M e s s a g i n g30 Copyright © 2006 Nokia. All rights reserved.6. MessagingThe message services can only beused if they are supported by yournetwork or your service provider.Note: When sendingmessages, your devicemay display the wordsSending message. This isan indication that themessage has been sent byyour device to themessage center numberprogrammed into yourdevice. This is not anindication that themessage has beenreceived at the intendeddestination. For moredetails about messagingservices, check with yourservice provider.Important: Exercisecaution openingmessages. Messages maycontain malicioussoftware or otherwise beharmful to your device orPC.Only devices that have compatiblefeatures can receive and displaymessages. The appearance of amessage may vary depending onthe receiving device.■ Text messages (SMS)Using the short message service(SMS) you can send and receivemultipart messages (networkservice) that can contain pictures.Before you can send any text,picture, or e-mail message, youmust save your message centrenumber. See “Message settings,” p.45.To check SMS e-mail serviceavailability and to subscribe to theservice, contact your serviceprovider. To save an e-mail addressin Contacts, see “Save numbers,items, or an image,” p. 48.Your device supports the sendingof text messages beyond thecharacter limit for a singlemessage. Longer messages will besent as a series of two or moremessages. Your service providermay charge accordingly.Characters that use accents orother marks, and characters fromsome language options likeChinese, take up more space,