M e s s a g i n g286. MessagingYou can use mobile messages to keep in touch with friends, family, and businessassociates by using the short message service (SMS), which is a network service.Not all messaging features are available in all wireless networks. Contact yourservice provider for availability and subscription information.When sending messages, your phone may display the words Message sent. This isan 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. A message length indicatorappears at the top of the phone display. This indicator allows you to see howmany characters are left in the message as you are entering text because itcounts backwards from 913.Characters that use accents or other marks, and characters from some languageoptions like Chinese, take up more space limiting the number of characters thatcan be sent in a single message.You can use predefined templates to help you write text messages. Before youcan send any text or e-mail message, you need to save some message settings.See ”Message settings,” p. 43.To check SMS e-mail service availability and to subscribe to the service, contactyour service provider.Text entryTo enter text while writing messages, use traditional or predictive text input.When using traditional text input, press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly untilthe character you want is displayed. In predictive text input you can enter a letterwith a single key press.