Wireless Features 55
Wireless Features
Sending and Receiving Text Messages

Creating and Sending a Text Message

Each text message can hold up to 160 characters. To save time, you can select from
predefined My Text phrases, such as “Call me” or “On my way.” You can add your own My
Text phrases, and if you prefer, you can enter the full message text too.
1. Go to your Toda y screen and press Messaging (left softkey).
2. Press Left until you see Text Mess ag es in th e title bar.
3. Press New (left softkey).
4. Do one of the following to address the message:
䡲If the recipient’s name and wireless number are in
your Contacts list, type the first few letters of the first
or last name or simply enter the first initial, followed
by a space, and then the last initial to find a name.
(You can enter the first few numbers of a contact’s
wireless phone number.)
䡲If the recipient’s name is in an online address book,
press Center , enter the name, press Menu
(right softkey), and then select Find Online. (Select the name, and then select to
use either the phone number or email address. For more information, see the Treo
700WX User Guide.)
䡲If the recipient’s name and wireless number are not in your Contacts list, enter the
full wireless number or email address.
䡲To address a message to multiple recipients, separate the addresses with a
semicolon (;). (If you address a single text message to three people, you are billed
for three messages.)