T9

[darren-b]

I'm guessing T9 is what I call predictive texting. It is generally pretty good, with a few words being chosen badly. (Why does it always choose NUN instead of MUM - Do people really text to or about Nuns often enough to make that a sensible choice :errm

I use Chikka to text Philippines tho, and that charges per text received as far as I can tell (its a bit obscure, but definitely cheaper than sending 'native' texts). I try and keep the number of characters down to avoid multiple texts - meaning I'm back to txt spk agin :(

BTW - Predictive txt doenst have a HOPE with tagalog

My Nokia (N95 8GB - guess it will work with some other models) can be taught which word to suggest first. All I do is just keeping typing the word I want to fix in a message (using # to select the word I want). And after I've typed the word maybe 3 or 4 times in a row it remembers the word I want it to suggest first.

[somebody]

My Nokia (N95 8GB - guess it will work with some other models) can be taught which word to suggest first. All I do is just keeping typing the word I want to fix in a message (using # to select the word I want). And after I've typed the word maybe 3 or 4 times in a row it remembers the word I want it to suggest first.

yep they all let you teach the dictonary new words and often knock out the old words on some models i used to noticed.

But if you do a hard reset or update the firmware the dictionary will most likely be reset

[darren-b]

yep they all let you teach the dictonary new words and often knock out the old words on some models i used to noticed.

But if you do a hard reset or update the firmware the dictionary will most likely be reset

I'm talking about selecting what word the predictive text picks first rather than adding new words (ie teaching it to select mum first rather than nun).

And no not all Nokias do it - my N80 does this as well, but my 6021 doesn't.

Not sure if you back-up the phone first whether this will save the updates to the dictionary or not.

[fred]

I'm talking about selecting what word the predictive text picks first rather than adding new words (ie teaching it to select mum first rather than nun).

And no not all Nokias do it - my N80 does this as well, but my 6021 doesn't.

Not sure if you back-up the phone first whether this will save the updates to the dictionary or not.

Yeah..My cheap little Nokia does this and without it I would be stuffed..
Just found out how to type numbers..Just keep the number pressed down for about 3 seconds..
Down side is Dictionary has no settings or ways to save new words to it..Its supposed to be Automatic..