Samsung SGH-x495 Series manual Text Messages, Create, Creating a Simple Text Message

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Text Messages

Short Message Service (SMS) allows you to send and receive short text messages to and from other mobile phones. In addition, your phone supports the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), which enables you to include simple pictures, melodies, and animated images in your messages. To use this feature, you must subscribe to your service provider’s message service.

When the Message icon ( ) appears, you have received new text messages. When the memory is full, an error message displays and you cannot receive any new messages. Use the Delete option in each message box to delete obsolete messages.

Create

In this menu, you can write and send a text message.

Creating a Simple Text Message

1.Create your message.

You can create a message using standard Alphabet characters or special Uni-code characters, depending on the setting in the Character support menu.

Notes: For further details about entering characters, see "Using ABC Mode" on page 51.

You can enter up to 160 standard Alphabet characters in your message. When you enter text using Uni-code characters, the maximum number of characters that can be in a message is reduced to 70.

2.When you finish entering your message, press the Options soft key or the key. The following options are available:

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