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You can create, edit and receive SMS, MMS with this cellphone.

MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations and sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.

The MMS function can only be used if the service is provided by your operator, and if your contract includes the MMS option and if all the parameters for MMS have been entered (see page 30).

5.1Access

You may access this menu using the following options:

-Access from the main menu by selecting “Messages”.

-Access from the simple menu by selecting “Messages”. (see page 18)

-Select from widget bar, and then enter the sub-menu you require.

5.2Conversational mode and conventional mode

In conversational view mode you can view chat history in chronological order. In conventional view mode you may have access to the following folders: Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Drafts, Voicemail, Broadcast SMS, Empty folder, Templates, Settings, etc. Conversational view mode is set as default. You may switch to conventional mode by selecting “Options\Settings\Conversational mode\On(Off)”. The following instructions are based on conversational mode.

5.3Create message

You can select “Messages\Write msg” from the main menu, or access

from widget to create text/multimedia message. One or more recipients can be added in the list and you can remove a recipient by pressing . Press “Directory” through key to multi-select recipients from Directory.

An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when images, videos, audio, slides or attachments are inserted, Subject, CC/BCC/email address is added; or the message contains more than 8 pages of text.

An SMS message of more than a certain number of characters (the number of characters depends on your language) will be charged as several SMS.An MMS message containing photos and/ or sounds may also be billed as more than one message.

5.4Alerts

5.4.1Setting messages

The storage of provisioning messages.

5.4.2Voicemail

View and edit the voicemail number.

5.4.3Broadcast SMS

Store the received Broadcast SMS.

5.4.4WAP alerts

Store WAP push messages.

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Alcatel 606A manual Messages, Access, Conversational mode and conventional mode, Create message, Alerts