You can send SMS text messages to contacts who are also set up for SMS text messaging. You can also forward SMS text messages as PIN or
email messages. If your BlackBerry® device is connected to a CDMA network, you can send an SMS text message to an email address.
If you have more than one phone number associated with your device, your device sends SMS text messages using the first phone number that
appears in the drop-down list beside the My Number field at the top of the screen in the phone application.
Depending on the typing input language that you are using to type your SMS text messages, your messages might display to your recipients
differently than you expect.
Send an SMS text message
You can send an SMS text message to up to ten recipients. Depending on your theme, a separate icon on the Home screen might appear for
SMS text messages and MMS messages.
1.
On the Home screen, click the
Messages
icon.
2. Press the
Menu
key.
3. Click
Compose SMS Text
.
4. In the
To
field, perform one of the following actions:
• Type a phone number that can receive SMS text messages (include the country code and area code).
• Type a contact name.
• Type part of a contact name. Click a contact.
• Press the
Menu
key. Click
Choose Contact
. Click a contact.
• If your device is connected to a CDMA network, you can type an email address.
5. Type a message.
6. Press the
Enter
key.
Add an emoticon to an SMS text message
1.
When you are typing a message, press the
Menu
key.
2. Click
Add Smiley
.
3. Click an emoticon.
Delete the history from an SMS text message
Perform one of the following actions:
• To delete an individual message from the history, highlight the message. Press the
Menu
key. Click
Delete message
.
• To delete all the messages from the history and keep the chat open, when replying to a message, press the
Menu
key. Click
Clear
Chat
.
• To delete all the messages from the history and close the chat, in your list of SMS text messages, highlight a message. Press the
Menu
key. Click
Delete
.
Options for SMS text messages
Change the appearance of SMS text messages
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the
Options
icon.
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