AT&T User Guide

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SENDING MESSAGES AND EMAILS
SENDING MESSAGES AND EMAILS
SMS and MMS are convenient and inexpensive means
of communication. You can send a text message to
other people via SMS service. MMS allows you to send
messages by including multimedia content such as
pictures, audio les, video les and so on.
You can use the Messaging in your phone to send SMS
and MMS message to other mobile phones or any other
equipment that can receive SMS and MMS.
The MMS feature will be available only if
subscribed from your network operator.
To access the message function, from Home screen or
App screen, select Messaging app ( ).
SENDING SMS/MMS MESSAGE
You can send SMS and MMS messages to contacts
in your phonebook and to new numbers that are not
present in the phonebook.
1. To create a SMS message, from Home screen or
App screen, tap on Messaging app ( ).
2. Tap on New message ( ).
3. Enter the contact name or the phone number
in To eld. On entering an alphabet, contacts
starting and containing the entered alphabet are
displayed. Scroll down to select the required
contact.
4. Enter the message. When you add an attachment,
the message gets automatically converted to a
multimedia message. MMS charges are applied
based on the operator.
5. You can add any multimedia attachment up to
the size of <=1 MB. To add an attachment, tap on
Attach ( ). Select the attachment type from the
options in the next step.
6. Browse to a specic folder and select the
multimedia le to be attached
ATTACHMENT
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
Pictures Attach a picture from the phone
memory.
Capture picture Take a new photo using the mobile
camera and attach.
Videos Attach a video le from the phone
memory.
Capture video Take a new video using the mobile
camera and attach.
Audio Attach an audio le from the phone
memory.
Record audio Record a new audio using the sound
recorder and attach.
Slide show Create new slideshow or edit the
existing slides and attach.
Insert contact
info
Attach a contact available in the
phone.
Contact vCard Attach the contact as a vCard.
Import
Template
Import a message template.
MANAGING MESSAGE SETTINGS
You can customize the way you want to view and lter
the messages. You can also set the default messages
application.
To view and modify the message settings,
1. To edit message settings, from Home screen or App
screen, select Messaging app ( ).
2. Tap on Options ( ) > Settings.
3. View and edit the following settings:
SETTINGS DESCRIPTION
Default
message app
You can set the Messenger as a
default message app.
NOTIFICATIONS
Notications Enable to view Sound and Vibrate
options.
Sound Select the ringtone from the list.
Vibrate Enable vibrate alert for incoming
messages.
DISPLAY