Section 5: Messages; Types Of Messages; Creating And Sending Messages - Samsung SGH-T189N User Manual

Section 5: Messages

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

Types of Messages

Your phone provides the following message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
•
Email
•
Voicemail
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 messages
and video 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.

Creating and Sending Messages

1. From the Idle screen, press Menu
Create Message.
2. Use the QWERTY keypad to enter a message.
3. Press (Insert) to insert one of the following into
your message:
• Picture: inserts a picture from the Pictures folder.
• Video: inserts a video from the Videos folder.
• Sound: allows you to choose an existing audio file from the
Audio folder.
• Templates: allows you to insert pre-written sentences, such as
"Call me when you get this message".
• Emoticon: allows you to add emoticons, such as a happy face
to your message.
Messages