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Messages
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Messages
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default Messages app on your
phone.
Types of Messages
Your default Messages app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send
and receive text messages to and from other mobile
phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider’s
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this
feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s multimedia message service.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Creating and Sending Messages
This section describes how to create and send a
message using the Messages app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Messages
>
Compose
.
2. Tap the
Enter recipient field
to manually enter
a recipient or tap
Add Recipient
to select a
recipient from your Contacts. You can also select
the recipient based on Groups, Favorites, or
Logs.
3. If adding a recipient from your Contacts, tap the
contact to place a check mark then tap
Done
.
The contact will be placed in the recipient field.
4. Enter additional recipients by separating each
entry with a semicolon (;) and then using the
previous procedure. More recipients can be
added at any time before the message is sent.
Note:
For the Group option, if the number of
recipients is less than 10, all members in the
group will be added. You will need to delete any
unnecessary members in the list by selecting the trash
can icon and deleting unwanted entries.
5. Tap the
Enter message field
and use the
onscreen keypad to enter a message. For more
information, please see
Entering Text
.
6. Tap
Add emoticons
to choose an available
emoticon from an onscreen list and then add
it into your message (at the cursor location) if
desired.
7. Review your message and tap
Send
.
Note
: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message is automatically saved as a draft.
