Google Android 2.3 User Manual page 230

Messaging
You can enter a smiley icon (an emoticon) on the onscreen keyboard by touching &
holding the Smiley key and then touching a smiley. You can also press Menu
and touch Insert smiley to open a scrolling list of smileys.
As you near the 160-character limit, a counter appears in the top right corner of
the text box to tell you how many characters are left. If you go over that limit, a new
message is created, which is joined with its predecessors when received.
If you press Back
Messaging window. Touch the message to resume composing it.
Touch Send.
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The Message window opens, with your message after your name. Responses
appear in the window. As you view and send additional messages, a message
thread is created.
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Enter a mobile phone number or the
name of a contact with a mobile number.
while composing a message, it's saved as a draft in your
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