Chapter 7 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 101
Receive and view text and multimedia messages
You can view pictures, videos, and animated GIFs, and listen to music files
included in a multimedia message. You can save pictures in JPG format to
your phone for viewing in the Photos application. Animated GIF files appear
as JPG files in the Messaging app.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap a conversation to view messages.
3 If Download MMS is displayed, tap it to view the attached file. (See
Turn automatic download of multimedia messages on or off.)
4 To view an attached file in a multimedia message: Tap a music, video,
or vCard file name. (Attached pictures are displayed within the
message.) Tap Copy Photo to save an attached JPG picture.
5 (Optional) Do any of the following:
• To call a number: Tap the number, and tap .
• To send an email: Tap the email address.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.
Add a contact from a text or multimedia message
To add a message sender as a contact:
1 In Conversations view, tap a conversation with someone who is not a
contact.
2 Tap the header at the top of the screen.
3 Ta p Add To Contacts.
4 Tap one of the following:
Add New Contact: Create a new contact for the name or address.
Add To Existing: Tap the contact you want to add the name or
address to.
Forward a message
1 In a conversation, tap a message.
2 Do one of the following:
• To forward the message through Messaging: Tap Forward, and
enter the recipient’s number or address in the To field.
• To forward the message in an email: Tap Forward Via Email, and
enter the recipient’s name or email address in the To field.
3 (Optional) Tap the message text, and edit the text.
4 Tap .
Copy messages
You can copy an individual message as plain text. You can also copy the
contents of an entire conversation.
:/:-/:\:-\=/=-/=\=-\:doh
;) ;-) :wink
:P :-P :p :-p :b :-b =p =P =b =-b =-p
=-P :yuck :razz
Table 1. Supported emoticons
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