M e s s a g i n g14 Copyright © 2006 Nokia. All rights reserved.6. MessagingThe message services can only be usedif they are supported by your networkor your service provider.Note: When the phone issending the message, theanimated is shown.This is an indication that themessage has been sent byyour device to the messagecenter number programmedinto your device. This is notan indication that themessage has been received atthe intended destination.For more details aboutmessaging services, checkwith your service provider.Important: Exercise cautionwhen opening messages.Messages may containmalicious software orotherwise be harmful to yourdevice or PC.Only devices that havecompatible features canreceive and display messages.The appearance of a messagemay vary depending on thereceiving device.■ Text messages (SMS)Using the short message service (SMS)you can send and receive multipartmessages made of several ordinary textmessages (network service).Before you can send any text or e-mailmessage, you must save your messagecenter number. See “Messagesettings”, p. 25.To check SMS e-mail serviceavailability and to subscribe to theservice, contact your service provider.Your device supports the sending oftext messages beyond the characterlimit for a single message. Longermessages are sent as a series of two ormore messages. Your service providermay charge accordingly. Charactersthat use accents or other marks, andcharacters from some languageoptions like Chinese, take up morespace limiting the number ofcharacters that can be sent in a singlemessage.At the top of the display, you can seethe message length indicator countingbackwards from the maximum numberof characters supported by the phone.