Instant Messaging
February 12, 2002
T-Mobile Device Owner’s Manual
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The Buddy List Screen
The Buddy List screen is your main view into Instant Messaging. The screen shows a grouped listing of all your
buddies:
At the very top of the screen in the title bar you’ll see your screen name. Below your name, all your open
conversations are symbolized by little balloons, with the conversation number in the balloon. If you have a new
message in one of the conversations, the little balloon will blink.
Next, all the groups you have created are listed and marked with a folder icon, with the buddies in collapsible
lists.
• To open (expand) a group’s list, use the wheel to highlight the group name, then click. The little arrow icon
“opens”.
• To collapse the list, click again: the buddy names disappear and the arrow icon “closes”.
With the group contents expanded, to the far left of each buddy screen name you’ll see their open conversation
number (if you have a conversation open with them), and to the left there is an availability/status icon:
if offline
if online and available
if away
if you have a new message from them
if you’ve set a Custom Buddy Alert for them
if you have blocked this so-called “buddy”
Buddies who are “away” are shown in regular face font; buddies who are available are shown in bold face font.
