Note: This article does not apply to messaging applications on Treo smartphones. For more information about SMS and MMS on Treo, please refer to the User Guide for your smartphone.

When using the Mesages application, there are two connections that must be made:

• Mobile phone to cellular network
• palmOne handheld to mobile phone

The Messages application does not replace your phone's text or media mesasging interface. When a new message arrives for you, your phone will handle it the way it always has. You'll be able to view the message, reply to it, delete it, and so forth, using your phone's built-in applications. The palmOne Messages application is an alternate interface to your messages.

In order to send and receive text or media messages, you must:

• Turn Bluetooth on, and establish a connection between your palmOne handheld and your mobile phone
• Subscribe to SMS and MMS services with your mobile service provider. If you have questions, please contact your carrer.

Receiving Messages
Because the Messages application simply presents a new interface for viewing messages (and does not replace any messaging applications on your mobile phone), first make sure that your mobile phone is able to receive messages. The Messages application provides a unified Inbox for text and multimedia messages.

1. Launch the Messages application.

    

2. Tap the Get Messages button.

    

3. Note: If you have any messages waiting in the Outbox, the Get Messages button will be renamed Get & Send.

    

4. The Messages application will contact your mobile phone and, if you have any incoming messages, copy them from the phone to your handheld.

    

5. New messages will appear in the Inbox, with the most recent at the top.

    

6. Tap on a message to view it.

    

Sending Messages
When you send messages in the Messaging application, you're really using the handheld as an alternate interface to your mobile phone. The message will still go through the mobile phone before it is sent to the network.