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Part II: Getting Organized and Online with Your Storm
Figure 8-5:
Start your
text
message
here.
1. From the BlackBerry Home screen, touch-press Contacts.
2. Touch-press a contact that has a mobile phone number.
SMS works only on mobile phones.
3. Press the menu key and touch-press SMS (or MMS) <contact name>.
The menu item for SMS or MMS knows enough to display the name of
the contact. For example, if you choose John Doe, the menu item reads
SMS John Doe or MMS John Doe, as shown in Figure 8-5.
4. If you choose MMS, browse your multimedia folders, and touch-press
the audio or video file you want to send.
When you're choosing MMS, this extra step allows you to choose the mul-
timedia file, which is the only difference from composing an SMS message.
5. Type your message.
Remember that shorthand business? You should start taking advantage
of it the first chance you get. (Practice makes perfect.)
6. Press the menu key and then touch-press Send.
Your message is sent on its merry way.