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Understanding Vanity Dialing in Samsung Smartphones

Articles Written by: Mike Temporale on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:00am

Samsung has included a feature in their phones called Vanity Dialing. As the name implies, this feature will allow you to dial those ever popular vanity numbers like 1-800-Flowers or 1-800-Samsung. You can find Vanity Dialing on the new Samsung Jack, Propel Pro and even the older BlackJack II devices under Start / Settings / Key Settings / Vanity Dialing. After turning this on, you will need to reboot your phone before you can use the feature.

Now that you have turned this on, you can easily dial vanity numbers without trying to remember what number M, or I, or K, or E. You can use your QWERTY keyboard to enter the full word easily and the smartphone will automatically replace the letters with the correct numbers. To use the feature, start entering the number as you normally would. When you get to the letters, press the function (Fn) key and then type the word using your keyboard. For example, if you wanted to dial 1-800-MobileJaw, you would press 1, 8, 0, 0, Fn, M, o, b, i, l, e, J, a, w (without the comma’s). That’s easy enough, right? So get out there and dial those vanity numbers!

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12 Responses to “Understanding Vanity Dialing in Samsung Smartphones”

  1. Peter Temporale on July 16th, 2009 4:07 pm
    Peter Temporale

    Pretty cool feature.

  2. Mike Temporale on July 18th, 2009 11:39 pm
    Mike Temporale

    Check on your BlackJack – I don’t recall if this was a feature on that model or not.

  3. John Halsey on July 19th, 2009 12:11 pm
    John Halsey

    this feature is included in the Motorola Q9c and A4500 (Napoleon).

  4. Allen B. on July 19th, 2009 1:44 pm
    Allen B.

    This would be a TREMENDOUSLY helpful feature at times, but is there a reason that Vanity Dialing does not appear to be an option for me? By BlackJack II is 1.5 years old… :/

  5. Mike Temporale on July 19th, 2009 9:30 pm
    Mike Temporale

    @John – Cool, thanks for sharing that. I haven’t played with a Q9 in a while so I wasn’t aware of that.

  6. Mike Temporale on July 19th, 2009 9:31 pm
    Mike Temporale

    @Allen – It’s not on your BlackJack II? Did you upgrade your device to Windows Mobiel 6.1 when Samsung/AT&T released that ROM? Perhaps this wasn’t a feature in the 6.0 version.

  7. Allen B. on July 19th, 2009 11:39 pm
    Allen B.

    Mike – Yeah, that must be it… I’m running 6.0 and haven’t upgraded to 6.1… :(

    But since we’re on the subject, should I? I guess I’ve been a bit afraid to upgrade since everything in my phone works perfectly fine and I wasn’t sure that the benefits 6.1 are worth the risk… I don’t mean to hijack the discussion of Vanity Dialing, but I would love to hear your thoughts… Thanks! :)

  8. Peter Temporale on July 20th, 2009 8:35 am
    Peter Temporale

    There is no “Key Settings” menu item on my Blackjack (v1). I also haven’t been updated to the new WinMo 6.1 – I’m still waiting for that to magically get done by itself. ;)

  9. Mike Temporale on July 21st, 2009 9:39 am
    Mike Temporale

    @Allen – I found Windows Mobile 6.1 to be worth the upgrade. But that’s me. I can’t say if there is enough value in that for you to upgrade or not. If everything is running smooth, then you might just want to skip it. If you do decide to upgrade, make sure you backup your contacts and any data you have on the device as it will be wiped clean.

  10. Mike Temporale on July 21st, 2009 9:41 am
    Mike Temporale

    @Peter – Yeah, that’s what I thought. So it wasn’t there on the original BlackJack.

    So it looks like you need to have Windows Mobile 6.1 on your device to enjoy this feature. It’s also on the new Propel Pro device.

  11. Allen B. on July 21st, 2009 10:55 am
    Allen B.

    Thanks Mike, I appreciate the insight!

  12. Peter Temporale on July 21st, 2009 2:16 pm
    Peter Temporale

    I saw a phone i liked. It looked like a BlackJack, but was Silver/Chrome, and was a slider. I’ve been waiting for a review of that phone.

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