Chapter 15 Using SMS
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Using the navigator in SMS
You can use the navigator on your handheld to work in SMS.
To navigate in SMS list screens:
■ Press Up or Down on the navigator to scroll an entire screen of messages.
■ Press and hold Up or Down to scroll quickly.
■ Press Select to insert a highlight.
■ When a message is highlighted, the navigator works as follows:
– Press Select again to view the selected message.
– Press Up or Down to scroll to the previous or next message.
– Press Left to remove the selection highlight.
To navigate in message screens:
■ Press Up or Down to scroll within the current message.
■ Press Right or Left to scroll to the previous or next message.
■ Press Select to return to the list screen.
Creating messages
When you create a message, the title bar indicates the number of characters the
message contains.
NOTE Try to keep your messages shorter than 160 characters. If a message exceeds
160 characters, it is split into multiple messages. When the recipient receives the
message, it is reassembled into a single message (provided the recipient’s SMS
software supports assembling multi-part messages).
To create a message:
1. From any SMS list view, tap New.
2. Tap To.
Tap New Tap Send Tap Ou tbox
Tap To