8260 User Guide version v. 0.06 [ 83 ] 4/21/00
Send and receive text messages
• Receive a text message
When you receive a text message, the phone sounds a message alert tone
and the text message icon appears, along with one of the following
messages:
• Message received: Indicates that you have an unread message or page.
If you have more than one message or page, the appropriate number is
listed before this message.
When you receive the above message along with another message
Call, followed by a name and/or number, the Call message is a page.
Only the names of people who are stored in your phone book appear.
• New emergency message: Means that an emergency message or page
was sent by someone via the service provider. Emergency messages are
sent only in situations where life and/or property are in immediate
danger. Emergency messages are listed first and override all other
messages.
• Urgent: Means the message has a high priority.
Read a text message
1 Press Read.
This takes you to the Inbox, with the new message selected.
2 Press
Read again to read the message.
3 Press Options for a list of choices you have while reading the
message (see the list following this section).
4 Press Select when the option you want is highlighted.
In your inbox, text messages are shown in the order in which they were
received, unless one is an emergency message. An emergency message
overrides any order and appears first.