Sony Ericsson T226 User Guide - Page 43

Tip: You can also select text formats before you start writing the text message. Receiving text messages When you receive a text message, the phone will give you an audio alert (if the phone is not in 'Silent' mode) and the message New Messages Read now? appears in the display. If you receive a text message from someone you have saved as a contact in your phonebook, the name of that contact appears in the display along with the text message. To read the text message Press YES to read the text message, or NO if you want to read the message later. The message is saved in Inbox in the Text menu. While reading the text message you can, for example, start a chat session with the sender or go to a WAP address found in the text message. When you have read the text message, press YES to select one of the following options, for example, Reply, Forward or Delete the text message. Press NO to close the text message. Saving incoming text messages Incoming text messages are saved in the phone memory. When the phone memory is full, incoming text messages are saved on the SIM card. Messages that you have saved on the SIM card remain there until you delete them. To save from a text message When the melody, phone number, WAP address, picture or animation is highlighted, press YES. Then select to save the item and press , YES. • A melody is saved in My Sounds. • A phone number is saved in Phonebook. • A WAP address is saved in Bookmarks. • All pictures are saved in My Pictures. Note: Animations can only be viewed when inserting an item in a text message. See "To insert an item in a text message (EMS)" on page 41. Long messages A single text message can contain up to 160 characters. You may not receive all parts of a long message at the same time. You can send a longer message where two or more messages are linked together. 42 Messaging This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.