Blackbe;rry GOOGLE TALK FOR SMARTPHONES User manual

User Guide
Google Talk for BlackBerry Smartphones
BlackBerry Smartphone with a Touch Screen
Version: 2.2

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Contents
Basics............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
About Google Talk for BlackBerry devices......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Sign in to Google Talk for BlackBerry devices................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Change your display picture................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Sign out of Google Talk for BlackBerry devices................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Delete Google Talk for BlackBerry devices........................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Friends........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
About Friends......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Add a Friend........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
View a Friend's information................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Associate a Friend with contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device................................................................................................................. 5
Rename a Friend.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Delete a Friend....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Block a Friend......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Hide blocked Friends............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Save a Friend's display picture to your device.................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Hide display pictures in the Friends list............................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Organize offline Friends....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
A Friend no longer appears in my Friends list................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Conversations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Send a message..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Open a conversation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Add an emoticon.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Send a file to a Friend........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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

Basics
About Google Talk for BlackBerry devices
YoucanuseGoogleTalk™forBlackBerry®devicestochatwithotherGoogleTalk™usersfromyourdevice.TouseGoogleTalkforBlackBerry
devices, you must have a Google Talk user name and the Google Talk for BlackBerry devices application installed on your device. Your
Google Talk user name is the part of your Gmail® email address before the at sign (@). To get a Gmail account, visit mail.google.com. For
more information about Gmail, visit mail.google.com.
If you are signed in to Google Talk on your computer and on your device, and you reply to a Google Talk message on your device, subsequent
messages for that conversation are sent to your device. You can send and receive email messages and use other applications on your
device while the Google Talk for BlackBerry devices application is running. An indicator appears in the device status section of the screen
when you receive a new Google Talk message.
Sign in to Google Talk for BlackBerry devices
1. On the Home screen or in the application list, click Google Talk.
2. Type your Google Talk™ user name and password.
3. Click Sign In.
Note: If you cannot remember your Google Talk user name or password, visit www.google.com/support/talk.
Change your display picture
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Press the Menu key.
4. Click Change Picture.
5. Click a picture.
6. Center the picture in the box.
7. Press the Menu key.
8. Click Crop and Save.
Sign out of Google Talk for BlackBerry devices
When you sign out of Google Talk™ for BlackBerry®devices, you do not receive Google Talk™ messages on your device. If you sign out
without closing existing conversations, you can access the conversations the next time that you sign in to Google Talk for BlackBerry
devices.
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Sign Out.
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Delete Google Talk for BlackBerry devices
1. In the device options, click Advanced Options.
2. Click Applications.
3. Highlight the Google Talk™ for BlackBerry® devices application.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Delete.
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Friends
About Friends
The Friends list displays your list of individual contacts, or Friends. Google Talk™ for BlackBerry® devices uses your existing Friends list
from your Google Talk™ account.
Add a Friend
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Add a Friend.
3. In the user name field, perform one of the following actions:
• Type an email address.
• Type part of the name of a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry® device. Click a contact name.
4. Click OK.
5. To associate the Friend with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device, perform one of the following actions:
• If the Friend is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Click an email address.
• If the Friend is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.
View a Friend's information
1. On the Friends list screen, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Friend Details.
Associate a Friend with contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device
You can associate a Friend 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 Friend quickly during a conversation.
1. In the Friends list, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Link to BlackBerry Contact.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Click an email address.
• If the contact is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.
Rename a Friend
1. In the Friends list, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Rename.
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4. Type a name.
5. Click OK.
Delete a Friend
1. On the Friends list screen, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Remove.
Block a Friend
1. In the Friends list, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Block.
To unblock a Friend, press the Menu key. Click Unblock.
Hide blocked Friends
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Settings.
3. Change the Show Blocked Friends option to No.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
To view blocked Friends again, change the Show Blocked Friends option to Yes.
Save a Friend's display picture to your device
1. On the Friends list screen, highlight a Friend.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Friend Details.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save Picture.
6. Click Save.
Hide display pictures in the Friends list
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Settings.
3. Change the Show Pictures field to No.
4. Press the Menu key.
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5. Click Save.
To view display pictures again, change the Show Pictures field to Yes.
Organize offline Friends
1. On the Friends list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Settings.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• To group offline Friends, change the Show Offline Friends field to Group.
• To hide offline Friends, change the Show Offline Friends field to No.
• To view offline Friends, change the Show Offline Friends field to Yes.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
A Friend no longer appears in my Friends list
Try performing the following actions:
• If you have set Google Talk™ for BlackBerry® devices to hide offline Friends, change the Show Offline Friends field on the
Settings screen to view offline Friends.
• If you have collapsed the group that the Friend is in, expand the group. On the Friends list screen, click the group.
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User Guide Conversations
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