Palm SMS User manual

SMS Handbook

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Contents Page iii
Contents
Introduction .......................................................................... 1
Configuring the Software for Macintosh Users ................... 2
Making the Connection ........................................................ 3
Working with SMS ................................................................ 4
Opening SMS ......................................................................................... 4
Creating messages ................................................................................. 5
Sending and receiving messages......................................................... 6
Viewing messages ................................................................................. 7
Working with draft messages............................................................ 10
Adding a signature to a message ...................................................... 11
Sending data from another application ........................................... 12
Setting Preferences .............................................................................. 13
SMS menus ........................................................................................... 15
Support and Troubleshooting............................................. 16
For your handheld............................................................................... 16
For third-party applications............................................................... 17
For the SMS application ..................................................................... 17
Index .................................................................................. 19

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Introduction Page 1
Introduction
SMS enables you to send and receive short text messages using your
handheld and a GSM mobile phone. Most GSM mobile phone service
providers have supported SMS (Short Message Service) technology
for quite a while, and billions of SMS messages are exchanged each
month. However, because it is so difficult to enter text on a cell phone
keypad, many people don’t take advantage of this feature. Now, with
SMS, you can use Graffiti®characters or the onscreen keyboard on
your handheld to quickly create SMS messages, and you have the
added benefit of a larger display when reading incoming messages.
SMS also enables you to receive records associated with your other
Palm OS® applications. For example, your boss can send you a Date
Book event for a meeting you need to attend. When you receive the
message, you can choose to add it to your Date Book or view the raw
data as a text message.

Page 2 Configuring the Software for Macintosh Users
Configuring the Software
for Macintosh Users
If you installed the SMS application on a Macintosh computer, you
need to configure the Phone Preferences before using SMS.
To configure Phone Preferences for a Macintosh computer:
1. Tap the Applications icon .
2. Tap the Preferences icon .
3. Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
4. Select Phone.
5. Tap the Connection pick list and select the appropriate driver for
your phone.
Note: If you do not see a driver for your phone, check the phone
manufacturer’s web site for a driver that is compatible
with Palm OS®software. Download the driver and install
it on your handheld. See your handheld’s handbook for
instructions on installing applications.

Making the Connection Page 3
Making the Connection
After you install the software on your computer and perform a
HotSync®operation, you are ready to start using SMS.
Note: Macintosh users must also configure the Phone Preferences
before making a connection. See “Configuring the Software for
Macintosh Users” earlier in this guide for instructions.
This section shows you how to connect your handheld and your
mobile phone. This is not a procedure that you perform by itself. You
do this only when you are ready to send or receive SMS messages as
described in “Working with SMS” later in this guide.
To prepare to connect:
1. Turn on your handheld and your mobile phone.
2. Do one of the following:
■Activate the infrared port on your phone and align the infrared
port on your handheld with the infrared port on your phone
■Connect the cable to your phone and handheld

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Working with SMS
SMS is designed so that you can use the same skills you use in your
basic handheld applications. For example:
■Tap to select an item or perform an action.
■Use Graffiti®writing or the onscreen keyboard to enter text.
■In edit lines, select, cut, copy, and paste text as you do in other
applications on your handheld.
■Elements of the interface that look familiar — edit lines, pick lists,
check boxes, scroll arrows, buttons, menus, etc. — behave just as
they behave in basic applications like Address Book.
Opening SMS
When you install SMS on your handheld, it appears by default in the
Main category of the Applications Launcher.
To open SMS:
1. Tap the Applications icon .
2. Tap the pick list in the upper-right corner of the screen.
3. Tap Main.
4. Tap the SMS icon .

Working with SMS Page 5
Creating messages
When you create a message, the title bar indicates the number of
characters the message contains. If a message exceeds 160 characters,
it is split into multiple messages. When the recipient receives the
message, it is reassembled into a single message (provided the
recipient’s SMS software supports assembling multi-part messages).
To create a message:
1. From any SMS list view, tap New.
2. Tap To.
3. Tap the recipient’s name and then tap Add.
Tip: To send a message to someone who isn’t in your Address
Book, enter their mobile phone number on the To line.
4. Enter the message text.
5. Connect to your phone. See “Making the Connection” earlier in
this guide for details.
6. Tap Send to send the message now, or tap Outbox to send the
message later.
Note: Tapping Send does not send any of the other messages in
your Outbox. It sends only the current message.
Tap New Tap Send Tap Outbox
Tap To

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Sending and receiving messages
You can send all the messages in your Outbox and retrieve all the new
messages from your mobile phone at the same time.
To send and receive messages at the same time:
1. Connect to your phone. See “Making the Connection” earlier in
this guide for details.
2. From any SMS list view, tap Send & Check.
When the transmission finishes, a message appears indicating the
number of new messages you received.
To send all messages in your Outbox:
1. Connect to your phone. See “Making the Connection” earlier in
this guide for details.
2. From any SMS list view, tap the Menu icon .
3. Tap Message, and then tap Send.
To download all messages from your phone:
1. Connect to your phone. See “Making the Connection” earlier in
this guide for details.
2. From any SMS list view, tap the Menu icon .
3. Tap Message, and then tap Check.
Tap Send & Check