Phone Basics
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Touchscreen Keyboards
Your phone offers you a choice of two touchscreen keyboards for entering text. The keyboard
appears automatically onscreen when you touch a text entry field, and they can be used in either
portrait or landscape mode.
The methods available include:
n
Swype
lets you enter letters and words in one continuous motion by swiping your finger across
the letters. See
Swype
for details.
n
Google Keyboard
lets you use a traditional QWERTY setup to enter text. Additional options
expand your ability to enter text faster and more accurately. See
Google Keyboard
for details.
Note:
Swype is selected as a default keyboard.
To select a keyboard from Settings:
1. Touch
Home
>
Menu
>
System settings
>
Language & input
>
Default
.
2. Touch
Swype
or
Google Keyboard
.
To switch the keyboard when a keyboard is displayed:
1. Drag the Notifications panel down and touch
Choose input method
.
2. Touch
Swype
or
Google Keyboard
.
Swype
The Swype™ keyboard lets you enter words by drawing a path from letter to letter in one
continuous motion.