Samsung SCH-8500 User Manual page 111

When you are prompted to enter text, the current text entry
method will appear on the right soft key as T9word, alpha,
SYM1 or NUM. To change the Input Mode, press the
soft key.
In the Sprint PC Wireless Web Browser, use the indicated key
to perform the following text entry functions:
press
Shift
press
Next
matched.
press
Space
Alphabetical text characters may be entered in the alpha
Input Mode by pressing the key corresponding to the letter
that you want to enter. Press the same key repeatedly to
change between the characters represented by each key.
Numbers and symbols are entered by changing to the
appropriate Input Mode and pressing the soft key for the
symbol you want or the digit key of the number you want.
T9word, T9 Text Input, enables you to easily enter text. T9
(for "text on 9 keys") requires only one key press per letter
and quickly recognizes the most commonly used word of a
numeric sequence. For example, to enter the word "hello,"
you can spell out the word by pressing only five keys,
4-3-5-5-6. T9 Text Input knows the most commonly used
sequence for that numeric sequence is "hello". If two or
more words share the same numeric sequence, T9 software
provides the most commonly used word, with the ability to
scroll to the next most commonly used word by pressing the
to change case ("Shift", "CAP" or lowercase).
to cycle through candidate T9 words
to insert a space.