New 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 message. To change the notificationfor new messages, see Messaging Settings for details.A new message icon also appears in the notifications area of the Status bar to notify youof a new message. The Messaging application icon also displays the number of newmessages.To open the message, touch and hold the Status bar, and then slide the Status Bar down toopen the Notifications panel. Touch the new message to open and read it. For information onreading and replying to messages see Managing Messages.Managing MessagesMessages that are sent to and received from a contact (or a number) are grouped intoconversations or ‘threads’ in the All messages screen. Threads let you see all exchangedmessages with a contact.View a Message1. Press and touch Apps > Messaging.2. From the message list, touch a message to display it. To view the details of a particular message, in the message thread, touch and holdthe message to open the options menu, and then touch View message details. If a message contains a link to a Web page, touch the message and then touch thelink to open it in the Web browser. If a message contains a phone number, touch the message and then touch thephone number to dial the number or add it to your contacts.3. While viewing a MMS message, touch the play icon (on a video or audio file) to playback the file or touch an image to view a picture.Note: File attachments on a MMS message can be saved to an optional memory card (notincluded). Touch and hold on the attachment, and then touch Save attachment. Select theattachment and touch Save.Accounts and Messaging 71
