3A. Sprint Service: The Basics 129 Sprint ServiceComposing Text Messages1. Press and tap > .2. Press and tap Compose.3. Tap the To: field and enter the recipient’s phonenumber or email information using either theonscreen or QWERTY keyboards. Contacts as you enter either a phone number oremail address, if the information matches acurrent contact’s entry information, you will see amatch. When you see a match, touch theassociated name to complete the addressing. Mobile to use the keypad to enter a wirelessphone number directly. Email to enter the recipient’s email address.4. Tap Next when you have finished enteringrecipients.5. Touch the Type to compose field and enter yourmessage. (See “Entering Text with OnscreenKeyboard” on page 41.)6. Insert an Emoticon or a Smiley. To enter an emoticon, touch and hold fromthe onscreen keyboard. To enter a smiley from the onscreen keyboard,press and tap Insert smiley or pressand from the QWERTY keyboard. Make a selection from the onscreen list to theninsert it into your current message.7. Review your message and tap Send.Accessing Text MessagesTo read an SMS Text message: When you receive a text message, you will see itlisted within the Messaging screen. Touch themessage or use your Optical Joystick to open themessage and then scroll down and view its entirecontent.Note: From the Messages screen, you can also touch Newmessage to begin creating a new outgoing message.:-)SPH-M900.book Page 129 Thursday, May 20, 2010 7:36 PM