Receive Text And Multimedia Messages; Manage Messages And Message Threads - HTC Magic User Manual

To save a message as a draft
While composing a text or multimedia message, press BACK to automatically save
your message as a draft. To resume composing the message, touch the message in
the message list. Continue editing the message, and then touch Send to send it.

Receive text and multimedia messages

Depending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ring tone, vibrate,
or display the message briefly in the status bar when you receive a new text or
multimedia message. To change the notification for new text and multimedia
messages, see "Adjust text and multimedia message settings" later in this chapter.
A new message icon (
to notify you of a new text or multimedia message. To open the message, refer to
the next section.

Manage messages and message threads

Text and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or
a number) are grouped into conversations or message threads. Threaded text or
multimedia messages let you see exchanged messages (similar to a chat program)
with a contact on the screen. Message threads are listed in order of when you
received them, with the latest message on top of the thread.
To open and read a text message
Do one of the following:
• Press HOME, then touch and hold the status bar, and then slide it down to
open the Notifications panel. Touch the new message to open and read it.
) also appears in the notifications area of the status bar
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