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Going Home

To return to the Sprint PCS Vision home page from any other Web page:

䊳 Press and hold BACK .

– or –

Press Menu (right softkey) and select Home ( 1 ).

Sprint PCS Messaging

Accessing Messaging

Now you can send and receive emails and text messages and participate in Web-based chatrooms right from your Sprint

PCS Vision Picture Phone. Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends, family, and co-workers 24 hours a day anywhere on the Nationwide Sprint PCS Network.

Message Types

There are many types of text messaging available on your phone. These include SMS Text Messaging (see page 150),

Instant Messaging, Email, and Chat.

(Sprint PCS Voicemail provides voicemail-to-mailbox messaging. For information on using your phone’s voicemail feature, see “Using Voicemail”on page 140.)

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Accessing Sprint PCS Mail

Sprint PCS Mail allows you to perform many of the typical email functions from your Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone that you can from your personal computer. You can manage your Sprint PCS Mail account from your Sprint PCS Vision

Picture Phone or from your personal computer at www.sprint.com

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To access Sprint PCS Mail from your phone:

1.

Press Menu (left softkey) to access the main menu.

2.

Select Messaging (

2

).

3.

Scroll to Email and press and go to the Email page.)

OK . (The browser will launch

4.

Scroll to PCS Mail and press OK . (If you’re a first-time user, your phone will prompt you to set up your

Sprint PCS Mail account by establishing a User name and password.)

5.

Select the folder you wish to view, such as Inbox or

Compose and select the OK softkey.

For information and instructions about reading, replying to, and composing Sprint PCS Mail, please see the Sprint PCS

Vision User’s Guide at www.sprint.com.

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Accessing Additional Email Providers

With Sprint PCS Vision, you can use popular email services such as AOL ® Mail, Yahoo!

® Mail, MSN Hotmail ® and EarthLink ® to keep in touch, even while you’re on the go.

To access email providers from your Sprint PCS Vision Picture

Phone:

1.

From the Sprint PCS Vision home page, select Messaging.

2.

Select Email.

3.

Select an email provider, such as AOL Mail, MSN Hotmail,

Yahoo! Email, or Earthlink.

4.

Use your keypad to enter the required sign in information for the selected provider, such as user name, email address, and/or password, and select

Sign In. (Your mailbox for the selected provider will display.)

Note: The information required for sign in will vary depending on the email provider you are accessing.

5.

Follow the onscreen instructions to read, reply to, compose, send, and manage your email account.

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Accessing Instant Messaging

Sprint PCS Vision also provides you with access to popular

Instant Messaging (IM) clients, including AOL ® Instant

Messenger TM , MSN ® Messenger, and Yahoo!

® Messenger.

To access instant messaging clients from your Sprint PCS Vision

Picture Phone:

1.

From the Sprint PCS Vision home page, select Messaging.

2.

Select Instant Messaging.

3.

Select an email provider, such as AOL Instant Messenger,

MSN Messenger, or Yahoo! Messenger.

4.

Use your keypad to enter the required sign in information for the selected provider, such as user name and/or password, and select Sign In. (Your IM screen for the selected provider will display.)

Note: The information required for sign in will vary depending on the instant messaging provider you are accessing.

5.

Follow the onscreen instructions to read, reply to, compose, send, and manage your IM account.

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Accessing Wireless Chatrooms

Sprint PCS Vision gives you the ability to join wireless chatrooms from your Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone, to send text messages and icons to chatroom participants, or to launch a one-on-one (private) chatroom.

To access a chatroom from the browser:

1.

Press Menu (left softkey) to access the main menu.

2.

Select Web ( 3

3.

Select Messaging.

).

4.

Select Chat.

5.

Select Enter. (You will see a disclaimer for Wireless Chat.)

6.

Select I Agree (left softkey) to accept the disclaimer.

7.

Use your keypad to enter a nickname and select Enter.

(The chat menu will display.)

8.

Select a chatroom from the menu (for example,

“Friends”or “Singles”) and press Go (left softkey) to enter.

9.

Once in the chatroom, you may scroll through the postings to read messages from other chatroom participants and use your keypad to enter your own messages.

Note: For information about posting to chatrooms or setting up one-onone sessions, please see the Sprint PCS Vision User’s Guide at www.sprint.com

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