Text Messaging
Let your thumbs do the talking. With the BlackBerry Pearl’s versatile
keyboard sending and receiving email, SMS, and MMS messages is
easy and fast. An SMS can be sent to other mobile phones while
an MMS can be sent to both mobile phones and email addresses.
To
c
ompose a text messa
g
e
1. From the Home s
c
reen,
c
li
c
k on the
Messages
i
c
on.
2. Press the
Menu
key.
C
li
c
k
Compose SMS Text
.
3.
S
ele
c
t a name in the a
dd
ress
b
ook or
c
li
c
k
Use Once
an
d
a
dd
the re
c
ipients phone num
b
er(s) or email a
dd
resses an
d
separate with a semi
c
olon if ne
c
essary.
4. Enter the messa
g
e text.
5. When you’re throu
g
h typin
g
,
c
li
c
k the
trackball
an
d
Send
.
To respon
d
to a text messa
g
e
1.
C
li
c
k on the
Messages
i
c
on on the Home
Sc
reen.
2. Usin
g
the tra
c
k
b
all, s
c
roll to an
d
press the
Text Message
in your
messa
g
es list.
3.
C
li
c
k the
trackball
an
d
sele
c
t
Reply
.
4. Type your messa
g
e.
C
li
c
k the
trackball
, sele
c
t
Send
.
Typing Tips
To enter symbols like
.
and
@
, hold the
Alt
key while
typing
OP
(for
.
) and
ZX
(for
@
).
To find other symbols
like
-
,
--
, or
/
, use the
Symbol
key .
