7 EXCHANGING MESSAGES
7.1 SMS and MMS messaging
To open the SMS & MMS Messaging application, on the Home
screen, then touch and select Messaging icon.
About text and multimedia messages
SMS messages are also know as “text” messages and can each
be around 160 characters. If you continue to type after the limit is
reached, your message will be delivered as one, but count as more
than one message. These are called “concatenated” messages.
MMS messages are also known as “multimedia” or “picture”
messages and can contain text, picture, audio, and video les.
When you compose a message, the phone will automatically
convert a text message into a multimedia message as soon as
you add a subject or an attachment, or if you address the message
using an email address rather than a phone number.
View the message from the message list
Select a message thread in the list to open it for reading. When
open, the individual messages appear stacked on the screen,
much like with instant messaging conversations (or chats).
Note that messages you send are also listed in the Read view.
1. Reading multimedia messages
If you have selected to auto-retrieve your multimedia messages,
then both the message header and body will download.
If you are downloading only the headers, then you must rst select
the Download button to retrieve the message body. If you are
concerned about the size of your data downloads, you can check
the message size before you download.
Once the message has downloaded, select ‘Play’ button to view
the message.
From a message read view, you can do the following:
1. To view details about a particular message, in the Read
view, touch & hold the message to open the context menu.
Select View details.
2. Reply to a message: Simply start typing your message
in the text box at the bottom of the screen to reply to a
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