T9 predictive text...

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:33 pm

Scott McCallister wrote:There have been recent studies how speed dial lists and address books on cell phones have further dummed down the population by no longer having to remember phone numbers.

Next our vocabulary with predictive T9...

Heh, I'd rather see predictive T9 text than "YO LTNC, HRU? WL I JST GT BK FRM CRTE.

ND WZ XLNT. GT UP2 SO MCH FRU OT D 2WKS. 1ST WK WNT FST.

. "

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/voices2005/txt_spk.shtml

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:30 pm

I'm happy to share that I'm cell-phone-free. A month ago, I also reverted to a paper-based Day-Timer (2 page-per-day version!). Original pale green pages, too.

I still have to keep a schedule in Outlook to allow others to schedule for and around me, but the disadvantages are outweighed by the fact that people don't phone--I just get meeting requests by email--and Outlook will remind you.

The time savings are considerable.

roxie · Post by **roxie** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:51 pm

I am familiarizing myself in this feature and I can say that it is much easier than multi-tapping.

I found a T9 Quick Tip tutorial. I guess this one might help a lot.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 9:54 pm

I think I'm the only college student in the country who doesn't know how to text message. My phone isn't even capable of text messaging. I consider this a plus.

roxie · Post by **roxie** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 12:18 am

How could that be possible. For me text messages is one of the technology which helps a lot. You can communicate to the person if you can't reach them through phone calls. Well it's an opinion.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:13 am

Ah, it's quite possible. I'm another that can't text message. I wouldn't have a clue.

Can't even dial a cell phone, in fact. Tried several times.