Windows Mobile tips and tricks

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Easy access to numbers.   In both T9 and ABC mode, you can usually get a number by pressing and holding the button.  For instance, the 2 button can be a, b, c, or 2.  Press it once and you'll get a letter.  Press and hold it and you'll get the number.  This is a lot faster than switching to 123 mode if you just need to type a few numbers.

Lock the keypad.  On smartphones that have a separate power button, pressing and holding the End key (the red button) locks the keypad.  Some smartphones don't have a separate power button.  On them, the press and hold of the End key is usually power off.  In that case, there's often some other key that you can press and hold for lock.

Quicklist.  On smartphones that have a separate power button, pressing the power button quickly (not press and hold) brings up the "quicklist."  The quicklist lets you do things like toggle flight mode and set profiles.  Press and hold the power button shuts the phone off.  On devices without a separate power button, one of the other keys will bring up the quicklist (often press and hold Home).

Getting symbols.  If you're typing in T9 or ABC mode, there are two ways to type things like period, comma, etc.  You can get a table of them by pressing and holding the # key.  Or you can get to many of the more common ones with the 1 key.

Speed dial apps.  You can assign phone numbers to speed dial keys.  Go into the contact, select the phone number you want to put on a speed dial, and then choose Menu->Add To Speed Dial.  But you can also assign applications to speed dial keys.  From the home screen, hit Start, select the application you want, and then choose Menu->Add To Speed Dial.  Once you have a number or application on speed dial, you can go to the home screen and press and hold that number to call or run it.  For instance, if you assigned my ToggleBTh button to speed dial slot 2, you can turn Bluetooth on and off by just pressing and holding 2 from the home screen.

Speed dial voicemail.  On most phones, speed dial slot 1 is voicemail.  So you can dial your voicemail by going to the home screen and pressing and holding 1.