User's Manual

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Messages
Applications
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Messages
Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the default
Messages app on your phone.
Types of Messages
Your default Messages 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.
Creating and Sending
Messages
This section describes how to create a send a
message using the Messages app.
1. From a Home screen, tap Apps >
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.