Sms Text Messaging On Your Blackberry; Composing Sms Text Messages - Blackberry Bold 9700 Manual

CHAPTER 18: SMS Text and MMS Messenging
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SMS Text Messaging on Your BlackBerry

Text messaging has become one of the most popular services on cell phones today.
While it is still used more extensively in Europe and Asia, it is growing in popularity in
North America.
The concept is very simple; instead of placing a phone call, you send a short message
to someone's handset. It is less disruptive than a phone call. It's also helpful if you have
friends, colleagues, or co-workers who do not own a BlackBerry so email is not an
option.
One of the authors uses text messaging with his children all the time; this is how their
generation c ommunicates. ''R u c oming h ome 4 d inner?'' ''Yup.'' T here y ou h ave it---- -
meaningful d ialogue w ith a s eventeen year o ld---- - short, instant, and easy.

Composing SMS Text Messages

Composing an SMS message is much like sending an email. The beauty of an SMS
message is that it arrives on virtually any handset and is so easy to respond to.
Option 1: Sending an SMS Message from the Message List
1. Use the trackpad and navigate to your Messages list and press the
Menu key. ( Shortcut: G lide t o a d ate r ow s eparator---- - e.g. ''Mon, July 6,
2009''---- - and click the trackpad).
2. Select Compose SMS Text.
3. Begin typing in a contact name
(as you did when selecting an
email recipient in chapter 7.)
4. When you find the contact, click
on the trackpad.