148 Section 3A. Sprint Service Features: The BasicsText Messaging (SMS)With Text Messaging, you can send and receive instanttext messages between your wireless phone andanother messaging-ready phone. When you receive anew message, it will automatically display on yourphone’s screen.In addition, Text Messaging includes a variety of presetmessages, such as “I’m running late, I’m on my way,”that make composing messages fast and easy. Useyour phone to customize your own preset messages(up to 128 characters).Composing Text Messages1. Select > Send Message > Text Message.– or –Select and press > Messages > SendMessage > Text Message.2. Select an existing Contact (Go to Contacts). Contacts to select a recipient from your Contacts(qualifying Contacts entries must contain awireless phone number or an email address).– or –Press New Addr (right softkey) to manually entereither a phone number or email address.● Phone Number to use the keypad to enter awireless phone number directly.● Email Address to enter the recipient’s emailaddress.– or –Press Multiple (left softkey) to select more than onerecipient and press .Note Creating messages can also be accessed from theMain Menu > Messages.Sprint M540.book Page 148 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:00 PM