Alcatel IDEAL XCITE Manual page 30

An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged
as several SMS. A counter will be on the right of the text box to
remind you how many characters are allowed to be entered in
one message.
Specific letters (accented) will also increase the size
of the SMS, this may cause multiple SMS to be sent to
your recipient.
5.2.3 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 email
addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone
number in the To bar and touch the Type message bar to
enter the text of the message. Touch the
picture, video, audio and so on.
When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.
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