Cell Phone Users Guide

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Using T9
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Text Input
As you compose email or enter street and web addresses on your Nextel
phone, you will need to type words, numbers and symbols. Your Nextel
data-capable 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. As you type, T9 Text
Input matches your keystrokes to words in its linguistic database of
approximately 60,000 words and proper names. There’s even a
provision to store words you frequently use that aren’t in the T9
database.
Entering Characters, Numbers and Symbols
In applications that require text input, such as email, address book, and
search, there are four text entry modes available: Word, Alpha, Number,
and Symbol.
Word—activates single-key-press T9 Text Input.
Alpha—for standard keypad text entry called “multi-tap”.
Num—for entering keypad numbers.
Sym—for entering punctuation symbols such as “@” or “?”.
The menu option in the lower right corner of the phone screen indicates
your current text entry mode. If the option is “word,” you are in T9 Text
Input Mode. To change text entry modes, press the right
ountil you see
the desired text entry mode.
T9 Navigation Keys
Your phone keys assume different functions while in T9 Text Entry
Mode just as they did when in Net Mode. The following keys will be
instrumental while using T9:
Backspace/Erase: Press once to backspace or to erase a single
character. Press and hold to erase the entire message.
Space: Press once to accept a word and insert a space when
entering text.
Next: Press
0 to display more words that match the keystroke
sequence you entered. Words that you have added to the T9 database
will begin appearing after you press
0 twice.
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