Specifications

MESSAGES
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Message settings
When you write or reply to a text message, your Vertu phone uses a
sending profile that defines how the phone will handle the message
sending interaction with your service provider. For most service
providers you will not need to modify these settings as the necessary
information will be obtained from your SIM card automatically.
Depending on your SIM card, you may be able to store more than one
set of message profiles.
To edit the message settings:
1. From the stand-by display, press
Menu » Messages »
Message settings » Text messages.
2. Scroll to one of the options and then press
Select:
Delivery reports requests that the network sends you delivery
reports for your messages. These are stored in
Messages »
Delivery reports
Message centres
enables you to examine, modify and add the
details of the message centre(s), used for sending text messages. You
should obtain this number from your service provider
Msg. centre in use enables you to select which message centre
should be used by your Vertu phone to send text messages
Message validity enables you to define how long the network
attempts to send your messages before it gives up
Messages sent via enables you to select the message type as
Text, Paging or Fax. Your service provider may have limited
support for different message types
Use packet data determines whether or not GPRS is the
preferred SMS bearer (see “Packet data settings” on page 44)
Character support and then select Full ensures all characters
are sent as viewed or select
Reduced where characters with marks
for example accents may be converted to other characters
Rep. via same centre allows the recipient of your message to
send you a reply using your message centre (network service).
Message overwrite
When the message memory is full, your Vertu phone cannot send or
receive
any new messages. To avoid this, you can set your phone to
automatically replace the oldest messages in the Sent items folder
when new ones arrive or are sent.
To enable automatic overwrite in Sent items:
1. From the stand-by display, press
Menu » Messages »
Message settings » General settings » Save sent
messages » Yes.
2. From the
General settings menu, press Overwrite sent
items » Allowed.
Writing and sending text messages
A flashing icon on the stand-by display indicates that the
message memory is full. Before you can receive or send any
more text messages you must erase some of your existing text
messages or move them to a personal folder.
The Create message option allows you to write and send text
messages.
To write a new message:
1. From the stand-by display, press
Menu » Messages » Create
message
.
2. Use the NUMBER keys
to enter the recipient’s phone number in the
To: field.
3. Alternatively, to retrieve a phone number from Contacts select
Add
followed by:
Press
<Favourite> to define easily available message recipients
or groups when sending messages
Press
Recently used to send a message to a recently used
number
Press
Call register to access contacts from the Call log
Press
Contacts to send a message to number in your Contacts list
Press
Contact groups to send a message to multiple recipients
saved as a group in your Contacts list. See “Groups” on page 35.
This operation can be repeated to add a number of recipients for
the text message.
4. Scroll down and use the NUMBER keys to write the message in the
Text: field.
5. While composing your message press
Options to display the
following options:
Send sends the message immediately
Insert to add multimedia content
Add recipient to add another contact to the To, Cc or Bcc fields
Add subject to add Subject: line to the message
Clear field deletes the text that has been entered into the
message field
Insert contact detail selects a name from your Contacts list
and insert it into the message body
Insert symbol displays all the available symbols you can use in
the message
Writing language selects one of the alternative languages
stored on your Vertu phone to compose your message
Prediction options configures predictive text entry see
“Predictive text input” on page 21 for more information about
Predictive text
Change msg. type enables you to change the type of message
being created to
Message, E-mail message, Flash
message
or Audio message
Change to multim.
to change text message to multimedia
message
Save message saves the message in your Saved messages
folder