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Section 8: Messaging
This section describes how to send or 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 and Video) 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 must subscribe to your service provider’s
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you send and
receive multimedia messages (such as picture messages and
video messages) to and from other mobile phones or email
addresses. To use this feature, you must 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 “Icons” on page 16.
Creating and Sending Messages
1.
Touch
➔
Messaging
➔
Create Message.
– or –
Touch Message from the bottom of the Main menu.
2.
Select a recipient by selecting an entry method by touching
Tap to Add Recipient and then selecting an associated
option:
• FDN Contacts: to select a recipient from your FDN Contacts list (if
FDN mode has been turned on).
• Enter Manually: to manually enter a destination using a valid
cellular phone number or email address.
• Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts list (valid
entries must have a wireless phone number or email address).
• Recent Contacts: to select a recipient from a list of recently sent
messages.
• Group: to select a recipient from the Group list.
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