Messages
Multimedia Message (Menu 1.2)
Multimedia Message Service (MMS) is a messaging service very similar to Short Message Service (SMS). It provides asynchronous delivery of personal multimedia messages from between phone and phone, phone and
In addition to the familiar text content of text messages, multimedia messages can contain images, graphics, voice and sounds. An MMS message is a multimedia presentation in a single entry. It is not a text file with attachments.
Using the MMS feature, your phone can receive multimedia messages. You can also send picture messages. This function is available only if it is supported by your service provider. Only phones that offer picture message features can receive and display picture messages.
Retrieving a new message
When you are retrieving a message, the Retrieving icon ( 
) appears on the display. When you finish retrieving a new message, the New message icon
(
) and a text notification showing the number of the message appear on the display. You also hear an alert, depending on the message sound setting; for further details, see page 103.
To read the new message in Idle Mode, press the View soft key. And then you see the list in the Inbox. If you select a message, you can read it.
Messages
Notes:
•When you set the Message reception (see page 95) to Automatic, you cannot enter the Downloads menu (Menu 7.3.1) and cannot also access WAP sites while retrieving a new message. If you message comes in your phone while you play a Java game, your phone only receive a notification message. After playing the game, you can retrieve the message with saved notification message.
•To clear the new message notification on the display,
press the | key. |
If Message reception sets to Manual (for details, see page 95), when the New message icon ( 
) appears on the display, you have to retrieve messages in the Inbox. You select a message with the icon such as 
,
and
in the Inbox. Then you can select retrieve or delete message by pressing the Opt. soft key.
Managing memory
When the memory is full, the New message icon ( 
) blinks and an error message displays. (It
disappears when you press the 
key, but it reappears if you don’t delete old messages.) In this case, you cannot receive any new messages. You must delete one or more old messages to get free memory for new messages using the Delete option within the Inbox, Outbox, Draft or My folder, or the Delete all option; for further details, see page 90.
Notes:
•You can only receive up to 150 messages.
•Multimedia message boxes, Camera, and Media box share a given amount of memory in your phone. You can also use the Delete or Delete all option to delete some sounds or images in Camera or Media box.
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