Telus User Guide

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SENDING MESSAGES
SENDING MESSAGES
SMS and MMS are convenient and inexpensive means
of communication. You can send a text message to other
people via SMS service. MMS allows you to send messages
by including multimedia content such as pictures, audio les,
video les, and so on.
You can use the Messaging in your phone to send an SMS
and MMS message to other mobile phones or any other
equipment that can receive SMS and MMS.
The MMS feature is available only if you
subscribe it from your network operator.
To access the message function, from Home screen, select
Messaging ( ).
SENDING SMS/MMS MESSAGE
You can send SMS and MMS messages to contacts in your
phonebook and to new numbers that are not present in the
phonebook.
1. To create a SMS message, from Home screen, select
Messaging ( ).
2. Select Option key > New message.
3. Enter the contact name or the phone number in the
To eld.
If you enter an alphabet, all the contact names
starting with that alphabet and containing that
alphabet are displayed as a list. Scroll down to select
the contact.
4. Enter the message.
When you add an attachment, the message is
automatically converted to a multimedia message.
MMS charges will apply, based on the operator. You
can add any multimedia attachment up to the size of
<= 2 MB.
On a new message screen, select Options key and
the following options are displayed:
• Add Contact: You can select the contact from the
phonebook.
• Attach photos/videos: Select a photo or video from
the Gallery.
• Attach other: You can select any of the following
attachments to send a message.
ATTACHMENT
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
Capture picture Take a new photo using the
mobile camera and attach.
Capture video Take a new video using the
camcorder and attach.
Audio Attach an audio le from the
phone memory.
Record audio Record a new audio using the
sound recorder and attach.
vCard Attach a contact available in the
phone.
vCalendar Attach a calendar event.
• Insert from templates: You can insert an
attachment the from the template.
• Insert contact: You can insert a contact from the
phonebook.
• Discard: Select Discard to delete the message.
The message thread is deleted after conrmation.
SEARCH
To search a particular message, on a new message
window, select Options key > Search. Enter the key
word to search a particular message.
MESSAGE SETTINGS
1. From Home screen, select Messaging ( ).
2. Select Option key > Setting. The following
settings are displayed:
SETTINGS DESCRIPTION
NOTIFICATION
Vibrate Enable vibrate alert for incoming
messages.
DISPLAY
Group
notication
message
Enable this notication message to
auto combine the notication into
one group.
STORAGE
Delete old
messages
Delete old messages automatically
when the storage limit is reached.