Google talk, Your google talk friends list – HTC G1 User Manual

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T-Mobile G1 User Guide R1.0

September 8, 2008

Google Talk

You can use Google Talk™ instant messaging service to send instant messages to your friends. All
you need is a Gmail account and you’re set up. To open Google Talk, press

HOME

and select the IM

icon

. The IM accounts screen opens. The number of open chats displays opposite the account

name. You can have as many open chats as you wish.

Your Google Talk Friends list

On the IM accounts screen, select

Google Talk account

. Your Friends list appears. You can see and

do the following from this screen:

Change your status

Select your status (at the top of the list) to select

Available

Busy

, or

Invisible

. To set a custom status, type it in the text field.

View open chats

If you have any open chats, they will display just below your status. If you
have an unread message, it will display in the chat display.

Select the chat display to open the Chat screen.

View your friends

In the list, friends are sorted first by their status:
• Available
• Away
• Busy
• Offline
Within the status groupings, friends are listed in alphabetical order, A-Z.

Show all or just
“most popular”

By default, only the friends that you communicate with most often – the
“most popular” – are on the Friends list. If you want to display all your
friends, press

and select

All friends

. To switch back to the most

popular view, press

and select