User's Manual

Chapter 3 : Email and other messages 25
Receive and read email messages
The Email application synchronizes messages anytime you open a mail
folder. It also synchronizes messages on an automatic schedule—the default
interval is every 20 minutes.
Follow these steps to manually retrieve messages.
1 Open Email .
2 If the folders for the account you want are hidden, tap to display
the folders.
3 Tap the folder you want to check messages for. If synchronization
doesn’t start, tap .
How can you tell if sync is happening? Look for the animated circular
movement around the number of messages in the upper-right corner
of the screen.
4 Tap a message to open it.
5 (Optional) Do any of the following:
• To call a number: Tap the number, and tap to call it.
• To send a text message: Tap and hold the number, and tap Te x t .
• To send an email: Tap and hold the email address, and tap Send
Email.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.
6 Tap or in the subject line to view the next newer or older
message.
7 To view messages for another account, make the back gesture to
return to the account list, and tap the account name.
Messaging
Create and send a text or multimedia message
Each text message can have up to 160 characters. You can send a message
of more than 160 characters, but the message may be split into several
messages. If you send a text message to an email address, the email address
is deducted from the 160-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 wi re l ess se r v i ce s 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 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.
• 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 contains letters—for example, (555) 256
PALM. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad
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.