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  1. #1
    huzden
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    My girlfriend is getting a new phone very soon and is looking for one wiht
    a txt message counter but also the ability to turn of long messages
    restricting her to 160 characters a message is there such a phone I see the
    3410 has aption for reduced charcter support but doesnt seem to do what i
    want.

    Many thanks in advance

    Dan


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  2. #2
    John Phillips
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    Re: length fo txt messages



    On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, at 09:35:57 [GMT +0100] (18:35:57 Friday, 10 September
    2004 where I live) "huzden" wrote:

    > My girlfriend is getting a new phone very soon and is looking for one wiht
    > a txt message counter but also the ability to turn of long messages
    > restricting her to 160 characters a message is there such a phone I see the
    > 3410 has aption for reduced charcter support but doesnt seem to do what i
    > want.


    Can't answer your specific question re what 'phone to get, but IIRC the text
    message limit to 160 characters is network dependant?

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  3. #3
    huzden
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    Re: length fo txt messages

    yes it is network dependent but most phones allow you to stitch several
    together. The problem with this is you can write a message that is over 160
    characters, often the last message is say just a few characters but has cost
    a full message to send.


    thanks

    dan


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    "John Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, at 09:35:57 [GMT +0100] (18:35:57 Friday, 10

    September
    > 2004 where I live) "huzden" wrote:
    >
    > > My girlfriend is getting a new phone very soon and is looking for one

    wiht
    > > a txt message counter but also the ability to turn of long messages
    > > restricting her to 160 characters a message is there such a phone I see

    the
    > > 3410 has aption for reduced charcter support but doesnt seem to do what

    i
    > > want.

    >
    > Can't answer your specific question re what 'phone to get, but IIRC the

    text
    > message limit to 160 characters is network dependant?
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  4. #4
    www.ngage.me.uk
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    Re: length fo txt messages


    "huzden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > My girlfriend is getting a new phone very soon and is looking for one
    > wiht
    > a txt message counter but also the ability to turn of long messages
    > restricting her to 160 characters a message is there such a phone I see
    > the
    > 3410 has aption for reduced charcter support but doesnt seem to do what i
    > want.
    >
    > Many thanks in advance
    >
    > Dan
    >
    >
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    >


    My 6600 and ngage telll me when i go over the 160 characters


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  5. #5
    ChrisM
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    Re: length fo txt messages

    "huzden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > yes it is network dependent but most phones allow you to stitch several
    > together. The problem with this is you can write a message that is over

    160
    > characters, often the last message is say just a few characters but has

    cost
    > a full message to send.
    >


    On my Nokia, I get somthing like 140/1 at the top of the screen which tells
    me how many messages my current text requires to send, and how many
    characters are left of the current one,

    ie
    140/1 : Will cost 1 message to send, and I have 140 characters left before I
    start a second message
    32/2 : Will cost 2 messages to send, and I have 32 characters left before it
    start to cost me 3.

    So although the phone won't actually stop you sending a longer double or
    triple message, its easy enough so see whats happening.

    I always check that the second number says '1' before I send the text, so it
    only ever costs me one text message. Unless of course, I WANT to send a
    longer one ;-)

    Cheers,

    Chris.






  6. #6
    huzden
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    Re: length fo txt messages

    Yeah I told her that it does say in the corner but she wants it so If she
    forgets to look it wont let her go over . It probally cant be done with the
    new phones.


    www.ngame.me.uk could you clarify what you mean by
    "My 6600 and ngage telll me when i go over the 160 characters" Do you mean
    what ChrisM said? That its in the top right hand side????



    dan


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    > "huzden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > My girlfriend is getting a new phone very soon and is looking for one
    > > wiht
    > > a txt message counter but also the ability to turn of long messages
    > > restricting her to 160 characters a message is there such a phone I see
    > > the
    > > 3410 has aption for reduced charcter support but doesnt seem to do what

    i
    > > want.
    > >
    > > Many thanks in advance
    > >
    > > Dan
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    > >

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    > My 6600 and ngage telll me when i go over the 160 characters
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    > ta
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    > www.ngage.me.uk
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