Phone Messaging
July 29, 2002 T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual 110
10. Phone Messaging
Phone Messages is T-Mobile’s exclusive two-way text messaging application that lets you send, receive, and reply
to short text messages directly from your phone. It’s fun! Learn all about Phone Messages by reading the topics
in this chapter:
Phone Messages Preview Screen
From the Jump screen, with Phone Messages highlighted, you will see a preview screen similar to the following:
The preview screen shows all your unread phone messages in the order received, with the message received
most recently on top. If you press the wheel to open the Phone Messages application, open any of the unread
messages, then return to the preview screen, you’ll see that the message you’ve opened has disappeared from
the preview screen list.
Note: Phone Messages messages are text messages that are delivered via the “Short Message Service”, also
referred to simply as “SMS”.
• Phone Messages Preview Screen on page
110
• Setting Phone Messages Ringtones on
page 111
• Browse Phone Messages Screen on page
111
• Status Indicators on page 112
• Keyboard Shortcuts on page 113
• View Phone Messages on page 113
• Sort Phone Messages on page 114
• Send Phone Messages on page 114
• Add Phone Message Senders to the Address
Book
on page 116
• Call Back Sender of a Phone Message
on page
117
• Discard Phone Messages on page 117
• Retrieve Messages from the Trash
on page 118
• Receive Ringtones on page 118