Alcatel Fierce User Manual page 22

To communicate with a saved contact, touch contact photo to open Quick Contact panel.
For unsaved contacts, touch default photo to add the number to your Contacts.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient on Type person's name or number bar or touch
to add recipients, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the message. When finished,
touch to send the text message. You have to choose a SIM card if two cards are inserted.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When the total number
of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear on the
lower right corner above Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed
to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may cause multiple SMS to be
sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and sounds to other compatible
mobiles and e-mail addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are
attached or subject or email addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the Type person's name or
number bar, touch Type text message bar to enter the text of the message. Touch and hold the
Menu key to open the option menu, touch Add subject to insert a subject, and touch
picture, video, audio or file.
When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.
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4.1.2 Manage messages
When receiving a message, an icon
bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open and view. You can also access
messages using Messaging application, touch message to open for viewing.
Messages are displayed in conversational order.
To reply to a message, touch the current message to enter message-composing screen, enter the text,
then touch to send.
Touch and hold an SMS in message details screen, the following message options are available:
• Copy
• Forward
• Lock/Unlock
message
Save message to
•
SIM card
• View message
details
• Delete message
• Select text
to attach
will appear on status bar as notification. Drag down the status
This option displays when the message is an SMS message. Use this option to
copy current message text and paste in new message.
Touch to forward the message to another recipient.
Touch to lock/unlock the message so it can't/can be deleted if you reach
maximum number of stored messages.
This option displays when the message is an SMS. Touch to save the message
to SIM card.
Touch to view message details.
Deletes the current message.
Touch to select the message text to copy, cut, add to dictionary, etc.
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