Writing and sending text
messages
Within the Messages menu you can write and send text messages
or save your own messages in the Outbox folder for later use.
Note: Before sending a text message, make sure that the
phone number of your message centre number is stored in
the phone (see "Message settings" on page 54). Contact your
service provider for the message centre number.
Writing and sending a text message
1 Press Menu, then press Write.
You can also start writing a message once you are in the Mes-
sages menu, by first pressing Options, then rolling to Write
Message and then pressing Navi Roller.
2 Key in your message of up to 160 characters.
For writing text messages you can use the traditional text input
indicated by
or the predictive text input indicated by
For details, see "Writing text" on page 33.
Tip: If you want to use one of the standard templates,
press Options, roll to Insert Template and press
Navi Roller. Then roll to the template you want to use and
press Navi Roller.
3 To send the message, press Options, roll to Send and press
OK. Then enter the phone number (or recall it from the phone
book) and press OK to send the message.
The sent message is stored in the Outbox folder.
The option list includes options for sending, saving, erasing the mes-
sage you are writing.
For sending the message, for example to a fax or an email address,
see "Special sending options" on page 52.
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