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CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages In this chapter If you need to get a short message to a friend or co-worker fast, send a text Creating and sending a text message from your handheld by message means of your mobile phone (GSM Receiving and viewing a text phone with IR or Bluetooth message...
CHAPTER 16 [ ! ] Before You Begin Before you can send and receive text messages: • You must install SMS on your computer and handheld from the Tungsten™ E2 software installation CD. Insert the CD and follow the onscreen instructions for installing extra software.
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CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages If you are concerned about the length of your messages, you can have a warning appear when multipart messages exceed the specified number of parts. Open the Options menu and select Preferences. Select Details and then select the number of parts from the Warn over pick list.
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CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Tungsten™ E2 Handheld Send your message: Select Send Sends the current message now. Selecting Send does not send any of the other messages in your Outbox. Select Outbox Sends your message to the Outbox to be sent later. Done...
CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Receiving and viewing a text message If you want to check your messages but you don’t want to send the messages stored in your Outbox, open the Messages menu and select Check. You can also send all the messages in your Outbox by opening the Messages menu and selecting Send.
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CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Did You Know? You can change how your messages are listed. You can sort the messages in order of one of the following: Alphabetic, Date, Phone Number, and Status. You can also choose to display the date the message was received.
CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Editing a draft text message Did You Know? You can store your message in your Draft folder and work on it later by opening the Message menu and selecting Draft. Tungsten™ E2 Handheld Go to Applications and select SMS Edit the message: a.
CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Setting advanced messaging features Tungsten™ E2 Handheld Go to Applications and select SMS Go to the Preferences menu: a. Open the menus. b. Select Options, and then select Preferences. elect [ & ] OPTIONAL Set the following parameters: Confirm Deleted Message Indicates whether a confirmation message appears each time you delete a message or you select the Empty Trash option from the...
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CHAPTER 16 Sending and Receiving Text Messages Did You Know? Outgoing SMS message settings may depend on the service offered by your SMS carrier. Tungsten™ E2 Handheld [ & ] OPTIONAL Select Details and set the following parameters: Leave Messages on Phone Indicates whether messages are deleted from your phone after you download them to your handheld.
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