User's Manual

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Chapter 1 Use Mobile Compute
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application-dependent and they all team up with key to cause actions from
the active application. They produce nothing when pressed alone.
[ALPHA] KEY
key changes keypad input mode. When key is pressed once, [alpha]
mode is activated temporarily, and the LED indicator next to the physical key
lights up in blue accordingly. This mode will end after a single key has been
pressed. Upon pressing any key, keypad input mode will resume back to default,
and the LED indicator will turn off.
When
key is pressed twice, [alpha] mode is activated permenantly, and the
LED indicator next to the physical key stays lit. Press the key again to quit this
mode and return to default.
With combined use of the Shift key
, key enables maximum six input
modes for physical keypad. Mode availability however depends on keypad type,
numeric or QWERTY. On a numeric keypad, 6 text input modes are triggered by
the [alpha] key, while on a QWERTY keypad, 2 modes are available.
The icons
on the Title Bar signify current input state.
 Numeric keypad input modes triggered by key:
Mode Description
Physical keypad enters an alphabetic character for the first
key pressed.
Physical keypad enters alphabetic characters for all keys
pressed.
 QWERTY keypad input modes triggered by key:
Mode Description
Physical keypad enters a number or symbol for the first key
pressed.
Physical keypad enters numbers and symbols for all keys
pressed.
NUMERIC KEYPAD CHARACTERʳKEYS
Numeric keypad wedges a set of character keys at the lower half. They are laid out
analogously to a telephone keypad, and additionally featured are an
key, Tab key ,
Enter key
, Backspace key , and Shift key that enable more sophisticated text
input.
Numeric keypad enters numbers 0 through 9 by default. Symbols * through ) and
alphabetic characters can be entered by combined use of the
key and Shift key .
See [Alpha] Key
for more details.