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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 <Menu> for the Main menu.
2. Select 4:WirelessWeb.
3.
Start Wireless Web.
4. If the Wireless Web home page is not displayed, press <OK> .
5. Select Messaging or AOL, and press <OK>.
6. Select AOL IM, and press <OK>.
7. When the AOL Instant Messenger screen is displayed, press <OK>.
8. Enter your AOL Instant Messenger screen name and press <OK>
. (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 <OK>. The AOL Instant
Messenger menu is displayed.
To send AOL Instant Messages:
1. Access the AOL Instant Messenger screen as outlined above
and enter your screen name and password.
2. Select Conversations, Online Buddies or Offline Buddies and
press <OK>.
3. Select the screen name of the person to whom you wish to
send a message and press <OK>.
4. Enter your text message or Quick Reply and press .
To read AOL Instant Messages:
1.
When you receive an AOL Instant Message, you will see the
New Message icon or “Message from AIM” on your
display screen.
2. If “Message from AIM” displays, press <OK> to go to the
message location. If the New Message icon displays,
press <OK> once to go to the
AOL Instant Messenger area.
3. In the Conversations area, the screen name of the Buddy List
member who sent you the instant message will be marked
with an asterisk (*). Select the marked name and press <OK>.
Your message will display.