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7 If the other person answers the call as voice only, you can only hear audio from that person. If the other person answers the call as a video call, how you see incoming video depends on your Skype call preferences: • If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned on: Incoming video appears automatically. • If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned off: To see incoming video, tap Accept when prompted. See Set Skype calling preferences for information. Use Skype to dial a phone number You can use Skype to make an international or domestic call to a phone number. The number you call does not need to be associated with a contact. You can choose to use Skype for all calls to phone numbers, or to be prompted whether to use Skype or a connected HP webOS smartphone for a given call (see Set your dialing method). Calls to phone numbers are subject to Skype charges and require a Skype credit balance. TIP To check if you have a Skype credit balance, do the following: Open Phone & Video Calls, open the application menu, and tap Check Skype Credit. If you don't see this menu item, it means you are not logged into your Skype account. Do this instead: Open Phone & Video Calls, open the application menu, and tap Preferences & Accounts. Under Accounts, tap Skype, and tap Sign In. Your Skype credit balance appears under Skype Credit. 1 Open Phone & Video Calls . 2 Enter the number you want to call using any of the ways to dial described in these sections: • Dial by contact name using Just Type • Dial using the onscreen dial pad • Dial a favorite • Dial by contact name in the Phone & Video Calls application • Redial the last number dialed • Dial from another application. 3 Tap . 4 If prompted, select Skype to make the call using Skype. Answer a Skype call If a call comes in, an incoming call notification appears on your device. Skype calls are designated by Skype under the name or number on the notification. 1 To answer the call, do one of the following: • Tap . • If a headset is attached, press the button on the headset. 2 By default, when you answer a call, you answer as voice only. To send outgoing video, tap . 3 If the other person makes the call as voice only, you can only hear audio from that person. If the other person makes the call as a video call, how you see incoming video depends on your Skype call preferences: • If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned on: Incoming video appears automatically. • If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned off: To see incoming video, tap Accept when prompted. See Set Skype calling preferences for information. TIP If you miss a call, a notification appears at the top of the screen. Tap the notification to open the missed call dashboard item. On the dashboard item, tap the name or number to call the person back, or tap the icon on the left to open your call history (see View your call history). Chapter 11 : Phone & Video Calls 121

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Chapter 11
:
Phone & Video Calls
121
7
If the other person answers the call as voice only, you can only hear
audio from that person. If the other person answers the call as a
video call, how you see incoming video depends on your Skype call
preferences:
If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned on: Incoming
video appears automatically.
If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned off: To see
incoming video, tap
Accept
when prompted.
See
Set Skype calling preferences
for information.
Use Skype to dial a phone number
You can use Skype to make an international or domestic call to a phone
number. The number you call does not need to be associated with a
contact.
You can choose to use Skype for all calls to phone numbers, or to be
prompted whether to use Skype or a connected HP webOS smartphone
for a given call (see
Set your dialing method
).
Calls to phone numbers are subject to Skype charges and require a
Skype credit balance.
1
Open
Phone & Video Calls
.
2
Enter the number you want to call using any of the ways to dial
described in these sections:
Dial by contact name using Just Type
Dial using the onscreen dial pad
Dial a favorite
Dial by contact name in the Phone & Video Calls application
Redial the last number dialed
Dial from another application
.
3
Tap
.
4
If prompted, select
Skype
to make the call using Skype.
Answer a Skype call
If a call comes in, an incoming call notification appears on your device.
Skype calls are designated by Skype under the name or number on the
notification.
1
To answer the call, do one of the following:
Tap
.
If a headset is attached, press the button on the headset.
2
By default, when you answer a call, you answer as voice only. To
send outgoing video, tap
.
3
If the other person makes the call as voice only, you can only hear
audio from that person. If the other person makes the call as a video
call, how you see incoming video depends on your Skype call
preferences:
If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned on: Incoming
video appears automatically.
If you have the Auto-Accept Video preference turned off: To see
incoming video, tap
Accept
when prompted.
See
Set Skype calling preferences
for information.
TIP
To check if you have a Skype credit balance, do the following:
Open
Phone
& Video Calls
, open the
application menu
, and tap
Check Skype Credit
. If you
don’t see this menu item, it means you are not logged into your Skype account.
Do this instead:
Open
Phone & Video Calls
, open the
application menu
, and
tap
Preferences & Accounts
. Under
Accounts
, tap
Skype
, and tap
Sign In
. Your
Skype credit balance appears under
Skype Credit
.
TIP
If you miss a call, a notification appears at the top of the screen. Tap the
notification to open the missed call dashboard item. On the dashboard item,
tap the name or number to call the person back, or tap the icon on the left to
open your call history (see
View your call history
).