52 Using Your Dell™ Streak
Messaging
To compose, send, and read text (SMS) or multimedia (MMS)
messages, touch → Messaging . The Messaging screen
opens with a list of messages or message threads representing all the
received, sent, and draft messages.
NOTE: For information about the message thread, see Receiving text
and multimedia messages.
To compose and send a text message
1 On the Messaging screen, touch the New message thread. The
composer screen opens.
2 In the To field, type the mobile phone number or the contact
name of the recipient. As you type a phone number or contact
name, matching contacts with their mobile numbers appear
below the To field. Touch a matched contact to enter the
contact’s mobile number, or continue typing the desired phone
number. You can also touch to select the recipient from the
previous message recipients, or touch to select from your
contacts.
3 Repeat step 2 to enter more mobile numbers if you wish to send
the message to multiple mobile phone users.
4 Touch the Type to compose text field to start composing your
message.
5 Touch the Send button to send the text message.
6 To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging,
you can continue to compose and send messages to the same
recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you
and recipient(s) appear in the form of chat logs.
To compose and send a multimedia message
1 In the To field, type the recipient’s mobile phone number, e-mail
address, or contact name. Matching contacts with their mobile
numbers or e-mail addresses appear below the To field. Touch a
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