Unified addressing

1. A method of handling an outgoing message in a mobile communication device, said method comprising:

presenting a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message;

recognizing that said being-composed message comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;

determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;

during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;

permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker; and

transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating;

and further comprising:

where said message is formatted for an email message handling service, determining that said message is associated with a first destination address for said email message handling service:

determining that said message is associated with a second destination address for said SMS; and

passing said message to a SMS client application on said mobile communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address;

and wherein said SMS destination address is a first SMS destination address and further comprising:

determining that said message is associated with a second SMS destination address; and

passing first and second SMS message payloads of said multiple SMS message payloads to said SMS client application with an indication of said second SMS destination address.

2. A method of handling an outgoing message in a mobile communication device, said method comprising:

presenting a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message;

recognizing that said being-composed message comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;

determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;

during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;

permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker; and

transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating;

and further comprising:

where said message is formatted for an email message handling service, determining that said message is associated with a first destination address for said email message handling service;

determining that said message is associated with a second destination address for said SMS; and

passing said message to a SMS client application on said mobile communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address;

and further comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload of said multiple SMS message payloads and said SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload of said multiple SMS message payloads and said SMS destination address.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising transmitting said first and said second SMS messages on a wireless network.

4. A communication device comprising a processor adapted to:

present a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message;

populate fields of said message composition interface based on user input;

recognize that said being-composed message comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;

determine whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;

during composition of said being-composed message, display a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;

display another marker in a text field to indicate another point in said being-composed message at which a further character limit has been met such that text between said marker and said another marker will be sent as one SMS message payload;

permit editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker; and

transmit said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating.

5. A tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor in a communication device, cause said processor to:

present a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message;

populate fields of said message composition interface based on user input;

recognize that said being-composed message comprises a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;

determine whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;

during composition of said being-composed message, display a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;

display another marker in a text field to indicate another point in said being-composed message at which a further character limit has been met such that text between said marker and said another marker will be sent as one SMS message payload;

permit editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker; and

transmit said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating.

6. A method of controlling a message composition interface on a communication device, said method comprising:

presenting a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message;

populating fields of said message composition interface based on user input;

recognizing a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field of said message composition interface;

determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;

during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;

displaying another marker in a text field to indicate another point in said being-composed message at which a further character limit has been met such that text between said marker and said another marker will be sent as one SMS message payload;

permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker; and

transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising including contents of a subject field associated with said message in first and second SMS message payloads of said multiple SMS message payloads.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein said determining comprises consulting an entry associated with said SMS destination address in a contact management application on said communication device, said entry indicating whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload of said multiple SMS message payloads and said SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload of said multiple SMS message payloads and said SMS destination address.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising transmitting said first and said second SMS messages on a wireless network.