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SMS and Two-WayMessages

SMS Messages

ShortMessage Service(SMS) messages are short
textmessages, also calledtext and numeric
messages. You can send SMS mes sages through
anyemail account o r on www.nextel.com.
Yourphone receives SMS messagessent to its
SMSaddress, but does not send SMS messages.
Yourphone's SMS addressis your
PTN@page.nextel.com.
Ifyour phone is poweredoff when you receive a
message,your phone notifiesyou the next time
youpower it on. If you are out of your coverage
area,your phone alertsyou when you return to
yourcoverage area.
Yourphone attemptsto deliver thesemessages for
upto 7 days.

Receiving a Message

Whenyou receive a text andnumeric message,
New Text Message appears o n the display.
Toview the message:
1PressAunder Read.
2Ifthemessagefillsmorethanonescreen,scroll
torea d it.
3Tokeep the messa ge, press Aunder Save.-or-
Tode lete the message, scroll to the en d of the
messageand press Aunder Delete.
Tod ismiss the message notification:
PressAunder Back.Thisiconwappearson
thed isplay, reminding you that you ha ve a new
message.

Reading from the Message Center

1Fromthe main menu, select Messages> SMS.
2Scrollto the message you want to read.
3PressAunder Read.
4Ifthemessagefillsmorethanonescreen,scroll
torea d it.
5Tokeep the messa ge, press Aunder Save.-or-
Tode lete the message, scroll to the en d of the
messageand press Aunder Delete.