Samsung SGH-I857 User Manual (user Manual) (ver.f5) (English) - Page 47

Section 3: Entering Text This section describes how to select the a text input method when entering characters into your phone. This section also describes the predictive text entry system that reduces the amount of key strokes associated with entering text. Your phone comes equipped with an orientation detector that can tell if the phone is being held in an upright (portrait) or sideways (landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text. This phone also offers the convenience of a four-row QWERTY keyboard with dedicated Android keys. Your phone not only provides several on-screen keypad text entry options, but also provides handwriting recognition to make the task of text entry that much easier. Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Your device uses a virtual QWERTY keyboard for text entry. Use the keyboard to enter letters, punctuation, numbers, and other characters into text entry fields or applications. Access the keyboard by touching any text entry field. The virtual QWERTY keyboard displays at the bottom of the screen. By default, when you rotate the device, the screen orientation updates to display the keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Swype Keyboard Text Input Methods There are two text on-screen input methods available: • Swype: Swype is a new text input method that allows you to enter words by gliding your finger over the virtual QWERTY keyboard, lifting your finger between words. You can also enable Word prediction, which matches your key touches to common words • Android keyboard (default): An on-screen QWERTY keypad that can be used in both portrait and landscape orientation. When the phone is open, the screen display is landscape only and the QWERTY keyboard must be used. For more information, refer to "Using the QWERTY Keyboard" on page 48. Entering Text 42