Alcatel 1x Evolve User Manual page 11

Insert emoticons
For saved contacts, touch the photo to open the quick contact panel to communicate with the
contact. For unsaved contacts, touch
Sending a text message
• Enter the name or the phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch
• Touch the Type message bar to enter the text of the message.
• Touch to insert emoticons.
• When finished, touch to send the text message.
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.
Add recipients
Send the text message
to add the number to your Contacts.
to add recipients.
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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.
• Enter the recipient's phone number in the To bar.
• Touch the Type message bar to enter the text of the message.
• Touch to open the options menu to insert quick text, contact etc., Touch
picture, video, audio or contact.
• When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.
Managing messages
When receiving a message, will appear in the Status bar as a notification. Drag down the Status
bar to open the Notification panel, touch the new message to open and read it. You can also access
the Messaging application and touch the message to open it.
Messages are displayed as conversation.
Touch a message to enter the message composing screen:
• Touch to call the number.
• Touch to save the number to contacts or view the contact details if the number has been
saved.
• To reply to a message, enter the text, or touch
touch .
• If you long press a message, the following options will be available: delete
, add number to contacts , select/deselect the message
operations.
to attach a
to insert quick text, contact etc., when finished,
, turn off notification
, etc., touch to make further
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