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Messages
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You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS with this mobile phone.
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations and
sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.
The MMS function can only be used if the service is provided by
your operator, and if your contract includes the MMS option and
if all the parameters for MMS have been entered (see page 31).
5.1
Create
message
From the main menu select "
Messages\Write msg
" to create text/
multimedia message.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when images, videos,
audio, slides or attachments are inserted, Subject, CC/BCC/email address
is added; or the message contains more than 8 pages of text.
You can type a message, modify a predefined message in
Templates
or
customize your message by adding pictures, photos, sounds, titles, etc.
(only available while editing an MMS). While writing a message, select
"
Options
" to access all the messaging options.
You can save your messages that you send often to
Drafts
or
Templates
(MMS only)
.
An SMS message of more than a certain number of characters
(the number of characters depends on your language) will be
charged as several SMS. An MMS message containing photos and/
or sounds may also be billed as more than one message.
5.2
Inbox
All received messages (read and unread) are stored in the same Inbox.
When viewing your messages, you will find the following status icons,
depending on the type of message:
unread SMS in phone,
unread
SMS in SIM card,
read SMS in phone,
read SMS in SIM card,
unread MMS in phone,
read MMS in phone,
message reception in
progress and
message sending in progress.
Receiving and reading SMS/MMS
When you receive a new message, a beep sounds and the
icon with the
number of new messages appear on the screen. Press
to view it and
press
to view the previous and next messages directly.
Once you receive a message, the following options are given:
View
,
Reply
,
Forward
the message to another person,
Edit
,
Group by sender
,
Delete
,
Delete all
,
Move to Archive
and extract number, URL or email
address (
Use number/Use URL/Use Email address
), etc.
Group by sender/Group by receiver
(1)
Messages can be grouped by sender/receiver ("
Options\Group by
sender
"/"
Options\Group by receiver
"). You are able to quick search
the messages by pressing the key associated with the first letter of
sender/receiver's name.
(1)
The option of "Group by receiver
"
is available in Outbox, Sent, and Draft
folders only.
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