Android Phones For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Chapter 8

Text Messaging Mania

In This Chapter

Creating a text message

Getting a text message

Forwarding a text message

Texting pictures, videos, and media items

Managing your text messages

Specifying a text message ringtone

Texting is the popular name for using your Android phone to send short, typed messages to another phone — specifically, another cell phone. The process echoes earlier technology, such as the telegraph and teletype. Interestingly enough, the acronym LOL for laugh out loud, was first used in the 1880s:

Jeb: Stagecoach robbed again, but the boys forgot the strongbox at the office. LOL.

Despite its seemingly anachronistic nature, texting remains a popular form of communications. Indeed, some young people text more than they use the phone to place a call. It’s a great, ...