Section 6: Messaging; Types Of Messages; Creating And Sending Messages - Samsung GALAXY Tab User Manual

Section 6: Messaging

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

Types of Messages

Your tablet provides the following message types:
Text Messages
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Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages
•
IM Messages
•
Email and Gmail Messages
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Google Talk
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The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text
messages to and from other mobile devices 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 mobile devices or email addresses. To use
this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service provider's
multimedia message service.
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 9.

Creating and Sending Messages

From the Home screen, tap
1.
.
Tap on the To field to manually enter a recipient or tap on
2.
to select from your contacts.
If adding a recipient from your Contacts, tap one of the three
3.
tabs at the top of the display. Choose between Contacts,
Groups, or Favour it es.
Tap the contact to place a checkmark then tap Add.
4.
The contact will be placed in the recipient field.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 above to add additional recipients.
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