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Messages
Applications
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default Messaging app on your
phone.
Types of Messages
Your default Messaging app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
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, video, and audio 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.
Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Create and Send Messages
This section describes how to create a send a
message using the Messaging app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Messages
>
Compose
.
2. Tap the
Enter recipients
field to manually enter
a recipient or tap
Add Recipient
to select a
recipient from your Contacts. You can also select
the recipient based on Groups, Favorites, or
Logs.
•
If adding a recipient from your Contacts,
tap the contact to place a checkmark then
tap
DONE
. The contact will be placed in the
recipients field.
•
Enter additional recipients by separating each
entry with a semicolon (;) and then using the
previous procedure. More recipients can be
added at any time before the message is sent.
•
If adding a recipient from the Groups tab,
tap a Group, then tap the contacts to place a
checkmark then tap
DONE
. The contacts will
be placed in the recipients field.
3. Tap the
Enter message
field and enter a
message.
4. Tap
Send
.
Note
: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message is automatically saved as a draft.
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