15[ 64 ]15 Send and receive mobilemessagesWhen you have mobile (text) messaging service, you can receive messageson the screen and send messages to e-mail addresses and phone numbers.Note: Before you send or receive mobile messages, you may need tosubscribe to the messaging service offered by your service provider.Some networks may not support mobile messaging.The message types vary by service provider. Your phone automatically createsthe types of messages supported by your service provider:• Text: A text message can include text and a call-back number.• Number only: A number-only message is like a numeric page. A call-back number (the sender’s phone number) appears on the recipient’spager or phone screen.A message contains both a header and the body. The header may have thesender’s phone number or e-mail address and the date and time of themessage. If you have a phone book entry that matches the sender’s phonenumber, the sender’s name also appears. The body contains the main partof the message. If you receive a message sent by e-mail, the subject (title)may appear at the beginning of the message body.• ABOUT WRITING MESSAGESTraditional or Predictive InputYou can write text messages with standard input or predictive text input.• Traditional (multitap) input method: This is the default mode. Thismethod requires that you press some keys more than once (multitap).For example, to enter the letter c, you must press three times.See “Enter characters (except in a phone number field)” on page 20.
