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New Messages Notification
Depending on your notification settings, the device will play a ring tone, 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.
To open the message, touch and hold the status bar, and then 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.
Managing 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 on the Messaging screen. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program) with a
contact on the screen.
To read a text message:
► Do one of the following:
On the Messaging screen, touch the text message or message thread to open and
read it.
If you have a new message notification, touch and hold the status bar, and then 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, press
and then touch
All
threads
.
Note:
To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, press and hold the
message to open the options menu, and then touch
View message details
.
Note:
If a message contains a link to a Web page, touch the message and then touch the link
to open it in the Web browser.
Note:
If a message contains a phone number, touch the message and then touch the phone
number to dial the number or add it to your contacts.
