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Section 7: Messaging
This section describes how to send and receive different
types of messages. It also includes the features and
functionality associated with messaging.
Types of Messages
Your phone provides the following message types:
•
Text Messages
•
Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages
•
Email and Gmail Messages
•
Google Talk
•
and Messenger Messages
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.
Important!
When creating a message, adding an image, a
sound file, or a video clip to a text message
changes the message from a text message to a
multimedia message.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the screen and
indicate when messages are received and their type. For
more information, refer to
“Indicator Icons”
on page 19.
Creating and Sending Messages
1.
From the main Home screen, tap
Messaging
➔
Compose
.
Note:
The main Home screen initially contains the
Messaging
icon. If you delete it, or if you want to access
Messaging from another Home screen, you must tap
Apps
➔
Messaging
.
2.
Tap on the
Enter recipient
field to manually enter a
recipient or tap
to select a recipient from your
Contacts.
