49Picture MessagesThis menu allows you to use the Multimedia Message Service (MMS).Picture Messaging is a messaging service that provides delivery of personal picture messages from phone to phoneor from phone to email.In addition to the familiar text content available via traditional text messages, picture messages can contain images,graphics, voice, and audio clips. A Picture Messaging message is a multimedia presentation contained in a singlefile. It is not a text file with attachments.This type of message must first be retrieved from T-Mobile’s before it can be viewed. The displays in yourInbox list to indicate any unretrieved picture messages. The Message icon ( ) displays once you havesuccessfully retrieved a new picture message.Using the Picture Messaging feature, your phone can receive and send messages that contain multimedia files,such as photos, sounds and images that you downloaded from the Internet and voice notes you recorded. Thisfunction is available only if it is supported by your service provider. Only phones that offer picture messagingfeatures can receive and display picture messages.Create newThis menu allows you to create a new picture message and then send it to one or more destinations.Creating and Sending a Picture Message1. From Idle mode, press Menu ➔ Messaging ➔ Create message.2. Highlight the To field and enter a phone number, or press to add a recipient from the Recent recipients,Contacts, or Groups list.3. Highlight the text field and create a message.Note: For more information about entering characters, see “Using ABC Mode” on page 34.
