Although your PTT contact list is separate from your contact list in the Contacts application, you can still include contacts from the Contacts application as well as names and numbers you enter on the spot.
You can also create groups to
communicate with several people at the same time.
Adding a contact
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Select New, and then select New Contact from the pop-up menu.
TIPAnytime you want to check your availability setting, just glance at the availability icon in the upper-right corner of the PTT screen. You can also see your availability icon in the upper-right corner of the Phone application title bar.
TIPTo add a contact to your PTT contact list or to a PTT group, the contact must subscribe to the AT&T Push to Talk service.
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3 Select Lookup.
4 Select the contact you want to add, and then select Add.
5 (Optional) Select the name and change it to the name that you want to see in your PTT list—for example, a nickname.
You can use up to 20 characters for the name.
6 Select OK to send the contact an invitation to join your PTT list.
The contact’s name appears in your PTT list, and the icon indicates that the contact has not responded to the invitation. This icon changes to reflect the
contact’s current availability status once they accept the invitation.
Changing a contact’s name
When you change a contact’s name, the change affects only the way that contact’s name appears on your device.
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Highlight the contact’s name.
3 Press Right to open the pop-up menu.
4 Select View Contact.
5 Enter a new name for the contact.
6 Select OK.
TIPIf a contact is not listed in your Contacts application, you can add a contact by entering the person’s name and mobile phone number.
Be sure to include the area code, but you don’t need to enter hyphens or punctuation;
PTT enters those for you.
DIDYOUKNOW?You can have up to 99 contacts in your PTT contacts list.
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Deleting a contact
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Highlight the contact you want to delete.
3 Press Right to open the pop-up menu.
4 Select Delete.
5 Select Yes.
The contact receives a message indicating that you deleted him or her from your PTT list.
Creating a group
Groups are an easy way to make calls or to send voice or text messages to multiple PTT contacts at the same time. You can create up to 30 groups. Each group can include up to 29 contacts.
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Select New, and then select New Group from the pop-up menu.
The New Group dialog box shows you all the contacts in your PTT list.
3 Enter a name for the group (up to 20 characters).
4 Check the box next to each contact you want to add to the group, and uncheck any contacts you do not want to include in this group.
5 Select OK.
TIPNeed to add a group member who is not already a contact in your PTT list? After the group is created, you can edit the group and add new members and contacts.
TIPYou can also create a group by first checking the boxes next to names in the main PTT list and then selecting New.
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Responding to invitations
When you’re invited to join someone else’s PTT list, you receive an invitation. You also receive an invitation when a group owner asks you to join a group.
Select one of the following to respond to an invitation:
Accept: Sends an acceptance message to the contact or group owner. The
requester’s name appears in your PTT list and your name appears in the requester’s PTT list or group.
Decline: Sends a message to the contact or group owner indicating that you don’t want to join the PTT list or group.
Defer: Places the invitation in your Pending list so that you can respond later by selecting the Pending invitation icon in the title bar or by responding to an invitation reminder.
Editing a group
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Highlight the group you want to edit.
3 Press Right to open the pop-up menu.
4 Select Edit Group.
TIPIf you don’t respond within seven days, the invitation expires and you must receive and accept another invitation to join the PTT list or group.
DIDYOUKNOW?You can set your PTT settings to automatically accept all invitations. See Customizing your PTT settings for details.
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5 If you are the owner of the group, you can do any of the following:
• View the availability of each group member.
• Change the group name.
• Add a member by selecting New Member and entering a name and number or by checking the box next to a contact’s name. The new person receives your invitation, and all the existing group members receive an alert when the person accepts or refuses the invitation.
• Delete a member by unchecking the box next to the member’s name. The person receives a deletion notification and all the remaining group members receive an alert notifying them that the contact is no longer in the group.
6 If you are not the owner of the group, you can do any of the following:
• View the availability of each member.
• View a group member’s mobile phone number by highlighting the member’s name and waiting a few seconds for the number to appear.
• Change the group name. The other members don’t see the new name.
• Invite a group member to join your PTT list by highlighting the member’s name, pressing Menu , and then selecting Invite Selected Member.
• Invite all group members to join your PTT list by pressing Menu and selecting Invite ALL Members.
• Leave the group by selecting Leave.
7 Press OK.
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Leaving a group
If you are not the owner of a group, you can leave a group at any time. If you’re the group’s owner, you must delete the group to leave it.
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Highlight the group you want to leave.
3 Press Right to open the pop-up menu.
4 Select Leave.
5 Select Yes.
The group is removed from your PTT list and the remaining group members receive a message indicating that you left the group.
Deleting a group
If you are the owner of a group, you can dissolve a group by deleting it.
1 Press the Side button to go to PTT.
2 Highlight the group you want to delete.
3 Press Right to open the pop-up menu.
4 Select Delete Group.
5 Select Yes.
The group members receive a message indicating that you deleted the group.