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Section 11: Messaging
This section describes how to send or receive different types of
messages. It also includes the features and functionality
associated with messaging.
Types of Messages
Your phone provides the following message types:
•
Text Messages
•
Multimedia (Picture and Video) Messages
•
IM Messages
•
Mobile Email
•
Voicemail
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text
messages to and from other mobile phones or email addresses.
To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you send and
receive multimedia messages (such as picture messages and
video messages) to and from other mobile phones or email
addresses. To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to
your service provider’s multimedia message service.
Important!:
When creating a message, adding an image, a sound file, or a
video clip to a text message changes the message from a text
message to a multimedia message.
Messaging icons display at the top of the screen and indicate
when messages are received as well as their type. For more
information, refer to “Icons” on page 13.
Creating and Sending Messages
1. From the Idle screen, press
Menu
➔
Messaging
➔
Text
➔
Compose New Message
.
Tip:
In Idle mode, you can access your messages by pressing up on the
Navigation key.
2. Enter a phone number or email address in the Recipients
field.
– or –
Press
Add
from the
Recipients
field and select one of the
following:
•Contacts
: to select a recipient from your Contacts list (valid entries
must have a wireless phone number or email address).
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