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Accessing SprintInstantMessaging

Sprint PCS Vision also provides you with access to popular instant messaging (IM) clients, including AOL® Instant MessengerTM, MSN® Messenger, and Yahoo!® Messenger.

Toaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone:

1.Select >Messaging>IM&Email.

– or –

From the Sprint PCS Vision home page, select Messaging >InstantMessaging.

2.Select an email provider, such as AOLInstantMessenger, MSNMessenger, or Yahoo!Messenger.

3.Use your keypad to enter the required sign-in information for the selected provider, such as user name and password, and select SignIn. (Your IM screen for the selected provider will be displayed.)

Note: The information required to sign in will vary depending on the instant messaging provider you are accessing.

4.Follow the onscreen instructions to read, reply to, compose, send, and manage messages in your IM account.

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Section 3B: Sprint PCS Vision

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Contents

Phone User Guide Table of Contents 105 Setting Your Phone’s Security 171 3B. Sprint PCS Vision 3C. Sprint PCS Voice Command4A. Important Safety Information 4B. Manufacturer’s WarrantyPage Welcome and thank you for choosing Sprint Welcome to Sprint Your Phone Introduction Iii ServicesOutgoing Incoming Missed Recent Calls Erase History Send Message Text Picture Mail IM & Email Chat & Dating Voicemail Online Albums Prints by Mail Settings & InfoVoice Services Bluetooth Calendar Alarm Clock Display Countdown Stop Watch World Clock Calculator Update PhoneSounds Messaging Location BluetoothPCS Vision Vii SecurityOthers Viii Phone InfoPage Page Getting Started This Section Setting Up ServiceSetting Up Service Tounlockyourphone,followtheseeasysteps DeterminingifYourPhoneisAlreadyActivatedUnlockingYourPhone Voicemail Passcode Setting UpYourVoicemailTosetupyourvoicemail SprintPCSVisionorSprintPowerVisionPassword SprintPCS AccountPasswordsAccount Password VoicemailPassword Getting Help ReachingSprintCustomerService TocallSprint411 ToaccessautomatedinvoicinginformationReceivingAutomatedInvoicingInformation Sprint411 ToaccessSprintPCSOperatorServices SprintPCSOperatorServices Your Phone Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics PhoneBasics FrontView ofYour Phone Key Functions PhoneBasics Your Phone The Basics Viewing the Display Screen Your Phone The Basics Your Phone The Basics Features ofYour Phone PhoneBasics Toturnyourphoneon TurningYour Phone On and OffTurningYourPhoneOn TurningYourPhoneOff ToinstalltheLi-Ionbattery BatteryCapacityInstallingtheBattery Toremoveyourbattery RemovingtheBattery Tousethetravelchargerprovidedwithyourphone ChargingtheBatteryUsingtheCharger SelectingMenuItems NavigatingThrough Phone Menus Toreturntostandbymode DisplayingYour Phone NumberBackingUpWithinaMenu Togotothepreviousmenu Making Calls TomakeacallusingyourkeypadMaking and Answering Calls HoldingYour Phone Toplaceacallwiththeflipclosed Press or close the phone when you are finished Dialing Options Toansweranincomingcallwiththephoneclosed Answering CallsToansweranincomingcallwiththephoneopen Answer or AnswerSpeaker to answer the call Toresumethecall AnsweringaRoamCallWithCallGuardEnabledSettingAnsweronHold TosetAnsweronHold Toturnthespeakerphoneonduringacall UsingtheSpeakerphoneEndingaCall Todisconnectacallwhenyouarefinished Tomuteacall ChangingtheRingerVolumeAdjustingVolumeDuringaConversation MutingaCall TodisplayaMissedCallentryfromstandbymode Missed Call NotificationCalling Emergency Numbers TocalltheMissedCallentry ToselectEmergencymodeoptions ToexitEmergencymodeSelect ExitEmergency In-Call Options Totransferaudioduringacall Transfer AudioEnd-of-Call Options Tosaveanumberfromstandbymode Saving a Phone Number Tofindaphonenumber Finding a Phone Number Todialorsavephonenumberswithpauses Dialing and Saving Phone NumbersWith Pauses Plus + Code Dialing TomakeacallusingPlusCodeDialing Select ContactsFind/AddEntry Using Speed DialingDialing From the Contacts List TodialdirectlyfromaContactsentry ToplaceacallusingPh.BookMatchAbbreviatedDialing Using Abbreviated Dialing Prepend is setto Enable Aprepend number has been predefined ToplaceacallusingPrependAbbreviatedDialing Tochangethecharacterinputmode EnteringTextSelecting a Character InputMode ToenterawordusingT9TextInput Entering Characters UsingT9TextInput Toeditorerasethewordsyouhaveadded Select SettingsOthersTextEntryMyWordsAddingaWordtotheT9Database ToaddawordtotheT9TextInputdatabase Tosetthedefaultinputmode CustomizingtheT9SettingsSettingtheDefaultInputMode TocustomizetheT9Settings Press and hold To delete an entire entry Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Controlling Your Phone’s Settings Toselectaringertypeforvoicecalls Sound SettingsRingerTypes SelectingRingerTypesforVoiceCalls Toselectavibrate pattern Selecting aVibrate Pattern Selecting aTone Length Setting a Start-up/Power-offToneSelect SettingsSoundsOthersToneLength Tosetastart-up/power-offtone ToturnKeyPressEchoonoroff UsingVoice PromptSetting Up Key Press Echo Toenableordisablevoiceprompt Toadjusttheapplicationvolume Adjusting the Phone’sVolume SettingsToadjustyourphone’svolumesettings Toadjusttheearpieceorspeakervolume Tosetalerts Select SettingsSoundsAlertsAlert Notification TodeactivateSilenceAll Silence AllToactivateSilenceAll Changing the BacklightTime Length Display SettingsChanging theTextGreeting Tochangetheanimationdisplay Select SettingsDisplayIncomingCallsChanging the Display Screen Animation Changing the Display for Incoming Calls Tosetyourareanamedisplay Changing the Clock/Calendar Display for Standby ModeSelect SettingsDisplayOthersMatchAreaCode Changing the Display for Area Name Tochangethescreensaver Setting Return to Standby ModeChanging the Screen Saver Changing theTextFontSize Tosetsleepmode Sleep ModePower Save Mode Tosetthisfeature Toenableyourphone’sLocationfeature Location Settings Tosetthemessagenotificationdisplay Messaging SettingsSettingtheMessageNotificationDisplay Select SettingsMessagingPresetMsgs ManagingPresetMessagesToeditapresetmessage Tochangethelanguageofthepresetmessages Toaddacustomizedsignaturetoeachsentmessage SettingaCallbackNumberAddingaCustomizedSignature Tosetthecallbacknumber TosetDraftsAlert SettingDraftsAlertSelect SettingsMessagingDraftsAlert TosetyourphonetoAirplaneMode Airplane Mode TTY UseWith SprintPCS Service ToturnTTY modeonoroff Select ContactsWirelessBackup Wireless BackupActivating and DeactivatingWireless Backup Service ToactivateWirelessBackupservice Select ContactsWirelessBackupAlert SettingWireless Backup AlertTodeactivateWirelessBackupservice TosetWirelessBackupalert Toedittheshortcut Phone Setup OptionsShortcutMy Favorites Toassignyourshortcutkey TosetAuto-Answermode Auto-Answer ModeToassignalanguageforthephone’sdisplay Display Language ToactivatetheOpenFlipfeature Setting the CurrentTimeSetting Any Key Answer Setting the Open/Close Flip Option Tochangethemainmenustyle ToactivatetheCloseFlipfeatureChanging the Phone’sMenu Style ToturntheSideKeyGuardonoroff Setting the Side Key GuardSelect SettingsOthersSideKeyGuard Tosetyourtextentryoptions SettingTextEntry OptionsSelect SettingsOthersTextEntry ToactivatethePrependfeature Setting Abbreviated DialingToactivatethePh.BookMatchfeature Select SettingsOthersAbbrev.Dial Select Ph.BookMatch Tosetheadsetmode Setting HeadsetModeSelect SettingsOthersHeadsetMode Select TurboButton Toconnecttheheadset YourPhone’sSecurity Setting Your Phone’s Security LockingYour Phone Accessing the Security MenuUsingYour Phone’s Lock Feature Locking the Pictures Menu UnlockingYour PhoneChanging the Lock Code Select VoiceCalls or PCSVision Lock ServicesCalling in Lock Mode Toactivatelockservices Torestrictcalls Restricting Calls Toaddorreplaceaspecialnumber Using Special Numbers Toerasephonecontent Erasing Phone Content ToresetFavorites Resetting the BrowserResetting Favorites Toresetthebrowser ToresetyourPictureMailaccount ResettingYour PhoneResettingYour Picture Mail Account Toresetyourphone Select Erase/ResetDefaultSettings. a disclaimer appears Resetting DefaultSettingsToresetdefaultsettings Select OthersFoundMeReset/LockEnable Resetting and LockingYour Phone Through SMSToenablelockingyourphonethroughSMS ToenableSprintPCSVisionservices Security Features for SprintPCSVisionEnabling and Disabling SprintPCSVision Services TodisableSprintPCSVisionservices Controlling Your Roaming Experience Controlling Your Roaming Experience Understanding RoamingRecognizingtheRoamingIconontheDisplayScreen RoamingonOtherDigitalNetworks Tocheckyourvoicemailwhileroaming CheckingforVoicemailMessagesWhileRoaming Select SettingsOthersRoamingSetMode SettingYour Phone’s Roam ModeUsing Call Guard Set Mode ToanswerincomingroamingcallswithCallGuardon Select SettingsOthersRoamingCallGuardToturnCallGuardonoroff ToplaceroamingcallswithCallGuardon TosettheconditionsforDataRoamGuardpop-upnotification Using Data Roam GuardSelect SettingsOthersRoamingDataRoam Guard Managing Call History Managing Call History Viewing HistoryToviewaCallHistoryentry 101 Call History Options Press Options right softkey Call or CallSpeakerOn Making a Call From Call HistoryToplaceacallfromCallHistory 103 TosaveaphonenumberfromCallHistory ToeraseCallHistory Prepending a Phone Number From Call HistoryErasing Call History ToprependaphonenumberfromCallHistory 105 Using Contacts Select ContactsFind/AddEntryAddContact Using ContactsAdding a New Contacts Entry Toaddanewentry Toassignacontacttoagroup Assigning a Group EntryToaddagroupname Select ContactsGroup TofindContactsentriesbyname Finding Contacts EntriesFindingNames FindingSpeedDialNumbers 109 Contacts ListOptionsFindingGroupEntries Tofindentriesdesignatedaspartofagroup Contacts Entry Options 111 Editing a Contacts EntryToaddaphonenumbertoanentry Tomakechangestoanentry Toassignaspeeddialnumber Assigning Speed Dial Numbers Toassignanimageforanentry Erasing a Contacts Entry From the ListAssigning an Image to a Contacts Entry Toeraseaselectedentry Toselectaringertypeforanentry Selecting a RingerType for an Entry 115 SecretContacts EntriesTomakeanentrysecret Tomakeanentrypublic Todialaservicefromstandbymodeusingyourkeypad Dialing SprintPCS ServicesTodialaservicefromyourContacts Select ContactsServices 117 Using the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Toaddanevent UsingYour Phone’s CalendarUsing the Phone’s Calendar and Tools Adding an Eventto the Calendar Viewing Events Event AlertsEvent Alert Menu Deleting Scheduled Events Going to a Specified DateErasing a Day’s Events Press Options right softkey AddEventCallAlarm Using the Call Alarm FeatureAdding a Call Alarm to the Calendar Toaddacallalarmtothecalendar Otheroptionsavailableinclude Call Alarm MenuTorespondtoacallalarm Adding aTo Do ListItem to the Scheduler Using theTo Do ListItemsAddingTo Do ListItems Select ToolsAlarmClock UsingYour Phone’sToolsUsing the Alarm Clock Tousethealarmclock Using the Stopwatch SnoozeInterval, or SnoozeTimes Using the CountdownTimerTousethecountdowntimer Select ToolsCountdown Toviewthetimeindifferentlocations Using the CalculatorWorld Clock Tousethecalculator UpdatingYour Phone ToupdateyourphonethroughtheToolsmenuSelect ToolsUpdatePhone DisplayingVersion Information Personal Information ManagementDisplayingYour User Address Finding Icon Definitions Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Using Your Phone’s Voice Services Toprogramavoicetag UsingVoice-Activated DialingMaking a Call UsingVoice-Activated Dialing ProgrammingVoiceTags To display voice tag options VoiceTag Options RecordingVoice Memos ManagingVoice Memos Toeraseanindividualvoicememo ReviewingVoice MemosErasingVoice Memos Toplaythevoicememosyouhaverecorded Selecting an Announcementfor Screen Call Setting Up Screen CallActivating Screen Call Torecordanannouncement RecordingYour Name for a Prerecorded AnnouncementRecording a Customized Announcement Torecordyourname Toeraseanannouncement Reviewing an AnnouncementErasing an Announcement Toreviewanannouncement Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 139 Taking PicturesTotakeapicturewiththephoneopen Totakeapicturewiththephoneclosed 141 CreatingYour SprintPCS Picture Mail PasswordTocreateyourSprintPCSPictureMailpassword ImageControls to set the Brightness or WhiteBalance Camera Mode Options 143 SettingtheSelf-TimerToactivatetheself-timer Tocanceltheself-timerafterithasstarted Select Vertical or Horizontal UsingtheZoomTakingStitchShots Totakeastitchshot To viewyour pictures using slideshow SettingYour Favorite ModeViewing Pictures Using Slideshow To setyour favorite mode High-640x480,Medium-320x240,orLow-160x120 Selecting Camera SettingsTo selectyour camera settings ViewingYour AccountInformation Using the Settings & Info MenuSetting Auto Delete Details Camera Icon IndicationFunction 149 Storing PicturesCamera Folder ToreviewyourpicturessavedintheInCamerafolder Camera Folder Options 151 ToviewpicturesstoredintheSavedtoPhonefolder Saved to Phone FolderToassignapictureandsaveittotheSavedtoPhonefolder TosavemultiplepicturestotheSavedtoPhonefolder 153 Sending SprintPCS Picture MailSending Pictures From the In Camera Folder TosendpicturesfromtheInCamerafolder Using Your Phone’s Built-in Camera 155 Sending Pictures From MessagingTosendpicturesfromtheMessagingmenu Managing SprintPCS Picture Mail Using the SprintPCS Picture MailWeb SiteToaccesstheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite Touploadpictures Managing Online Pictures FromYour PhoneUploading Pictures Toviewyouronlinepicturesfromyourphone TodownloadpicturesfromtheSprintPCSPictureMailWebsite DownloadingYour Online Pictures 159 Accessing Online Picture Options FromYour PhoneToaccessyouronlinePictureoptionsfromyourphone ToaccessyourOnlineAlbumsoptionsfromyourphone 161 Using Bluetooth ToturnBluetoothoff Turning Bluetooth On and OffBluetoothStatusIndicators ToturnBluetoothon Toset aBluetoothnameforyourphone Using the Bluetooth Settings MenuBluetooth Settings My Bluetooth Name ToaccesstheBluetoothSettingsmenu Press SettingsBluetoothMyDeviceInfo Bluetooth Settings My Bluetooth InformationBluetooth SettingsVisibility Todisplayyourphone’sBluetoothInformation 165 Bluetooth SettingsVoice PriorityBluetooth Settings Permissions Tosetthevoicepriority Bluetooth Profiles WaitingforRequest Pairing Bluetooth DevicesTopairyourphonewithanotherBluetoothdevice PairedDevices Tousethetrusteddevicesoptions Using theTrusted Devices Options Sending a Contact Sending Data via BluetoothSending an Item Using Bluetooth Sprint PCS Service Features Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Sprint PCS Service Features Basics 173 UsingVoicemailSetting UpYourVoicemail Voicemail Notification TodisplayyourMissedLog Voicemail NotificationNewVoicemail Message Alerts Tocallyourvoicemail 175 UsingOne-TouchMessageAccessRetrievingYourVoicemail Messages ToturnExpertModeonoroff UsingExpertModeVoicemail Options VoicemailButtonGuide 177 SettingUpGroupDistributionListsSprintPCSCallback Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessage Voicemail-to-VoicemailReceiptRequest Voicemail-to-VoicemailMessageReplyVoicemail-to-VoicemailMessageForwarding Select MessagingVoicemailClearCount Clearing the Message IconExtendedAbsenceGreeting Tocleartheiconfromthedisplayscreen Voicemail Menu Key 181 Using SMSTextMessagingComposing SMSTextMessages TocomposeanSMSTextmessage Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics Editing PresetMessages Accessing SMSTextMessages Toresetpresetmessages Using Caller ID 185 ToswitchbacktothefirstcallerResponding to CallWaiting Torespondtoanincomingcallwhileyou’reonacall TomakeaThree-WayCall Making aThree-Way Call 187 Using Call ForwardingToactivateCallForwarding TodeactivateCallForwarding Sprint PCS Vision Sprint PCS Vision 189 SprintPCSVision Applications Your User Name Getting StartedWith SprintPCSVision Tofindyourusername ToupdateyourusernameUpdatingYourUserName FindingYourUserName TolaunchaSprintPCSVisionconnection Connecting...PleasewaitLaunching a SprintPCSVision Connection Sprint PCS Vision Home 193 TochangeyourNetGuardsettingsSelect SettingsPCSVisionNetGuard and choose an option Net Guard SprintPCSVision Connection Status and Indicators Scrolling Navigating theWebSoftkeys GoingHome SelectingGoingBack MessageTypes Accessing MessagingAccessing SprintPCS Mail SprintPCS Messaging Toaccessemailprovidersfromyourphone Accessing Additional Email Providers 199 Accessing SprintInstantMessagingToaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone Topostamessage AccessingWireless ChatroomsToaccessachatroomfromthebrowser Select Chat&Dating 201 AccessingtheMyContentMenusToaccesstheSprintPCSVisiondownloadmenus Select MyContent Todownloadaselecteditem SelectinganItemtoDownloadDownloadinganItem 203 UsingMyContentManager TodownloadpurchasedcontentfromMyContentManager ToaccessMyContentManager 205 SelectingCallTonesToselectcalltones Exploring theWeb Using the Browser MenuWeb 207 OpeningtheBrowserMenuToopenthebrowsermenu Tocreateabookmark AccessingaBookmarkToaccessabookmark CreatingaBookmark ReloadingaWebPage DeletingaBookmarkGoingtoaSpecificWebsite TorestarttheWebbrowser AdjustingtheBrowserSoundVolumeToadjustthebrowsersoundvolume RestartingtheWebBrowser 211 UsingYour Phone as a ModemSettingUpaDataConnectionWithYourPC Tosetupyourphone-to-PCdataconnection Sprint PCS Vision 213 SprintPCSVision FAQsHowdoIsigninforthefirsttime? Whenismydataconnectiondormant? CanIsignoutofdataservices?Whenismydataconnectionactive? 215 Sprint PCS Voice Command It’sEasytoGetStarted Getting StartedWith SprintPCS Voice CommandSprint PCS Voice Command 217 CreatingYour Own Address Book TomakeacallwithSprintPCSVoiceCommand Making a CallWith SprintPCS Voice Command 219 Accessing Information Using SprintPCSVoice CommandToaccessinformationusingSprintPCSVoiceCommand 220 Safety and Warranty Information Important Safety Information Important Safety Information DoNotRelyonYourPhoneforEmergencyCalls General PrecautionsMaintaining Safe Use of and Access to Your Phone Important SafetyInformation TurningOffYourPhoneBeforeFlying UsingYourPhoneWhileDrivingFollowingSafetyGuidelines UsingYourPhoneNearOtherElectronicDevices 225 RestrictingChildren’sAccesstoYourPhoneTurningOffYourPhoneinDangerousAreas ProtectingYourBattery Caring for the Battery 227 DisposalofLithiumIonLi-IonBatteries UnderstandingHowYourPhoneOperates SpecificAbsorptionRateSARforWirelessPhonesKnowingRadiofrequencySafety Radiofrequency RF Energy 229 AMPSmodePart22CellularCDMAmodePart22 PCSCDMAmodePart24 FCCNotice FCCRadiofrequencyEmission 231 Owner’s RecordPhone Guide Proprietary Notice Warranty Manufacturer’s WarrantyManufacturer’sWarranty Warranty 233 Manufacturer’sWarrantyManufacturer’sLimitedWarranty This warranty is valid only in the United States Warranty 235 Index Index Index Index Index

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Accessing SprintInstantMessaging

Toaccessinstantmessagingclientsfromyourphone:

1.Select >Messaging>IM&Email.

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