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17Getting to know the phone
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can
select and switch quickly to another
input method by pressing and
holding .
General instructions
Regardless of which input method you
choose, your phone has a function to
speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a
stroke or a Pinyin letter, a candidate
row of the most frequently used
characters containing that stroke or
relating to that letter appears at the
bottom of the screen.
If the character you want is not
displayed in the candidate row, press
to present another candidate row.
Continue pressing until the
character you want is displayed.
Alternatively, you can enter the next
stroke or Pinyin letter, and a new set
of characters will immediately be
displayed in the candidate row. To go
back to the previous row, press . To
select a character in the candidate
row, press the navigation key.
Stroke input
A Chinese character is built up of
strokes. There are more than 30 basic
strokes, which are grouped into five
stroke categories. Each category is
represented on the keypad by one of
the keys - . The Wild Card key
, is used when you are not sure of
which stroke to use
% 19 For example,
to enter “
信息
” and % 19 Example of
using the wild card key.
Stroke categories
The five stroke categories are defined
in the table below:
Number
Key
Stroke
Category
Basic
Stroke
Stroke
Name
Character
Over
王 十 在
七 天
Lift
海 红 牡
状 习
Down
中 业 上
门 丑
Down-
Hook
小 水 打
子 承
Short
Slope
Down
直 真 质
草
Long
Left
Slope
八 九 丹
风 片
Over
Slope
香 千 匕
后 丢
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Contents 1
Contents
Getting to know your phone 4
Key functions, quick keys, entering letters and characters.
Personalizing your phone 22
Download settings or choose from the phone.
Calling 31
Use the Phonebook, voice control, call options.
Messaging 51
Multimedia messaging, chat and e-mail.
Camera 60
Use the camera.
Setting up WAP and e-mail 63
All you need to know about setting up WAP and e-mail.
Using WAP 71
WAP browser, bookmarks.
Transferring and exchanging information 74
Bluetooth wireless technology, synchronization.
More features 79
Calendar, alarm clock, stopwatch, timer, games.
Security 87
SIM card lock, phone lock.
Troubleshooting 89
Why doesn’t the phone work the way I want?
Additional information 91
Safe and efficient use, warranty, declaration of conformity.
Icons 98
What do the icons mean?
Index 105
Sony Ericsson T618