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Sending a text message
Enter the name or the phone number of the recipient in the To bar or
to add recipients. Touch the Type message bar to enter the
touch
text of the message. Touch
touch
to send the text message.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as
several SMS. There is a counter on the right of the text box to remind
you how many characters are allowed to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accented) will also increase the size of the SMS.
This may cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, and sounds to
other compatible mobiles and email addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files
(image, video, audio, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses
are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in
the To bar and touch the Type message bar to enter the text of the
message.
Touch
to open the options menu. Touch Add subject to insert a
subject. Touch
to attach a picture, video, audio or contact..
When finished, touch
to send the multimedia message.
5�1�2
Manage messages
When receiving a message,
notification. Drag down the Status bar to open the Notification panel.
Touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access the
Messaging application and touch the message to open it.
to insert emoticons. When finished,
will appear in the Status bar as a
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Messages are displayed as a conversation.
Touch a message to enter the message composing screen:
• Touch
to call the number;
• Touch
to save the number to contacts or view the contact details
if the number has been saved;
• To reply to a message, enter the text, or touch
contact, etc. When finished, touch
• If you long press a message, the following options will be available:
copy text
, forward
, view details
lock the message or report it as spam.
5�1�3 Adjust message settings
On the message list screen, touch
GENERAL
• SMS enabled
Open the options dialog or touch SMS app to
change your default SMS app.
• Quick text
Touch to edit quick response text.
Storage
• Delete old
Select to delete old messages when the
messages
maximum number of stored messages is
reached.
• Text message limit
Touch to set the maximum number of text
messages to be saved per conversation.
• Multimedia
Touch
message limit
of multimedia messages to be saved per
conversation.
to insert quick text,
.
, delete
etc., touch
and select Settings.
to
set
the
maximum
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