Nokia 5300 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Messaging
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On, or select Menu > Messaging >
IMs, connect to the IM service, and
select Options > Settings >
Automatic login > On.
Saved conversations — to view,
erase, or rename the conversations
that you saved during an IM session.
Connection settings — to edit the
settings needed for messaging.
Connect
To connect to the service, access the
instant messages menu, select the
IM service, if needed, and select
Login.
To disconnect from the IM service,
select Options > Logout.
Sessions
When connected to the service, your
status, as seen by others, is shown in
a status line: My status: Online, My
status: Busy or Status: Appear off.
to change own status, select
Change.
Below the status line there are three
folders containing your contacts and
showing their status: Conversations,
Online and Offline. To expand the
folder, scroll to it, and select Expand
(or press scroll right); to collapse the
folder, select Collapse (or press scroll
left).
Conversations — shows the list of
new and read instant messages or
invitations to IM during the active
IM session.
indicates a new group message.
indicates a read group message.
indicates a new instant message.
indicates a read instant message.
indicates an invitation.
The icons and texts on the display
depends on the IM service.
Online — shows the number of
contacts that are online.
Offline — shows the number of
contacts that are offline.
To start a conversation, expand the
Online or the Offline folder, and
scroll to the contact with whom you
would like to chat, and select Chat.
To answer an invitation or to reply to
a message, expand the
Conversations folder, scroll to the
contact to whom you would like to
chat, and select Open. To add
contacts, see ”Add IM contacts”
p. 22.
Groups > Public groups (not visible if
groups are not supported by the
network) — The list of bookmarks to
public groups provided by the service
provider is displayed. To start a IM
session with a group, scroll to a
group, and select Join. Enter the
screen name that you want to use as