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Chatting on or off the record
Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later
and even search for them in the Chats folder in Gmail/Google Mail.
But, if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off
the record.
On a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap Chat off record.
To resume saving the messages in the chat, press MENU, and
then tap Chat on record.
Ending a chat
Do one of the following:
In the Friends list, press and hold the friend you want to stop
chatting with, and then in the menu that opens, tap End chat.
While on a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap End chat.
Changing your online status and picture
Changing your online status
Press HOME , and then tap > Talk.
In the Friends list, tap the online status icon ( ) beside your
name, and then select the status you want on the options menu.
In addition to the standard status settings described in the table, you
can also select a message that you’ve entered previously. Or tap Clear
custom messages to erase them and start over.
Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and
in other locations where your status or status message are displayed.
Changing your status message
Press HOME , and then tap > Talk.
In the Friends list, tap the text box to the left of your online
status icon, and then enter your status message.
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