Tour Communication Nr. 4 - Mixit Meetings

Dear Coaches and Managers

The first step is to check if MXit can be downloaded on your mobile. See if your phone manufacturer and model is listed at our wapsite at http://www.mxit.com/wap

(Unfortunately not all phones can run applications like MXit. If yours can't, don't worry - our technology is evolving at the speed of light. We constantly update the list and will probably be adding your phone pretty soon.) The following steps are needed to get MXit on your phone and it should take less than 2 minutes to do the first 4.

Step1 : Does your mobile phone support MXit?
Step2 : Set up your mobile with GPRS or 3G
Step3 : Download MXit to your mobile
Step4 : Register to the MXit Society
Step5 : Set up contacts
Step6 : Start chatting
So lets start with Step 1 and work our way through to number six.


Step 1 - Does your mobile phone support MXit

In order for a phone to run MXit it needs to meet three requirements: It must be WAP enabled. It must be JAVA enabled. It be able to download third party Java applications such as MXit. If your mobile phone does not have these 3 requirements you will not be able to download MXit.

Step 2 - Set up your mobile with GPRS or 3G

The MXit universe can be accessed from anywhere in the world, as long as there is GPRS/3G coverage. To communicate to your fellow citizens will cost you less than 1 cent per message! (That is 1 South African cent and is billed by your service provider and added to your GPRS data cost).

Nowadays most mobiles have GPRS/3G already set up, so you shouldn’t have a problem. But the easiest way to find out whether or not your phone is GPRS/3G enabled, is to give your service provider a call

Step 3 - Download MXit to your mobile phone

Downloading MXit from our WAP-site:

Jargon buster: A WAP-site is an internet website customized to be viewed on your phone. On your mobile, go to ‘services’ (i.e. globe icon) Create a new bookmark - www.mxit.com/wap, and save Select this bookmark, select ‘go to’ You should be welcomed to the MXit WAP portal at this stage From the options available, select your mobile manufacturer and model Select ‘open’ and Download!
It’s that simple! Once you have downloaded MXit, it can be found on your phone under ‘applications’ or - This is normally where your mobile stores stuff like games. (Whether or not this folder is called ‘applications’ will depend on your phone).

When you open the MXit application for the first time, you will be greeted with a warm welcome and asked to register.

Step 4 - Register to the MXit Society

When you open the MXit application for the first time, you will be greeted with a warm welcome and asked to register. Enter your phone number and choose a personal PIN. Give yourself a nickname and then select ‘accept’. (Keep your pin a secret, o and don’t forget what it is!)
Welcome to our world; you are now officially part of the MXit family!

For more detailed information about your PIN click here.

PS. The missed call system is currently disabled.

Step 5 - Set up contacts

You are now an official member of the global MXit Society. To start chatting, you have to set up contacts (the people you want to exchange messages with). You can chat to other MXit users, or to anyone using MSN messenger. When you first register, the only contacts that are shown is Info also known as Q, Gallery, Tradepost and Joebanker. The MXit Info Bot. Q is there to supply you with helpful information and make your problems disappear.

To invite a contact do the following: In MXit goto "Menu" Select "Contacts" Select "Add contact" Select "MXit" Enter your contacts number in international format, e.g. if your contact has an South African number, 0821234567, then enter their number as 27821234567 Enter a nickname for your contact (This is a reference for you to know who the contact is). Select "Accept"
Your contact will be automatically stored on your contact list. You will be able to chat to your contact as soon as they have accepted the invite.

To save a contact from an invite just select "Accept" once you have received the invite from your contact, your contact will automatically be saved on your contact list.

PS. Luci is currently on vacation - she will soon be back

Step 6 - Start chatting

At last..... The next time you are both logged on, your friend's nickname will be displayed in your contacts list with a green icon next to it - this means he/she is active (online). Scroll down to your friend's nickname, select 'Chat', and start talking!

Yours in polo
Marius Buys
Chairman
24 September 2008