Sessions
When connected to the IM service your status as seen by others is
shown in a status line: My status: Online, My status: Busy or Status:
App. offl. — to change own status, select Change.
Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts
and showing their status: Convers., Online and Offline. To expand the
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folder highlight it and select Expand (or press scroll right), to collapse
the folder select Collapse (or press scroll left).
Conversations — shows the list of new and read instant messages or
invitations to IM during the active IM session.
indicates a new group message.
indicates a read group message.
indicates a new instant message.
indicates a read instant message.
indicates an invitation.
The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the IM service
you have selected.
Online — shows the number of contacts that are online.
Offline — shows the number of contacts that are offline.
To start a conversation, expand the Online or the Offline folder and
scroll to the contact with whom you would like to chat and select Chat.
To answer an invitation or to reply to a message, expand the
Conversations folder, and scroll to the contact to whom you would like
to chat, and select Open. To add contacts, see “Add IM contacts,” p. 42.
Groups > Public groups (not visible if groups are not supported by the
network) — the list of bookmarks to public groups provided by the
service provider is displayed. To start a IM session with a group, scroll to
a group, and select Join. Enter the screen name that you want to use as
your nickname in the conversation. When you have successfully joined
the group conversation, you can start a group conversation. You can
create a private group. See “Groups,” p. 43.
Search > Users or Groups — to search for other IM users or public
groups on the network by phone number, screen name, e-mail address,
or name. If you select Groups, you can search for a group by a member
in the group, or by group name, topic, or ID.
Options > Chat or Join group — to start the conversation when you
have found the user or the group that you want.
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