TCT Mobile A556C User Manual page 28

Monitoring online status
The Talk friends list is sorted by online status: active chats, online, away, busy, and offline. Within
each status group, friends are listed alphabetically.
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Icons in Talk, Gmail , Maps, and other applications indicate Talk status.
Adding a friend to your Friends list
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
2. Press Menu key > Add friend.
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3. Enter a Google Talk ID or a Gmail
When your friend accepts the invitation, the friend is added to your Talk contacts list.
To view a list of pending invitations to friends, press Menu key > More > Invites.
Accepting chat invitations
When you are added to a friend's Talk contact list, you will receive a notification and an
invitation appears in your Friends list.
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
2. From the Talk Friends list, tap Chat invitation.
Tap Accept to accept the invitation. The friend is added to your Friend list.
Tap Cancel if you don't want to chat or share your Talk status with the sender.
Tap Block to block and add the sender to your blocked users list.
Viewing all friends or most popular friends
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
Press Menu key > All friends to view all your friends.
When viewing All friends, press Menu key > Most popular to view only friends that you
often chat with.
Managing a friend
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
2. Tap and hold a friend's name to see more options (Start chat/Go to chat/End chat,
Friend info, Block friend, Remove friend, View contact, Always show friend/Auto
show friend, Hide friend).
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address > Send invitation.
Block friend: This option will block a user from sending you messages and add
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the user to your blocked friends list.
Always show friend: This setting will add the friend to your Most popular list. To
remove a friend from the Most popular list, tap and hold the friend's name then
tap > Auto show friend.
Chatting with friends
Chatting with a friend
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
2. Tap an online friend.
3. Enter your message in the text box > Send.
Accepting an invitation to chat
When a friend sends you a Talk message, you receive a notification. There are 2 ways to
respond:
On your friends list, tap the friend who sent you the chat invitation or
Open the notifications panel and tap the chat notification.
Adding another friend to your chat
1. When you're chatting with a friend, press Menu key > Add to chat.
2. Tap a friend to invite.
This will start a new group chat for all parties. Only those who accept the new chat invitation
will be joined to the group chat.
Switching between active chats
You can switch between multiple active chats.
1. When you're chatting with a friend,
Press Menu key > Switch chats > Tap the desired active chat.
Or swipe left or right across the screen to switch between chats.
Ending your current chat
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Talk.
2. From any chat window, press Menu key > End chat.
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