M e s s a g i n g276. MessagingYou can read, write, send, and save text, multimedia, audio, and flash messages.All messages are organized into folders.■ Text messagesUse the short message service (SMS) to send and receive text messages, andreceive messages that can contain pictures (network service).Before you can send any text or SMS e-mail message, you must save yourmessage center number. See "Message settings," p. 34.To check SMS e-mail service availability and to subscribe to the service, contactyour service provider. To save an e-mail address in Contacts, see "Save details," p.36.Your device supports the sending of text messages beyond the character limit fora single message. Longer messages will be sent as a series of two or moremessages. Your service provider may charge accordingly. Characters that useaccents or other marks, and characters from some language options like Chinese,take up more space, limiting the number of characters that can be sent in a singlemessage.The message length indicator at the top of the display shows the total number ofcharacters left and the number of messages needed for sending. For example,673/2 means that there are 673 characters left and that the message will be sentas a series of two messages.Write and send a message1. Select Menu > Messaging > Create message > Text message.2. Enter the recipient’s phone number or e-mail address in the To: field. Toretrieve a phone number or e-mail address from Contacts, select Add >Contact. To send the message to multiple recipients, add the desired contactsone by one. To send the message to persons in a group, select Contact groupand the desired group. To retrieve the contacts to which you recently sentmessages, select Add > Recently used. To retrieve contacts from previouslyincoming calls, select Add > Open Log.3. For a SMS e-mail, enter a subject in the Subject: field.