Section 5: Messaging; Types Of Messages; Text And Multimedia Messaging - Samsung Galaxy S4 User Manual

Section 5: Messaging

This section describes how to send and receive messages,
and other features associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone supports these types of messages:
•
Text messages: Send and receive simple messages containing
text to other mobile phones or email addresses (also known as
SMS).
•
Multimedia messages: Send and receive text messages with
pictures, video, and/or sound to other mobile phones or email
addresses (also known as MMS).
•
Mobile IMs: Exchange Instant Messages with other users of
popular messaging sites.
•
Email: Send and receive email from your email accounts,
including Corporate mail.
•
Gmail: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account.
•
Hangouts: Chat with other Hangout users.
•
ChatON: Chat, share pictures, videos, animation messages
(Scribbles), audio, Contacts, Calendar entries, and Location
information.

Text and Multimedia Messaging

Your phone can send and receive text and multimedia
messages.
Creating and Sending Messages
1. From the Home screen, touch
New message.
2. Touch Enter recipient and enter a name, phone number
or email address, or touch
the following:
• Groups: to select a recipient from the Group list.
• Favorites: to select a recipient from the Favorites list.
• Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts list (valid
entries must have a wireless phone number or email address).
• Logs: to select a recipient from a list of recently sent
messages.
3. If adding a recipient from either Logs, Contacts, or
Group, tap the contact to place a check mark then tap
Done. The contact displays in the recipient field.
Messaging
to add recipients from
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