Sending an SMS Message

Send short text messages to other mobile phones. If your message exceeds 160 characters, it will appear as a single message to the recipient, but will be billed as more than one message.

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.
5. Tap Send when you are finished composing the SMS message.