Chat
Note: This function can be used only if it is supported by your network operator or
service provider. Only phones that offer compatible chat features can receive and
display chat messages.
Chat is a way of sending short, simple text messages that are delivered over TCP/IP
protocols to online users (network service). Your contact list shows you when the
contacts on the list are online and available to participate in a chat conversation.
When you have written and sent your message, it stays on the display. The reply
message appears below your original message.
Before you can use chat, you need to subscribe to the service. To check the
availability and charging and to subscribe to the service, contact your network
operator or service provider, from whom you also receive your unique ID and
password and the settings for the chat.
To set the required settings for the chat service, see
Chat and my presence settings
on page
120
.
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While you have connected to the chat service, you can use the other functions of
the phone, and the chat session remains active in the background. Depending on
the network, the active chat session may consume the phone’s battery faster and
you may need to connect the phone to the charger.
Chat uses shared memory, see
Shared memory
on page
19
.
Basic steps for the chat
• To enter the chat menu (offline), see
Entering the chat menu
on page
74
.
• To connect to the chat service (online), see
Connecting to and disconnecting
from the chat service
on page
75
.
• To start a chat with a contact, see
Chat contacts
in
Starting a chat
conversation
on page
75
.
To create your own chat contact lists, see
Contacts for the chat
on page
79
.
• To join a public chat, see
Groups
in
Starting a chat conversation
on page
75
.
To join a group chat via invitation message, see
Accepting or rejecting a chat
invitation
on page
77
.
To create your own chat groups, or to join or delete a public group, see
Groups
on page
80
.
• To edit your own information, see
Editing your own settings
on page
79
.
• To search users and groups, see
Search
in
Starting a chat conversation
on page
75
.
• To read a message for a new chat, see
Reading a received chat message
on
page
77
.
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nctions
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2004 Nokia. All rights reserved.
• To write and send messages during an active chat session, see
Participating in
a chat conversation
on page
78
.
• To view, rename or delete saved chat conversations, select
Saved convers.
when you have entered the
Chat
menu.
• To block/unblock contacts, see
Blocking and unblocking messages
on page
80
.
• To disconnect from the chat service, see
Connecting to and disconnecting from
the chat service
on page
75
.