SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to send and receive short text messages to and from mobile devices.
The Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility provides an easy-to-use SMS Client for storing frequently used contact information and
easily composing, sending, and receiving SMS messages.
The SMS Client Mailbox pane includes the following mailboxes:
Mailbox
Description
Inbox
Contains your incoming messages.
Outbox
A temporary storage area for messages waiting to be sent.
Sent
Contains messages you have sent.
SIM
Contains messages from the SIM card.
The Inbox and SIM columns include:
Columns
Description
The message priority. Priority can be Emergency or
Urgent .
The message type.
From
The name or phone number of the message sender.
Message
The SMS message text or the subject line of an email message.
Received
The date the message was received.
The Outbox and Sent columns include:
Columns
Description
The message type.
To
The recipient's name or phone number.
Message
The message text.
Sent
The date the message was sent.
Viewing Messages
To open a mailbox:
In the left pane, click on the mailbox. The current messages are displayed in the Subject pane.
Sorting Messages
You can sort messages in any or your mailboxes by any column in either ascending or descending order. An arrow indicates
the current column. An up arrow indicates the column is sorted in ascending order. A down arrow indicates descending order.
To sort messages:
To sort by a column, click on the column heading.
To toggle from ascending to descending order, or descending to ascending, click on the column again.
NOTE: An SMS message can contain up to 160 alphabetic or numeric characters and cannot contain
any images or graphics. A message over 160 characters will be divided into multiple messages.
Your carrier may reduce the character limit when sending multiple messages.
To compose an SMS message:
On the toolbar, click the New SMS/Email Message button.
In the Compose Message dialog box, specify recipients for the message either of the following methods:
In the To... box, type the phone number or email address of each recipient, separating names with a semicolon (;).
To select recipients from your address book, click the Address Book button
or click the To� button and select
one or more recipients from the Select Recipients dialog box as described in
Selecting Recipients From Your Address Book.
Type the text of your message in the text entry area. As you type your message, the current character count is displayed
at the bottom of the window. You can enter up to 160 characters.
To send the message, click the Send button.
Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
You can cut or copy text and paste it in the same message or to another message.
To use the cut, copy, and paste options:
Select the text you want to cut or copy. To select all of the text,
select Select All from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+A on the keyboard.
Do any of the following:
Click on the toolbar,
select Cut from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+X on the keyboard to cut the text.
Click on the toolbar,
select Copy from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+C on the keyboard to copy the text.
Click where you want to paste the text and click on the toolbar,
select Paste from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+V on the keyboard to paste the text.
To undo the operation, select Undo from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+Z on the keyboard.
Printing a Message
Open the message and click the Print icon.
Setting Message Format
You can define the following message formats:
Set ASCII or Unicode encoding.
Request a receipt notification when the recipient receives the message.
To set the message format:
To set the encoding, click select Format and then ASCII or Unicode.
To request a receipt notification, select Format > Receipt.
To save the current settings as the default, select Format > Set Default.
Selecting Recipients From Your Address Book
To select recipients from your address book:
In the Compose Message dialog box, click the To� button.
In the Name list of the Select Recipients dialog box, select the name of a recipient and click the Mobile->
button to move it into the Message Recipients box.
To create a new entry in the currently selected address book, click New Entry�. In the Contact dialog box,
enter a name and mobile number and click OK.
To view or edit information any name in the phone book, click on the name in the Show Names From The list and click Edit.
When you have finished viewing or editing the contact information, click OK to close the Contact dialog box.
Click OK. The names and numbers you have selected are entered as recipients for your message.
Once you are attached to the network, you can receive SMS messages. When you receive an SMS message, the
SMS Notification icon appears in the Main window.
Reading Messages
After the SMS Client receives a message you can read it in the lower pane.
You can also view messages from the Outbox and Sent folders.
To read your messages:
In the SMS Mailbox list, click the Inbox icon. Your received messages are listed in the upper-right pane.
To view the message text, click the message in the message list. The message text is displayed in the lower-right pane.
Replying To a Message
You can quickly reply to a message received in your inbox. When you reply to a message, the Compose Message window opens with the
recipient's address entered into the To box and with the subject line of received message preceded by "RE:".
To reply to a message:
In the message list, click the message you want to reply to.
Click the Reply button or right-click and select Reply from the pop-up menu.
You can forward a message to another recipient. When you forward a message, the Compose Message window opens with the
To box empty and with the subject of the received message inserted into the Subject line preceded by "FWD:".
To forward a message:
In the message list, click the message you want to reply to.
Click the Forward button or right-click and select Forward from the pop-up menu.
The address book stores addresses of users that you frequently send messages to. Once you store an address, you can
quickly access it without having to enter the user's information.
Opening the Address Book
On the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility Main window, select Address Book from the Tools menu.
Creating Entries
To add an address to your address book:
Open the address book, and click New Entry....
In the Contact dialog box, enter a display name for the user and the user's mobile number.
Click OK.
Changing Contact Information
You can view properties of any of the contacts in your address book.
To change a contact's information:
In the contact list, select the contact whose information you want to change.
Click Edit.
In the Contact dialog box, change any of the contact information.
Click OK.
Deleting Contact Information
Deleting a contact permanently removes the information from the address book.
To delete a contact's information:
In the contact list, select the contact you want to delete.
Click Delete.
In the message box, click Yes to delete the entry. Click No to abort the deletion.
Sending an SMS Message from the Address Book
You can send an SMS message to a contact selected in the address book.
To send an SMS message:
In the contact list, select the contact.
Click Send SMS. The SMS Message client and the Compose SMS dialog boxes open with the selected contact entered into the To.. box.
Mailbox
Subject
Message
or
Urgent 
.
New SMS/Email Message button.
button
or click the To� button and select
one or more recipients from the Select Recipients dialog box as described in
Send button.
on the toolbar,
select Cut from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+X on the keyboard to cut the text.
on the toolbar,
select Copy from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+C on the keyboard to copy the text.
on the toolbar,
select Paste from the Edit menu, or press Ctrl+V on the keyboard to paste the text.
icon appears in the Main window.
button or right-click and select Reply from the pop-up menu.
button or right-click and select Forward from the pop-up menu.
button or right-click and select Delete from the pop-up menu.