Making Connections Messaging 70
1.
Onthescreenwithallmessagethreads,tapthemessage.TheDrafticon isdisplayedifa
saveddraftisavailable.
2. Whenyoufinisheditingthemessage,tapSendorSend MMS.
New Messages Notification
Dependingonyournotificationsettings,thephonewillplayaringtone,vibrate,ordisplaythe
messagebrieflyinthestatusbarwhenyoureceiveanewtextormultimediamessage.Tochange
thenotificationfornewtextandmultimediamessages,seeTextandMMSOptionsfordetails.
Anewmessageicon alsoappearsinthenotificationsareaofthestatusbartonotifyyouofanew
textormultimediamessage.TheMessagesapplicationicon(ifshownonthehomescreen)also
displaysthenumberofnewmessages .
n Toopenthemessage,pulldownthestatusbartoopenthenotificationpanel.Tapthenew
messagetoopenandreadit.ForinformationonreadingandreplyingtomessagesseeManage
MessageConversations.
Manage Message Conversations
Textandmultimediamessagesthataresenttoandreceivedfromacontact(oranumber)are
groupedintoconversationsormessagethreadsintheMessagingscreen.Thisallowsyoutosee
exchangedmessages(similartoachatprogram)withacontactonthesamescreen.
Read a Text Message
n Dooneofthefollowing:
l OntheMessagesscreen,tapthemessagethreadtoopenandreadit.
l Ifyouhaveanewmessagenotification,dragtheStatusBardowntoopentheNotifications
Window.Tapthenewmessagetoopenandreadit.
View a Multimedia Message (MMS)
1.
Tap >Messaging .
2. OntheMessagingscreen,tapamessagethreadtoopenit.
3. Whileviewingamessage,taptheplayicon(onthevideooraudiofile)toplaybackthefileortap
theimagetoviewthepicture.
Tip:Thefileattachmentonthemultimediamessagecanbesavedtoyourphone'sinternalstorage.
Tosavetheattachment,touchandholdthefileandtapSave attachmentfromtheMessageoptions
contextmenu.