Accounts and Messaging
69
New Messages Notification
Depending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ringtone, vibrate, or display the
message briefly in the status bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To change
the notification for new text and multimedia messages, see
Text and MMS Options
for details.
A new message icon (
/
) also appears in the notifications area of the status bar to notify you of
a new text or multimedia message. The Messages application icon (if shown on the Home screen)
also displays the number of new messages
.
To open the message, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications panel. Touch the new
message to open and read it. For information on reading and replying to messages see “Managing
Message Conversations” in this chapter.
Manage Message Conversations
Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are
grouped into conversations or message threads in the Messaging screen. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a contact
on the screen.
Read a Text Message
n
Do one of the following:
l
On the Messaging screen, touch the text message or message thread to open and read it.
l
If you have a new message notification, slide the status bar down to open the Notifications
panel. Touch the new message to open and read it.
To return to the Messaging screen from a text message thread, touch
.
Note:
To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, touch the message and select
View details
to open the Message details window.
Note:
If a message contains a link to a Web page, touch the link in the message and then touch
Visit
to open
it in the Web browser.
Note:
If a message contains a phone number, touch the phone number in the message to dial the number,
send a message to the number or add it to your contacts.
View a Multimedia Message (MMS)
1. From the home screen, touch
>
Messaging
.
2. On the Messaging screen, touch a multimedia message or message thread to open it.
