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Important:
Some networks may not support the text message
character counts indicated in this user guide. In such a network, text
messages that are over the allowed number of characters cannot
be delivered, but they may be deleted as a whole. Pay attention to
the character count when you write messages to be sent in such a
network. Contact your service provider or network operator for the
details of your network.
Write text messages
1. Select
Menu
→
Messaging
→
Create message
.
2. Write the message. For details, see Write text on page 72. You
can also insert a template into the message; select
Options
→
Use template
, and select the desired template.
The number of characters left for the message and the number of
characters in the current message are shown at the top right
corner of the display.
3. When you finish writing the message, press
Send
.
Note that if the receiving radio does not support text message
concatenation, the maximum length of the text message is 140
characters to private numbers and 160 characters to phone and
office extension numbers.
To send the message as a flash message (network service),
select
Options
→
Sending options
→
Send as flash
. The receiving
terminal must support the reception of flash messages. When
you receive a flash message, the beginning of the message
appears on the display.
Messages are saved in the
Inbox
folder. It is possible to configure
the radio so that when the
Inbox
folder is full, the oldest read
message is automatically deleted when a new message is
received.
4. Select the recipient of the message in one of the following ways:
