Nokia 7710 manual Text messages, Sending text messages, General

Text messages

The Short Message Service (SMS) enables you to send and receive text messages over the digital wireless network.

Sending text messages

1Tap New text message in the main view of the Messaging application.

2Write the phone number in the To: field. Add a

semicolon (;) to separate each recipient.

If the recipient is in your Contacts, tap . Select the recipient from the list, the phone number you want to use, and tap Add. Tap Done when you have selected all recipients. You can also select a contact group as a recipient.

3Write the message and tap Send. Note that a text message can only contain unformatted, plain text.

Tip: When sending a text message that contains special or accented characters, note that not necessarily all phones support special characters.

Your smartphone supports the sending of text messages beyond the normal 160-character limit. If your message exceeds 160 characters, it will be sent as a series of two or more messages.

Character counter at the bottom of the text message window shows the number of characters used in the message in real time. If the number of characters exceeds 160 characters, then also the number of messages required to transmit the message is displayed.

If there are special characters in your message, the indicator may not show the message length correctly. Non-Latin characters in some language areas or special (Unicode) characters such as ë, â, á, ì takes up more space.

Note also that sending a message in several parts or to a contact group may be more expensive than sending just one message.

To delete all sent messages automatically, open the

Sent folder, press , and select Tools > Delete sent messages. Define the the maximum number of messages allowed in Inbox or the number of days after which the messages are deleted.

To specify sending options for the current message, tap Sending options. Note that any changes you make in this dialog affect only the current message you are about to send. Define the following:

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Message centre in use: - Select which message centre is used for delivering text messages.

Receive report: (network service) - If you select this, you can view the status of the sent message in the Log application. If you do not select this check box, only the status Sent is shown in Log.

Send message: - Define when you want the message to be sent. The option On request means that the message is saved in Outbox when you tap Send. The message is sent when you select the message in Outbox and tap Send.

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