Send text messages with your Nextel phone

Last Updated: Sep 15, 2011

Follow these steps to compose and send a text message from your Nextel Pay-As-You-Go phone:

Access the Two-Way Express start page.
Select Send. The Phone Num/Email screen displays.
From this screen, enter the phone number or e-mail address you want to send the text message (you can also select My List and select a saved address from the list).
Press the OK key. The Enter Message screen displays.
Use the keypad to enter your message.
Select Send. The Message Sent screen appears.

Follow these steps to compose and send a text message using a Nextel Enhanced Two-Way plan:
1. From your phone, access Messaging.
2. Address the message. The Create Message screen displays the following three options:
  - Compose New: Select this option to create a new message; use the keypad to enter the message.
  - Sent: Select this option to send a message that has been sent before; scroll to select the desired message.
  - My Messages: Select this option to send a message that is saved in My Phone Messages on sprint.com; scroll through your list of saved messages to select and send the message.
3. Once you’ve created a new message or selected an existing message, press the OK key.
Follow these steps to compose and send a text message using Nextel MMS:
1. Access Message Center.
2. Select Create Mesg.
3. Address the message (you can use a phone number, e-mail address, or short code).
4. Create the message.
5. To send the message, press the Send key.
  - Note: For more messaging options, refer to the phone user guide.

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