2A. Device Basics 43Phone BasicsTo open the device and access the keyboard:1. Rotate the device 90 degrees counter-clockwise.2. Slide the top section of the device up to open, asshown in the illustration. When you slide the deviceopen, the display rotates from a vertical viewingmode (Portrait) to a horizontal viewing mode(Landscape).Using the KeyboardIn this section we’ll cover the steps necessary to entertext using the QWERTY keyboard. Using your device'sQWERTY keyboard is just like using any standardcomputer keyboard.The following keys perform special functions whenentering text:VoicemailQWERTY Keybaord Optical JoystickFN: Allows you to use blue charactersdisplayed at the top of the QWERTY keys.Examples: $, @, #, !Shift: Changes the text input modeamong Upper/Lower/Mixed case mode.Sym: Launches the Symbols page.When used with the key choosefrom an extensive list of symbols andother character sets.Smiley: When used with , launchesthe Smileys page. Choose from anextensive list of emoticons.Space: Inserts an empty space.SPH-M900.book Page 43 Tuesday, March 2, 2010 10:27 AM
