T-Mobile Sidekick User Manual

Instant Messaging
October 21, 2003 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 93
Instant Messaging Settings
You can set many preferences from the Settings screen. To open this screen, do the following while in the IM
application:
From either the IM Sign On screen or the Buddy List screen, press Menu then select Settings. The Settings
screen appears:
From this screen you can:
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Show Graphical Smileys on page 93
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Set Up Accept Messages on page 94
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Set Buddy Alert Rings on page 94
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Manage Blocked Users List on page 94
Show Graphical Smileys
You can choose to display graphical smileys in your IM conversations, or not. Scroll to highlight the check box,
then press the wheel to select it if you want to display smileys. Press the wheel again to clear the check box if
you want to suppress the graphical smileys. If you do not select this option, then if you insert smileys in your
message, the ASCII version will display.
Expose Idle State
If you want users who have you on their Buddy List to see when you’re “idle”, then scroll to highlight the Allow
users to see when I’m idle check box, then press the wheel to select it. If you leave this check box unchecked,
then the idle icon will not appear next to your screen name on other’s Buddy Lists when you’ve been idle for 10
minutes or more.

T-Mobile Sidekick Specifications

General

Display Size	2.6 inches
Storage	64 MB
GPRS	Class 10
EDGE	Class 10
Status	Discontinued
SIM	Mini-SIM
Keyboard	QWERTY
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	No
Call records	Yes
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Radio	No
Games	Yes
Java	Yes, MIDP 2.0
Manufacturer	Sharp
Battery	Removable Li-Ion
Network Technology	GSM
2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Display Type	TFT
Alert types	Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic ringtones
Memory Card slot	No
Phonebook	Yes
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML