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Warning! Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited
or when it may cause interference or danger.
You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters using the
phone keypad when working with the phone book, calendar, text
messaging, or while browsing the Internet. This section provides
detailed instructions for the two text entry methods, that is,
traditional text entry and predictive text input.
You have four modes available for entering information, based
on the type of data you’re entering (phone book, organizer notes or text messages):
• WRITE USING ABC AND 123 MODES
A status indicator in the upper left corner of your screen
indicates the mode you are in whenever you are entering
information into your phone book, calendar, or text messaging.
The following table contains a list of the characters displayed
when entering text and numbers from your keypad:
Mode The phone shows Use for
ABC
sentence or title case (first letter
uppercase)
all uppercase letters
all lowercase letters
Entering names, numbers or
addresses in phone book
Entering notes in Calendar
Writing a text message
123 number entry. Entering numbers
Special
characters
special characters list Entering punctuation or
special characters
Predictive text in combination with ABC mode
indicators.
Writing SMS text messages or
calendar notes
Key Characters Key Characters
1 .@?!-,&:’1 7 P Q R S 7
2 A B C 2 8 T U V 8
3 D E F 3 9 W X Y Z 9
4 G H I 4 0 Space, 0, return
5 J K L 5 */+ Special characters menu