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Enter text
You can enter text for some
features such as Messages, the
Phonebook, or the Organiser using
Pinyin, PTI, and Stroke modes for
Chinese, and ABC and English
word modes for English. You can
also enter numbers and symbols.
Changing the text input
mode
• Press and hold and select the
text input mode you want using
the wheel.
• Press and hold to switch to
Symbol mode.
Using Chinese Phrasal
Pinyin mode
Pinyin is a system to enter Chinese
words by spelling them
phonetically (how they sound)
using the Latin alphabet. With the
Pinyin input method, you can enter
Chinese characters by entering the
Pinyin string using the phone’s
keypad.
Entering characters in Pinyin
mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to
the phonetic spelling, referring
to the letters printed on the
keys.
Example
: To enter , press
6
and
4
to enter
ni
.
2. Move the wheel clockwise or
counterclockwise to select
alternative pinyins for the keys
you have pressed.
3. If you cannot find the character
you want from the display, press
or to scroll through the
word choices.
4. Press
1
to activate the character
selection field. A number, from
1 to 4, is added to each
character.
5. Press the number key
corresponding to the character
you want.
Using the tones
You can enter another character by
assigning a tone for the selected
pinyin. Entering a tone for a
character is optional, but it is
especially useful if the pinyin
spelling is similar for several
characters.
1. Press the keys corresponding to
the pinyin of the letter you
need.
2. If necessary, move the wheel
clockwise or counterclockwise
to select the pinyin.
3. Press
0
for tones.
4. If you cannot find the character
you want from the display, press
or to scroll through word
choices.
5. Press a key,
1
to
4
,
corresponding to the character.
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