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services and costs of services. For more information on IM
settings, contact your service provider.
You may receive the settings in a special text message
from the service provider that offers the IM service. If not,
enter the settings manually.
Define IM settings
To define the IM application settings, select 
Options
 >
Settings
 > 
IM settings
. You can, for example, set your
screen name and IM alert tones.
To converse with an IM user or users, and to view and edit
your IM contacts, you must log into an instant messaging
server. To add an IM server, select 
Options
 > 
Settings
 >
Servers
. Ask your service provider for the correct settings.
To set the server as the one to which your device
automatically logs in, select 
Options
 > 
Settings
 >
Default server
.
To define how your device connects to the IM server, select
Options
 > 
Settings
 > 
IM login type
. To establish a
connection between your device and the default server
automatically, select 
Automatic
. To automate the
connection only when in your home network, select 
Auto
in home netw.
 To connect to the server when you open
the IM application, select 
On app. start-up
. To connect to
the server manually, select 
Manual
 and log into the server
in the IM main view by selecting 
Options
 > 
Log in
. Enter
your user ID and password at the prompt. You can obtain
the user name, password, and other settings to log in from
your service provider when you register for the service.
Start a conversation
Open 
Conversations
.
To search for IM users and user IDs, select 
IM contacts
 >
Options
 > 
New IM contact
 > 
Search
. You can search by
User's name
User ID
Phone number
, and 
E-mail
address
.
To view a conversation, select a participant.
To continue the conversation, enter your message, and
select 
Options
 > 
Send
.
To return to the conversations list without closing the
conversation, select 
Back
. To close the conversation,
select 
Options
 > 
End conversation
.
To start a new conversation, select 
Options
 > 
New
conversation
. You can start a new conversation with a
contact while you are inside an active conversation.
However, you cannot have two active conversations with
the same contact.
To insert an image to an instant message, select
Options
 > 
Send image
, and select the image you want
to send.
To save a conversation participant to your IM contacts,
select 
Options
 > 
Add to IM contacts
.
To save a conversation, while in the conversation view,
select 
Options
 > 
Record chat
. The conversation is saved
as a text file that can be opened and viewed in the Notes
application.
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