User guide

MESSAGING
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Your Vertu phone provides extensive messaging functionality to
allow you to send and receive messages of many types, where
supported by your service provider.
Text messages
Text messages (also known as SMS) are basic messages
containing only text, of up to 160 characters. This is the most
common form of messaging, is compatible with the widest range of
phones and is available in most countries.
Flash messages
Flash messages are text messages that are instantly displayed upon
receipt. Flash messages are not automatically saved.
Multimedia messages
Multimedia messages (also known as MMS) allow pictures, videos
and audio files to be sent in addition to text. MMS is supported by
most modern phones however the recipient must have a correctly
configured phone to be able to receive the message.
Audio messages
You can use the multimedia message service to create and send an
audio message. Multimedia messaging service must be activated
before you can use audio messages.
E-mail messages
E-mail messages can be sent to and received from other devices,
for example PCs. E-mail messages can be received by some mobile
phones, provided the recipient has a correctly configured phone.
Voice messages
Voice messages are stored by your network operator. If your
network operator provides a voice message service, people calling
you may have the option to record a message for you if your Vertu
phone is turned off, or if you do not answer your phone.
Text entry
You can enter text using traditional or predictive text input. When
using traditional text input, press the
NUMBER keys repeatedly until
the desired character appears. In predictive text input you can enter
a letter with a single keypress.
When you enter text, the icon will appear at the top of the
display if predictive text input is turned on (see “Predictive text
input” on page 23). If traditional text input is enabled the
icon will
be displayed.
One of the following icons will appear next to the text input icon to
signify which character case is enabled:
Indicates upper case is used in editing
Indicates mixed case is used in editing
Indicates lower case is used in editing
To scroll through the character case options, press the # key
repeatedly.
To change between letter mode and number mode, press and hold
the # key and select the appropriate mode.
Traditional text input
Press a
NUMBER key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character
appears. Not all characters available under a number key are printed
on the key. The characters available depend on the selected writing
language. See “Language settings” on page 40.
If the next letter you want is located on the same key as the present
one, wait until the cursor appears, or briefly press any of the
navigation keys and enter the letter.
The most common punctuation marks and special characters are
available under the 1 key. For more characters, press * .
Predictive text input
To turn predictive text on or to revert to traditional text input:
1. With the cursor in the
Message: field, press Options.
2. Select
Prediction settings » Prediction.
3. Select
On for predictive text or select Off to turn predictive text off.
To select the prediction type:
1. With the cursor in the Message: field, press Options.
2. Select
Prediction settings » Prediction type.
3. Scroll to one of the following options and then press Select:
Normal causes your Vertu phone to predict the word you require,
based on the characters that you have entered prior to a space
Word suggestions causes your Vertu phone to predict the word
you require and complete the word, based on the characters you
have entered so far.
Using predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to write text quickly using the phone
NUMBER keys and a built-in dictionary.
Start writing a word using the
NUMBER keys. Although the key has a
number of letters associated with it, press each key only once for
one letter. The phone displays * or the letter if it separately has a
meaning as a word. The entered letters are displayed underlined.
If you selected
Word suggestions as prediction type, your Vertu
phone starts to predict the word you are writing. After you enter a
few letters, and if these entered letters are not a word, the phone
tries to predict longer words. Only the entered letters are displayed
underlined.
To insert a special character, press and hold * , or press
Options »
Insert symbol. Scroll to a character, and press Use.
To quickly set predictive text input to On or Off when writing
text, press and hold Options or press and hold # and select
Prediction on or Prediction off.