Alcatel ONE TOUCH Fierce 2 - Manual (Page 24)

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Messaging, Email ........................................
4.1 Messaging ......................................................................................
You can create, edit and receive SMS and MMS messages with this phone.
To access this feature, touch Application icon from the Home screen, then select Messaging.
All messages you receive or send out can be saved in phone memory or SIM card. To view
messages stored in SIM card, touch Menu icon from Messaging screen, then touch Settings\
Manage SIM card messages.
4.1.1 Write message
In message screen, touch the new message icon to write text/multimedia messages.
Touch to create a new message.
Touch to search in all messages.
Touch to view the whole message thread.
Touch to access additional options.
To communicate with a saved contact, touch contact photo to open Quick Contact panel.
For unsaved contacts, touch default photo to add the number to your Contacts.
Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch to add recipients, touch
Type message bar to enter text message. When finished, touch to send the text message.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several SMS. When the total number
of characters you have entered is approaching the 160-character limit, a counter will appear on the
lower right corner below Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters are allowed
to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may cause multiple SMS to be
sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and sounds to other compatible
mobiles and e-mail addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image, video, audio, slides, etc.) are
attached or subject or email addresses are added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the To bar, touch Type message
bar to enter the text of the message. Touch Menu icon to open the option menu, touch Add subject
to insert a subject, and touch
to attach picture, video, audio or file.
When finished, touch to send the multimedia message.