Palm Treo 500, User Manual

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Y O U R T E X T A N D M U L T I M E D I A M E S S A G E S
S E N D I N G A N D R E C E I V I N G M E S S A G E S
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Sending and
receiving messages
You can use your smartphone to send and
receive brief text messages (SMS) and
multimedia messages (MMS). Before you
send or receive messages, consult your
wireless service provider for pricing and
availability of text and multimedia
messaging services.
NOTE
The network settings for multimedia
messaging are preset by the wireless
service provider that provided the SIM card
included with your smartphone. If you
change to a SIM card from a different
wireless service provider, you need to
manually enter multimedia messaging
network settings to use messaging
services. See Manually entering network
connection settings for instructions.
Creating and sending a text message
Each text message can have up to 160
characters. You can send a message of
more than 160 characters, but the
message will automatically be split into
two or more messages. If you send a text
message to an email address, the email
address is included in the 160-character
count.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Make sure that your
phone is on and that you’re inside a
coverage area (see Turning your phone on).
1 Press Home and then press
Start (left softkey).
2 Select Messaging and then select
Text Messages .
3 Press Menu (right softkey) and
select New .
DID YOU KNOW
?
You can send and receive text
messages even while you are on a phone call.
This is easiest when using a hands-free
headset or the speakerphone.