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How to Add Direct Dial to a Droid Incredible

I used to use a Blackberry. Full keyboard. I had shortcut (speed dials) assigned to almost every letter on the keyboard.

Then I got a Droid Incredible. Tons of options on how to dial folks, but nothing like what I wanted.

I wanted one-touch dialing to my top 25 favorite people.

Well, it took me a while, but I finally figured a way. It's a bit clunky to setup, but once it's done, it works beautifully.

First, create a folder by touching a blank spot on one of your home screens and holding it. After a few seconds, you will get a menu pop up. Choose Folder, then New Folder. This adds a blank folder to that home page.

Oddly, you can't create Direct Dials within the folder. You have to create them outside the folder and drag them in.

From the page with the folder, find a blank spot, and touch the screen and hold it again. This time, select Shortcut, then Direct Dial. Choose the person you want to create the shortcut, then select which contact number. This will add a one-touch dial to the spot on your page.

Then you can touch and HOLD that icon until it is surrounded by a green circle (and you'll feel a slight vibration), and then you can drag that icon into the folder.

Repeat.

Oh...naming the folder isn't intuitive either. But if you open the folder, then touch-and-hold the title (which says "Folder"), it will give you the option to rename it. This way you can have folders on your home page (like "Clients", "Vendors", "Family"), and have your one-touch direct dial buttons gathered.

One-touch to open the folder, one-touch to dial the person.

This is made easier if they are linked through Facebook...and their picture shows up as the icon. You know exactly who you are dialing!

The Droid Incredible really is incredible, once you figure it out!

Linda - http://how.best-free-information.com - The "How" Blog