Sending a Text Message

With Messaging, you can use a person’s wireless phone number to send
and receive text messages from your Sprint PCS Phone to their
messaging-ready phone – and they can send messages to you.
To send a text message:
1. Press to access the main menu.
2. Select Messaging and press .
3. Select Send Text and press .
4. To add recipients, select an option from the following and
press .
Phone Book Entry to select a recipient from your Contacts list.
Highlight an entry and press to select. Or select
<Add Entry> to enter a new entry. Press Done (left softkey) when
you are finished selecting/entering recipients.
Mobile Phone# to enter a mobile phone number directly.
Email Address to enter an email address directly.
From Recent List to select recipients from a list of recent
message recipients.
Tip:If you have unsent messages in Outbox, you will be notified to send the message
during step 4 above. Press OK (left softkey) to go to Outbox. Press Cancel (right softkey) to
create a new message.
5. To edit your recipients, highlight a recipient, press Options (right
softkey), highlight an option, and press .
Edit to edit the selected entry.
Erase to erase the selected entry.
Erase All to erase all entries you have selected and entered.
Add Recipient to add recipients.
6. Press Next (left softkey) when you are finished selecting and entering
recipients (you may include up to 10 recipients).
7. To enter a message, select Message and press .
8. Use your keypad to enter a text message (or press Mode [right
softkey] to select from Preset Messages, Recent Messages, or
Signature), and press OK (left softkey).
Tip:The Signature option appears only when you set your signature (see page 60).
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