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Google Talk You can use Google Talk™ instant messaging service to send instant messages to your friends. All you need is a Gmail account and you're set up. To open Google Talk, press HOME and select the IM icon . The IM accounts screen opens. The number of open chats displays opposite the account name. You can have as many open chats as you wish. Your Google Talk Friends list On the IM accounts screen, select Google Talk account. Your Friends list appears. You can see and do the following from this screen: Change your status Select your status (at the top of the list) to select Available, Busy, or Invisible. To set a custom status, type it in the text field. Select to open status menu View open chats If you have any open chats, they will display just below your status. If you have an unread message, it will display in the chat display. Select the chat display to open the Chat screen. View your friends In the list, friends are sorted first by their status: • Available • Away • Busy • Offline Within the status groupings, friends are listed in alphabetical order, A-Z. Show all or just "most popular" By default, only the friends that you communicate with most often - the "most popular" - are on the Friends list. If you want to display all your friends, press MENU and select All friends. To switch back to the most popular view, press MENU and select Most popular. T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0 52 September 12, 2008

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T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0
52
September 12, 2008
Google Talk
You can use Google Talk™ instant messaging service to send instant messages to your friends. All
you need is a Gmail account and you’re set up. To open Google Talk, press
HOME
and select the IM
icon
. The IM accounts screen opens. The number of open chats displays opposite the account
name. You can have as many open chats as you wish.
Your Google Talk Friends list
On the IM accounts screen, select
Google Talk account
. Your Friends list appears. You can see and
do the following from this screen:
Change your status
Select your status (at the top of the list) to select
Available
,
Busy
, or
Invisible
. To set a custom status, type it in the text field.
View open chats
If you have any open chats, they will display just below your status. If you
have an unread message, it will display in the chat display.
Select the chat display to open the Chat screen.
View your friends
In the list, friends are sorted first by their status:
Available
Away
Busy
Offline
Within the status groupings, friends are listed in alphabetical order, A-Z.
Show all or just
“most popular”
By default, only the friends that you communicate with most often – the
“most popular” – are on the Friends list. If you want to display all your
friends, press
MENU
and select
All friends
. To switch back to the most
popular view, press
MENU
and select
Most popular
.
Select to open status menu