Cellular Phone Typing
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Summary
This page is intended to help you memorize how to type text into a cell phone without looking.This will be accomplished by memorizing how to type each letter. We'll start out easy (by memorizing the rows) and then build up to it.
Layout
This is the layout for most cell phone keypads. Take a moment to look it over.1(___) 2(ABC) 3(DEF)
4(GHI) 5(JKL) 6(MNO)
7(PQRS) 8(TUV) 9(WXYZ)
Note that to type A you press the 2 key. To type B you press 2 key twice. To type C you press the 2 key three time.
First letters - by row
The first step will be to memorize the first letters on each key, by row. You may wish to scroll the above table out of view. Click the first (memorize) link and go through the table, then do the 2nd column.
| Row (memorize) | First letters (memorize) |
|---|---|
| 1st row | (1) (2) A (3) D |
| 2nd row | (4) G (5) J (6) M |
| 3rd row | (7) P (8) T (9) W |
First letters - keys
Now we'll memorize the keys, given each first letter. Do both columns.
| Key (memorize) | First letter (memorize) |
|---|---|
| 2 | A |
| 3 | D |
| 4 | G |
| 5 | J |
| 6 | M |
| 7 | P |
| 8 | T |
| 9 | W |
Other letters
Next, we'll memomorize which group the other letters go with.
| Letter | Letter Group (memorize) |
|---|---|
| B | ABC |
| C | ABC |
| E | DEF |
| F | DEF |
| H | GHI |
| I | GHI |
| Letter | Letter Group (memorize) |
|---|---|
| K | JKL |
| L | JKL |
| N | MNO |
| O | MNO |
| Q | PQRS |
| R | PQRS |
| Letter | Letter Group (memorize) |
|---|---|
| S | PQRS |
| U | TUV |
| V | TUV |
| X | WXYZ |
| Y | WXYZ |
| Z | WXYZ |
Memorize these together
Optionally memorize these together, for good measure.Updated: use the new 'combine' link on the right side of this page to combine tables.
Review
For review, we'll recall how to type each letter.
| Letter (memorize) | How to type (memorize) |
|---|---|
| A | 2 |
| B | 2 (2 times) |
| C | 2 (3 times) |
| D | 3 |
| E | 3 (2 times) |
| F | 3 (3 times) |
| Letter (memorize) | How to type (memorize) |
|---|---|
| G | 4 |
| H | 4 (2 times) |
| I | 4 (3 times) |
| J | 5 |
| K | 5 (2 times) |
| L | 5 (3 times) |
Review II
| Letter (memorize) | How to type (memorize) |
|---|---|
| M | 6 |
| N | 6 (2 times) |
| O | 6 (3 times) |
| P | 7 |
| Q | 7 (2 times) |
| R | 7 (3 times) |
| S | 7 (4 times) |
| Letter (memorize) | How to type (memorize) |
|---|---|
| T | 8 |
| U | 8 (2 times) |
| V | 8 (3 times) |
| W | 9 |
| X | 9 (2 times) |
| Y | 9 (3 times) |
| Z | 9 (4 times) |
