Motorola DROID 2 Global, Manual

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CHAPTER 10: SMS, MMS, and Instant Messaging
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SMS Text Messaging on your DROID
Text messaging has become one of the most popular services on cell phones today.
While it is still used more extensively in Europe and Asia, it is growing in popularity in
North America.
The concept is very simple; instead of placing a phone call, you send a short message to
someone’s handset. It is much less disruptive than a phone call; and you may have friends,
colleagues, or co-workers who do not own a DROID – so email may not be an option.
One of the this book’s authors uses text messaging with his children all the time – this is
how the generation his kids are part of communicates. “R u coming home 4 dinner?”
“Yup.” There you have it: meaningful dialog with an 18-year-old – short, instant and easy.
Composing SMS Text Messages
Composing an SMS message is much like sending an email. The beauty of an SMS
message is that it arrives on virtually any handset and is quite simple to reply to.
Composing an SMS Message from the Messaging App
There are a couple of ways to send text messages on your DROID. The
easiest way is to touch the
Messaging icon
(
DROID) and Text Messaging
icon (DROID 2/X) on the Home screen.
When you first start the app, you most likely won’t have any messages, so the screen
will be blank. Once you get started with SMS messaging, you will have a list of
messages and current “open” discussions with your contacts.