M e s s a g i n g

Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringing tones, and other content from being copied, modified, transferred or forwarded.

Before you can send and receive multimedia messages on your device, you must have your multimedia message settings defined correctly. Contact your service provider for the correct settings. See "Multimedia message account settings{No generated text before found for '#comma'}" p.32.

To create a multimedia message, press Write message, scroll to Multimedia message, and press OK. Press Recipient to select the recipients of the message, or enter the recipients' GSM phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the To: field. If you enter more than one number, separate the numbers with a semicolon or by pressing the Enter key after each number. Enter a subject, and create the message. After the message is ready, press Send.

Tip: You can also create multimedia messages directly from several applications, such as Images and File manager.

To add multimedia objects to a message, press Insert. You can insert images, sound clips, and video clips, and create page breaks in your message. Select the type of multimedia object you want to add, and press Insert.

Tip: A multimedia message may contain several pages. If the cursor is in the To:, Cc:, or Subject: field when you add a page, the new page becomes the first page of the message. Otherwise, the new page is added after the page where the cursor is. Each page can contain only one video or one sound clip.

To add special effects to images in multimedia messages, press Menu, and select Options > Transition settings.... You can specify the length of time an image is displayed and the style in which a new object is opened. You have to be in advanced editing mode. To preview a multimedia message before sending it, press Menu, and select View > Preview.

To delete a multimedia object, select the object you want to delete, press Menu, and select Edit > Delete and the appropriate menu option.

To delete a page, scroll to the page, press Menu, and select Edit > Delete > Page.

You must be in the advanced editing mode to use most editing functions. Press Menu, and select Options > Activate advanced editing mode.

To change the position of text in relation to images, press Menu, and select Tools > Slide layout. Select Text right or Text left. To edit the type, color, and formatting of text, select the text, press Menu, and select Options > Text format.... You can also select the formatting before you start writing.

To change the background color of a multimedia message, press Menu, and select Options > Background color.... Press Change, scroll to a new color, and press OK. Press Done.

To change the sending options of a multimedia message, start to create or edit a message, press Menu, and select Options > Sending options.... You can select whether to receive delivery reports and how long the messaging center tries to send messages. Set the following options:

Receive report — Select whether you want to receive a notification when the message has been successfully delivered to the recipient. Receiving a delivery report of a multimedia message that has been sent to an e-mail address may not be possible.

Validity period — Select how long the messaging center tries to send the message. If the recipient of a message cannot be reached within the validity period, the message is removed from the multimedia messaging center. Note that the network must support this feature. Maximum is the maximum amount of time allowed by the network.

Receiving multimedia messages

Important: Multimedia message objects may contain viruses or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC. Do not open any attachment if you are not sure of the trustworthiness of the sender.

Multimedia messages are received in your Inbox, and you can open or reply to them as to other messages.

You can receive multimedia messages containing objects unsupported by your device, but you cannot view them. You can, however, try to forward these messages to another device that supports such objects..

To view a list of multimedia attachments in a message, press Menu, and select Tools > Objects....

To save a multimedia object, select the object, and press Copy to. To play a multimedia object, select the object, and press Open.

Multimedia message account settings

On the Send page, define the following settings:

Internet access — Select the Internet access point (IAP) connection you want to use for sending messages.

Homepage — Enter the address of the multimedia messaging center.

Receive report — Select whether you want to receive a notification when the message has been successfully delivered to the recipient. Receiving a delivery report of a multimedia message that has been sent to an e-mail address may not be possible.

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9500 specifications

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