Instant Messaging
July 29, 2002 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 88
• Method 2: Open the menu and select Send Message To... [ + M]. The New Instant Message dialog
box opens:
In the Send to text box, type the screen name of the buddy you want to message. You can also open the
pop-up menu and select a screen name (all your buddies are listed there). Select Start Conversation
(or press Return). A conversation screen with this buddy opens with your initial message showing.
5 You use the lower pane to type your messages. Here’s an example of a conversation-in-progress:
Note! If you send a message and it appears in the top pane in
italics
, this indicates that you’ve been
temporarily disconnected from the IM service. You will be reconnected automatically as soon as possible, at
which time your message will appear in regular font, not italic.
6 To end a conversation, open the menu and select End Conversation [ + .].
Tip: If you want to Sign Off and end all your conversations at once, simply return to the Buddy List screen, open
the menu and select Sign Off.
IM Conversation Indicators
Most every screen you view within Instant Messaging, including the preview screen, contains balloon
indicators , one for each active conversation in which you have an unread message.
In addition, each open conversation is numbered and usually displays to the right of the buddy name in any of
the lists . If you’re in the AIM application and you press the Menu button + the conversation number, that
conversation will display on the screen and become active.
Switch Between IM Conversations
The easiest way to switch between conversations is to press + <conversation number>.
Set an Away Message
Tip: To create new custom away message categories, you must go to your Web browser client on your computer
and edit or create them there.
To set an away message you must first be signed on to AIM (read more in
Sign On
on page 78). Once you’re
signed on:
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