Section 6: Messaging; Types Of Messages; Creating And Sending Messages - Samsung SGH-A697 Quick Start Manual

Section 6: Messaging

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
•
Multimedia (Picture and Video) Messages
•
Email Messages
•
• IM Messages (Not Supported & Non-Functional)
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.
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.

Creating and Sending Messages

➔
Touch
1.
– or –
Touch Message from the bottom of any Main menu.
Select a recipient by touching Tap to Add Recipient and
2.
then selecting an associated option:
• FDN Contacts: to select a recipient from your FDN Contacts list (if
FDN mode has been turned on).
• Enter Manually: to manually enter a destination using a valid
cellular phone number or email address.
• Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts list (valid entries
must have a wireless phone number or email address).
• Recent Contacts: to select a recipient from a list of recently sent
messages.
• Group: to select a recipient from the Group list.
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➔
Messaging Create Message.