You should be able to click your "Application" button, choose "Options" and from this menu, choose "Spell Check". From within the Spell Check menu, you should be able to select how you want to configure the typing on your Pearl.
Thank you for your quick response, but I'm afraid it didn't work. I went into Options, Spell Check, and all I have is Ignore Case, Ignore Acronyms, Ignore Words with Numbers, Spell Check Email Before Sending. None of them fixed it.
Go to the main applications view on the Pearl.
Choose Options (it's the little crescent wrench icon) and select it.
Scroll down to Language and click the trackball.
Under "Input Language" you want to either select your language with Multitap (to enable Multitap) or without (which puts you into SureType mode). For example, I selected English (United States) to get SureType.
Now just click the menu button and select Save and you're back to normal.
If you do not choose SureType, you will be in the default mode which means you'll have to type out the words in full and will not receive the predictive text drop-down.
Last edited by digitaldisguise; 05-21-08 at 04:49 PM.
If not mistaken, the method you followed is on a per message basis. As long as you have OS 4.2.2. the instructions listed above should allow you to permanently change it. If your method worked permanently, awesome and happy Berry'ing!