Nextel BlackBerry 6510 User Manual page 122

Phone
To place phone calls
1. On the Home screen, click the Phone icon. The Phone screen appears.
2. Begin typing the name of the contact whom you want to call. The Call screen
appears, listing all contacts that contain the letters that you have typed.
3. Select the name of your contact and click the trackwheel to view the menu.
4. Click Call.
Note: If you have specified more than one phone number for a contact, you are
prompted to select the phone number that you want to call.
If you have entered x or ext in the Work, Home, and Mobile fields to specify a phone
number extension, you are prompted to dial the extension. In the Dial Extension dialog
box, click Dial.
Refer to "Adding addresses" on page 95 for more information on adding contacts to
your Address Book.
The Active Call screen displays Calling and the Address Book information that
you have saved for your contact. Your handheld dials the phone number that you
have selected.
After the recipient answers your call, the Active Call screen displays Connected.
A call timer appears in the upper left of the screen, displaying the length of your
call.
Note: While you are on a call, you can still use your handheld's other applications. You
are not, however, able to send or receive email or PIN messages or browse web pages.
You can receive SMS messages.
To use the other handheld applications while you are on a call, on the Active Call screen,
click the trackwheel to view the menu. Click Hide Call. You return to the Home screen,
where you can select an application. To return to the Phone application, click the
Phone icon.
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Select Address screen menu - Call item
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