Windows phone 7 – dialing function
The article will provide a user with information on dialing functions for the Windows phone 7.
The fastest way to dial a number in Windows Phone 7 is to press a contact tile and choose the needed number. Another option is to press the “Phone” tile and chose the number among the history, contacts or dial the number up manually. There is no hard call key in WP7 smartphones as well as an immediate dial key. The call window is displayed over the main interface. When dialing a number a user can see the name of the contact and his/her number.
During a call the duration of the call and the name of the contact are displayed as well as two buttons: one switches to the key pad, the other to the menu of additional settings: loudspeaker, hold, mute and add another or several interlocutors. In the contacts screen, at the top there are two buttons “search” and “add a new contact”, below is the list of the contacts. The contacts are arranged by name and surname. A user can change the arrangement and display mode in the settings where a user may also integrate his/her Facebook friends into the address book.
If a user is scrolling through the contacts manually then a user will be able to see no pop up alphabet to assist a user. A user has to press the letter captioning a contacts’ block to bring up the alphabet and choose the needed letter.
A user has got an opportunity to link one contact to another so that two contacts merge into one: one picture and a common ringtone viewed in a single window. The picture of the default contact is preserved while the picture of the contact the link is deleted as well as the contact entry itself. A user will no longer see the second contact in the list.
If a user has got more than one account then contact merging is automatic. A user can simply set and sync the accounts and in a moment all the contacts are neatly merged. On the other hand, if a user dessn’t need this a user will have to use only one account or otherwise the system will merge similar contacts anyway.
Picture assignment
• If a user sync the address book with the Gmail account the pictures in terrible quality are also taken from Gmail.
• If a user sync the address book with MS Outlook or MS Exchange the quality of the pictures depends on the quality of the originals.
• A user can manually assign pictures in the address book to an already synced account.
• If a user has set up the Facebook account then his/her contacts will be transferred automatically.
If a user has read the article then he/she would have learnt about Windows 7 phone’s dialing function.
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