way, as noted above, is simply to resume one of the “conversations” that are
already listed in the Text Messages list.
Options to fire off a text message are lurking all over the iPhone. A few
examples:
In the Contacts, Recents, or Favorites lists. Tap a person’s name in
Contacts, or O next to a listing in Recents or Favorites, to open the Info
screen; tap Text Message. In other words, sending a text message to anyone
whose cellphone number lives in your iPhone is only two taps away.
In the Text program. Press the HomeÆText icon. The iPhone opens the
complete list of messages that you’ve received. Tap the √ button at the
top-right corner of the screen to open a new text message window, with
the keyboard ready to go.
Fancy Phone Tricks
Address it by tapping the + button, which opens your Contacts list. Tap
the person you want to text.
Your entire Contacts list appears here, even ones with no cellphone numbers. But you can’t text somebody who doesn’t have a cellphone number.
In any case, the text message composition screen appears. You’re ready to
type and send!
Links that people send you in text messages actually work. For example, if someone sends you a Web address, tap it with your finger to open it in Safari. if someone sends a street address, tap it to open it in google Maps. and if someone sends a phone number, tap it to dial.
