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Entering text
The phone allows you to enter characters for
messages and names in Chinese and English by
using the keypad and the touch screen. To enter
Chinese text, the phone provides several widely
used pronunciation based (Pinyin) and character
shape based (Stroke) input methods to meet the
preferences of different users, allowing for greater
convenience and ease of use.
You can also enter any combination of Chinese
characters, alphabets, numbers, and special
symbols including punctuation marks.
The following text input modes are available on
your phone:
• Pen Stroke mode
• Pinyin mode
• Chinese Simplified Stroke mode
• Quick English mode(
mode)
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• English mode
• Chinese Traditional Stroke mode
• Number mode
• Symbolic mode
• My Words mode
Directions for using each of the text input modes
appear later in this section.
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tions, Inc. and is licensed under U.S. Patent
5,818,437/5,953,541/6,011,554.