User's Manual

NOTE: You cannot delete your text and MMS message account, Outlook E-mail account, and
Windows Live account.
Text messaging
Text messaging is the transmission of short text messages to and from a mobile phone. A single text
message cannot be longer than 160 alphanumeric characters.
NOTE: The number of characters supported depends on your service provider.
You might incur extra costs when sending text messages, depending on your service provider.
The text messages you reply to or forward are clubbed together with the original message.
Messages longer than 160 alphanumeric characters are sent as multiple text messages. A character
count is visible when text messages (New/Reply/Forward) are composed. The count also shows how
many text messages are generated when the message is sent.
Your service provider provides the Text Message Service Center phone number. Text messaging should
function correctly after you activate your account. To verify the number that is being used, or to change
the Text Message Service Center phone number, press
(Answer/Send) key > Menu > Options…
> Services > Voice mail and Text Messages > Get Settings…
To send a text message to a contact:
1. Tap Start > Messaging > SMS/MMS.
2. Tap Menu > New > SMS.
3. Enter the phone numbers of one or more recipients, separating them with a semicolon. To access
phone numbers from Contacts, tap To and select the contact.
4. Enter your message. To quickly add common messages, tap Menu > My Text and tap the required
message.
5. To check the spelling, tap Menu > Spell Check.
6. Tap Send.
If you are sending a text message and want to know if it was received, before sending the message,
tap Menu > Message Options… Select the Request message delivery notification check box.
MMS
MMS is a method of transmitting photographs, video clips, sound files, and short text messages over
wireless networks.
NOTE: You might incur extra costs when sending MMS, depending on your service provider.
Composer MMS
With MMS composer, you can create and share your own MMS messages. You can also add pictures,
videos, text, and audio to your MMS messages.
To access the MMS program, tap Start > Messaging > SMS/MMS.
To create an MMS message:
1. Tap Menu > New > MMS.
2. To add picture or video to the message, tap the Insert picture/video field and tap the required
picture or video to be added.
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