Service Features
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Accessing the Message Center
䊳 Press M > Messages.
Message Center Options
After accessing the message center, select the option
you want:
䢇 [Create Mesg] — begin creating an MMS message.
䢇 Voice Mail — access voicemail messages you have
received.
䢇 Inbox — access MMS messages you have received.
䢇 Drafts — access MMS messages you have created
and saved but not sent.
䢇 Sent Items — access MMS messages you have
created and sent.
䢇 Net Alert — access over-the-air alerts that you receive
from Nextel.
䢇 SMS — access text (SMS) messages you have
received. (Most traditional phone-to-phone text
messages will arrive as MMS messages and will be
found in the Inbox.)
Receiving Messages
When you receive a voicemail message, Multimedia
Messaging Service (MMS) message, text message
(SMS), or Net alert, you have two ways to access the
message:
䢇 Respond to the message notification that appears
when the message is received.
䢇 Dismiss the message notification and access the
message later through the message center.
Message Notifications
When you receive a message, your phone notifies you
with text on the display, the message LED on the front
of the phone, and a notification tone or vibration. You
can access the message or dismiss the notification.
䊳 To dismiss the message notification with the phone
closed, press ( on the top of the phone.
– or –
To dismiss the message notification if the phone is
open, press r or
Back (right softkey).