Filter
Top Products
Chapter 6 : Email, text, multimedia, and instant messaging 67
• To forward the message in an email: Tap Forward Via Email, and
enter the recipient’s name or email address in the To field, or tap
to search for a contact.
4 (Optional) Tap the message text, and edit the text.
5Tap Enter to send a message, or tap Send to send an email.
Copy messages
You can copy an individual message as plain text.
1 Open Messaging .
2Tap a conversation.
3 Tap the message and tap Copy Text.
Customize messaging notifications
You can set your device to show a notification and/or play a sound when
a new message arrives. These settings apply to all your Messaging
accounts.
1 Open Messaging .
2Open the application menu and tap Preferences & Accounts.
3In Show Notifications, tap On or Off.
4 When Show Notifications is on, tap Alert, and tap any of the
following:
Vibrate: The device vibrates with no other sound.
System Sound: The system sound plays.
Mute: No sound plays and the device does not vibrate.
Resend a failed message
A message might fail to be sent if your device is not connected to a Wi-Fi
network (for IM), or to a webOS smartphone (for text messages), or if it is
experiencing technical problems. When a message fails to be sent, a
is displayed beside it.
1 Tap the message and tap View Error.
2Tap Send again. Tap Cancel to close the error message.
Delete a message
1 Tap to open Conversations view and tap a conversation.
2 Tap a message and tap Delete.
Delete a conversation
1 Tap to open Conversations view and tap a conversation.
2 If the Delete Conversation button is not visible in the right-hand
panel, flick down on that panel to scroll to the beginning of the
conversation.
3Tap Delete Conversation.
Messaging: Instant messaging
Set up an instant messaging (IM) account
Your device supports instant messaging through popular online IM
services, such as Google Talk and AIM. If you already have an IM
account, you can sign in through the Messaging app or through the
Accounts app (see Use the Accounts application to set up an online
account).