Using T9® Text Input

Your i50sx phone has embedded software, called T9® Text Input, that makes typing on a phone keypad much like typing on a computer keyboard: it eliminates the traditional “multi-tap” method of text entry. As you type, you press only one key per letter. T9 Text Input matches your keystrokes to words in its linguistic database of approximately 60,000 words and proper names. You may also store additional words you frequently use in your own user database, which is incorporated into the T9 database.

T9 Text Input is available when you are typing information into your phone (for example, in the Phonebook or Datebook) and while using Boost Wireless Web services.

T9 Text Input Entry Modes

Four text entry modes are available in T9 Text Input: Alpha, Word, Symbols, and Numeric. When you are using T9 Text Input, an icon in the top right corner of your phone’s display screen (next to the battery strength indicator icon) indicates the T9 Text Input entry mode you are using:

Icon*

T9 Entry Mode

Used For...

 

Name

 

 

 

 

w

Alpha

Standard “multi-tap” keypad

 

 

text entry.

 

 

 

#

Word

Entering words and

 

 

punctuation with one key-

 

 

press per character.

 

 

 

!

Symbols

Entering punctuation and

 

 

symbols such as “@” or “?”.

 

 

 

,

Numeric

Entering keypad numbers.

 

 

 

* T9 icons do not display while you are using Boost Wireless Web services.

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