Sony Ericsson K550im - Manual (Page 34)

34 Messaging
Messaging
Text messaging, picture messaging
(iMMS), iMail.
Your phone supports various
messaging services. Please contact
your service provider about the
services you can use, or for more
information, visit
www.sonyericsson.com/support.
Text messaging (SMS)
Text messages can contain simple
pictures, sound effects, animations,
and melodies. You can also create
and use templates for your messages.
Before you start
The number to your service centre is
supplied by your service provider and
is usually set on the SIM card. If not,
you can enter the number yourself.
To set a service centre number
1
Press and select Settings
} Text
message
} Service centre
. If the
service centre number is saved on
the SIM card it is shown.
2
If there is no number shown
} Edit
} New ServiceCentre
and enter the
number, including the international “+”
prefix and country/region code
} Save
.
Sending text messages
For information about entering letters
%
17 Entering letters.
To write and send a text message
1
Press and select Write new
} Text message
.
2
Write your message. (If you want to
save the message for later in
Drafts ,
press
} Save message
.)
3 } Continue } Enter phone no.
to enter
a number, or
} Contacts look-up
to
retrieve a number or a group from
Contacts , or select from last used
recipients
} Send
.
To copy and paste text in a message
1
When writing your message
} More
} Copy & paste
.
2 } Copy all
or
} Mark & copy
and use
the navigation key to scroll and mark
text in your message.
3 } More } Copy & paste } Paste
.
Some language-specific characters use
more space. For some languages you
can deactivate
National chars. to save
space.
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