Choosing text entry methods
From any text entry screen, such as a text
messagewindow,selectOptions > Input
Method.
ABC input
ABCinputenablesyoutoenterindividual
lettersonebyone.Thisisidealforaddinga
phonebookentryorenteringaWAPaddress.
When you press a key, the characters assigned
tothekeyappearonthescreen.Pressthekey
repeatedlytoscrollthroughthesecharacters.
Pauseforamomentandtheselectedletter
appearsonthescreen.Forpractice,trycreating
atextmessage(SMS)asfollows:
From the menu, go to Messages > SMS >
Write Message.Beforeenteringtext,press
Options > Input Method, andselectABC
Input.
Toenterthewords“myphone”intothetext
entryarea,followthesesteps:
1. Press6toselectm.
2. Press9threetimestoselecty.
3. Press0followedbyOKtoenteraspace.
4. Press7 to enter p, then press 4 twice to
enter h.Continueinthisfashionuntilthe
word“phone”isentered.
Smart Abc
Smart Abc is a predictive text entry method,
whichusesabuilt-indictionarytopredictthe
wordyouaretyping.Youcanchoosethe
correctwordbypressingthekeysrepetitively
andscrollingthroughthewordssuggested
bythephone.Byreducingthenumberof
keystrokes,thesmartAbchelpssomeusersto
typemessagesmorequickly.
Wheneveryoupressakey,alistofpossible
characters or character combinations is
created.Toentertext,usetheupand
downnavigationkeystondthecharacter
combinationyouwant.Presstheright
navigationkeyor#keytoproceedenteringthe
nextcharacter.Ifyoumakeamistake,press
Clear.
Hereisanexampleofhowtoentertheword
“baby”usingsmarttextentry.
1. Press2.Theletteraappearsonthe
screen.
2. Press2againquicklytogotothenext
suggestionwhichisba.Ifyoupressthe
up/down navigation keys, the phone
scrollsthroughallpossibletwo-letter
combinationsofthelettersa,b,andc.
3. Press2 againquicklytodisplaythree-
lettercombinationsofthelettersa,b,and
c.
4. Presstheup/downnavigationkeysto
scrollthroughthepossiblewords.When
youseethe“bab”combination,press
the right navigation key to proceed to the
nextletter.