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42 Messaging
Tip: You can also select text formats before you start
writing the text message.
Receiving text messages
When you receive a text message, the phone will give
you an audio alert (if the phone is not in ‘Silent’ mode)
and the message New Messages Read now? appears in
the display. If you receive a text message from someone
you have saved as a contact in your phonebook, the
name of that contact appears in the display along with
the text message.
To read the text message
Press
YES to read the text message, or NO if you want
to read the message later. The message is saved in Inbox
in the Text menu.
While reading the text message you can, for example,
start a chat session with the sender or go to a WAP
address found in the text message.
When you have read the text message, press
YES to
select one of the following options, for example, Reply,
Forward or Delete the text message. Press
NO to close
the text message.
Saving incoming text messages
Incoming text messages are saved in the phone memory.
When the phone memory is full, incoming text messages
are saved on the SIM card. Messages that you have saved
on the SIM card remain there until you delete them.
To save from a text message
When the melody, phone number, WAP address, picture
or animation is highlighted, press
YES. Then select
to save the item and press ,
YES.
• A melody is saved in My Sounds.
• A phone number is saved in Phonebook.
• A WAP address is saved in Bookmarks.
• All pictures are saved in My Pictures.
Note: Animations can only be viewed when inserting
an item in a text message. See “To insert an item in
a text message (EMS)” on page 41.
Long messages
A single text message can contain up to 160 characters.
You may not receive all parts of a long message at the
same time. You can send a longer message where two
or more messages are linked together.