HTC PDA Phone Messaging, Text Messages, To select a messaging account, Exchanging Messages

62Exchanging Messages

7.1Messaging

Messaging is where your text messages and your e-mail accounts are located. When you receive

new messages, you can open them from the Today New messages screen. Simply tap the type of message that you

want to open.

To select a messaging account

•Tap Start > Messaging. The Account Picker screen then appears where you can select an account; or

•While you are in a message list of a certain account, for example Text Messages, tap Menu > Go To to switch to other types of messaging accounts.

To configure message account settings

•Tap Menu > Options on the Account Picker screen; or

•Tap Menu > Tools > Options while you’re in a message list.

7.2Text Messages

Send short text messages up to 160 characters long to other mobile phones. For quicker and easier typing, use the sliding keyboard to enter your message.

To compose and send a message

1.Tap Start > Messaging.

2.On the Account Picker screen, tap Text Messages.

3.Tap Menu > New.

4.Enter the mobile phone number of one or more

recipients, separating them with a semicolon. To access phone numbers from Contacts, tap To.

5.Enter your message. To quickly add common messages, tap Menu > My Text and tap a desired message.

6.To check the spelling, tap Menu > Spell Check.

7.Tap Send.

Tips • To enter symbols, tap Shift using the on-screen keyboard. To access more symbols, use the Symbol Pad. See Chapter 2 for details.

•If you want to be notified when your text message is received by the recipient, before sending your text message, tap Menu > Message Options then select the Request message delivery notification check box.

To always receive a notification, tap Menu > Tools > Options in the text message list, tap Text Messages, then select the Request delivery notifications check box.