M e s s a g i n g28Depending upon your network services, you may receive a message that includesan Internet address where you can go to view the PIX messages.Images are scaled to fit the display area of the phone. Your phone has a PIXmessage viewer for playing messages. Incoming messages reside in the inboxuntil you delete or save them. Once you save the PIX message, you can use theimage as wallpaper or use the sound as a ringtone, unless the content isprotected by copyright. See "Get PIX," p. 23.Only compatible devices that offer picture message features can receive anddisplay PIX messages. The appearance of PIX messages may vary depending onthe receiving device.Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringtones, and other contentfrom being copied, modified, transferred, or forwarded. Contact Verizon foravailability of and a subscription to the multimedia messaging service.PIX messaging supports the following formats:• Picture: JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, BMP, WBMP, PNG, and BCI• Sound: MIDI, SP-MIDI, PMD, QCP-13K, iMelody, EVRC, MMF, and MP3If a received message contains unsupported elements, these elements may bereplaced with an alert such as File format not supported.You can receive multimedia message notification, but cannot receive multimediamessages if you have a call in progress or other applications running, or you arein an active browsing session. Because delivery of multimedia messages can failfor a variety of reasons, do not rely solely upon them for essentialcommunications.Important: Exercise caution when opening messages. Multimediamessage objects may contain malicious software or otherwise beharmful to your phone.■ New messagesTo compose a new message, in the standby mode, select Menu > Messaging >New Msg > TXT Msg or PIX Msg.