Messaging; Text Message; Multimedia Message; Receiving A New Message - Pantech C520 User Manual

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2. Messaging

This function allows you to create, send, read and save a message using
the Short Message Service (SMS: text messages), Multimedia Message
Service (MMS: messages supporting presentation of various media types,
such as full color images polyphonic ring tones , and videos) provided by
your network operator, or an e-mail service.
Voice mails are also available.
Press the [Menu] Soft key and then select 2.Messaging.
NOTE: These features are available only if your service provider's network
supports it. Contact your service provider for more information.

Text Message

Short message service (SMS) allows you to send and receive a short text
message to and from other phones.

Multimedia Message

Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is a messaging service similar to
Short Message Service (SMS). It provides asynchronous delivery of
personal multimedia messages.
In addition to the familiar text content of text messages, multimedia
messages can contain images, graphics, video, and/or sound.
An MMS message is a separate multimedia presentation in a single entry,
not an attachment to the text file.
Using the MMS feature, your phone can receive a multimedia message
and/or send a picture message, depending on MMS availability from your
service provider. Only phones that support the multimedia message feature
can receive or display the multimedia messages.

Receiving a new message

When you receive a new message, the popup dialog box displays the
number of unread messages and the number of total messages with the
New Message icon (
) in the icon area of the LCD display. You also hear
an alert, depending on the message sound setting.
To read the new message(s) immediately, press the [View] Soft key or the
[OK] key.
NOTE: To clear the new message notification on the display, press the
[Exit] Soft key, the [
] key, or the [

Managing memory

The Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent, and Templates share a given amount of
memory on the phone. In the Inbox, text messages (SMS) can be saved on
the phone or the SIM, depending on the Text Message settings. When
"Save to" in the Text Message settings is set to SIM, received messages
are saved in the phone memory if the SIM capacity is full. Also, even if
"Save to" in the Text Message settings is set to Phone, received messages
are saved in the SIM if the memory capacity is full. When using the
mailboxes, up to 200 received messages can be saved to the phone
memory. The Inbox can use the SIM memory. Only the Inbox can use the
SIM memory to store text messages (SMS). When you try to save more
than 200 messages in the mailboxes, a full icon (
] key.
) appears. When a full
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