Nokia 7260 - Start an instant messaging session

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Start an instant messaging session

Open the

Instant messages

menu, and connect to the service. Start the service in

different ways.

Conversations

— to view the list of new and read instant messages or invitations

for instant messaging during the active instant messaging session. Scroll to the
message or invitation that you want, and select

Open

to read the message.

indicates the new and

read group messages.

indicates the new and

the read instant messages.

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indicates the invitations.

The icons and texts on the display may vary, depending on the instant messaging
service.

IM contacts

— to view the contacts that you have added. Scroll to the contact

with whom you would like to chat and select

Chat

or

Open

if a new contact is

shown in the list. To add contacts see

Contacts for instant messaging

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.

indicates the online and

the offline contacts in the phone contacts

memory.

indicates a blocked contact.

indicates a contact that has been

sent a new message.

Groups

>

Public groups

— to display the list of bookmarks to public groups

provided by the network operator or service provider. To start a instant messaging
session with a group, scroll to a group, and select

Join

. Enter your screen name

that you want to use in the conversation. When you have successfully joined the
group conversation, you can start a group conversation. To create a private group,
see

Groups

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Search

>

Users

or

Groups

— to search for other instant messaging 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.
To start the conversation when you have found the user or the group that you
want, select

Options

>

Chat

or

Join group

.

Start a conversation from

Contacts

, see

View the subscribed names

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Copyright

© 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.