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Chatting with your friends4.3.1
To start a chat, touch the name of a friend in your Friends list, then enter your
message and finally touch Send.
You can invite other friends to join in a group chat by pressing the Menu key,
touching Add to chat and then select the friend you want to add.
When chatting with more than one friend, you can switch screens by pressing
flicking your finger on the screen Left/Right side.
To return to Friends list screen, press the Back key.
To add a new friend4.3.2
From Friends list, press the Menu key to open options list and touch Add
Friend to add a new friend. Enter the Google Talk ID or Gmail address of the
friend you want to add, and then touch Done.
A notification with this invitation will be received by the friend. By touching the
invitation, the friend can select Accept, Block or Decline in response.
You can also check all invitations you have sent or received by going to the
Friends list and checking Chat invitations.
To close a chat4.3.3
When you want to end a chat, the following two ways are available:
From Friends list screen, touch Menu key and choose • End all chats.
Press the Menu key from chatting screen directly, and then touch • End
chat.
To manage your friends4.3.4
Besides adding new friends to your friends list, the following actions are
available for your choice:
To view all friends/•
most popular friends
By default, only friends that you frequently
communicate with are displayed in Friends list. To
view all friends, press the Menu key and Display
options, then touch Name. To return to displaying
most popular friends screen, press the Menu key
and Display options again, then touch Availability
or Recency.
To block a friend•
To block a friend from exchanging messages and
remove them from your friends list, go to chat screen
of this friend, touch the Menu key and then Friend info,
then touch Block. All blocked friends can be viewed by
pressing the Menu key then touching Settings. Select
your Google account and touch Blocked friends.
Settings4.3.5
A series of settings are available by pressing the Menu key in the Friends list
screen, and then touching Settings.
IM notifications•
Activate the notification function on the Status bar
when a new message arrives. You can also set a
notification ringtone by touching Select ringtone
or select Vibrate to activate vibration alert for this
service.
Mobile indicator•
Display an indicator icon along with your name in
other people’s Friends list.
Automatic when •
screen off
Set status as Away when the screen is turned off.
Clear search history•
Clear previous chat searches history from showing
up in the Search box.
