Smart Dialing 1.0 -- for Magician -- July 2004

Smart Dialing (v2.2)

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- Introduction
- Starting Smart Dialing and basic usage
- More about Smart Dialing's searching functions
- Using the Smart Dialing window
- Using the Options screen

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Introduction

Smart Dialing is an intuitive application that makes it much easier to dial a phone number on your Pocket PC Phone. Without Smart Dialing, you have to manually enter the entire phone number that you want to dial, or search the entries through the Contacts and Call History to find the desired phone number. In addition, the phone numbers on the SIM card are stored independently; it means that you have to search again if you want to find a phone number that is stored on the SIM card.

The sorting function of Smart Dialing will search the recorded entries in both the SIM card and Contacts on your device, as well as numbers in Call History (Incoming, Outgoing, and Missed). As soon as you enter a number, Smart Dialing starts to search the matched entries, and lists them in the Smart Dialing panel. Then, you can make a call by simply tapping the one you want. Smart Dialing runs on top of the Phone application; it supports each stage of Phone function, in which you can enter a number (such as normal calls, conference calls, etc.) and make a call easily.

NOTE: Smart Dialing is enabled by default on your device, and it will launch automatically when you begin to dial a number. To disable Smart Dialing, tap Menu > Smart Dialing Options on the Phone screen, then clear the Enable Smart Dialing check box and tap OK. After you have done this, the system will resume the standard behavior on the Phone screen when you are dialing numbers.

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Starting Smart Dialing and basic usage

There is no icon or menu command for starting Smart Dialing. It will be launched along with the Phone application automatically as soon as you start dialing a number.

Open the Phone screen, and tap the first digit of the number you want to dial. The Smart Dialing panel will then appear on the upper left area of the Phone screen.

Then, Smart Dialing starts searching the numbers that match the sequence you have entered thus far. The searching category includes the SIM card, Contacts, and Call History. When you tap the second digit, the search result will be narrowed, and the result list will be refreshed. The result list may include phone numbers and contact names associated with the number sequences. From the list, select the number/contact you want to dial or send an SMS text message.

To call the highlighted name/number, you can do any of the following:

* Press the TALK button on your device to dial the default number.

* Tap the Talk button on the Phone screen to dial the default number.

* Double-tap the desired item in the list to dial its default number (if you have enabled this feature in the Options screen).

* Tap and hold the desired item to pop up a shortcut menu that lists all phone numbers associated with the selected contact. Tap the desired number in the list to dial it. If the selected item is not a Contacts item, the menu contains only the Call and Send Text Message commands.

* If the item is from Contacts, an icon shown to the right of the item will indicate which phone number is currently set as the default (w = work number, h = home number, etc.). If an additional arrow icon is shown to the right of this indicator, it means there are other phone numbers assigned to this contact. In the shortcut menu, you can press the NAVIGATION right or left to select a different number to be called, if desired.

To send an SMS text message, highlight the desired name/number in the Smart Dialing panel. Then, tap and hold the name/number to pop up the shortcut menu, and select Send Text Message from the pop-up menu.

If the selected name/number is located in Contacts, a checkmark will indicate the default phone number on the shortcut menu. Select Send Text Message to open the standard SMS Messaging window, with that default phone number placed in the To field. You can edit the number in the To field if desired.

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More details about Smart Dialing's matched items

Matching is performed according to both the number and the letters associated with the selected key on your device's keypad. For example, the “2” key is associated with the number 2 but is also associated with the letters a, b, and c. Therefore, if you first tap the “2” key, Smart Dialing will list the numbers associated with your Contacts that begin with 2, and the numbers in Call History that begin with 2. It will also list the Contacts and SIM Contacts whose names beginning with a, b, or c.

As you tap additional keys on the keypad, the list of matches is immediately updated and narrowed accordingly. If you tap 23, Smart Dialing will search for matches containing ad, ae, af, a3, bd, be, bf, b3, cd, or cf, c3, 2d, 2e, 2f, 23. Contacts and called numbers in the Call History which have a prefix number of 23 will also be listed as matches.

Notes about items in the matched list:

* Items listed could be from the SIM card, Contacts, or Call History (Incoming, Outgoing, and Missed). To the left of each item in the list, an icon will indicate which of these places the item is from.

* If the item is from Contacts, an additional indicator is shown to the right of the name. It indicates which phone number in Contacts has been assigned as the default number for that Contact. For example, m indicates “mobile” phone number, h indicates “home” phone number, w indicates “work” phone number, etc. If an arrow icon is shown to the right of this indicator, it means there are other phone numbers also assigned to this contact. You can tap and hold the item to view all numbers. Or, you can press the NAVIGATION right or left to switch to other numbers.

* If the item is from SIM or Contacts, the name will be listed the same as it is stored in SIM or Contacts.

* If the item is from Call History, it will be listed as a phone number. Duplicate numbers will be listed only once.

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Using the Smart Dialing panel

When you begin to dial a number, the Smart Dialing panel opens on the upper left corner of the Phone screen. It contains two parts: the Accumulator field and Matched list. The Accumulator field (the upper part of Smart Dialing panel) displays the numbers you have tapped thus far. The Matched list (the lower part of Smart Dialing panel) contains the list of items that Smart Dialing has found to match the number string you have entered thus far. Both Portrait orientation and Landscape orientation are supported.

If you need to “backspace” over a number you have entered, tap the back-arrow icon on the Phone screen (to the right of the Smart Dialing panel). If you clear all numbers from the upper panel, the Smart Dialing panel will automatically close. It will also close if an incoming call is received. To display the panel again, simply tap any number button on the keypad on the Phone screen.

By default, the panel does not obstruct or hinder access to the soft keypad or any other buttons on the Phone screen. To expand the panel so that it utilizes the length of the screen, tap the expand icon to the right of the Matched list (the panel in which your entered numbers appear).

To scroll the list up or down, tap the up/down arrow icon at the right side of the panel. The increment of scrolling can be controlled in the Options screen.

You can also scroll the list and highlight the desired item by pressing the NAVIFATION up and down. Another way to highlight the desired item in the list is to tap it. One item will always be selected at any given time. The selection focus can be moved to the upper panel if desired.

If enabled in the Options screen, you can also scroll simply by dragging your stylus within the list of matched items.

If you press the ENTER button when an item from Contacts is selected, it will dispaly the Contact Card for that item. A phone number can be dialed from the Contact Card as well.

For information about dialing a number in the list, see Starting Smart Dialing and basic usage. For other notes about items displayed in the Smart Dialing panel, tap here.

In the Command Bar at the bottom of the Phone screen, tap Tools to open the Tools Menu. Note that the Smart Dialing Options command has been added to this menu. It allows you to turn off Smart Dialing, among other options.

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Using the Options screen

Tap Menu > Smart Dialing Options on the Phone screen to open the Options screen. It allows you to customize the following behaviors of Smart Dialing:

Enable Smart Dialing

This check box is checked by default. When checked, Smart Dialing will automatically be launched every time you begin to enter a number to be dialed on the Phone screen.

To disable Smart Dialing, clear the Enable Smart Dialing check box and tap OK. After you have done this, the system will resume the standard behavior on the Phone screen when you are dialing numbers.

Enable drag-scroll

When this check box is checked, you can scroll the list of matched items in the Smart Dialing panel simply by dragging your stylus up or down within the list.

Enable double-click for dialing

When this check box is checked, you can double-tap an item in the list to dial the related number.

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