Service Features

Section 3A. Service Features: The Basics 149

Accessing the Message Center

䊳Press M > Messages.

Message Center Options

After accessing the message center, select the option
you want:
䢇[Create Mesg] — begin creating an MMS message.
䢇Voice Mail — access voicemail messages you have
received.
䢇Inbox — access MMS messages you have received.
䢇Drafts — access MMS messages you have created
and saved but not sent.
䢇Sent Items — access MMS messages you have
created and sent.
䢇Net Alert — access over-the-air alerts that you receive
from Nextel.
䢇SMS — access text (SMS) messages you have
received. (Most traditional phone-to-phone text
messages will arrive as MMS messages and will be
found in the Inbox.)
Receiving Messages
When you receive a voicemail message, Multimedia
Messaging Service (MMS) message, text message
(SMS), or Net alert, you have two ways to access the
message:
䢇Respond to the message notification that appears
when the message is received.
䢇Dismiss the message notification and access the
message later through the message center.

Message Notifications

When you receive a message, your phone notifies you
with text on the display, the message LED on the front
of the phone, and a notification tone or vibration. You
can access the message or dismiss the notification.
䊳To dismiss the message notification with the phone
closed, press ( on the top of the phone.
– or –
To dismiss the message notification if the phone is
open, press r or Back (right softkey).