Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone - The Basics 27
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone provides convenient ways to enter
words, letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers whenever you
are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts
entry or when sending Sprint PCS Mail and SMS Text Messages).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press and hold to cycle through the different modes.
2. Release to select one of the following text input modes:
Ⅲ T9 to enter characters using predictive T9 Text Input
(see page 27).
Ⅲ ABC to enter characters by tapping the keypad
(see page 28).
Ⅲ 123 to enter numbers (see page 29).
Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input
T9 Text Input lets you enter text in your Sprint PCS Phone by
pressing keys just once per letter. (To select the T9 (English) mode
when entering text, see “Selecting a Character Input Mode” above.)
T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive word
database and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as you
type.) If the word you want does not display after you have entered
all the letters, press to scroll through additional word
selections. To accept a word and insert a space, press .
If you make a mistake, press to erase a single character. Press and
hold to delete an entire entry.
To enter text using T9:
1. From the text entry screen (for example, a new event in
scheduler), press and hold to select T9.
2. Use your keypad to enter the new event. (For example, to
enter “Meeting”, press once, twice, once,
once, once, and once.)
