Sending a Multimedia Message

Your phone lets you send multimedia (MMS) messages, short text messages with a multimedia attachment such as a picture, video or audio file, to other mobile phones. Attach a file that is already on your phone to your message or use the camera or Voice Recorder application and create a new attachment on the spot.

  1. Press HOME and then tap Messages.
    If the Messages icon is not on your Home screen, tap the All Programs button on the bottom-left corner of the Home screen and then tap Messages.
  2. On the All messages screen, tap Compose message.
  3. Enter the mobile phone number or begin typing the name of the message recipient in the To field. As you enter the phone number or name, matching contacts will appear on the screen. Tap a recipient to add the person to the To field. If no matching contact is found, enter the recipient’s phone number.
  4. Tap the text box containing the text “Tap to compose,” and then start composing your message. As you near the 160 character limit, a counter will appear in the top right corner of the text box to tell you how many characters are left. You can still continue composing your message if it exceeds 160 characters. A new message is automatically created and attached to your original message, and will appear as a single message to the recipient.
  5. Press MENU and then tap Attach.
  6. On the Attach window, select the type of attachment you want to send:
    • Picture. Opens the Albums application. Tap the album containing the picture you want to use, and then tap the picture to attach it to your message.
    • Video. Opens the Albums application. Tap the album containing the video you want to use, and then tap the video to attach it to your message.
    • Audio. Opens the Select music track screen. Tap an audio file to select it, and then tap OK to attach the file into your message. The audio file starts playing when you tap it.
    • Location. Opens the Share location menu. Tap Current location to attach your latitude and longitude, address, or Google Maps link to your message (GPS needs to be on for the Current location option to appear). Tap Footprints to attach location information from a Footprint saved on your phone. Tap Find on map to search for your location in Google Maps and then attach your latitude and longitude, address, or a Google Maps link to your message.
    • Contact (vCard). Opens the Select contact screen. Select a contact to attach the person’s contact details to your message.
    • Appointment (vCalendar). Opens the Agenda screen. Tap an appointment to attach it to your message.
    • Create. Opens the Attach menu where you can choose to take a picture or record video with the camera, record audio with the Voice Recorder application, or create a slideshow of your pictures. Once you have finished, the item is automatically attached to your message.

  7. Tap Send when you are finished composing the multimedia message.
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