Motorola T250 Manual page 75

          
Your phone supports the two GSM message features: Short
Message Services (SMS) and Cell Broadcast.
SMS Messages
These are text messages that are sent specifically to and from
your phone number.
When an SMS message is received, your phone:
1 Makes three short alert tones (depending on the 'Ring or
Vibrate' setting).
2 Displays the (messages) icon.
3 Stores the message for later viewing, if there is space. If there
is not enough space, the icon will flash. One or more
messages must be removed before the message can be stored.
Your Cellular Service Provider will transmit a message for a
limited amount of time. If a memory location is not made
available before the message is removed from the network, then
you will not be able to receive or read it.
4 Displays the received message animation together with the word
and the prompt;
• Press to display the viewing a message animation and
the contents of the new message.
• Press to return to the screen that was present before you
received the message.
• Press any other key to perform the function linked to that key.
If you do not press a key, then after 1 minute the display returns
to the screen that was present before you received the message.
Cell Broadcast Messages
These are general messages that your service provider broadcasts
to all phones in a geographic area. Your phone can only receive a
cell broadcast message when it is in idle mode.
The messages are broadcast in numbered 'channels'. For
example, channel 050 might be for local weather, traffic reports
or stock market prices. Please contact your service provider for a
list of available channels and the information they provide.
While a broadcast message is scrolling across the display, you can
stop and start it by pressing ª©. Press ª« to restart the
message from the beginning. If you want to remove the message
from the display, press .
If you need to use the ª and ª keys for their normal
functions while you are receiving a cell broadcast message,
you must first remove the message.
When the message has scrolled across the display, the beginning
of the message remains until one of the following occurs: you
remove it; a new message arrives; or you leave the geographic
area. For set up details, see Cell Broadcast.
How to Read SMS Messages
You can use the scroll key (ª) to scroll through messages in
either the Received Messages or Outgoing Messages lists.
To display a specific message, enter the message number, for
example press to display the 5th message. If the message
does not exist, will be displayed.
Alternatively, to display the next message, press
.
Using the Options Menu 71
Messages Menu
and select
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