Chapter 6 - Short messages 6-1
6. Short messages
The Short Message application is activated by
pressing the SMS application button on the com-
municator interface keyboard.
Short message sending and receiving requires
that the Short Message Service (SMS) is support-
ed by the network you are using and activated
for your SIM card. Contact your home service
provider for details.
The Short Message Service enables you to send
and receive short alphanumeric text messages of
up to 160 characters over the digital cellular net-
work. The advantages of the short messages are:
sending is practically instantaneous, messages
can be sent or received even during a voice or
data call and messages can be read in any cellu-
lar phone that has the capability. The SMS Serv-
ice centre will take care of delivering the
message even if the receiving phone is off at the
time of sending.
Before you can send short messages, you must
store the SMS Service centre number in the SMS
application’s settings.
The SMS main view shows four folders and the
Document outbox. The Own texts folder contains
texts that you have written, Received messages
contains short messages you have received,
Standard messages contains predefined message
templates (see "Standard messages") and Busi-
ness cards contains all contact cards in the Con-
tacts directory (see "Business cards"). Document
outbox is described in chapter 12 "Document
outbox".
Note:
You can only send short messages to
phone numbers stored in the
Tel (GSM)
fields of
contact cards. (This also applies to the Nokia
9000 Communicator PCN model.)
Sending messages
Short messages can be created and sent in the
SMS, Notes (see chapter 8 "Notes: Sending") and
Calendar applications (see chapter 9 "Calendar:
Day view - Memos").
To create a new short message:
Press
Write message
in the SMS main view to
open the short message editor.
A short message in the editor resembles a
postcard. A character counter appears at the
top of the editor. The counter shows how
many characters have been typed and how
many are still available, see figure 6-1. In re-
ceived messages, the stamp on the right half
of the message is postmarked.
When the message is ready to be sent, contin-
ue by pressing
Recipient
. The Short message
directory opens, see "SMS directory".
To send a previously created document:
Select the Own texts, Standard messages or
Business cards folder and press
Open
.
Select a document and press
Open
. Only texts
no longer than 160 characters can be opened.
When you open a text containing formatting,
you will be asked whether you wish to make
a copy of the text (press
Copy
), or edit the
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