Any telephone dialing tricks?

[maleemi]

I recently switched from an at&t 8125 to an iPhone and have become very frustrated with the iphone telephone dialing.

With the 8125 I could voice dial for FREE by pushing one button and speaking into the mic. Apparently with iPhone my only option is to pay AT&T $60.00 a year for a system that requires me to store my contacts online then execute four actions (Unlock, push Phone button, call up Keypad, press #08) in order to execute a voice dial.

Speed dialing is equally frustrating. With the 8125 I could speed dial with 2 clicks on the screen but the iphone appears to require a minimum of 4 actions. (unlock, press phone, press favorites, press contact name). The trick of creating the tel:// URL via Safari is clever but it?s also a royal PITA.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for speed dialing and voice dialing my iPhone that don?t include shelling out more $$$ to AT&T and arcane work-around hacks or will I just have to accept as fact that a vintage 8125 running Windows Mobile 5 has a more capable phone dialing system than Apple?

Best Regards,

Marcel

 

[Alli]

If you have the 3GS, voice dialing was built into it. Because there is only one physical button on the iPhone, it's difficult to do anything in fewer key presses.

 

[sting7k]

Set your favorites to the double click action of the home button. And yes the 3GS has voice dialing.

 

[maleemi]

I have a 3g. Does that mean no voice dialing without paying AT&T $60.00/yr?

Best Regards,

Marcel

 

[ghostface147]

Yep........

 

[jamesus]

There are a few apps that provide voice dialing for free. I used this one with my 3G and found that it worked very well.

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