THE IPHONE IS ALSO A PHONE: A Guide To Calling Features

IPhone is the sort of convergence device that so bedazzles you that, despite its name, it's easy to forget you can actually make phone calls with this thing.

Merging state-of-the-art calling features with a rich multimedia experience, iPhone transforms cellphone use from a chore into a pleasure. iPhone's sophisticated operating system and revolutionary gesture-based touchscreen have made point-and-click a thing of the past. All you have to do is point -- tap -- and things happen.

iPhone’s Phone application is a five-tabbed interface that gives you quick access to a dialing keypad, view contacts, and access a recent call list. When an incoming call arrives, iPhone gently interrupts to display Caller ID information about the caller. During a call, tapping the touchscreen pops six commands: Mute, Keypad, Speaker, Hold, Contacts, and Add Call. You can even tinker with other applications while you chat.

iPhone's strategy for harmonizing contacts and phone functionality is impressive. iPhone is designed to sync with your desktop computer's address book and calendar via iTunes. While some dislike the notion of porting all their contacts to iPhone, having all contacts available on iPhone comes in handy for addressing e-mails.

Initiating conference calls is impressively simple. You can even merge up to five callers in one conference. And iPhone includes a Favorites list for your most commonly dialed numbers. To add a contact to Favorites, you tap the name in the Contacts list, then tap Add to Favorites.

iPhone has a good memory. It remembers the contact group you viewed most recently, a good example of iPhone's general interface stickiness. Whenever you return to a previous operation, the last state is preserved just as you left it. For example, if you're viewing an e-mail message, leave Mail to check the weather, then return to Mail... you'll be returned to the last message you were viewing.

The A-to-Z touchstrip which displays vertically on the right side of the Contacts lists is an especially nice touch, allowing you to scroll through lengthy lists of names quickly. For example, tap the "T" in the strip to access a contact whose name begins with "T" and you'll jump to the "Ts".

Visual Voicemail is one of iPhone's most innovative and popular calling features, a welcome replacement for those kludgy menu-driven Voicemail systems we've come to expect of cellphones. Visual Voicemail displays the caller's name and the time of the call, marking the messages you haven't yet listened to with a blue dot. Tap the green Call Back button to return the call (assuming the caller doesn't have Caller ID blocked).Tap the red Delete button to delete the message.

Tap a message to play it, no matter where it falls in the message queue. During message playback, a progress bar shows the message's length and current playback position, letting you jump back and forth to various parts of the message with a drag of the fingertip -- a welcome time-saver.

In the box, Apple includes a special variation of wired iPod-style Earbuds that include a microphone. Some users don't like the fit of the earbuds, but plenty of third-party wireless headset are hitting the market, such as the Bluetooth-enabled Jawbone, Aliph, or Plantronics headsets, and Shure headphone adapter, which comes with a microphone and noise-blocking earbuds.

Yes, iPhone is a real phone. And a whole lot more.

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