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StreetDocRN wrote:Hi,
First of all, I believe it is a standard for all cell phones, no matter who the provider is, for SMS (Short Messaging Service) to be 160 characters or less. If you want to send longer messages, send it MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) which can be a lot longer. That is probably why you get "pages and pages" of text from certain friends.
Doc
Well Blackberrys are not "Enhanced Messaging" capable like most regular phones. Blackberrys can RECEIVE messages longer than 160 characters, we just can't send them.
And Enhanced Messaging only works for messages sent to other VzW phones. The max is 160 characters to send to other carriers.