190 Getting Connected
Send instant messages
You can send instant messages with emoticons and even talk by sending a voice
clip. While chatting, you can send and receive files directly on a message window.
You can also start conversations with several contacts and switch between their
message screens, or you can invite participants to join in a conversation.
To start and end conversations
1. In the contact list, select a
contact and then select
Send
IM to open a message screen.
2. Send an instant message. See
“To send an instant message
with emoticon” for details.
3 To start a conversation
with another contact, press
NAVIGATION WHEEL left/
right to return to the contact
list, select another contact,
and then select Send IM
again. Another message
screen opens.
Your display name
Windows Live
TM
contacts
4. To switch from one message screen to another, press NAVIGATION WHEEL
left/right to the display picture of the contact with whom you want to talk.
Pictures of contacts whom
you’re talking to
5. To end a conversation with the current contact, select Menu > End
conversation.
6. To end all active conversations, select
Menu > End all conversations.