There is definitely a forward to this entry that needs to be written highlighting my marriage to my iPhone. Why I divorced my Blackberry Curve after a pedestrian but stable relationship of two years, and how I stormed out of the Verizon store after hitting the wall in customer-service negotiations and walked straight into the beckoning White Light of the Apple Store.
That's a story for a different day, but suffice it to say, I'm now addicted to the joys of new love with my iPhone, though we do have our volatile moments of anger and frustration when things go wrong. Yes, I even vent that frustration on the Disciples of Knowledge in the Genius Bar when I detect lapses in their Omniscience. Unacceptable.
As one obsessed with the App Store and loving the enhanced functionality of the iPhone (as a result of myriad hours poring over all the options), the least I can do is share those findings here. I will review each in its own posting with a screen-shot of the App, and hopefully I can save someone else the agony of late night App Store searching....
Visual Dial is the replacement for One-Tap Dial. Strangely I had the latter initially, but when my iPhone crashed (yes, that does happen to about 1:10000000000 people and that Lotto-winner was ME) and was replaced with a brand spankin' new one, I somehow lost all record of that App, and have never been able to find it again despite repeated searches. WEIRD.
Why you MUST buy this App:
Because you can call a contact by tapping on their photo icon right on your Home Page.
For example, if I want to call my sister, I tap on her icon (which is a photo of her face, but you can choose any photo) right on the bottom of my home page and it calls her without having to go through my Contacts or Phone. Apple did add this annoying step with that latest update which causes another screen to pop up to ask whether you want to call this number, to which you just hit Yes.
Beats the HELL out of going through Contacts or Phone AND is better than all the other Apps I have found (and used) that require you to go into their App then scroll through photo icons. That's just one extra step I don't need. The ability to put the icon right on the Home Screen is GOLD.
Set-up is simple, though it takes a few minutes of playing around to figure out how to do it. Once you get it, you can set them up fairly quickly. I'd suggest putting all of these speed-dial contacts on one page for quick access.
Cost is low, $2.99 when I purchased it, and frankly, I'd pay $20 for the ease of dialing the people you call most.
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