Accounts and Messaging 66New Messages NotificationDepending on your notification settings, the phone will play a ringtone, vibrate, or display themessage briefly in the Status Bar when you receive a new text or multimedia message. To changethe notification for new text and multimedia messages, see Message Settings for details.A new message icon also appears in the notifications area of the Status Bar to notify you of anew text or multimedia message. The Messages app icon also displays the number of newmessages.n To open the message, touch and hold the Status Bar, and then slide the Status Bar down toopen the Notification Panel. Tap the new message to open and read it. For information onreading and replying to messages see Managing Conversations.Managing ConversationsText and multimedia messages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) aregrouped into conversations or message threads in the Messages screen. Threaded text ormultimedia messages let you see all the messages you exchange with a contact on the screen,similar to a chat program.Read Text Messagesn On the Messages screen, tap the text message or conversation to open and read it.n If you have a new message notification, slide the Status Bar down to open the Notification Panel.Tap the new message to open and read it.Note: To view the details of a particular message, in the conversation, touch and hold the messageto open the options menu, and then tap View message details.If a message contains a link to a Web page, tap the message and then tap the link to open it in theWeb browser.If a message contains a phone number, tap the message and then tap the phone number to dial thenumber or add it to your contacts.View Multimedia Messages (MMS)1. From a Home screen, tap Messages.2. From the message list, tap a message to display it.3. While the message is open, tap the play icon (on a video or audio file) to play back the file or tapan image to view a picture.Note: The file attachment on a MMS message can be saved to an optional installed memory card(not included) or to your phone’s memory. Touch and hold the attachment, and then tap Saveattachment. Select the attachment checkbox and tap SAVE.
