8. A mobile station, comprising: a message input configured to receive a compact text representation of a voice message and a voice message identifier, wherein the voice message is associated with a message profile; and a display configured to display the compact text representation and an indicator associated with an availability of the associated voice message, wherein the compact text representation includes an abbreviation selected from an abbreviation library associated with the message profile, and wherein an extent to which the voice message is abbreviated is based on network capacity.
8. A mobile station, comprising: a message input configured to receive a compact text representation of a voice message and a voice message identifier, wherein the voice message is associated with a message profile; and a display configured to display the compact text representation and an indicator associated with an availability of the associated voice message, wherein the compact text representation includes an abbreviation selected from an abbreviation library associated with the message profile, and wherein an extent to which the voice message is abbreviated is based on network capacity. 9. The mobile station of claim 8 , further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a request for delivery of an expanded message text associated with the compact text representation.