M e s s a g i n g275. MessagingYou can use mobile messages to keep in touch withfriends, family, and business associates by using the short messageservice (SMS), which is a network service. Not all messaging features areavailable in all wireless networks. Contact your service provider foravailability and subscription information.When sending messages, your phone may display the words Messagesent. This is an indication that the message has been sent by your deviceto the message center number programmed into your device. This is notan indication that the message has been received at the intendeddestination. For more details about messaging services, check with yourservice 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 orother marks, and characters from some language options like Chinese, take upmore space limiting the number of characters that can be sent in a singlemessage.You can use predefined templates to help you write text messages.Before you can send any text or e-mail messages, you need to configurethe message settings. See “Message settings,” p. 43.To check SMS e-mail service availability and to subscribe to the service,contact your service provider.Text entryTo enter text while writing messages, use traditional or predictive textinput. When using traditional text input, press a number key, 1 to 9,repeatedly until the character you want is displayed. In predictive textinput you can enter a letter with a single keypress.