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Using AOL Instant Messenger Service
The AOL Instant Messenger Service lets you keep in touch with family
and friends via two-way instant messaging. Simply type a message using
your Sprint PCS Phone or personal computer, send it off to friends and
family on your Buddy List
®
group, and they’ll receive your message in an
instant. Messages can be sent from Sprint PCS Phone to Sprint PCS
Phone, personal computer to Sprint PCS Phone and Sprint PCS Phone to
personal computer. When you receive a new message, you will be
informed by a Sprint PCS Wireless Web Alert – even when you are not
logged on to the Sprint PCS Wireless Web.
To sign up for AOL Instant Messenger service, visit the AOL Instant
Messenger page from your personal computer at www.sprintpcs.com. Or
visit www.aol.com and register for an AOL Instant Messenger screen
name and password by downloading the software as instructed. You do
not have to be an AOL member to utilize this service.
To access AOL Instant Messenger from your Sprint PCS Phone:
1. Press for Main Menu.
2. Press for Wireless Web.
3. Press for Start Browser.
4. If the Wireless Web home page is not displayed, press .
5. Select Messaging or AOL, and press .
6. Select AOL IM, and press .
7. When the AOL Instant Messenger screen is displayed, press .
8. Enter your AOL Instant Messenger screen name and press . (Use
the screen name you created when you signed up for the AOL Instant
Messenger Service.)
Note: Remember, all the letters in your password must be lowercase.
9. Enter your password and press . The AOL Instant Messenger
menu is displayed.