Quick Start Guide for BlackBerry OS

This guide provides you easy step-by-step instructions to help you get started with .

Secure calls with 

Calling with  is a very easy task. You can both use your contact list or directly dial a number using the dialpad.

 

To make a secure call, you and the called party must have software running on the mobile device, be connected to the Internet and to the same .

Calling by contact list

Select Contacts item from the main view, select on the contact you want to call and select the contact number associated with , then press the "Call" button:

As you can see in  each contact can show a coloured ball at its left, or nothing at all. These are status marker and they represent the Presence Status for each contact.

Presence

The Presence avoid users to call contacts who are not reachable, eg: because they do not have  activated and/or connected. The main value of this feature is to improve user experience suggesting the possible outcome of a call.

Contacts lists

 gives you access to three different kind of lists:

• ALL: it lists all the contacts which are in the mobile address book, ordering them in the very same way.
• KNOWN: it shows only known contacts (registered or not) according to 's knowledge. This means it is a list of the contacts that are recognised by the server and thus can have a status.
• FAVOURITES: it reads the contacts marked by you as " favorites". It's a selection of contacts you choose to have apart, in order to make speed calls.

Each list may show a Contact status beside each contact. The contact status legenda is shown below:

Contact status

	Online	The contact is reachable. You can make a secure call to the user.
	Offline	The contact is not reachable, because is not under network coverage or is offline. You can try to make a secure call but the call will likely fail
	Error	There is a comunication error between your phone and the server. The contact status is unknown, anyway you can try to make a secure call

 

Calling by keyboard

You can make a secure call to any arbitrary number (presuming that the call peer has  connected) by simply entering the number on  main menu and pressing the dial button. 

Receiving a secure call with 

 Once  is installed and all the settings are correctly configured on your device, you are able to receive a secure call.  displays a screen when an incoming secure call is arrives to your phone. Press the Accept (green) button to allow the connection. After the system have exchanged and verified the security keys the you can start the conversation.

Checking your security

A  phone call is always encrypted. To check that nobody is intercepting the call, you must verify the security verification words with you remote party. After the call has been connected  displays the same two security verification words at the bottom of the screen to both parties. If both of you and your contact see the same security verification words then the call is secure. The security verification words are different each time you make or receive a secure call. If the words are not the same hang up the call immediately as this may be a sign of a security attack.

Call status

To establish a call  completes three phases shown by three icons:

Call status icons

	Red light	Starting the connection	Connection not yet established. This step may take several seconds
	Yellow light	Key exchange	Connection established: encryption keys are being exchanged.
	Green light	Secure call established	Connection established and secure. You can now speak securely

Inviting your contacts

Using your address book, you can invite your contacts to join . 

Open  main menu () select “Invite others” and choose the contacts to whom you want to make secure calls ()  . They will receive a text message including the installation link so they can also install .

History

Every event performed or received on your  is listed into the "History" view, which can be displayed by selecting "Recent" item in the Main view.

Events are displayed grouped on the account they are related to. So you'll have one line for each account who left a communication event into your "History". 

You can access event's details by selecting the line you're interested into and pressing the central key (). 

Secure Messages

You can communicate with your peers by text messages using the Secure Messages System which provides Secure Messages. A Secure Message is a text message that travels into the same encrypted architecture of the Secure Call. 

Secure Messages rely on the very same security infrastructure the voice calls do. Plus for security each Secure Message is blanked 15 minutes after it's been read or sent.

Sending Secure Messages from "History" tab

Secure Messages are available via "History" view, specifically from the detailed view: . 

As you can see in : you can type Secure Messages and send them to your party by pressing enter button (cfr. ).

Sending Secure Messages from "Contacts" tab

Secure Messages are also available from "Contacts" tab. 

You have to select an account from the list shown in  and show its details by clicking on the blue icon displayed on its right side. 

Once you select the desired phone number of the account you want to send Secure Messages to, then you get the view shown in  from where you can type your message. 

Secure Messages status icons and known limitations

Each Secure Message is displayed with an icon showing its status. Most important icons are:

Icon	Meaning
	Sending Message
	Message Delivered
	Error sending Message

There are few known limitations in the current Secure Message System: