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Redial the last number dialed, Dial your national emergency number, Dial from another application – Palm Pre Plus User Manual

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Chapter 4 : Phone

Redial the last number dialed

1

Open

Phone

.

2

Tap

. When the contact name or number appears at the top of the

screen, tap

again to dial.

Dial your national emergency number

To dial 911, do the following:

Press

power

to wake up the screen.

Tap the center of the gesture area to display Card view.

Enter the emergency number, and tap the number to dial. If the phone is
turned off, a notification appears prompting you to turn it on. You don't
have to press Option

to enter numbers.

Dial from another application

If a phone number appears in another application as an underlined link, you
can begin dialing the number directly from that application. For example,
you can dial phone numbers that appear in web pages; in messages (email,
text, or multimedia); or in notes to calendar events.

1

If a phone number appears as an underlined link, tap the number. This
displays the dial pad with the number already entered.

2

Tap .

Receive calls

If you want to answer calls, your phone must be on. This is different from
having only the screen turned on (see

Turn the phone on/off

). When your

phone is off, your calls go to voicemail.

Answer a call

Do one of the following:

If the screen is on when the phone starts ringing, tap

.

If the screen is off, drag

up to unlock the screen and answer the call.

If a headset is attached, press the headset button.

TIP

If you do not want contact matches to appear when you type a number on

the keyboard, you can turn off the Show Contact Matches preference (see

Show

contact matches

). When this preference is off, you can still dial by contact name in

the Phone application. After opening

Phone

, tap the contact list icon to the right of

“Enter name or number.” Type the contact name or initials, and tap the number
when it appears.

TIP

You can pick the ringtone for incoming calls (see

Select the ringtone for

incoming calls

). You can set a ringtone for individual contacts as well (see

Add a

ringtone to a contact

).