Samsung SPH-a500 Series - Manual (Page 46)

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Alphabetical text entry
Alphabetical text entry characters may be entered in ABC mode, by pressing the
corresponding key to the letter you want to enter.
Press the same key repeatedly to change between the characters represented
by each key. To change capitalization formats while entering text, press .
Entering numbers
This mode enables you to enter numbers into a text message.
Symbol entry
Symbol mode enables you to enter symbols into a text message. Press to
display the options, then press the navigation key up/down to select the symbol
option. When displayed, use the navigation key to manipulate the symbols.
When in Symbol input mode, press the key shown on the display under the
required symbol.
T9 ® English text entry
T9 English, or T9 for text on 9 keys, requires only one key press per letter, and
recognizes the most commonly used word of a number sequence.
For example, to enter the word hello, you can spell out the word by pressing
only five keys, 4-3-5-5-6. T9 Text Input recognizes the most commonly used
word for that number sequence is hello. If two or more words share the same
number sequence, T9 provides the most commonly used word, with the ability
to navigate to the next most commonly used word by pressing
.
Press repeatedly to display all of the available words that T9 knows.
When the word you need displays, continue to enter text in the same way, or
change to another text or character entry mode.
Note: To type words not found in the T9 mode, change the text input mode to
ABC mode. You can include numbers between letters without exiting the T9
input mode by pressing and holding the desired number key.