89Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved.My presenceWith the presence service (network service) you can share your presence statuswith other users, for example your family, friends and colleagues with compatibledevices and access to the service. Presence status includes your availability, statusmessage and personal logo. Other users who have access to the service and whoare requesting your information are able to see your status. The requestedinformation is shown in Subscribed names in the viewers Contacts menu. You canpersonalise the information that you want to share with others and control whocan see your status.Before you can use presence, you need to subscribe to the service. To check theavailability, for charging details and to subscribe to the service, contact yournetwork operator or service provider, from whom you also receive your unique IDand password and the settings for the service. To set the required settings for thepresence service, see Instant messaging settings on page 69. While you haveconnected to the presence service, you can use the other functions of the phone,and the presence service is active in the background.Press Menu and select Contacts and My presence. Select• Connect to 'My presence' service (or Disconnect) to connect to (or todisconnect from) the service.• My current presence to change your presence status. Select• View current presence and select Private pres. or Public pres. to view yourcurrent private or public status.
