HTC ThunderBolt Verizon Thunderbolt Quick Start Guide and User Manual - Page 124

124 Messages Viewing a message To open and read your received messages, you can:  Press and hold the status bar, and then slide your finger down to open the Notifications panel. Then tap the new message notification.  Open the Messages app to access and read the message. While reading the message, you can: Call or save a phone number contained in the message Open a link in the message Tap the phone number. Then choose whether to dial the number or add it to your contacts. Tap the link to open it in the web browser. Send to or save an email address contained in the message Forward a message Check message details Tap the email address. Then choose whether to send an email, send a multimedia message, or save the email address to your contacts. Press and hold the message to open the options menu, and then tap Forward. Press and hold the message to open the options menu, and then tap View message details. Replying to a message 1. On the All messages screen, tap a contact (or phone number) to display the exchange of messages with that contact. 2. To reply to the message, tap the text box at the bottom of the screen, then enter your reply message. You can also reply with a multimedia message. See "Sending a multimedia message (MMS)" for details. 3. Tap Send.