30Entering TextText Input MethodsYour device offers several text input methods:• Swype: Swype is a new text input method that allows you toenter words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTYkeyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also enableWord prediction, to match your key touches to wordsautomatically.• Android keyboard: Enter text by touching keys on a virtualQWERTY keyboard. Android keyboard includes predictive text,which matches your key touches to common words so you canselect a word to insert it into your text.• Samsung keypad: Enter text by touching keys on a virtualQWERTY keyboard. Samsung keypad includes optional XT9predictive text, which matches your key touches to commonwords so you can select a word to insert it into your text.• Voice input: Use the Voice Input option of any keyboard orapplication to speak your entries.Virtual QWERTY KeyboardYour device offers virtual QWERTY keyboards for text entry.Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, andother characters into text entry fields or applications.Touch any text entry field to display a keyboard at the bottomof the screen. By default, when you rotate the device, thescreen updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of thescreen.Choosing the Text Entry MethodYou can choose a default entry method in Settings, andchoose a method at any time from the System bar.For information about choosing the default entry method, see“Current input method” on page 121.To change the entry method while entering text, touchin the System bar, then choose a new keyboard, or voiceinput.
