Creating And Sending Text Messages - Samsung SGH-A827 Series User Manual

Note: If you select the Voicemail icon, pressing
the Voicemail center so that you can listen to your voicemails.

Creating and Sending Text Messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send and receive
short text messages to and from other mobile phones. To use this
feature, you must subscribe to your service provider's message
service.
The Message icon ( ) displays in the Messaging Inbox when
you have received new text messages. When the memory is full,
an error message displays and you cannot receive any new
messages. Use the Delete option in each message box to delete
obsolete messages.
If you receive an email from a phone from outside your
subscriber service, it is possible that your icon may look slightly
different. Some providers have text messages with pictures such
as emoticons that do not constitute a multimedia message. The
icon will then appear as
or the Dial soft key will dial
.
Creating a New Text Message
At the Idle screen, press Menu
1.
New Message, and press the Select soft key or the
key.
Enter either a phone number or contact name (from
2.
your Address Book) by pressing the
both a list of recent calls and your Address Book
Contacts and Groups.
• Recent Log: allows you to choose from a brief list of recently
dialed phone numbers. Press the
number to your message's recipients list field. This entry can later
be appended prior to sending the message.
• Contacts: allows you to insert additional recipients from your
Address Book by using your Up and Down Navigation keys to
select those entries you wish to add.
– Press the
– Once you have selected the desired entries, press the Done soft
key to return to the message.
• Groups: allows you to insert additional Group members from your
Address Book by using your Up and Down Navigation keys to
select those entries you wish to add.
Use the Down Navigation key to access the text field
3.
and begin creating your text message.
➔ ➔
Messaging
key to access
key to add a selected
key to place a checkmark next to those entries.
Messaging
Create
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