Palm Treo 650 User Guide - Page 77

Messaging You can exchange brief text and multimedia messages with other mobile phones that support these forms of messaging (also known as SMS and MMS) and with email addresses. Before you use your Treo to send or receive messages, consult your wireless service provider for pricing and availability of text and multimedia messaging services. Creating and sending a text message Each text message can hold up to 160 characters. Messages with more than 160 characters are automatically split into several messages. (If you send a text message to an email address, the email address is deducted from the 160 character count.) 1. Make sure your phone is turned on (see "Turning your phone on and off" on page 15) 2. Press the Messaging button. 3. Select New. To address a message to multiple recipients, separate the addresses with a space or a comma. If you address a single message to three people, you will be billed for three messages. When addressing a message, you may need to press Option to enter letters or numbers. The Option Lock setting defaults to the setting you used the last time you addressed a message. 4. Select the To pick list to address the message: • If the recipient's name appears in the To pick list, select it from the list. Messaging :: 75