Apparatus and method for storing messages in a portable wireless terminal

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for storing a message in a portable wireless terminal assigning a predetermined memory area to a plurality of message folders. The method includes checking the number of messages stored in the message folders when a new message needs to be stored; comparing the checked number of the stored messages with the maximum storable message number for the message folders predetermined according to the size of the predetermined memory area; and storing the new message in a corresponding message folder if the checked number is smaller than the predetermined maximum storable message number. The maximum storable message number for all the message folders is predetermined and the maximum storable message number for each of the message folders is flexibly managed within the limits of the maximum storable message number for all the message folders. Accordingly, an SMS storage area can be efficiently used.

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