Using Email
The Email application comes with an email wizard that lets you add external POP3 or IMAP email
accounts from popular web-based email service providers such as Yahoo!® Mail Plus, AOL, and more,
on your phone.
To open Email
Press HOME, then touch the Applications tab, and then touch Email.
Add an email account
1 Press HOME, then touch the Applications tab, and then touch Email.
2 In the Your accounts screen, touch Next.
3 Enter the email address and password of the email account you want to set up and then touch
Next.
Notes
• If the email account you want to set up is not in the phone’s email database, you will be
prompted to manually enter the email account settings, such as the email server, protocol and
more after touching Next.
• Touch Manual setup instead of Next to directly enter the incoming and outgoing settings for the
email account you are setting up.
4 Enter the name for the account and the name you want displayed in outgoing emails and then
touch Done.
After creating one email account, you need to press MENU, then touch Add account to create
another email account.
Compose and send emails
1 Press HOME, then touch the Applications tab, and then touch Email.
2 In the Your accounts screen, touch the email account you want to use.
3 In an email account inbox, press MENU, then touch Compose.
4 Enter the message recipient’s email address in the To field. As you enter information, matching
contacts will appear on the screen. Touch the recipient or continue entering the email address. If
you are sending the email to several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma. You
can add as many message recipients as you want.
5 Enter the subject, then compose your message.
6 Touch Send.
Note Touch Save as draft or press the BACK button to save the message as a draft.
Manage emails on your external email account
To delete a message
1 On the email account inbox, touch and hold the email you want to delete.
2 On the options menu, touch Delete.
Edit or delete an external email account
You can edit or delete an external email account on your phone.
1 Press HOME, touch the Applications tab, then select Email.
2 Do one of the following:
• To delete, touch and hold the account you want to remove, then touch Remove account on
the options menu. When prompted to confirm deletion, touch OK.
• To edit, touch and hold the account you want to edit, then touch Account settings on the
options menu.
Add more email accounts
On the Your accounts screen, press MENU and then touch Add account.
4.4 Using Google Talk™
Google Talk is Google’s instant messaging program. It lets you communicate with other people that
also use Google Talk on a phone or on the web.
Note The Google Talk account that is set up is based on the Google Account that you used when you
set up the phone.
Sign in and chat online
To sign in to Google Talk
Press HOME, then touch the Applications tab, and then touch Google Talk.
To add a new friend
You can only add people who have a Google Account.
1 In the Friends list, press MENU and then touch Add friend.
2 Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Google email address of the friend you want to add.
Note When you add a friend with an instant messaging ID and has been saved in your contacts list,
matching contacts will display on the screen as you enter information. You can touch the contact
or continue entering the IM information.
3 Touch Send invitation.
To view and accept an invitation
1 In the Friends list, press MENU and then touch Invites. All chat invitations you have sent or received
are listed on the pending invitations screen.
2 Touch a pending invitation, then touch Accept or Decline.
Note When someone you invite to chat accepts your invitation, the pending invitation disappears from
the list.
To change your online status and message
1 Touch the online status icon beside your name, then select the status you want on the menu.
2 Touch the text box on the left of your online status icon and then enter your status message using the
onscreen keyboard.
3 Touch Done on the onscreen keyboard.
Tip The status you set in Google Talk, here or on the web, can be displayed to your friends in other
applications, including Google Mail, Google Maps (with Google Latitude™), IM, and Email.
To start a chat
1 Do one of the following:
• Touch the name of a friend in the Friends list.
• Navigate to a friend using the TRACKBALL, then press the TRACKBALL.
2 Chat with your friend by entering text using the onscreen keyboard.
Note To insert a smiley, touch and hold the smiley key to bring up the smiley menu. Touch a smiley to
insert it into your message.
3 After entering your message, touch Send.
To switch between active chats
You can switch between chats if you have more than one chat going.
1 While on a chat screen or in the friends list, press MENU and then
touch Switch chats.
2 On the panel that opens, touch the friend you want to chat with.
To close a chat
Do one of the following:
• In your Friends list, touch and hold a friend with an active chat and then touch End chat on the
menu.
• While on a chat screen, press MENU and then touch End chat.
Manage your friends
Friends in your friends list is sorted by their online status — active chats, online, busy, and offline. Within
the status groupings, friends are listed alphabetically.
By default, only the friends that you frequently communicate with — the most popular — are in the
Friends list. If you want to display all your friends, press MENU and then touch All friends.
Tip To switch back to displaying only your most popular friends, press MENU and then touch Most
popular.
To find a friend
In the Friends list, start entering the name of your friend to filter your list to show only friends with names
that match what you have entered.
To block a friend
You can block a friend from sending you messages. When blocked, your friend is also removed from
your Friends list.
1 In the Friends list, locate the friend you want to block.
Note If you cannot see the friend, Press MENU and then touch All friends.
2 Touch and hold the friend’s name, then touch Block friend. Your friend is removed from your friends
list and is added to the blocked friends list.
Note To unblock a friend, in the Friends list, press MENU and then touch Blocked. In the Blocked friends
list, touch the name of the friend you want to unblock, then touch OK when prompted.
To pin a friend
You can pin a friend to make sure that friend always appears in your Most popular friends list.
1 In the Friends list, Touch and hold the friend’s name to open the options menu.
Note If you cannot see the friend, Press MENU and then touch All friends.
2 Touch Pin friend.
Note To unpin a friend, in the Friends list, touch and hold the friend you want to unpin and then touch
Unpin friend on the options menu.
To show a friend in the Most popular list
1 In the Friends list, touch and hold the friend’s name to open the options menu.
Note If you cannot see the friend, Press MENU and then touch All friends.
2 Touch Show friend.
Mobile indicators
You can check what type of device your friend is using to chat in Google Talk. In the friends list, check
the image that appears to the right of your friend’s name.
When you do not see an image, it indicates that your friend signed in last from a computer.
You can also choose to show a mobile indicator. To show:
1 In the Friends list, press MENU and then touch More > Settings.
2 Select the
along with your name in other people’s Friends list and will let your friends know what type of mobile
device you are using.
Adjust instant messaging settings
To set notifications for new instant messages
You can set the phone to play a sound, vibrate, or display a notification icon in the status bar each
time you receive a new instant message.
1 In the Friends list, press MENU and then touch More > Settings.
2 Do one or all of the following:
• Select the IM notifications check box to receive a notification in the status bar when a new
instant message arrives.
• Touch Select ringtone to select the ring tone to use when a new instant message arrives. The ring
tone briefly plays when selected. If you don’t want a ring tone to play when you receive a new
instant message, select Silent.
• Select the Vibrate check box to vibrate your phone when you receive a new instant message.
To sign in automatically
You can sign in to your Google Talk account automatically every time you turn on your phone.
1 In the Friends list, press MENU and touch More > Settings.
2 Select the Automatically sign in check box.
3 Press BACK to save your setting.
Sign out
In the friends list, press MENU and touch More > Sign out when you want to sign out from Google Talk.
