BlackBerry Bold Made Simple: For the BlackBerry Bold 9700 and 9650 Series

Chapter 10. Phone and Voice Dialing

Sometimes, it is easy to forget that your BlackBerry is first and foremost a phone—and a very capable phone at that. There are many extra features on your phone, as well as the ability to use voice dialing to place your calls.

In this chapter, we'll show you how to place and answer calls, mute calls, use voice dialing, and how to use the call log. We'll also show you how to set up and use speed dial on your BlackBerry.

Basic Phone Features

Let's see how to quickly start using all the basic phone features of the BlackBerry. Figure 10-1 identifies the important keys you'll need.

Figure 10-1. Important keys for phone ...