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6 Exchanging Messages
6.1 SMS and MMS messaging
To open the SMS & MMS Messaging application, on the Home screen, then
touch
and select the Messaging icon.
About text and multimedia messages
SMS messages are also know as
“
text
”
messages and can each be around 160
characters. If you continue to type after the limit is reached, your message will
be delivered as one, but count as more than one message. These are called
“
concatenated
”
messages.
MMS messages are also known as
“
multimedia
”
or
“
picture
”
messages and can
contain text, picture, audio, and video files.
When you compose a message, the phone will automatically convert a text
message into a multimedia message as soon as you add a subject or an
attachment, or if you address the message using an email address rather than a
phone number.
View the message from the message list
Select a message thread in the list to open it for reading. When open, the
individual messages appear stacked on the screen, much like with instant
messaging conversations (or chats).
Note that messages you send are also listed in the Read view.
1. Reading multimedia messages
If you have selected to auto-retrieve your multimedia messages, then both the
message header and body will download.
If you are downloading only the headers, then you must first select the
Download button to retrieve the message body. If you are concerned about the
size of your data downloads, you can check the message size before you
download.
Once the message has downloaded, select the
“
play
”
button to view the
message.
From a message read view, you can do the following:
1. To view details about a particular message, in the Read view, touch & hold
