Blackberry 8120 SMS text message basics, About SMS text messages, Find your SMS phone number

SMS text messages

SMS text message basics

About SMS text messages

With an SMS phone number, you can send and receive SMS text messages. An SMS phone number is a phone number that your wireless service provider sets up for SMS text messaging. If you have more than one phone number associated with your BlackBerry® device, your device sends SMS text messages using the first phone number that appears in the drop-down list at the top of the phone screen.

You can send SMS text messages to contacts who have SMS phone numbers. You can also forward SMS text messages as PIN or email messages.

Find your SMS phone number

In the phone, your phone number appears at the top of the screen. If your wireless service provider has set up your BlackBerry® device for SMS text messaging, this number is also your SMS phone number.

If you have more than one phone number associated with your device, the first phone number that appears in the drop-down list at the top of the screen is your SMS phone number.

Open a message

If your BlackBerry® device is associated with more than one email address, you might be able to open messages from the message list for a specific email address.

In a message list, click a message.

If you open an MMS message and the content does not appear, press the Menu key. Click Retrieve.

Send an SMS text message

1.In a message list, press the key.

2.Click Compose SMS.

3.Perform one of the following actions:

•If the contact is not in your address book, click Use Once. Type an SMS phone number (include the country code and area code). Click the trackball.

•If the contact is in your address book, click a contact.

4.Type a message.

5.Click the trackball.

6.Click Send.

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