Operation Manual

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Sending SMS (text messages)
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Version 4, 16.09.2005
Sending SMS
(text messages)
Your phone is delivered ready to send SMS
messages immediately.
Prerequisites:
u Calling Line Identification
(CLIP
¢ page 28) is enabled for
your phone connection.
u Your network provider supports the SMS
service (information on this is available
from your network provider).
u To receive SMS messages, you must be
registered with your SMS service pro-
vider. This happens automatically when
you send the first SMS via the provider's
service centre.
Writing/sending SMS
Writing an SMS
v ¢
Ë
Messaging ¢SMS
New SMS Select and press §OK§.
~ Write SMS.
Sending an SMS
§Options§ Press the display key.
Send Select and press §OK§.
SMS Select and press §OK§.
~ / s Select number with area code
(even if you are in that area)
from the directory or enter
directly. For sending SMS mes-
sages to an SMS mailbox: add
the mailbox ID to the end of the
number.
§Send§ Press the display key. The SMS is
sent.
Draft list
You can save an SMS in the draft list and edit
and send it later.
Saving an SMS in the draft list
¤ You are writing an SMS (¢ page 49).
§Options§ Press the display key.
Save Select and press §OK§.
After saving, the SMS editor will be displayed
again with your SMS. You can continue writ-
ing the text and save it again. The SMS that
was saved previously will be overwritten.
Please note
u For instructions on entering text and
special characters, please see
page 104.
u An SMS can be up to 612 characters.
If there are more than 160 characters,
the SMS is sent as a linked SMS (up to
4 SMS messages with 153 characters
each). The top right of the display
shows how many characters are
still available and the number in
brackets shows which part of a linked
SMS is currently being written.
Example 447 (2).
u Please note that linking SMS mes-
sages usually incurs higher charges.
Please note
u If you are interrupted by an external
call while writing an SMS, the text is
automatically saved in the draft list.
u If the memory is full, or if the SMS
function is being used by a handset,
the operation is cancelled. An appro-
priate message appears in the display.
Delete SMS messages you no longer
require or send the SMS later.