palmOne Treo Instructions Manual page 35

• Chat: Your preferences for chat sessions.
• Show timestamps in chats: Indicate whether you want to see the
date and time stamps of each message in the Chat screen.
• Display my name in chat window as: Enter the name you want
displayed as the label for your messages in the Chat screen.
• Label Color: Select the color in which you want messages to appear.
Warning: Changing your SIM
• Use color for: Indicate whether you want to view both the message
preferences may cause the
label and message in a different color, or only the name.
SMS application to stop
functioning.
• SIM: your preferences for the SIM card in your Treo.
• SMS Message center number: Enter, verify, or update your mobile
service provider's SMS Message Center phone number.
• Email gateway: Enter, verify, or update your mobile service provider's
email gateway number. This is required to send SMS messages to an
email address.
4. Choose OK.
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MMS
MMS (multimedia messaging) is used for messages consisting of pictures,
text, and sounds presented as one or more pages. You can include any of
the following items:
• Ringtones
• MIDI: Up to 16-voice polyphony (Standard or SP-MIDI format), 64 KB
per sound file
• iMelody: Up to 64 KB per sound file
• Sound clips
• AMR: Up to 30 seconds playback time, 64 KB per sound file
• Pictures
• JPEG: Up to 640 x 480 pixels, 64 KB per image file
• GIF: Up to 640 x 480 pixels, 64 KB per image file
Creating and sending a multimedia message
1. Press Applications Launcher .
2. Choose the pick list in the upper-right corner, then select All.
3. Choose the MMS icon.
4. From the MMS list view, choose New.
Before you use your Treo to
send or receive multimedia
messages, consult your
mobile service provider for
pricing and availability of
multimedia messaging
services.
Save a message as a
template for other messages.
From the Compose menu,
choose Save as Template. To
create a message based on
the template, go to the
Template folder and then
choose the template you
want to use.
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