M e s s a g i n g295. MessagingYou can use mobile messages to keep in touch with friends, family,and business associates by using the short message service (SMS), which isa network service. Not all messaging features are available in all wireless networks.Contact your service provider for availability and subscription information.When sending messages, your phone may display the words Message sent.This is an indication that the message has been sent by your device to the messagecenter number programmed into your device. This is not an indication that themessage has been received at the intended destination. For more details aboutmessaging services, check with your service provider.■ Text messagesYour device supports the sending of text messages beyond the character limit fora single message. Longer messages are sent as a series of two or more messages.Your service provider may charge accordingly. Characters that use accents or othermarks and characters from some language options, such as Chinese, take up morespace, which limits the number of characters that can be sent in a single message.A message length indicator appears at the top of the phone display. This indicatorallows you to see how many characters remain in the message as you are enteringtext. For example, 673/2 means that there are 673 characters left and that themessage will be sent as a series of two messages.You can use predefined templates to help you write text messages. Before youcan send any text or e-mail messages, you need to configure the message settings.See “Message settings,” p. 48.To check SMS e-mail service availability and to subscribe to the service,contact your service provider.6085.EN_ESv1_9253443.book Page 29 Saturday, December 2, 2006 8:26 AM
