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Messages
This menu allows you to create, send, read, and
save messages with the Short Message Service
(SMS: text messages), Enhanced Message Service
(EMS: messages including simple images,
animations, or melodies) and Multimedia Message
Service (MMS: messages supporting the
presentation of various media types, such as full
colour images, polyphonic ring tones). Voice mails
are also available.
Note
: This feature is only available if your service
provider’s network supports it. Contact your
service provider for more information.
Short messages
(Menu 5.1)
Short message service (SMS) allows you to send
and receive short text messages to and from other
GSM mobile phones. In addition, your phone
supports the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS),
which enables you to create short messages
consisting of simple pictures, melodies, animations,
and stylized text, all of which adds a new dimension
to simple text messages.
To send text messages by phone, you must obtain
the number of the SMS centre from your service
provider.
Receiving a new message
When you receive a new message, the New
message icon ( ) and a text notification showing
the number of the message appear on the display.
You also hear an alert, depending on the message
sound setting; for further details, see page 81.