24
basics
Note: 
This chart may not reflect the exact character 
set available on your phone.
tap method text entry rules
•
Press a keypad key repeatedly to cycle 
through its characters.
•
Press 
S
 left or right to move the flashing 
cursor to the left or right in a text message.
•
The first character of every sentence is 
capitalized. 
•
If you enter or edit information and do not 
want to save the changes, press 
P
 to exit 
without saving.
iTAP™ mode
Press 
#
 in a text entry view to switch to 
iTAP
 mode. 
If you don’t see 
j
 or 
p
, press 
OPTIONS 
> 
Input Setup
 to 
set 
iTAP
 mode as your 
Primary
 or 
Secondary
 text entry 
mode.
iTAP
 mode lets you enter words using one key press 
per letter. The 
iTAP
 software combines your key 
presses into common words, and predicts each word 
as you enter it.
For example, if you press 
7
, 
7
, 
6
, 
3
,
 the 
letter combinations that match your key presses 
display the word
Product
.
If you want a different word (such as 
Progress
), continue 
pressing keypad keys to enter the remaining 
characters.