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My New iPhone
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My New iPhone

by Wallace Wang
July 2009
Beginner content levelBeginner
464 pages
11h
English
No Starch Press
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Chapter 16. Sending and Receiving Text Messages

To contact someone immediately, you'll usually make a phone call. However, sometimes you or the other person can't speak on the phone (maybe the person is in a library, a classroom, or a business meeting). In that case, you can still contact that person by sending him or her a text message.

A text message (also called an SMS, for short message service) is a short message that you type and send directly to another person's mobile phone number. (Sending a text message to a non—mobile phone number won't work and will return an error message.) You can also send audio (using the Voice Memos app explained in Project 36) and pictures (captured through the built-in camera) via text messages. Sending audio ...

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