User guide

15Getting to Know the Cell Phone
To change the phone language
1 From standby select Menu } Settings
} General tab } Language } Phone
Language.
2 Select a language.
Entering Letters and Characters
Enter characters using:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
• When you enter letters, press and hold
down .
Options when entering letters
• Select More.
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until the
desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold down - to
enter numbers.
• Press to delete letters or numbers.
• Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-
in dictionary.
To use T9™ Text Input
1 Press and hold down to
change the text input method.
2 From standby select Menu
} Messaging } Write New
} Message.
3 Press each key only once, even if the
desired letter is not the first letter on
the key. For example, to write the
word “Jane”, press , , ,
. Enter the full word before
looking at the choices.
• Press or for word choices.
• Press to accept a word and
add a space.
• Press to accept a word without
adding a space.
• Press and then or to
enter a punctuation mark.
• Press to delete the last letter
entered.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1 When entering letters, select More
} Spell Word.
2 Edit the word by using multitap input.
3 Select Insert.
Most SmartChips automatically set the
menu language to the country where
you bought your SmartChip. If not, the
predefined language is English.
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