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Section 7: messages, Types of messages, Creating and sending messages – Samsung SGH-T589HBBTMB User Manual

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Section 7: Messages

This section describes how to send or receive different types of
messages. It also explains the features and functionality
associated with messaging.

Types of Messages

Your phone provides the following message types:

Text Messages

Multimedia (Picture, Video, and Audio) Messages

Audio Postcards

IM Messages

Email and Gmail Messages

Google Talk

Message Icons on the Status Bar

Icons are displayed on the Status Bar at the top of the display
when new messages are received. For more information, refer to
“Status Bar” on page 22.

Creating and Sending Messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send and receive text
messages to and from other mobile phones or email addresses.
To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s message service.

The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you send and
receive multimedia messages (such as picture, video, and audio
messages) to and from other mobile phones or email addresses.
To use this feature, you may need to subscribe to your service
provider’s multimedia message service.

Important!: When creating a message, adding an image, a sound file, or a

video clip to a text message changes the message from a text
message to a multimedia message.

Messaging icons are displayed at the top of the screen and
indicate when messages are received and their type. For more
information, refer to “Indicator Icons” on page 22.

1.

From the Home screen, tap

(Messaging)

New

message.

2.

Tap on the To field to manually enter a recipient or select

one of the following:

• Recent: to select a recipient from a list of recently sent messages.

• Contacts: to select a recipient from your Contacts list (valid entries

must have a wireless phone number or email address).

• Group: to select a recipient from the Group list.

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