Nokia N900 keyboard shortcuts

| December 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
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IMHO, keyboard shortcuts are needed on QWERTY keyboard devices to help justify the compromise in size of the device and the N900 has a few shortcuts that you may find useful. Did you notice till now that there is a real Ctrl key on the N900?
Kudos to Nokia for including this since so many times we see this missing from QWERTY keyboard devices.
The actual User-Guide for N900 has been closed by Nokia but you can find one here if you need it. Here are some shortcuts found in the User Guide:
General Shortcuts:
  • Ctrl + Backspace: From within an application this will take you back out to the visual task manager.
  • Ctrl + C: Copy text
  • Ctrl + V: Paste text
  • Ctrl + X: Cut text
  • Ctrl + A: Select all
  • Ctrl + O: Open (if available)
  • Ctrl + N: Create a new item (if available)
  • Ctrl + S: Save (if available)
  • Ctrl + Z: Undo (if available)
  • Ctrl + Y: Redo (if available)
  • Ctrl + F: Open search bar (if available)
  • Ctrl + Right arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the word
  • Ctrl + Left arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
  • Ctrl + Shift + P: Capture a screenshot.

You can use the shift key (far left) and the directional arrows on the keyboard to select text. Or you can use the stylus and double tap for a word or triple tap for all words in a document to select.

Browser Shortcuts:

  • Ctrl + N: Open a new window
  • Ctrl + R: Reload the current page
  • Ctrl + B: Open a bookmark
  • Ctrl + D: Add a bookmark
  • Ctrl + Enter: Send an E-mail
  • Ctrl + R: Reply to an E-mail
  • Ctrl + R: Refresh the feed

Apart from these shortcuts, N900 has a great support for gestures. Gestures are a combination of predefined swipes or clicks on the touchscreen where each combination represents a special action. The following gestures should help you out as well.

Gestures:

Circle zooming: A double tap on text in the web browser zooms you into that text and reflows it for the display. However, you can spin your finger clockwise on the display to zoom in or counterclockwise to zoom out through multiple zoom levels.

Browser history swipe: You can quickly view your browser history (virtual history supported) by simply swiping your finger from the right off outside the viewable display to the left onto the display.

Make a call from Conversations: You can tap and hold on a text message conversation to see a pop-up appear so you can initiate a call with your contact.

There’s a lot more on the manual and I’ll try to bring out the rest as I find more.

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  1. Sheryl Bozman says:
    July 20, 2010 at 4:38 am

    I am a brand new Nokia n900 user from india, i will need some help from ur all, how can i use skype in my cell phone exactly where it is not showing the pre set up application. nevertheless i m not in a position to use aMSN in my phone whn ever i m installing it, it saying unable to install as some installer files are missing please tell how can i use yahoo voice and movie calls and msn voice and video calls and most significant skype.

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