HTC RHOD500 Mms, Placing a call to the sender of a text message, Changing the message list layout

78  Exchanging Messages

To reply to a text message

At the bottom of the screen, type your reply message and then tap Send.

To delete a message in the thread

1.In the SMS / MMS Inbox, tap a message thread to open it.

2.Tap the up or down navigation key at the bottom of the on-screen keyboard to select a message in the thread.

3.Tap Menu > Delete.

To delete all messages in a thread

In the SMS / MMS Inbox, tap and hold a message thread, and then tap Delete.

Placing a call to the sender of a text message

While reading a text message, you can directly call the sender by pressing the TALK/SEND button. See “Making a call from a text message” in Chapter 2 for details.

Changing the message list layout

By default, the Text Messaging inbox is in Threaded mode. When text messages are threaded, there are certain functions that cannot be used, such as marking messages as unread, forwarding, and moving text messages to other mailbox folders.

You can change the Text Messaging inbox to Classic mode so that each text message will be individually stored in the inbox and you can use the above-mentioned functions with your text messages.

To change the Text Messaging inbox to Classic mode:

1.Tap Start > Settings, and then tap All Settings.

2.Tap System tab > Text Messaging.

3.In Text messaging layout, select Classic.

4.Restart your phone.

6.3  MMS

Sending multimedia messages (MMS) to your friends and family is fun and easy. You can include pictures, text, and audio clips in a Picture message, and you can include MMS video and text in a Video message.

Notes • Multimedia messaging is a charged service and has to be provisioned on your mobile phone account. Contact Verizon to have MMS provisioned as part of your calling plan.

•Make sure the size of MMS messages that you send is within the limits allowed by Verizon.

To configure MMS message settings

1.Tap Start > All Applications > Messaging > SMS / MMS.

2.Tap Menu > MMS Options. The Settings screen then appears.

3.In the Preferences tab, choose from the available options according to your needs.

4.Tap OK.

Creating and sending MMS messages

You can compose MMS messages in a combination of slides, where each slide can consist of a photo, video or audio clip, and/or text.

To compose an MMS message

1.Tap Start > All Applications > Messaging > SMS / MMS.

2.In the SMS / MMS Inbox, do one of the following:

•Tap Menu > New > Video Message to create an MMS message containing video and text.

•Tap Menu > New > Picture Message to create an MMS message containing images, audio, and text.