Receiving A Pin-To-Pin Message; Keeping In Touch The Sms/Mms Way - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

Alternatively, if you know the PIN, you can type it directly. Here's how:
1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, touch-press Messages.
The Messages application opens.
2. Press the menu key and touch-press Compose PIN.
The New Message screen makes an appearance.
3. Type the PIN in the To field.
4. Add a subject line, the message, and signature, just like you would in
an e-mail.
Unlike when you send an e-mail, when you send a PIN-to-PIN message, you can
tell almost instantly whether the recipient got your message. In the Messages
list, the letter D (for delivered) appears on top of the check mark next to the
PIN-to-PIN message you sent.
Because of the nature of PIN-to-PIN messaging (the conspicuous lack of a
paper trail, as it were), companies can disable PIN-to-PIN messaging on your
BlackBerry device. (No paper trail can mean legal problems down the road —
can you say Sarbanes-Oxley?)

Receiving a PIN-to-PIN message

Receiving a PIN-to-PIN message is no different from receiving a standard
e-mail. You get the same entry in your Messages list for the PIN-to-PIN mes-
sage, and the same screen appears when you open the message.
By default, your BlackBerry vibrates to alert you, but you can change this
behavior by changing your profile. (Check out Chapter 3 for details.) When
you reply to the message, the reply is a PIN-to-PIN message as well.

Keeping in Touch the SMS/MMS Way

Short Message Service (also known as SMS, or text messaging) is so popu-
lar that you've probably seen TV shows asking for your feedback via SMS.
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a much later evolution of SMS.
Rather than sending a simple text message, you can also send someone an
audio or a video clip.
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