User Guide

Section 6
Application-Specific Tasks 151
Application Tasks
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SMS
When you subscribe to PCS Vision Services, you can use your PCS Treo 300
to receive and store short text messages. These text messages are similar to
e-mail messages that you receive on your computer, but are typically no
more than 160 characters in length. These messages can originate from
any of the following sources:
© The PCS voicemail paging system
© The PCS messaging website
© An email message addressed to your mobile phone
[e-mail].
Receiving text messages
When you receive text messages, the New Messages alert appears. The
buttons that appear in the alert dialog box are based on the source and
content of the message.
In the New Messages alert dialog box, you can save or respond to the first
message by tapping any of the following buttons:
OK
Saves the message in the All category, dismisses the alert dialog box,
and returns you to the previous application.
Select
Opens a dialog box where you can choose how to respond to the
message. The options available change based on the content of the
message. See page 153 for details.
Number
of new
messages
Most
recent
message
Single message alert
Multiple message alert