CHAPTER 10:  SMS, MMS, and Instant Messaging 
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Touchto
Select
To SMS someone in your 
Contacts, just type a few letters 
of their first / last name.
Then touch to select their name.  Usually 
you can only send SMS to mobile 
phones.
Click here to add a phone 
number in the “To” line.
When
ready to 
type the 
message,
click here.
 
Figure 10–1. Choosing a recipient for an SMS message. 
6.
When you are ready to type the SMS message, 
touch anywhere in the box in the middle of the 
screen (next to the Send button).  
7.  The keyboard will be displayed. Just type in 
your message and then touch Send when you 
are done. 
NOTE: There is no character counter in the Android 
OS, so if your messages go over 160 characters, they 
will be divided into two messages.