Palm 500V User Guide - Page 46

4 YOUR PHONE CHAPTER DID YOU KNOW? When you're on a call, you can enter +, *, or # without first pressing Option. You can also press P to pause. This makes it easy to respond to further dialling instructions. 3 Press Phone/Send to dial. NOTE You do not need to press Option to access the numbers on the keyboard. However, when dialling short numbers, the number may conflict with a contact name. If this occurs, press Option to avoid starting a contact lookup. For emergencies, you can dial your national emergency number (such as 999 or 112) without pressing Option first. TIP If you lock your smartphone and select Simple PIN as the password type, you can dial an emergency number by entering the number in the password field and pressing Phone/Send. You do not need to press Option before entering the number. However, if you select Strong alphanumeric as the password type, you must first press Option twice before entering the number in the password field. See Locking your smartphone. Dialling by contact name You can look up contacts quickly by entering just a few letters of a contact's name directly from your Home screen. BEFORE YOU BEGIN • Before you can dial a number by contact name, you must create some contacts (see Adding a contact,) or import them by synchronising (see Synchronising information). • Make sure your phone is on and that you're inside a coverage area (see Turning your phone on). 1 Press Home . 2 Using the keyboard, begin entering one of the following for the contact you want to call: • First name (JOH for John) 46 M A K I N G C A L L S F R O M T H E H O M E S C R E E N