Text messages are also called SMS messages (Short Message Service). They are a practical and quick way of communicating.

When writing a message, you can insert in it

• a phone number from your Contacts
• a smiley
• a symbol, such as * or £.

To do this, press Options, Insert Options and select the one you need.

In addition to the traditional text input or writing, you can also use the phone's built-in dictionary. This is called Using predictive text input, a tool that you use by pressing each key only once. It may take a little while to get accustomed to it, but once you do, you will notice it is very convenient to use.

You can write and send multi-part messages consisting of several ordinary text messages (Network Service). The number of available characters/the current part number of a multi-part message are shown on the top right of the display, for example 120/2.

Invoicing may be based upon the number of ordinary messages that are needed for any multi-part message.

If you use special (Unicode) characters, such as Cyrillic characters, more parts may be needed for the message than would otherwise be required. Note that predictive text input may use Unicode characters.