Section 7: Messages; Types Of Messages; Creating And Sending Messages - Samsung Dart SGH-T499 User Manual

Section 7: Messages

This section describes how to send or receive
different types of messages. It also explains the
features and functionality associated with
messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone provides the following message types:
•
Text Messages
•
Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages
•
Audio Postcards
•
IM Messages
•
Email and Gmail Messages
•
Google Talk
Message Icons on the Status Bar
Icons are displayed on the Status Bar at the top of
the display when new messages are received. For
more information, refer to "Status Bar" on page 17.

Creating and Sending Messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and
receive text messages to and from other mobile
phones or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider's
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile phones or email addresses. To use this
feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider's multimedia message service.
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Important! When creating a message, adding an
image, a sound file, or a video clip to a
text message changes the message from
a text message to a multimedia message.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type. For more information, refer to
"Indicator Icons" on page 18.
From the Home screen, tap
1.
New message
Tap on the field to manually enter a
2. To
recipient or select one of the following:
• Recent: to select a recipient from a list of recently
sent messages.
• Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts
list (valid entries must have a wireless phone
number or email address).
• Group: to select a recipient from the Group list.
If adding a recipient from either Recent,
3.
Contacts, or Group, tap the contact to place a
checkmark then tap
in the recipient field.
(
Messaging
.
. The contact displays
Add
)