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Using Messaging to Chat

When you exchange more than one message with a single contact, the messages you exchange with that person are grouped into a chat session. When you select a chat session from your message list, the upper part of the screen displays all messages you’ve exchanged with the contact, and the lower part provides a text entry area.

1.Press Messaging

2.Select SMS\MMS.

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3.To start a new chat or continue an existing chat, select the message to which you want to reply. (The message opens in chat view.)

4.Enter your message. (You can use any of the menu commands described in “Creating and Sending a Text Message” on page 158.)

5.Press Send (left softkey).

6.If an incoming message has a file attached, it appears in

the chat list with this icon: . (Select the message to open it and view the attachment.)

7.To close the chat session and return to the Inbox, press OK .

Note

In the Inbox, all messages from a chat session are displayed as one item: a single conversation. To view individual messages within the conversation, select it to reopen the chat session.

Did you know?

While chat view remains open, any new messages you receive from your chat partner appear directly on the screen; you do not get a new message notification.

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