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Creating and sending a text message – Palm TX User Manual

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CHAPTER 17

Sending and Receiving Text Messages

Palm

®

T|X Handheld

411

Creating and sending a text message

Many SMS service providers charge per text message or part of a text message.

Each message or part is 160 characters. If you create a text message under 161 characters, you
are charged for one message. If you create a message that is 161 to 320 characters, you may be
charged for two messages, and so forth. A counter appears at the top of the page to indicate the
number of characters. Even though a message has more than 160 characters, the message
appears as one message to the person receiving the message.

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Go to Applications and select SMS

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2

Select New.

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Before You Begin

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Before you can send and
receive text messages,
you must set up a phone
connection
o
n your
handheld to send and
receive information
wirelessly.

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Key Term

SMS

More commonly

known as text messages,
Short Message Service
messages can be
received by most mobile
phones.

IMPORTANT

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Unread
message

Read
message