Motorola I290 - Manual (Page 26)

20 essentials
Note: If your phone is powered off when you
receive a text message, your phone notifies
you the next time you power it on. If you are
out of your coverage area, your phone alerts
you when you return to your coverage area.
Tip: While reading a text and numeric
message that contains a phone number, you
can press S to call that number.
read from the message center
1 From the home screen press a under
Msgs > Inbox > Text Inbox.
2 Select the message you want to read or
press the number of the message you
want to read. If the message fills more
than one screen, scroll to read it.
Tip: Scrolling through one message lets
you view the next message.
3 To reply to the message, press a under
Reply or to see all other choices, including
forwarding and deleting the message,
calling the sender, or storing the sender’s
number in Contacts, press M .
create and send text messages
1 From the home screen press a under
Msgs > [Create Message] > [Create Txt Msg].
or
Select Inbox > Text Inbox, or Outbox > Text Outbox,
or Drafts > Text Drafts.
2 To address the message use the keypad
to enter the phone number of the person
you want to send the message to and
press O.
or
Press a under Browse, and select Recent
Calls
, Contacts or Memo to find the number you
want.