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Messages

About Messages

Keep in touch with important people in your life. Use the Messages app to compose and send text (SMS) and picture messages (MMS).

On the Home screen, tap Messages.

On the All messages screen, all your sent and received messages are neatly grouped into conversations, by contact name or phone number. You can:

Scroll up or down the list of conversations by swiping your finger on the screen.

Tap a contact name or number to view the exchange of messages.

Tap the photo or icon to open a menu where you can quickly choose how to communicate with the contact.

You can also view your messages on the Home screen with the Messages widget. If this widget is not there already, you can add it by following the steps in "Adding a widget" in the Personalizing chapter.

Sending a text message (SMS)

If you exceed the limit on the number of characters for a single text message, your text message will be delivered as one but will be billed as more than one message.

1.On the Home screen, tap Messages.

2.On the All messages screen, tap Compose message.

3.Fill in one or more recipients. You can:

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HTC 99HLR002-00 manual About Messages, Sending a text message SMS

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