Making Connections Messaging 65
New Messages Notification
Dependingonyournotificationsettings,thephonewillplayaringtone,vibrate,ordisplaythe
messagebrieflyinthestatusbarwhenyoureceiveanewtextormultimediamessage.Tochange
thenotificationfornewtextandmultimediamessages,seeTextandMMSOptionsfordetails.
Anewmessageicon alsoappearsinthenotificationsareaofthestatusbartonotifyyouofanew
textormultimediamessage.
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 >Messenger .
2. OntheMessagingscreen,tapamessagethreadtoopenit.
3. Whileviewingamessage,taptheplayicon(onthevideooraudiofile)toplaybackthefileortap
theimagetoviewthepicture.
Tip:Thefileattachmentonthemultimediamessagecanbesavedtoyourphone'sinternalstorage.
Tosavetheattachment,touchandholdthefileandtap fromtheMessageoptions.
Note:WhenAuto-retrieveinmultimediamessagesettingsisdisabled,onlythemessageheaderis
downloaded.Todownloadtheentiremessage,taptheDownloadbuttoninthemessage.For
details,seeTextandMMSOptions.
Reply to a Message
1.
Tap >Messenger .
2. OntheMessagesscreen,tapamessagethreadtoopenit.