Nokia 6820 User Guide 27 Copyright © Nokia 2004Messages7 MessagesYou can read, write, send, and save text, multimedia, and e-mailmessages. All messages are organized in folders.Before you can send text, picture or text (SMS) e-mail messages, you need to save yourmessage center number. See “Message settings” on page 36. The default setting of themultimedia message service is generally on.Note: When sending messages using the SMS network service, your phone maydisplay “Message sent”. This is an indication that the message has been sent by yourphone to the message center number programmed into your phone. This is not anindication that the message has been received at the intended destination. For moredetails about SMS services, check with your service provider.The appearance of a multimedia message may vary depending on the receiving device.• TEXT MESSAGES (SMS)You can use SMS (short message service) to send and receive multipart messages thatconsist of several ordinary text messages. This feature requires network services. See yourservice provider for more information about service availability and pricing.Your phone allows you to send text messages beyond the normal 160-character limit. If yourmessage exceeds 160 characters, it is sent as a series of two or more messages. In the navigationbar, you can see the message length indicator counting backwards from 160. For example,10 (2) means that you can still add 10 characters for the text to be sent as two messages.Using special (Unicode) characters, such as ë, â, á, ì, takes up more space. If there are specialcharacters in your message, the indicator may not show the message length correctly.Before the message is sent, the device tells you if the message exceeds the maximum lengthallowed for one message. You can cancel sending by pressing Cancel or you can save themessage in the inbox.You can also send and receive text messages that contain pictures. This feature must besupported by your network services or service provider. Only phones that offer picturemessage features can receive and display picture messages. The text messages function usesshared memory.Write and send a messageIn the standby mode, you can move the joystick to the left to start writing a message quickly.The number of available characters /the current part number of a multipart message areshown on the top right of the display (such as 120/2).1 Select Menu > Messages > Text messages > Create message.2 Key in your message.