Palm PRE User Manual page 82

Set up an instant messaging (IM) account
To use an IM account, such as a Google Talk IM account, on your phone,
you must already have the account online. If you have an IM account with a
provider that takes advantage of the Synergy feature, that IM account is
automatically added to your phone when you enter your username and
password for that provider in Email, Calendar or Contacts.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Do one of the following:
• The first time you open Messaging:
• Any other time: Open the
& Accounts. Tap Add IM
3 Tap the account type and enter your username and password.
4 Tap Sign In.
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Tap Add An Account.
application menu and tap Preferences
Account.
Sign in to an IM account
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap Buddies.
3 Tap to the left of the text Offline
Sign out of an IM account
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap Buddies.
3 Tap the status icon to the left of your online status
and tap Sign off.
Send and receive IM messages
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you're
inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services
and tap Available.
(Available or Busy)
on).