Palm Centro 690, User Manual

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Dialing using the keyboard
1 Press Phone .
2 Press the numbered keys to enter the
phone number. (You don’t need to press
Option.)
3 Press Send to make the call.
Dialing by contact name
You need to have names and numbers in
your contact list before you can make a call
by contact name or phone number. You can
add contacts directly into your Centro 690
(see Adding a contact), but the fastest way
to enter lots of contacts is to enter them in
your desktop software and then
synchronize to transfer them to your
Centro 690 (see Synchronizing
information—the basics). You can also
import contacts from your SIM card (see
tips on Viewing your SIM Phonebook).
1 Press Phone .
2 Select the Contacts tab.
3 Using the keyboard, start entering one
of the following for the contact you
want to call:
•
First name (JOH for John)
•
Last name (SMI for Smith)
•
First initial and last name (JSM for
John Smith)
•
Firsts few digits of the phone number
For example, entering SM would display
Smilla Anderson, John Smith, and
Sally Martin. Entering JSM finds only
John Smith.
TIP
After you enter a phone number, you can
also press Center on the 5-way to select
whether to make a phone call or send a text
message to that number.