Alerts On Call (Menu 4.8); Messages; Short Messages (Menu 5.1) - Samsung SGH-X640 Manual

Sound settings
Alerts on call
(Menu 4.8)
This menu allows you to choose whether or not the
phone informs you when you receive a new
message or when an alarm goes off during a call.
The following options are available:
Off: the phone doesn't alert you to incoming
messages or alarms.
On: the phone alerts you with a beep. The alert
occurs only in your earpiece, so the person with
whom you are talking doesn't hear it.
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Messages

This menu allows you to create, send, read, and
save messages with the Short Message Service
(SMS: text messages), Enhanced Message Service
(EMS: messages including simple images,
animations, or melodies) and Multimedia Message
Service (MMS: messages supporting the
presentation of various media types, such as full
colour images, polyphonic ring tones). Voice mails
are also available.
Note: This feature is only available if your service
provider's network supports it. Contact your
service provider for more information.
Short messages
(Menu 5.1)
Short message service (SMS) allows you to send
and receive short text messages to and from other
GSM mobile phones. In addition, your phone
supports the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS),
which enables you to create short messages
consisting of simple pictures, melodies, animations,
and stylized text, all of which adds a new dimension
to simple text messages.
To send text messages by phone, you must obtain
the number of the SMS centre from your service
provider.
Receiving a new message
When you receive a new message, the New
message icon ( ) and a text notification showing
the number of the message appear on the display.
You also hear an alert, depending on the message
sound setting; for further details, see page 81.
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