Nextel i920 User Manual

You can start creating a new message from Messaging. You can also create a new 
message from Contacts. After you create a message, you can send it. See “Sending and 
Receiving Messages” on page 65.

You can create messages by switching to the account to use, opening a new message, 
addressing it, and then composing the message. For information about entering text on 
the Smartphone, see “The Basics” on page 20.

Tip: You can quickly enter e-mail addresses from your contact cards. In To, press 

O

 

and select a recipient from the list. Then, select the recipient’s e-mail address.

To insert punctuation such as the “at” sign (@), a period (.), or a semicolon (;), 
repeatedly press 

1

 in Multipress mode until the punctuation appears or press 

and hold 

#

 to view a list of symbols that you can enter as text.

To cancel a message, select Menu and then Cancel Compose.

If you have included an e-mail address in a contact card, you can create a new message 
from a contact card.

On the Home screen, select Start and then Messaging.

Select one of your e-mail accounts.

Select New.

Fill in the fields of the message as you would when creating an e-mail message from 
this account on your desktop computer or PDA.

Select Send. E-mail messages are stored in Outbox and sent to recipients the next 
time you synchronize or connect to your e-mail server and send and receive mail.

Note: You can send and receive text messages only in GSM mode. While using the 

Nextel iDEN digital network, you can only receive text messages.

On the Home screen, select Start and then Messaging.

Select Text Messages.

Select New.

In To, enter recipient text message numbers. Insert a semicolon (;) between multiple 
addresses or numbers.

Enter the text of the message.

Select Send.

On the Home screen, select Start and then Messaging.

Select your media account, Media Messaging.

Select New.

In To, enter recipient e-mail addresses, text message numbers, or media message 
addresses. Insert a semicolon (;) between multiple addresses or numbers.