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• Select IM contacts. The contacts that you have added from the phone’s 
contacts memory are displayed. Scroll to the contact with whom you would 
like to start instant messaging, and press Chat.
 indicates that you have received a new message from a contact.
 indicates an online contact and   an offline contact in the contact 
memory of the phone.
 indicates a blocked contact. Refer to Blocking and unblocking messages on 
page 63.
You can add contacts to the list. See Contacts for instant messaging on page 
62.
• Select Groups and Public groups (dimmed if the group functionality is not 
supported by the network). The list of bookmarks to public groups provided by 
the network operator or service provider is displayed. To start a conversation, 
scroll to a group, and press Join. Enter the screen name that you want to use as 
a nickname in the conversation. When you have successfully joined in the 
group conversation, you can start a group session. You can also create a 
private group. See Groups on page 63.
• Select Search and Users or Groups to search for other instant messaging users 
or public groups on the network by phone number, screen name, e-mail 
address, or name. If you select Groups, you can search for a group by a member 
in the group or by group name, topic or ID.
To start the session when you have found the user or the group that you want, 
press Options, and select Chat or Join group.