Samsung MM-A940 - Manual (Page 67)

Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The Basics 41
Phone Basics
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your Sprint PCS Phone provides convenient ways to enter
words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are
prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts
entry or when using Sprint PCS Mail and SMS Text Messaging).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press the right softkey to change the character input
mode.
2. Select one of the following options:
Ⅲ
VoiceMode to enter text by speaking into your
phone. Speech is converted to text and displayed on
screen (see page 123).
Ⅲ
T9(English) to enter text using a predictive text
entering system that reduces the amount of keys
that need to be pressed while entering a word
(see page 42).
Ⅲ
Alpha to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see page
43).
Ⅲ
Symbols to enter symbols (see page 44).
Ⅲ
Number to enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the keypad (see page 44).
Ⅲ
Preset Msg to enter pre-programmed messages (see
page 44).
Ⅲ
Recent Msg to enter a message from a list of
previous messages.
Ⅲ
Emoticons to enter “emoticons” (see page 44).