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In Buddies view, tap
contact that person.
You can set a preference to show all your buddies, whether they are online or
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offline, or to hide offline buddies. In Buddies view, open the
tap
Show/Hide Offline
Buddies.
Create and send a text or multimedia message
Each text message can have up to 160 characters. You can send a message
of more than 160 characters, but the message may be split into several
messages. If you send a text message to an email address, the email address
is deducted from the 160-character count.
Multimedia messages consist of both text and pictures. You can include
pictures in JPG format.
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DID YOU KNOW
You can send and receive text messages even while you are
on a phone call. This is easiest when using a hands-free headset or the speaker.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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Before you use your phone to send or receive multimedia messages, refer
to your service plan for pricing and availability of multimedia messaging
services.
•
Make sure that your phone is on and that you're inside a coverage area
(see
Turn wireless services
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You can also start writing a text message from Card view or the Launcher.
Start typing a message, scroll down the list of search options, and tap
The Messaging application opens at a new message, with the text you entered in
the body of the message.
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Open
Messaging
.
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Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging
to expand a buddy list. Tap a buddy name to
application menu
on).
New
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The first time you open Messaging, tap
multimedia message. Thereafter, skip to step 3.
3
Tap
address the message:
and
•
Enter a contact's first or last name or initials, screen name, phone
number, or email address. When you enter a contact name, favorites
appear at the top of the search results (see
phone number, IM account name, or email address you want to use
to send the message when it appears.
•
Tap
enter a name or address to narrow the list.
•
Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact.
•
Do you need to enter a short code that contains letters—for
example, to text a vote to a TV poll or to make a donation to a
charity? Use the keyboard to enter it; just press the letter keys and
tap the code that appears under
as dialing a number that is expressed as letters—for example, (555)
256 PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen
dial pad and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L,
M— which would be 7256.
4
Tap the
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To attach a picture in JPG format to a multimedia message, do one of
the following:
•
If you did not yet enter the message text, tap
containing the picture you want. Tap the picture, or tap
and take the picture. Tap
•
If you already entered the message text, open the
and tap
and tap the picture, or tap
SMS.
Attach
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To attach a video you recorded to a multimedia message, do one of the
following:
•
Before entering the message text: Tap
album containing the video and tap the video, or tap
Done
. The cursor is in the To field. Do one of the following to
to open your full contact list. Tap the contact you want or
Short
Code. This is not the same
To
field and repeat step 3 to enter additional recipients.
Attach
Photo.
Add
File. Tap the album containing the picture you want
New Photo
and take the picture. Tap
Photo.
to send a text or
Create a
favorite). Tap the
. Tap the album
New Photo
application menu
, and tap
. Tap the
New
Video. If
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