Motorola i870 Reading from the Message Center, Creating and Sending Messages, Text Messaging

Text Messaging

If your phone is powered off when you receive a text message, your phone notifies you the next time you power it on. If you are out of your coverage area, your phone alerts you when you return to your coverage area.

Tip: While reading a text and numeric message that contains a phone number, you can press s to call that number.

Reading from the Message Center

1From the main menu, select Messages > Text Inbox.

2Select the message you want to read. -or-

Press the number of the message you want to read.

3If the message fills more than one screen, scroll to read it.

Tip: Scrolling through one message lets you view the next message.

4To save the message, press O. -or-

To reply to the message, press A under Reply.

-or-

To see all other choices, including forwarding and deleting the message, calling the sender, or

storing the sender’s number in Contacts, press

m.

Creating and Sending

Messages

1From the main menu, select Messages > [Create Message]. -or-

Select [Create Message] from Text Inbox, Text Outbox, or Drafts. -or-

Highlight Quick Notes and press A under Create.

Tip: This option is available from many context-sensitive menus in the message center.

2To address the message:

Use the keypad to enter the phone number of the person you want to send the message to.

-or-

Press A under Browse. Select Contacts, Recent Calls, or Memo. Select the number you want to enter.

When you are finished, press O.

3Enter the text of the message. -or-

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