Motorola 9500 manual Managing Your Messages, How Your Phone Notifies You Messages

Managing Your Messages

How Your Phone Notifies You of

Messages

If your phone is powered on, it notifies you of received messages in the following ways:

•An alert sounds and/or the phone vibrates.

Your phone beeps and/or vibrates three times to inform you of an incoming message. See page 138 to set your phone’s alert.

•The message icon (o) is displayed.

•The message is displayed immediately if the message is a fax or voicemail notification message. The message remains on the display for several seconds.

or

Message Read Now? is displayed if the

message is an alphanumeric, text message of up to 160 characters. For more information see “Read a New Message” on page 128.

How Messages Are Stored

Your phone stores all messages on your SIM card. The total number of messages that you can store depends on your service provider.

If the message indicator is flashing, your SIM card is full. See “Delete Messages” on page 129 to make room for the new message.

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