User's Manual

144 Messaging
SMS
About SMS
The Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to exchange text message with other
phones. For details on SMS, contact your service provider.
Creating & Sending an SMS Message
1. In standby mode, press ( ), select Create Message and press
(Select).
2. Select SMS and press (Select).
The Create Message screen appears.
3. Enter a message and press .
The maximum number of characters for one SMS message is 160. If you enter
more than 160 characters, the message is split into linking SMS messages when it
is sent. Up to ten linking SMS messages can be sent at one time (equivalent to
1530 characters).
4. Select From Contacts or Enter Recipient and press (Select).
◆ From Contacts: Allows you to specify a phone number from the Contacts list
(page 74).
◆ Enter Recipient: Allows you directly enter a phone number. You can enter up to
20 digits.
5. Specify a phone number and press .
The Recipient list appears.
Tip
Any message that could not be sent
is saved to Unsent Messages (page
156).