Flick
To flick, place your finger on the screen, slide it
quickly across the screen, then quickly lift your
finger. The content of the screen will continue
scrolling with the speed and direction it had at the
moment of release. To select an item from a
scrolling list and to stop the movement, tap the
item. In your device, flicking is available in Music
player.
Scroll
To scroll up or down in
lists that have a scroll
bar, drag the slider of
the scroll bar.
In some list views, you
can place your finger
on a list item and drag up or down.
Example:
To scroll through contacts, place
your finger on a contact, and drag up or down.
Tip:
To view a brief description of an icon,
place your finger on the icon. Descriptions are
not available for all icons.
Touch screen backlight
The touch screen backlight is turned off after a
period of inactivity. To turn the screen backlight on,
unlock the screen and keys, if necessary, and press
the menu key.
Write text
You can enter text in different modes. The full
keyboard works as a traditional keyboard, and the
on-screen alphanumeric keypad mode allow you to
tap characters. The handwriting recognition modes
allow you to write characters directly on the screen.
To activate text input mode, tap any text input field.
In the text input view, to switch between the
available text input modes, tap
, and select the
desired input mode.
The input methods and languages supported by the
handwriting recognition vary by region.
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