Multimedia messages consist of text and pictures or videos. You can include pictures in JPG format and videos that you record on your smartphone.

DID YOU KNOW? You can send and receive text messages even while you are on a phone call. This is easiest when using a hands-free headset or the speaker.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

•Before you use your smartphone to send or receive multimedia messages, refer to your service plan for pricing and availability of multimedia messaging services.

•Make sure that the phone is on and that you’re inside a coverage area (see Turn wireless services on).

TIP You can also use Just Type to write a text message from Card view or the Launcher. Start typing a message and scroll down the list of search options. Under Quick Actions, tap More, and then tap New Message. The Messaging application opens at a new message, with the text you entered in the body of the message.

1Open Messaging .

2The first time you open Messaging, tap Done to send a text or multimedia message. Thereafter, skip to step 3.

3Tap . The cursor is in the To field. Do one of the following to address the message:

•Enter a contact’s first or last name or initials, screen name, phone number, or email address. When you enter a contact name, favorites appear at the top of the search results (see Create a favorite). Tap the phone number, IM account name, or email address you want to use to send the message when it appears.

•Tap to open your full contact list. Tap the contact you want or enter a name or address to narrow the list.

•Enter a phone number for a recipient who is not a contact.

•Do you need to enter a short code that contains letters—for example, to text a vote to a TV poll or to make a donation to a charity? Use the keyboard to enter it; just press the letter keys and tap the code that appears under Short Code. This is not the same as dialing a number that is expressed as letters—for example, (555) 256 TALK. To dial a number like this, you must use the onscreen dial pad and tap the numbers that correspond to the letters T,A,L,K— which would be 8255.

4(Optional) Tap the To field and repeat step 3 to enter additional recipients.

5To attach a picture in JPG format to a multimedia message, do one of the following:

•Before entering the message text: Tap . Tap the album containing the picture you want and tap the picture, or tap New Photo and take a picture. Tap Attach Photo.

•After entering the message text: Open the application menu and tap Add File. Follow the instructions given above.

6To attach a video you recorded to a multimedia message, do one of the following:

•Before entering the message text: Tap , and tap . Tap the album containing the video and tap the video, or tap New Video. If

you tap New Video, tap to start recording, tap to stop, and then tap the new video’s date. If a video is above the maximum size allowed for sending by multimedia message, you can trim the video to an appropriate size (see Edit videos you recorded).

•After entering the message text: Open the application menu, tap

Attach File, and tap . Tap the album containing the video and tap the video, or tap New Video. Follow the instructions given above.

7Enter the message text and tap .

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