How to Send Text Messages

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Start at the Home screen, then tap Messages. The first time you send a text message, this will take you directly to the New Message screen, where you can type and send your text. After that, tapping Messages will take you to your Messages list. So, to send a text message from there, tap the button in the top-right corner of the screen (it looks like a page with a pencil on it). In the To field, enter the phone number (or just a name if they’re already in your contacts list—more on your contacts list in Chapter 2), then tap once in the field to the right of the camera icon and type in your text. (Hey, what’s the camera ...

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