Nokia 8290 - Manual (Page 89)

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2 Enter a message of up to 160 characters.
The number of available characters appears in the top right corner of
the screen.
3 Once you have finished writing, press Options, scroll to Send, then
press OK.
4 Enter or recall the recipient’s phone number, then press OK.
Sending message appears.
When the message is successfully sent, Message sent appears.
Note: If you need to exit while writing the message, press
anytime. Later, press Menu 1 3 to return and finish writing the
message. If you turn off the phone without saving the message,
the message will be lost.
• Resend a message from the outbox
Messages in the outbox have one of two icons in front of them. The
icon in front of a message heading shows that you have attempted to
send the message to the text message center. The
icon shows that you
have not yet tried to send the message.
1 Scroll to the message, then press Read.
2 Press Options.
3 Scroll to Forward and press OK.
4 Press Options.
Send appears already highlighted.
5 Press OK.
6 Enter the number and press OK to send the message.