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56 Using Your Dell Venue Smartphone
Messaging
To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS)
messages, touch the Launcher button Messaging . The
Messaging screen opens with a list of messages or message threads
representing all the received, sent, and draft messages.
NOTE: For information about the message thread, see "Receiving text
and multimedia messages" on page 61.
To compose and send a text message
1 On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The
compose screen opens.
2 In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact
name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact
name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear
below the To field. Touch a matched contact to enter the
contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone
number.
NOTE: Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you want to send
the message to multiple recipients. You need to enter ";" for a second
number.
NOTE: To add a subject line to the message by touching
the Menu button Add subject.
NOTE: When adding a subject, the message automatically changes to
MMS format.
3 Touch the Type to compose text field to start composing your
message.
4 Touch the Send button to send the text message.
5 To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging,
you can continue to compose and send messages to the same
recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you
and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.
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