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Sprint PCS Messaging
Understanding Messaging
Now you can send and receive emails and text messages and
participate in Web-based chatrooms right from your Sprint PCS
Vision Phone. Messaging allows you to stay connected to friends,
family,and co-workers 24 hours a day anywhere on the Sprint
Nationwide PCS Network.
Message Types
There are many types of text messaging available on your
phone. These appear on your screen as Page/Textand include
numeric messages (pages), SMS Text Messages, Alerts, and Mail.
(Sprint PCS Voicemail provides voicemail-to-mailbox messaging.
For information on using your phone’s voicemail feature, see
“Using Voicemail” on page 85.)
Signing Up for Alerts
With Alerts, you can have news and information sent directly to your
Sprint PCS Vision Phone at the times you choose. Alerts will appear
on your phone’s display as one-way text messages.
To select the alerts you want sent to your Sprint PCS Vision Phone:
1. Log on to the Internet from your computer.
2. Go to the site from which you want to receive information.
(A few of the sites you can visit are Yahoo!
®
[www.mobile.yahoo.com],
MSN
®,
[www
.mobile.msn.com
], and eBay
®
. The location where you
request alerts within each site will vary.)
3. Where indicated, input your 10-digit Sprint PCS Phone number.
4. Follow the site instructions to select your alert preferences,
information type, frequency, etc.
Upon completing the registration process, you should begin
receiving alerts on your Sprint PCS Vision Phone as requested.
Note:
You may be required to enter a confirmation code to complete the sign-
up process. An alert containing the confirmation code will be sent to
your Sprint PCS Vision Phone. Enter the code in the space provided on
the Website to continue.
Section 3B: Sprint PCS Vision 101