Messaging – Dell STREAK mobile User Manual

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Using Your Dell™ Streak

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Messaging

To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS) messages,

touch 

Messaging

. The Messaging screen opens with a list of

messages or message threads representing all the received, sent and draft

messages.

NOTE:

For information about the message thread, see Receiving text and

multimedia messages.

To compose and send a text message

1 On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The composer

screen opens.

2 In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact name of the

recipient. As you type a phone number or contact name, matching

contacts with their mobile numbers appear below the

To field. Touch a

matched contact to enter the contact’s mobile number, or continue typing

the desired phone number.

3 Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you wish to send the

message to multiple mobile phone users.

4 You can add a subject line to the message by touching 

the Menu button  Add subject.

NOTE:

When adding a subject, the message automatically changes to the MMS

format.

5 Touch the Type to compose text field to start composing your message.
6 Touch the Send button to send the text message.
7 To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging, you can

continue to compose and send messages to the same recipient(s). All of

the sent and received messages between you and recipient(s) appear in the

form of chat logs.

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