30 Section 2A:Your Phone – The Basics
Entering Text

Selectinga Character Input Mode

Your 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 SMS Text Messaging).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
select Mode(right softkey).
2. Select one of the following options:
䡲Abcto cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 33).
䡲T9Wordto enter text using a predictive text
entering system that reduces the number of keys
that need to be pressed while entering a word
(see page 31).
䡲123to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 34).
䡲Symbolsto enter symbols (see page 34).
䡲Smileysto enter “emoticons” (see page 34).
䡲Preset Messagesto enter pre-programmed
messages (see page 34).
Tip: When entering text, press the *(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (Abc > ABC > abc).