Sony Ericsson T316 Cell Phone User Manual


 
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46 Messaging
Receiving text messages
When you receive a text message, the phone beeps
(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 phone book, the name of
that contact appears in the display along with the
text message.
To read the text message
Press to read the text message, or 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 to
select one of the following options, for example, Reply,
Forward or Delete the text message. Press 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 .
Then select to save the item and press .
A melody is saved in My sounds.
A phone number is saved in Phone book.
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” on page 45.
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.
Note: You are charged for the number of linked
messages.