Blackberry AOL INSTANT MESSENGER SERVICE User Manual

User Guide

AOL Instant Messenger service (AIM service) for BlackBerry

Smartphones

BlackBerry Smartphone with a Touch Screen

Version: 2.2

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Contents

Basics............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

About the AIM service for BlackBerry devices.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Sign in to the AIM service for BlackBerry devices............................................................................................................................................................................ 3

Delete the AIM service for BlackBerry devices................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Buddies.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

About Buddies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

Add a Buddy............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5

View a Buddy's information.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5

Associate a Buddy with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device.............................................................................................................. 5

Delete a Buddy....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Block a Buddy......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

View blocked Buddies........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Hide offline Buddies.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6

A Buddy no longer appears in my Buddy List.................................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Groups........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Add a group............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Rename a group..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

Delete a group........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 7

Conversations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Send a message..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Send a message to a user that is not in your Buddy List................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Open a conversation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Add an emoticon.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Send a picture to a contact.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9

Accept or decline a picture from a Buddy.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9

Prevent conversations from appearing in the main message list.................................................................................................................................................. 9

Switch conversations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Call or send an email message to a contact quickly during a conversation................................................................................................................................. 10

Send a conversation as an email message......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Copy a conversation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

Clear a conversation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

End a conversation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

Stop grouping messages in conversations........................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

I am not receiving notification for incoming messages................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Text sometimes changes after I type it............................................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

View the conversation history for a contact...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Delete a conversation history.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Availability.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

About the availability status................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15

Change your availability status........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Create a custom availability status..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Delete custom availability statuses.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Receive notification when a contact becomes available................................................................................................................................................................. 15

About sound profiles............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Change a sound profile......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Legal notice.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

User Guide

Basics

About the AIM service for BlackBerry devices

You can use the AIM® service for BlackBerry® devices to chat with other AIM® service users from your BlackBerry device. To use the AIM service for BlackBerry devices, you must have an AIM screen name. To get an AIM screen name, visit https://reg.my.screenname.aol.com/

_cqr/registration/initRegistration.psp. For more information about the AIM service, visit www.aim.aol.com.

You can send and receive email messages and use other applications on your device while the AIM service for BlackBerry devices is running. When you receive a new instant message, an indicator appears in the device status section of the screen.

Sign in to the AIM service for BlackBerry devices

1. On the Home screen or in the application list, click AOL Instant Messenger.

2. Type your AIM® screen name and password.

3. Click Sign In.

To sign out, press the Menu key. Click Sign Out.

Delete the AIM service for BlackBerry devices

1. In the device options, click Advanced Options.

2. Click Applications.

3. Highlight the AIM® service for BlackBerry® devices application.

4. Press the Menu key.

5. Click Delete.

User Guide

Buddies

User Guide

Buddies

About Buddies

The Buddy List® displays your list of individual contacts, or Buddies. The Buddy List groups Buddies automatically according to whether they are using the AIM® service from a mobile device or a computer. The AIM® service for BlackBerry® devices uses your existing Buddy List from your AIM service account.

Add a Buddy

1. On the Buddy List® screen, press the Menu key.

2. Click Add Buddy.

3. In the Group Name drop-down list, click a group.

4. In the screen name field, perform one of the following actions:

• Type a screen name.

• Type part of the name of a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry® device. Click a contact name.

5. Click OK.

6. To associate the Buddy with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device, perform one of the following actions:

• If the Buddy is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Click an email address.

• If the Buddy is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.

View a Buddy's information

1. On the Buddy List® screen, highlight a Buddy.

2. Press the Menu key.

3. Click Buddy Info.

Associate a Buddy with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device

You can associate a Buddy with a contact in your main contact list who has an email address, phone number, or both. You can then call or send an email message to the Buddy quickly during a conversation.

1. In the Buddy List®, highlight a Buddy.

2. Press the Menu key.

3. Click Link to BlackBerry Contact.

4. Perform one of the following actions:

• If the Buddy is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Highlight an email address. Press the Menu key. Click Continue.

• If the Buddy is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.

Delete a Buddy

1. On the Buddy List® screen, highlight a Buddy.

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