• Sending a New Message
• Composing the Message
• Using the Conversations Menu
• Replying to a Message
• Managing Conversations
• Previous Messages
• Other New Messages
• Ending the Conversation
• Rejecting Messages

While signed on to AIM Mobile you can easily switch between messaging, talking and performing other activities with your phone:

• To return to the Wireless Web menu, press and hold the MENU key to display the Browser Menu, then select Home.
  
• To make a phone call or use other functions of the phone, press the END key to return to the standby screen. 

To return to your AIM Mobile session, select AOL® IM from the AOL® or Messaging menus. 

Sending a New Message
When you first sign on to AIM Mobile, there are no active conversations. You can send new messages to buddies in your Online Buddies list or any AIM screen name.

To send a new message to an online buddy, highlight the buddy and select SEND.

To send a new message to a screen name that is not in your buddy list, highlight CONVERSATIONS and select SEND, or select MENU and then select Send Msg to . . . from the List Menu.

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Composing the Message
The buddy's name is shown at the beginning of the conversation. Select REPLY to begin typing a message. The available text input modes commonly include the following:

• Multi-tap (usually indicated as alpha/ALPHA or abc/ABC)
• T9 Text Input (often indicated as T9, Quick, Word, etc.)
• SYMBOLS (usually indicated as SYM)
• NUMBERS (usually indicated as NUM)

Select the appropriate input mode before you start typing. Most phones default to the multi-tap mode. For typing text messages, T9^® Text Input is twice as fast as multi-tapping. To correct errors, press the CLEAR or BACK key. Click here for more information on Typing Messages.

You also can select a Quick Reply from the collection of smileys, greetings and common phrases used to coordinate activities with other people. To choose a Quick Reply, press the DOWN arrow to highlight the [Quick Reply] link, and then select QUICK. If the message is long, you may have to press the DOWN arrow several times to display and highlight the [QUICK REPLY] link. After you select a reply, you can continue typing text in the message. Click here for more information on using a Quick Reply.

After the message is composed, select SEND to send the message.

Your message is saved under the buddy name and indicated by the "<" left facing pointer.

You can send another message to the buddy by selecting REPLY. To display the Conversations Menu, select MENU.

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Using the Conversations Menu
Use the Conversations Menu to perform these tasks:

• Select Get New Msgs to update messages from the buddy named in the menu. If there are new messages from other buddies, the Conversations and Buddy List^TM are displayed.
• Select Quick Reply to send a Quick Reply to the current buddy.
• Select End Conversation to end the current conversation.

To return to the Conversations and Buddy List^TM, select AIM.

Replying to a Message
Use the Alerts to know when you receive new messages. Highlight the conversation in the Conversations List and select VIEW.

Select REPLY to type a message, or scroll to Quick Reply and select QUICK.

After you compose the message, select SEND.

The message will be saved on the Previous Messages page when you send or receive the next message or otherwise update the conversation.

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Managing Conversations
Each time you send a message or update a conversation, any new messages are displayed. If there are no new messages since the last time you updated the conversation, "No new messages in this conv." is displayed.

• If there are previous messages in the conversation, the [previous msgs] link displays the previous messages page.
• If there are new messages from other buddies, the [other new messages] link displays the conversations list.

Select REPLY or scroll to [Quick Reply] and select QUICK to send a message or reply to the buddy. Select MENU to display the Conversation Menu.

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Previous Messages
The New Message Page includes a link to the Previous Messages page. Highlight the [previous msgs] link and select VIEW to display the Previous Messages page. You also can press CLEAR or BACK to return to the new New Messages page.

The Previous Messages page displays as much of the preceding conversation as possible in the available page memory. Use the navigation keys to scroll through the page.

To return to the New Message page, scroll down the list to highlight the [latest msgs] link, then select VIEW.

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Other New Messages
When you have several conversations going at once, scroll to [other new msgs] and select VIEW to update and display the Conversations and Buddy List^TM.

The "*" asterisk indicates which buddies have sent you new messages.

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Ending the Conversation
To end a conversation, select MENU and then select End Conversation. This clears all previous messages in the conversation and updates the buddy's status.

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Rejecting Messages
To reject further messages from a buddy, highlight the buddy's name in the conversations or Buddy List^TM, and then select MENU.

Select Reject Msgs from buddyname. Click here to learn more about Rejecting Messages.