Sms (Short Message Service) - Sharp GX-31 User Manual

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SMS (Short Message Service)

About SMS
The Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send
text messages of up to 1024 characters to other GSM
users.
To Use SMS with Your Phone
Messages longer than 160 characters may be
composed. During sending, the messages are split. If
the receiver has a suitable phone the messages
recombines during reception, if not your message
appears as a number of separate 152 characters
messages.
You can send or receive SMS even if you are talking on
the phone.
You can also use Text Templates to help you compose
SMS.
82 Messages
(M 4-3)
Creating a New SMS
Press A during stand-by.
1.
Press a or b to highlight "SMS", then press
2.
select.
Press a or b to highlight "Create Message", then
3.
press to select.
4.
Enter your message.
For details on entering characters, see "Entering
Characters" on page 31.
5.
Press .
To Use the Text Template
For details on creating text templates, see "Text
Templates" on page 115.
1.
Perform steps 1 to 3 in "Creating a New SMS".
On the text entry screen, press a, b, c or d to
2.
move the cursor to the point you wish to insert the
template.
Press A [Options] to display the Options menu.
3.
Press a or b to highlight "Text Template", then
4.
press or A [Select] to select.
Press a or b to highlight the desired template
5.
from the list, then press
(M 4-3-1)
to
to select.