Sony Ericsson S710a User Guide - Page 46

To view the status of a contact } Messages } My Friends and select a contact } More } View Status. To change your own status } Messages } My Friends } Myself } Change Status and edit your status according to the options. To send a message from My Friends } Messages } My Friends and select a contact. If the contact is linked to your phonebook } More } Send Instant Msg. } Send. If not, select the contact } Send IM. Receiving a message When you receive a message, a message alert sounds or an icon appears in the status bar. Contact list You can create nicknames for the contacts in your list that are connected to the My Friends server. You can also link a contact to the phonebook, and get access to information saved in the phonebook. Messaging To enter a nickname } Messages } My Friends, and select a contact. } More } Manage Contact } Edit Nickname. Enter the nickname for that contact } Save. To link a contact to the phonebook } Messages } My Friends and select a contact. } More } Manage Contact } Link to Contacts and select a phonebook contact. Strangers A stranger is someone who is not in your list of contacts. An icon indicates a message from a stranger. You can block a contact or stranger so that they cannot view your status or send you messages. You can also add the stranger to your list of contacts or block them. If you do not do either, the stranger disappears when you log out from the My Friends server. To block or unblock a contact } Messages } My Friends and select a contact. } More } Manage Contact. Select Block Contact or Unblock Contact. This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use. 45