Upoc: BREW Help

	Help Using BREW

If you are a Verizon Wireless or Alltel subscriber, with a BREW-capable handset, you can download the BREW version of Upoc, providing you with a richer user experience.

Here are some tips on using the BREW version of Upoc. For more detailed help, refer to the help menu available throughout the application.

Reading Messages
Reading Messages Example

Using the Tip Bar (option "2")
Using Tip Bar Example

How to Change Your Message Settings

How to Read Your Messages

"My Upoc" is a personalized area that lets you quickly access messages sent to you or to communities to which you belong, your address book and your preference settings.
The main screen for "My Upoc" lists options for viewing your personalized content:

All Messages shows your recent message history
My Personal Messages shows messages sent directly to you
My Groups shows messages sent to groups to which you belong
My Channels shows messages sent to channels to which you belong
My Alerts shows polls, invitations to join groups and other messages that require your attention
Address Book lists your friends and family
Block List shows the list of people from whom you don't want to receive messages
Settings leads to your preferences for how you receive messages, how your profile is returned in searches and more

The first time you try to access one of your areas, you'll be asked to either create an account or login to Upoc with an existing username and password (such as an account you might have created on the Upoc Web site).

Once you've logged in, your groups will be listed along with a timestamp ("Jan 12 02:03 PM"). The timestamp indicates the time that the last message was sent to the group. That way, you can easily see which groups have active discussions.

The following provides an example to illustrate how to read your messages. By using your keypad to navigate and select options on screen and on the Tip Bar*, you have access to view groups, read messages, send and reply to messages, and more.

*The Tip Bar is located at the bottom of the screen. Depending on what you are viewing, you will be able to select various options to further help you navigate as well as perform additional functionality. You can select the "1" and "3" keys to go to a previous ("1") or next ("3") message, if available. You can also select the "2" key to bring up a list of more options related to the message. For more on the Tip Bar option "2" key, see below.

Reading Messages Example

From the "My Upoc" area, let's select "3" for "My Groups" to view messages sent to groups to which you belong.

For our example, let's say you are a member of the group "AMERICAN IDOL CHAT." This will appear in your list of groups. Select this group by pressing "OK" from your keypad.

You will now see a screen, which shows a list of recent messages for this group, "AMERICAN IDOL CHAT," along with the message sender, and the time the message was sent.

Let's navigate to and select the second message in the list This will bring up the message and the full message text.

By selecting the Tip Bar option "3," we will move to the next message in the group. Using the Tip Bar option "2," a list of options are displayed.

We will now select option 1 (Reply) to the message. When replying to a message, you have a choice of either replying directly to the sender of the message or to the entire group. In our example, we select the group name from the drop down list to send a message to the group handle, americanidol.

Once we finished entering the text in the message box, we press "Submit" and the message is sent to all members of that group.

Tip Bar - Option "2"

While using Upoc, you will often see option "2" located at the bottom of the screen on the Tip Bar. This gives you access to additional functionality while viewing messages, groups, channels, and members.

By selecting option "2," you will be presented with different choices, depending on where you are, as follows:

While viewing the message history
     1.   Get New Messages

While viewing a personal message
     1.   Reply (to the message)
     2.   Forward (the message)

While viewing a group's message list
     1.   Get New Messages
     2.   Send Message
     3.   Invite (member to group)
     4.   Messages On/Off
     5.   See Profile
     6.   Quit Group

While viewing a group message
     1.   Reply
     2.   Forward
     3.   Invite (member to group)
     4.   Messages On/Off
     5.   See Profile
     6.   Quit Group

While viewing a channel's message list
     1.   Get New Messages
     2.   Invite (member to channel)
     3.   Messages On/Off
     4.   Channel Config
     5.   See Profile
     6.   Quit Channel

While viewing a channel message
     1.   Forward
     2.   Invite
     3.   Messages On/Off
     4.   Channel Config
     5.   See Profile
     6.   Quit Channel

While viewing your Address Book
     1.   Add (a member)
     2.   Remove (a member)

While viewing your Block List
     1.   Add (a member)
     2.   Remove (a member)

While viewing a group profile
     1.   Join Group
     2.   View messages

While viewing a channel description
     1.   Join Channel
     2.   View messages

While viewing a member profile
     1.   Send a Message
     2.   Invite (to group/channel)
     3.   Add to Address Book
     4.   Block/Unblock

Using Tip Bar Example

The following provides an illustration of using the Tip Bar, option "2" to send a message to one of your groups, "Quotes". By selecting Tip Bar "2" while viewing the message history for this group, a sublist of options is presented. Select option "2" (Send a Message) and a text box appears in which you can enter your message to this group.

How to Change Your Message Settings

When you join a group or channel, your default message setting status is "Auto-start Upoc." (This may vary depending on your carrier and handset.) "Auto-start Upoc" means that you want your Upoc to start up on your mobile phone when it receives text messages sent from your groups, channels or friends.

If you switch your message setting to "Send me SMS only," your messages will be sent as regular text messages to your mobile phone. You can also read your messages using the Upoc application or on Upoc.com.

If you switch your message setting to "Don't alert me," your messages will be available within the application only, or on Upoc.com, but will not be delivered to your phone.

You can switch messages Off/On for specific groups and channels by selecting the group or channel, pressing the "2" key to bring up the "2" Options menu, selecting "Messages On/Off" and switching the message delivery to "On" or "Off".

You can also turn off all your messages by going to:


			My Upoc
			Settings
			Message Settings
			Alert me when new messages arrive
			Don't alert me
		Once you select your message settings, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select the "Update" button to save your settings.






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