User's Manual

22 Chapter 3 : Email and other messages
• Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact.
• 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 and
tap the code that appears under Short Code. This is not the same as
dialing a number that is expressed as 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 would be 7256.
4 Tap the To field and repeat step 3 to enter additional recipients.
5 To attach a picture in JPG format to a multimedia message, do one of
the following:
• 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. Tap Attach Photo.
• If you already entered the message text, open the application menu
and tap Add File. Tap the album containing the picture you want
and tap the picture, or tap New Photo and take the picture. Tap
Attach Photo.
6 To attach a video you recorded to a multimedia message, do one of the
following:
• Before entering the message text: Tap , and tap . Tap the
album containing the video and tap the video, or tap New Video. If
you tap New Video, tap to start recording, tap to stop, and
then tap the new video’s date. If a video is above the maximum size
allowed for sending by multimedia message you can trim the video
to an appropriate size.
• After entering the message text: Open the application menu, tap
Add File, and tap . Tap the album containing the video and tap
the video, or tap New Video. If you tap New Video, tap to start
recording, tap to stop, and then tap the new video’s date. If a
video is above the maximum size allowed for sending by multimedia
message you can trim the video to an appropriate size.
7 Enter the message text and tap .
Receive and view text and multimedia messages
You can view pictures, videos, and animated GIFs, and listen to music files
included in a multimedia message. You can save pictures in JPG format to
your phone for viewing in the Photos application. Animated GIF files appear
as JPG files in the Messaging app.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap a conversation to view messages.
3 If Download MMS is displayed, tap it to view the attached file.
4 To view an attached file in a multimedia message: Tap a music, video,
or vCard file name. (Attached pictures are displayed within the
message.) Tap Copy Photo to save an attached JPG picture.
5 (Optional) Do any of the following:
• To call a number: Tap the number, and tap .
• To send a text message: Tap and hold the number, and tap Te xt .
• To send an email: Tap the email address.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.
Set up an instant messaging (IM) account
Your phone supports Instant Messaging through popular online IM services,
such as GoogleTalk and AIM. If you already have an IM account, you can
sign in through the Messaging app or through the Accounts app. If your
service provider takes advantage of the Synergy feature and you have
already signed in to your account in Email, Calendar, or Contacts, the IM
account should already be setup for you.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Do one of the following:
• The first time you open Messaging: Tap Add An Account.