CHAPTER 19
Sending and Receiving Text and Multimedia Messages
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Creating and sending messages
Messages has many of the features that a full e-mail application has, such as text message and
multimedia message creation. You can quickly create a message by entering text, common
phrases, emoticons, and images. Creating messages on your handheld is much easier and more
creative than using your mobile phone.
Creating and sending a text message
Many SMS service providers charge per text message or part of a text message.
Each message or part is 160 characters. If you create a text message under 161 characters, you are
charged for one message. If you create a message that is 161 to 320 characters, you may be
charged for two messages, and so forth. A counter appears at the top of the page to indicate the
number of characters and messages. Even though a message has more than 160 characters, the
message appears as one message to the person receiving the message.
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Go to the Home
screen and select Messages
.
2
Open a blank text message:
a. Select New
b. Select Text Message.
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Before You Begin
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You must
set up a phone
connection
on your
handheld to send and
receive information
wirelessly.
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Key Term
SMS
Acronym for Short
Message Service. More
commonly known as text
messages, SMS
messages can be
received by most mobile
phones.
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Key Term
emoticon
A
representation of a facial
expression, such as a
smile :-) or frown :-(,
created by a sequence of
characters.
IMPORTANT
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