Alcatel OT-880 User Guide - Page 16

You can save messages that you send often to Drafts or Templates (MMS only). An SMS message of more than a certain number of characters (the number of characters depends on your language) will be charged as several SMS. An MMS message containing photos and/or sounds may also be billed as more than one message. 5.2 Inbox All received messages (read and unread) are stored in the same Inbox. When viewing your messages, you will find the following status icons, depending on the type of message: unread SMS in phone, unread SMS in SIM card, read SMS in phone, read SMS in SIM card, unread MMS in phone, read MMS in phone, message reception in progress and message sending in progress. Receiving and reading SMS/MMS Once you receive a message, the following options are given: View, Reply, View chat history, Forward the message to another person, Delete, Delete all, Mark several, Move to Archive and extract number, URL or email address (Use number/Use URL/Send USSD/Use Email address), Advanced, Group by sender, Group unread messages. Group by sender/Group by receiver (1) Messages can be grouped by sender/receiver ("Options\Group by sender"/"Options\Group by receiver"). You are able to quick search the messages by pressing the key associated with the first letter of sender/ receiver's name (available only when the slide is open). Group unread message Unread messages will always be positioned above the read messages. Multi-mark Mark/Unmark file(s) for further operations: Move to archive (1), Send (2), Delete. 5.3 Outbox All failed to send messages. 5.4 Sent All sent messages. 5.5 Voicemail View and edit the voicemail number. 5.6 Broadcast SMS Store the received Broadcast SMS. 5.7 WAP alerts Store WAP push messages. 5.8 Drafts All draft messages. (1) The option of "Group by receiver" is available in Outbox, Sent, and Draft folders only. (1) Inbox/Sent folder only. (2) Outbox only. 29 30