Write and send messages
Before you can create a multimedia message or write an
e-mail, you must have the correct connection settings in
place. See ‘Receive MMS and e-mail settings’, p. 62 and
‘E-mail’, p. 68.
The wireless network may limit the size of MMS messages.
If the inserted picture exceeds this limit, the device may
make it smaller so that it can be sent by MMS.
1
Select
New message
and from the following:
Text message
—to send a text message
Multimedia message
—to send a multimedia message
(MMS)
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—to send an e-mail
If you have not set up your e-mail account, you are
prompted to do so. To start creating the e-mail settings
with the mailbox guide, select
Start
.
2
In the
To
field, press
to
select recipients or groups
from contacts, or enter
the recipient’s phone
number or e-mail address.
To add a semicolon (;) that
separates the recipients,
press
. You can also
copy and paste the
number or address from
the clipboard.
3
In the
Subject
field, enter
the subject of a
multimedia message or e-mail. To change the fields
that are visible, select
Options
>
Address fields
.
4
In the message field, write the message. To insert a
template, select
Options
>
Insert
or
Insert object
>
Template
.
5
To add a media object to a multimedia message, select
Options
>
Insert object
>
Image
,
Sound clip
, or
Video
clip
. When sound is added,
is shown.
You cannot send video clips that are saved in the .mp4
format in a multimedia message. To change the format
in which recorded videos are saved, see ‘Video
settings’, p. 26.
6
To take a new picture or record sound or video for a
multimedia message, select
Options
>
Insert new
>
Image
,
Sound clip
, or
Video clip
. To insert a new slide
to the message, select
Slide
.
To see what the multimedia message looks like, select
Options
>
Preview
.
7
To add an attachment to an e-mail, select
Options
>
Insert
>
Image
,
Sound clip
,
Video clip
, or
Note
.
E-mail attachments are indicated by
.
Tip! To send other file types as attachments, open
the appropriate application, and select
Options
>
Send
>
Via e-mail
, if available.
8
To send the message, select
Options
>
Send
, or press
.
Note: Your device may indicate that your message
was sent to the message center number programmed
into your device. Your device may not indicate whether
the message is received at the intended destination.
For more details about messaging services, contact
your service provider.
Your device supports the sending of text messages beyond
the character limit for a single message. Longer messages
are sent as a series of two or more messages. Your service
provider may charge accordingly. Characters that use
accents or other marks, and characters from some
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language options, take up more space, limiting the
number of characters that can be sent in a single message.
In the navigation bar, you can see the message length
indicator counting backwards. For example, 10 (2) means
that you can still add 10 characters for the text to be sent
as two messages.
E-mail messages are automatically placed in
Outbox
before sending. If sending does not succeed, the e-mail is
left in the
Outbox
first with the
Queued
status, and then
if the sending has failed several times, with the
Failed
status.
Tip! You can combine images, video, sound, and text
to a presentation and send it in a multimedia message.
Start to create a multimedia message, and select
Options
>
Create presentation
. The option is shown
only if
MMS creation mode
is set to
Guided
or
Free
.
See ‘Multimedia messages’, p. 67.