Nokia 7380 - Multimedia messages (MMS)

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Multimedia messages (MMS)

Note: Only devices that offer compatible multimedia message features can receive
and display multimedia messages.

A multimedia message can contain text, sound, and a picture or a video clip. The
phone supports multimedia messages that are up to 300 KB in size. If the message
contains a picture in compatible format, the phone may scale it down to fit the
display area.

The multimedia message function uses shared memory. See

Shared memory

p.

15

.

If

Allow multim. recept.

is set to

Yes

or

In home network

, your operator or service

provider may charge you for every message you receive. The default setting to
receive multimedia messages is generally on. See

Settings for multimedia

messages

on page

46

.

Multimedia messaging supports the following formats:

• Picture: JPEG, GIF, WBMP, BMP, and PNG.

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• Sound: scalable polyphonic MIDI (SP-MIDI), AMR audio, monophonic ringing

tones, and ACC/MP3 tones.

• Video clips in 3gp format with SubQCIF and QCIF resolution and AMR audio.

The phone does not necessarily support all variations of the mentioned file
formats. If a received message contains unsupported objects, they may be
replaced with the file name and the text

Object format not supported

.

You are not able to receive any multimedia messages if a call is in progress.

Because delivery of multimedia messages can fail for a variety of reasons, do not
rely solely upon them for essential communications.

Write and send a multimedia message

To set the settings for multimedia messaging, see

Settings for multimedia

messages

on page

46

. To check availability and to subscribe to the multimedia

messaging service, contact your network operator or service provider.

Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringing tones, and other content
from being copied, modified, transferred or forwarded.

1. Select

Menu

>

Messaging

>

Create message

>

Multimedia message

.

2. Enter a message. See

Write text

p.

33

.

To insert a file in the message, select

Options

>

Insert

and select the type of

file you want to insert.

To move the text component to the top or bottom of the message, select

Options

>

Place text first

or

Place text last

.

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Your phone supports sending and receiving multimedia messages that contain
several pages (slides). To insert a slide in the message, select

Options

>

Insert

>

Slide

. Each slide can contain text, one image, and one sound clip.

If the message contains several slides, select

Options >

Previous slide

,

Next

slide

, or

Slide list

to open the desired slide. To set the interval between the

slides, select

Options >

Slide timing

.

The following options may also be available:

Delete

to delete an image, slide, or

sound clip from the message,

Preview

, or

Save message

. In

More options,

the

following options may be available:

Insert contact

,

Insert number

,

Message

details

and

Edit subject

.

3. To send the message, press the call key, or select

Options

>

Send

to select one

of the sending options:

Recently used

,

To phone number

,

To e-mail address

, or

To many

.

4. Enter the recipient’s phone number (or e-mail address), or select

Options

>

Search

to search for it in

Contacts

. Select

Options

>

Accept

. The message is

moved to the

Outbox

folder for sending. While the multimedia message is

being sent, the animated

is displayed, and you can use other functions on

the phone. If sending fails, the message remains in the

Outbox

folder, and you

can try to resend it later.

Read and reply to a multimedia message

Important: Exercise caution opening messages. Messages may contain malicious
software or otherwise be harmful to your device or PC.

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When your phone receives a multimedia message, the animated

is displayed.

When the message has been received,

and

Multimedia message received

are

shown.

The blinking

indicates that the memory for multimedia messages is full. See

Multimedia messages memory full

p.

43

.

Note: Only devices that have compatible features can receive and display
multimedia messages. The appearance of a message may vary depending on the
receiving device.

1. Select

Show

to view the message, or

Exit

to view it later.

2. To read the message later: Select

Menu

>

Messaging

>

Inbox

. An unread

multimedia message is indicated by

.

3. Scroll to view the message. Select

Options

to access available options.

Inbox, Outbox, Saved and Sent items folders

The phone saves received multimedia messages in the

Inbox

folder. Multimedia

messages that have not yet been sent are moved to the

Outbox

folder. You can

save multimedia messages in the

Multimedia messages

folder under

Saved items

.

The multimedia messages that have been sent are saved in the

Sent items

folder if

Save sent messages

is set to

Yes

. See

Settings for multimedia messages

p.

46

.

Multimedia messages are indicated with

.

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Multimedia messages memory full

When you have a new multimedia message waiting and the memory for the
messages is full,

blinks and

Multimedia memory full, view waiting message

is

shown. To view the waiting message, select

Show

. To save the message, select

Options

>

Save message

.To delete old messages select the folder and the oId

message(s) to be deleted. To discard the waiting message, select

Exit

>

Yes

. If you

select

No

, you can view the message.