User Manual

Messaging
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■ Instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) (network service) is a way to send short, simple
text messages to online users, delivered over TCP/IP protocols.
Before you can use instant messaging, you must subscribe to the
service. To check the availability and costs, and to subscribe to the
service, contact your network operator or service provider, from whom
you also receive your unique ID, password, and settings.
To set the required settings for the instant messaging service, see
Connection settings in “Access the instant messaging menu,” p. 37. The
icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the instant
messaging service.
While you are connected to the instant messaging service, you can use
the other functions of the phone, and the instant messaging
conversation remains active in the background. Depending on the
network, the active instant messaging conversation may consume the
phone battery faster, and you may need to connect the phone to a
charger.
Access the instant messaging menu
To access the Instant messages menu while still offline, select Menu >
Messaging > Instant messages. If more than one set of connection
settings for instant messaging service is available, select the desired
one. If there is only one set defined, it is selected automatically.
The following options are shown:
Login — to connect to the instant messaging service. To set the phone to
automatically connect to the instant messaging service when you
switch on the phone, select Menu > Messaging > Instant messages,
connect to the instant messaging service, and select My settings >
Automatic login > On phone start-up.
Saved conversations — to view, erase, or rename the conversations that
you saved during an instant messaging session
Connection settings — to edit the settings needed for messaging and
presence connection