Making Phone Calls
April 15, 2003
T-Mobile Sidekick Owner’s Manual
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Keyboard Shortcuts
While you’re in the Phone application, you can use the following shortcuts for menu items:
Note that while you’re on a phone call:
• Press
@
(at sign) to create a
*
(star) tone.
• Press
.
(period) to create a
#
(pound) tone.
Title Bar Indicators
Your device title bar will show you the status of your Phone application; for example:
The phone symbol shown above, plus others you might see at some time, are explained below:
Manage Your Speed Dial List
You can store up to eight speed dial numbers for easy dialing. Note that shortcut #1 is reserved for your voice
mailbox number and cannot be reassigned.
Once you store a speed dial number, you can easily dial that number by pressing and holding the shortcut
number for at least two seconds. Very convenient! You can always check your Speed Dial list assignments by
opening the
Quick Call
pop-up menu on the main dialing screen.
You can add, edit, or delete speed dial numbers from the
Settings
>
Speed Dial
screen or from the
New Speed
Dial
menu item. Details follow.
End Call
Press
Dial with Wheel
+ W
Add/Edit Contact...
+ @
Call Log
+ L
Second Call...
+ N
Mute/Un-mute Call
+ M
You have one call active; time elapsed is 3 minutes, 40 seconds. Note that the
phone icon and the time display alternately. If you have two calls active, you’ll see
one phone icon blinking and the time displayed will be for the foreground call.
Call forwarding is turned on. Your phone will not ring.
You have unheard voice mail.