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unique ID and password of your choice. For more information about signing up for IM
services, contact your wireless service provider or an IM service provider.
Login
1. Select Menu > IM & E-mail > I M.
A list of available IM services is displayed.
2. Select the IM service you want to use and enter your unique ID and password.
If you have already logged in to an IM service before, the unique ID you used previously is
displayed automatically.
3. Select Sign On, Connect, or Sign In, depending on your IM service provider.
Depending on the IM service provider you are using, these may not be the exact menu
items displayed.
You can choose to save your password so you do not have to enter it each time you sign in,
or you can choose to log in automatically and skip the login menu when you select the
IM application.
Begin an IM session
You can send instant messages to anyone if you have the person’s unique ID and you use the
same IM service.
To begin an IM session, do the following:
1. From your contacts list, select a contact who is online.
Some IM service providers also allow sending instant messages to contacts who are
not online.
2. To send a message to a person who is not in your contacts list, select Options, the option
to send a message, and enter the unique ID of the person.
A conversation menu is displayed, with the contact’s name displayed at the top.
3. Enter a message. When you finish the message, select Send.
Receive and reply to messages
If you have an active IM conversation open and receive an instant message from the contact
with whom you are chatting, the new message notification sound plays and the message
appears in the conversation. As the conversation progresses, the most recent message
appears at the bottom of the menu, causing the previous messages to move up if the screen
is full. To reply, enter your message and select Send.
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