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A new icon at the top of the screen
displays the communication status of the phone. I didn't
initially realize that you can turn the phone functionality
on and off. When the penny drops you realize this makes
a lot of sense - of course you want to be able to use your
Pocket PC Phone Edition as a Pocket PC only on some occasions,
and save battery life.
The next things I did was insert the
handsfree headset into jack on the bottom right of the device
and place a call. It was pretty easy to bring up Phone Dialer
and dial a number using the enhanced keypad. You can also
dial from the Contacts list by tapping and holding a Contact
name.
As someone that uses a handsfree kit
with my cell phone on a dialy basis this felt entirely natural
to me. This is where I take a right turn on the A phone
is a phone debate mentioned in the One
Piece or Two? article earlier; "One thing that
Cleever and Golden agree on: it's unlikely that many people
will make the switch to using a headset or earbud for voice
calls." I disagree, I have no issue using a headset
or earbud and I think that many more people will become
comfortable with this approach as we tighten our "handsfree
cell phone requirements while driving" legislation.
The only thing that felt a bit odd was the "bulkiness"
after my T39 - an astute observation I'm sure you'll agree.
It's pretty impressive (and productive)
that you can talk on the phone and take notes, enter information
on your to do list, compose emails or perhaps even interact
with an order entry application.
Having satisfied my inital urge to see
how it worked I started looking for the phone settings in
Pocket PC Phone Edition 2002. The Phone settings were found
logically enough in Settings and the SIM Manager in Programs.
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