How-to: Add Speed Dial on the Droid (direct dial)

Good point about moving the Direct Dials to another screen. I also found you can just make them from the other screen which saves the time of moving them.

You can also create a Folder, Name it Speed dial and arrange your direct dial contacts in that folder.......

what i did is was add a contact (name) to main screen/screens, then... when i touch the INDEX card icon shortcut, it gives me a choice to touch the phone icon (to call)... or the square with the smiley face icon to text.

If you use this way of managing contacts, you have to make sure you list/name your contact properly, example... mary home... mary cell... this will make sure you text the cell and not the home number... the option to choose phone or text appears on all numbers. I find this procedure quick in choosing my choice of contact and method directly from my home screen.

Thanks! This really helped

I just got my droid today, I find these solutions wanting.

I've had speed dialing on every cell phone going back to when they were the size of a shoe box. Clicking a desktop shortcut - let alone 50 or 60 of them, does not warrant the title "Add Speed Dial on the Droid."

How do I remove a direct dial from the home page?

this last question was never answered...how do i remove a direct dial without deleting the contact from my phone???
help!!!!

Originally Posted by ira

this last question was never answered...how do i remove a direct dial without deleting the contact from my phone???
help!!!!

press and hold the direct dials icon untill you feel it pulse then drag it to the trash can at the bottom of your screen

Originally Posted by ira

this last question was never answered...how do i remove a direct dial without deleting the contact from my phone???
help!!!!

Whats up it's easy just drag it to the gray spot on bottom of your screen the trash to drag u just touch on it and hold I hope this helps
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Associated problems with this procedure...............
Upon activtating shortcut, then direct dial; if you SEARCH for the contact instead of SCROLLING to the contact, Droid will CALL the contact instead of PLACING the contact shortcut on the screen you intended.
OF course, I am in sales and I could be lying to you, but that has been my experience with this particular protocol.
Please correct me if your results differ.

Thank you!!

Wouldn't it be easier just to add the contact to your Favorites?

thank you

if you want true spead dial just download the dialer one app from the market place and use that as your default dialer i have been using it and it is everything i have wanted.