User Guide

Chapter 5 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 81
2 For Conversations view, tap Conversations. For Buddies view, tap
Buddies.
3 In Buddies view, tap to expand a buddy list. Tap a buddy name to
contact that person.
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 Tu rn wi reless se rvi ces 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 you want to use to
send the message 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
and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters P, A, L, M—
which would be 7256.
• Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone
number, or email address. Tap the IM or email address you want to
use to send the message when it appears.
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 Picture. Tap the album containing the picture you
TIP You can set a preference to show all your buddies, whether they are online or
offline, or to hide offline buddies. In Buddies view, open the application menu and
tap Show/Hide Offline Buddies.
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.