Service Features
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Accessing the Message Center
ᮣ Press M > Messages.
Message Center Options
After accessing the message center, select the option
you want:
ⅷ [Create Mesg] — begin creating an MMS message.
ⅷ Voice Mail — access voicemail messages you have
received.
ⅷ Inbox — access MMS messages you have received.
ⅷ Drafts — access MMS messages you have created
and saved but not sent.
ⅷ Sent Items — access MMS messages you have
created and sent.
ⅷ Net Alert — access over-the-air alerts that you receive
from Nextel.
ⅷ 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:
ⅷ Respond to the message notification that appears
when the message is received.
ⅷ 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 and a notification tone or
vibration. You can access the message or dismiss the
notification.
To dismiss the message notification, press r or
Back - (right softkey).
If you dismiss the notification, the message is not
deleted. It can be accessed through the message
center.
