42Entering textThere are many situations in which you need toenter text, such as when storing a name inContacts, writing a message, creating your personalgreeting, or scheduling events on your calendar.You are provided with the following text inputmodes:• ABC modeThis mode allows you to enter letters by pressingthe key labelled with the required letter once,twice, three, or four times until the desired letterdisplays.• T9 mode*This mode allows you to enter words with onlyone keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypadhas more than one letter – for example, whenyou press the 5 key, J, K, or L can be displayed.The T9 mode automatically compares yourkeystrokes with an internal linguistic dictionary todetermine the correct word, thus requiring farfewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.• Symbolic modeThis mode allows you to enter special characters.• Number modeThis mode allows you to enter numbers.* is a registered trademark of Tegic Communications,Inc. and is licensed under U.S. Patent 5,818,437/5,953,541/ 6,011,554.
