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Chapter 7 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
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1
Open
Messaging
.
2
The first time you open Messaging, tap
Done
to send a text or
multimedia message. Thereafter, skip to step 3.
3
Tap
. The cursor is in the To field. Do one of the following to
address the message:
•
Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone
number, or email address. When you enter a contact name, favorites
appear at the top of the search results (see
Create a favorite
). Tap the
phone number, IM account name, or email address you want to use
to send the message when it appears.
•
Tap
to open your full contact list. Tap the contact you want or
enter a name or address to narrow the list.
•
Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact.
•
Do you need to enter a short code that contains letters—for
example, to text a vote to a TV poll or to make a donation to a
charity? Use the keyboard to enter it; just press the letter keys and
tap the code that appears under
Short Code
. This is not the same as
dialing a number that is expressed as letters—for example, (555) 256
PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad
and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M—
which would be 7256.
4
(Optional) Tap the
To
field and repeat step 3 to enter additional
recipients.
5
To attach a picture in JPG format to a multimedia message, do one of
the following:
•
If you did not yet enter the message text, tap
. Tap the album
containing the picture you want. Tap the picture, or tap
New Photo
and take the picture. Tap
Attach Photo
.
•
If you already entered the message text, open the
application menu
and tap
Add File
. Tap the album containing the picture you want
and tap the picture, or tap
New Photo
and take the picture. Tap
Attach Photo
.
6
To attach a video you recorded to a multimedia message, do one of the
following:
•
Before entering the message text: Tap
, and tap
. Tap the
album containing the video and tap the video, or tap
New Video
. If
you tap New Video, tap
to start recording, tap
to stop, and
then tap the new video’s date. If a video is above the maximum size
allowed for sending by multimedia message you can trim the video
to an appropriate size (see
Edit videos you recorded
).
•
After entering the message text: Open the application menu, tap
Add File
, and tap
. Tap the album containing the video and tap
the video, or tap
New Video
. If you tap New Video, tap
to start
recording, tap
to stop, and then tap the new video’s date. If a
video is above the maximum size allowed for sending by multimedia
message you can trim the video to an appropriate size (see
Edit
videos you recorded
).
7
Enter the message text and tap
.
TIP
You can include emoticons in your message (see
Use emoticons in a
message
).
TIP
You can also send a contact entry as part of a multimedia message. Do this in
the Contacts app (see
Send contacts
).
Summary of Contents for Pre 2
Page 1: ...User Guide ...
Page 6: ...6 Contents ...
Page 36: ...36 Chapter 3 Just Type ...
Page 82: ...82 Chapter 6 Phone ...
Page 108: ...108 Chapter 7 Email text multimedia and instant messaging ...
Page 138: ...138 Chapter 8 Contacts Calendar and other personal information ...
Page 156: ...156 Chapter 9 Photos videos and music ...
Page 190: ...190 Chapter 11 Documents ...
Page 196: ...196 Chapter 12 App Catalog ...
Page 212: ...212 Chapter 13 Preferences ...