User's Guide Part 2

23Getting to know the phone
Draft for Sony Ericsson Internal Use Only
Entering text
You can enter text by using the
keypad, handwriting recognition
or on-screen keyboard.
Entering text using the keypad
You can enter English by using
keypad prediction or multitap:
Keypad prediction – enter
words by a single press of a key
to input any of the characters
associated with that key.
Multitap – enter latin letters by
pressing a key containing the
letter, until the desired letter
appears.
You can enter Chinese characters
by using Pinyin or Stroke:
Pinyin – enter Chinese
characters by pressing the keys
containing its Pinyin letters.
Stroke – enter Chinese
characters by pressing the keys
containing its strokes. Strokes
are grouped into five categories
and represented by -
.
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Example
王 十
海 红
中 业
小 水
直 真 质 草
八 九
香 千
而 页
六 学
人 火
四 西 酉 酸
山 巨
么 去
女 要
衣 以
我 或
心 必 思 忘
电 也
专 传 转
马 与
鼎 鼐
写 字
口 已
力 习
又 之
及 极 廷 建
阿 队
乃 透