Palm Pre P100EWW - Manual (Page 77)

Chapter 5 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 77
1 Open Messaging .
2 For Conversations view, tap Conversations . For Buddies view, tap
Buddies .
3 In Buddies view, tap to expand a buddy list. Tap a buddy name to
contact that person.
Create and send a text or multimedia message
Each text message can have up to 140 characters. If you send a text message
to an email address, the email address is deducted from the 140-character
count.
Multimedia messages consist of both text and pictures. You can include
pictures in JPG format.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that your phone is on and that you’re
inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services on ).
1 Open Messaging .
2 The first time you open Messaging, tap Done to send a text or
multimedia message. Thereafter, skip to step 3.
3 Tap . The cursor is in the To field. Do one of the following to
address the message:
• Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone
number, or email address. Tap the phone number, IM, or email
address you want to use to send the message when it appears.
• Tap to open your full contact list. Tap the contact you want or
enter a name or address to narrow the list.
• Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact.
4 Tap the To field and repeat step 3 to enter additional recipients.
5 Do one of the following to attach a picture in JPG format to a
multimedia message:
• If you did not yet enter the message text: Tap . Tap the album
containing the picture you want. Tap the picture, or tap New Photo
and take the picture.
DID YOU KNOW ? You can send and receive text messages even while you are
on a phone call. This is easiest when using a hands-free headset or the speaker.
TIP If you want to set up an instant messaging (IM) account the first time you
open Messaging, tap Add An Account and see Set up an instant messaging (IM)
account for instructions.
TIP Do you need to enter a short code that contains letters, for example, to text a
vote to a TV poll or to make a donation to a charity? Use the keyboard to enter it;
just press the letter keys. For example, if the code is “win01,” press
W to enter w, I
to enter i, and so on. No need to figure out the numbers that correspond to the
letters. This is not the same as dialing a number that contains letters, for example,
(555) 256 PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad and
tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M, which are 7256.