calls with Call Guard on Controlling Roaming Charges Using Call GuardTo turn Call Guard on or off To place roaming calls with Call Guard on Navigating Through Menus Menu Navigation Menu Structure Viewing the MenusNavigating Through Menus Backing Up Within a Menu Menu NavigationMenu Structure Selecting Menu Items Viewing the Menus Menu Diagram Voice SVC SettingsWeb Downloads Navigating Through Menus Managing Call History Viewing HistoryManaging Call History To view a Call History entry Viewing HistoryMissed Calls Call, Save, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend, Erase All Outgoing Calls Incoming CallsCall, Save, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend Call, Send Picture, Send Text, Prepend, Erase All All Calls All Calls Erase HistoryMissed Calls Incoming Calls Using the Phone Book Using the Internal Phone Book Internal Phone Book Entry Options Fax #, Email, Group, Ringer, Graphic, Memo, Set Secret Adding a New Internal Phone Book EntryFinding Internal Phone Book Entries Select Add New Entry Speed Dial Numbers My Phone NumberSelect Speed Dial #’s Deleting a Group Using Group Internal Phone Book EntriesAdding a New Group Renaming a Group DirectoryAssistance Dialing Sprint PCS ServicesSprint Customer Service Account Information Personal Organizer Personal Organizer To add an new event to your schedule Schedule Erase Memo PadAdd Memo View Memo Settings Paper, Pattern, Sea, Sky, FlowerTo select the memo pad background image Daily AlarmTo set your phones alarm clock Off Calculator How to do a math problem with the calculator To display the time and date in pre-programmed cities World Clock Stopwatch To operate the stopwatchTo time up to six events at once Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Press Options then Edit Caption or Play Voice Recognition ModeVoice Memo Re-record,Review, or Save To play a voice memo in speaker mode To play a voice memoTo erase all voice memos To review a voice dial in speaker mode Voice DialTo review a voice dial To erase all voice dials Yes TrainWords UndoTrainAll Wake-Up Shutter Sound Select Shutter SoundReview, or Save Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera To take a picture with the phone closed To take a picture in standby modeTaking Pictures To take a picture from the menu Select Online Albums Select Upload Pictures Creating Your Sprint PCS Picture MailSM PasswordTo create your Sprint PCS Picture Mail password Picture Options Shutter 2, Say Cheese, Ready 123, Record own Camera Mode Options To display your phones stored pictures My PicturesCamera Options Sepia, Gray, Negative, Emboss, Sketch Select Online Albums OnlineAlbumsSaved to Phone Options Viewing OnlineAlbums Select Upload All Online Album OptionsUploading Pictures Edit/Erase Using the Sprint PCS Picture Mail Website Managing Sprint PCS Picture MailManaging Online Sprint PCS Picture Mail FromYour Phone Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 102 Sharing Online Sprint PCS Picture MailTo share online Sprint PCS Picture Mail To share an album from online mode Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 103Re-record, and Erase Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 104 To access your online Albums options from your phone Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 105Account Information Using Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 107 Sprint PCS Service Features Basics RetrievingYour Voicemail Messages Using VoicemailSetting UpYour Voicemail Voicemail Notification Voicemail Options Using One-Touch MessageAccessUsing Expert Mode Setting Up Group Distribution Lists Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Forwarding Sprint PCS CallbackVoicemail-to-Voicemail Message Voicemail-to-Voicemail Message Reply Select Clear Envelope Clear EnvelopeContinue Recording ExtendedAbsence Greeting Voicemail Menu Key Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics 112 Select Send Message Select Text Message Using SMS Text MessagingSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 113 Composing SMS Text Messages Using Canned Pre-set Messages Accessing SMSText Messages Making a Three-Way Call Using Caller IDSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 115 Responding to Call Waiting To deactivate Call Forwarding Using Call ForwardingSprint PCS Service Features The Basics 116 To activate Call Forwarding Sprint PCS Vision 117 Sprint PCS VisionSM Sprint PCS Vision 118 Getting Started With Sprint PCSVisionYour User Name FindingYour User Name To launch a Sprint PCS Vision connection ConnectingTo change your Net Guard settings Launching a Sprint PCS Vision Connection Selecting Browsing the WebSoftkeys Scrolling Select Go to URL Going BackGoing to a SpecificWebsite Creating a Bookmark Restarting theWeb Browser Accessing a BookmarkDeleting a Bookmark Reloading aWeb Sprint PCS Messaging Accessing MessagingAccessing Sprint PCS Mail AccessingAdditional Email Providers Accessing Instant Messaging Select Instant MessagingSprint PCS Vision 124 Accessing Wireless Chatrooms To access a chatroom from the browserSprint PCS Vision 125 Sprint PCS Vision 126 Sending Sprint PCS Picture MailSelect Send Message Select Picture Mail To send a new message Sprint PCS Vision 127 Downloading Premium Services ContentAccessing the Download Menus Downloading an Item Sprint PCS Vision 128 Using My Content ManagerTo access My Content Manager To download a selected item To view your data folders memory status To download purchased content from My Content ManagerChecking Data Folder Memory Erasing a Downloaded File Playing Games Accessing GamesGames Downloading Games To erase a downloaded game from your Sprint PCS Phone Playing NetworkAccess GamesViewing Game Properties Erasing Downloaded Games To download an available ringer to your phone Accessing RingersRingers Downloading Ringers Messages, Voicemail, or Phonebook Listening to RingersViewing Ringer Properties Assigning Downloaded Ringers Erasing Downloaded Ringers Purchasing RingersSprint PCS Vision 134 Select Screen Savers Accessing Screen SaversScreen Savers Downloading Screen Savers Standby Viewing Screen SaversViewing Screen Saver Properties Assigning Downloaded Screen Savers Erasing Downloaded Screen Savers Purchasing Screen SaversSprint PCS Vision 137 Select Applications Accessing Applications and OthersDownloadingApplications Downloading Other Files Sprint PCS Vision 139 Web Exploring the WebSprint PCS Vision 140 Sprint PCS Vision 141 Sprint PCSVision FAQsWhen is my data connection active? When is my data connection dormant? Sprint PCS Vision 142 Can I disable Sprint PCSVision data services? Sprint PCS Voice Command 143 Sprint PCS Voice CommandSM It’s Easy to Get Started Getting Started With Sprint PCSVoice CommandTMSprint PCS Voice Command 144 Creating Your OwnAddress Book Sprint PCS Voice Command 145 Making a Call With Sprint PCS Voice Command Safety Guidelines Warranty Information Safety Guidelines 147 Safety Getting the Most Out of Your Reception Using Your Phone Near Other Electronic Devices Maintaining Safe Use of andAccess to Your PhoneUsing Your Phone While Driving Following Safety Guidelines Turning Off Your Phone in Dangerous Areas Restricting Children’s Access to Your PhoneSafety Guidelines 150 Turning Off Your Phone Before Flying Disposal of Lithium Ion LiIon Batteries Caring for the BatteryProtecting Your Battery Safety Guidelines 151 Body-Worn Operation Acknowledging Special Precautions and the FCC NoticeSafety Guidelines 152 FCC Notice SpecificAbsorption Rates SAR forWireless Phones Safety Guidelines 153FCC Radiofrequency Emission How is radiofrequency energy used? Consumer Information on Wireless PhonesWhat is radiofrequency energy RF? Safety Guidelines 154 Safety Guidelines 155 How is radiofrequency radiation measured?What biological effects can be caused by RF energy? Why has the FCC adopted guidelines for RF exposure? Safety Guidelines 156What levels of RF energy are considered safe? Safety Guidelines 157 Safety Guidelines 158 What are wireless telephone base stations? Are wireless telephone base stations safe?Safety Guidelines 159 Safety Guidelines 160 Safety Guidelines 161 Do wireless phones pose a health hazard? Safety Guidelines 162 What is FDAs role concerning the safety of wireless phones? What kinds of phones are the subject of this update? Safety Guidelines 163What are the results of the research done already? Safety Guidelines 164 Safety Guidelines 165 What about children using wireless phones? Safety Guidelines 166 How does FCC Audit Cell Phone RF? Safety Guidelines 167 Safety Guidelines 168 Safety Guidelines 169 Owner’s RecordUser’s Guide Proprietary Notice Terms & Conditions Manufacturer’s Warranty Terms and Conditions Manufacturer’s WarrantyTerms & Conditions / Warranty 170 Terms and Conditions of Services Terms & Conditions / Warranty 171Terms and Conditions Terms & Conditions / Warranty 172 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 173 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 174 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 175 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 176 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 177 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 178 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 179 Terms of Picture Mail Service Use of Picture Mail Terms & Conditions / Warranty 180 Privacy Policy Terms & Conditions / Warranty 181 Use Of Cookies Terms & Conditions / Warranty 182 Disclosure To Third Parties Terms & Conditions / Warranty 183 Questions Terms & Conditions / Warranty 184 Disclaimers Terms & Conditions / Warranty 185 Indemnity Terms & Conditions / Warranty 186 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 187 Terms & Conditions / Warranty 188 Manufacturer’s Warranty Terms & Conditions / Warranty 189 Page Index 191 Index Index 192