T9 on cellphones...
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AL_DA_GREAT
amour absinthe révolution
I hate T9. regular writing is much better. I have heard that if you use ut a lot you get used to it and then you can write faster.
I use it regularly for texting - much faster and efficient. Let's say you want to input the word 'tuna'. You just press 8, 8, 6, 2 and the word will appear. If there's a list of words with the same combination, you can pick fr a list. If your word is not there, you can spell it and save it for future use.
You don't want to spend too long texting - it's quite tedious.
You don't want to spend too long texting - it's quite tedious.
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
Ah. I'd always wondered how that works. I've sent maybe three texts in my life, but now I can shave valuable seconds off that fourth attempt . . .
It also took me a long time to figure out. My cousin showed me.
Once you get it, it's quite easy, even to type complete gramatically-correct sentences (I am not a fan of those text shortcuts :shakehead: ).
Once you get it, it's quite easy, even to type complete gramatically-correct sentences (I am not a fan of those text shortcuts :shakehead: ).
thetrooper
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I thought that T9 was the norm on cellphones these days. It's faster than the alternative when you get used to it.
Cullyn
red ones go faster!!
Predicitve text (T9) is the fastest and handiest method of texting. Can't text without it.
Lambert Simnel
One across
My last phone had a fold out QWERTY keyboard, and I loved that. But now back to a slimmer & sexier model, and have got very used to the predictive text. It's a lot easier than using the "Pick out each letter individually with several key presses" method.
I really have to ask this. Other than some emergency situation, what in the world is sooooo important that one must fire off a text message from a freaking cell phone as opposed to just making a phone call and saying it real quick or just waiting until you see the person?
I have a cousin that loves to send me text messages and it drives me bonkers. Just wait until we talk on the phone, or fire off an email to me, but quit with the stupid little messages that appear on a little itty bitty cell phone screen.
Moving on, though, is this T9 available for computers?
I have a cousin that loves to send me text messages and it drives me bonkers. Just wait until we talk on the phone, or fire off an email to me, but quit with the stupid little messages that appear on a little itty bitty cell phone screen.
Moving on, though, is this T9 available for computers?
Abaddon
Deity
youv'e failed to grasp the point of T9...
It is a million light years easier to use the keyboard.
It is a million light years easier to use the keyboard.
Probably so, but I have a bad habit of mangling words for some reason and have to go back and correct before I post. This predictive text may alleviate that. Nothing big, but little things like "teh - > the" and so forth where I swap some letters for some reason.
willemvanoranje
Curitibano
It's not that, it's because your fingers don't get killed. Say you want to write the word 'civfanatic'. Without T9 you'd have to type:
222 444 888 333 2 55 2 8 444 222
With T9 you type at max:
2 4 8 3 2 5 2 8 4 2
And probably it recognizes the word after 3 or 4 letters already. Do you see how it releaves pressure of the thumb?
Abaddon
Deity
Well i guess in a way MSword already does that with its spell checker.
if you typed "teh" with T9 you get the options:
tdh,tdg,tdi,teh,teg,tei,tfi,tfg,tfh
ueg,ueh,vei,udh,udg,udi,ufi,ufg,
vfi,vfg,vfh,vei,veg,veh,vdh,vdg,vdi
So wouldnt really help you out
T9 only works when you type correctly, but it means rather than scrolling through each keys several options (e.g. 2 = a,b & c ) it works out the most suitable word.
e.g. type 2,2,2 on T9, and you will get "cab" as thats the only word from the combination of ABC
if you typed "teh" with T9 you get the options:
tdh,tdg,tdi,teh,teg,tei,tfi,tfg,tfh
ueg,ueh,vei,udh,udg,udi,ufi,ufg,
vfi,vfg,vfh,vei,veg,veh,vdh,vdg,vdi
So wouldnt really help you out
T9 only works when you type correctly, but it means rather than scrolling through each keys several options (e.g. 2 = a,b & c ) it works out the most suitable word.
e.g. type 2,2,2 on T9, and you will get "cab" as thats the only word from the combination of ABC
willemvanoranje
Curitibano
it also provides the most likely sollution first when the same numbercombination goes with several words; I think it's the one you've used most or used last or something.
Masquerouge
Deity
All I can tell you is that trying to send a text message in French on a American cell phone who has an English T9 sucks
Lambert Simnel
One across
I use them a lot with work - e.g if either I or the recipient is in a meeting and a call could be awkward, and particularly if the info just needs to be delivered and doesn't need any exchanges about it. Or, non-work, if I know a friend will be doing yoga or whatever, and should either have their phone switched off or won't answer it if it's on - then a text is the best way of passing on my message. Also, note that a lot of us older people don't look at our non-work emails other than once a day, so a text gets the message through quicker.
Horses for courses, really. It's just another way of communicating, and, in my experience, it's a pretty useful extra tool to that end.
ummmm........
Extremely normal.
I'd say my communication preferences go text>email>phone call, but many of my friends disagree, so I mostly use email . . .
Kozmos
Jew Detective
T9 fails big.
BirraImperial
Pura Vida!
T9 is very good...until you have to send a message in another language other than your cell's.
