Device Basics
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● Touch
to select numbers and symbols. You can then touch
to find more. Also,
the often used symbols are displayed on top of the keypad. Flick left or right to find the
one you need and touch to enter.
● Touch
to enter a smiley face; hold the key to choose more emoticons.
● Touch
and choose to select the input method or set up the Android keyboard.
● Touch
to use Google‟s networked voice input. Speak clearly into the microphone.
When complete, your spoken words are recognized, converted to text and inserted into
the current cursor position. You can enable or disable voice input in Android keyboard
settings.
Swype Text Input
Swype Text Input can speed up text input by replacing the letter touching/typing motion of input
with a tracing gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without lifting the finger
until you reach the end of the word.
You can also touch the onscreen keyboard to enter words.
● Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold a key to enter the number or
symbol located on the top of the key. Keep holding the key brings up a list of all the
characters available on that key, including associated accented letters, symbols or
numbers.
For example, touch and hold
to enter number 6. Keep holding
to open a character
and number list. You can select to enter
y
,
ý
,
ÿ
,
¥
or
6
.
● Touch
to use uppercase or lowercase. This key also indicates the current case:
for lowercase,
for uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase.
