How to take a call on BlackBerry 9720
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How to take a call on BlackBerry 9720
Taking a call or establishing a communication on your BlackBerry 9720 is a common operation.
This is actually the basic functionality you can expect from your BlackBerry 9720. Indeed, if a smartphone can be used to take pictures, to play songs or to communicate by written messages, calls remain its first functionality.
However, we realized that this was not a trivial operation sometimes, and we would like to help you make your calls at best. In the first part, we will see how to simply take a communication from your BlackBerry 9720, then in a second part we will look at the case of Google Voice which can also help you.
Taking an incoming call on BlackBerry 9720
You will see this operation is quite easy when you know how to do it.
When your contact calls you, the lower part of your screen will be separated into two parts on your BlackBerry 9720:
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- A green part, to take the call,
- A part in red, to reject the call.
These two parts, green and red, are equipped with a small telephone logo to identify them. You guessed it, to take the incoming call it is necessary to look at the green part.
You will then have to slide your fingers horizontally on this green part to be able to take the call. This can be tricky the first time.
We therefore advise you to hold your BlackBerry 9720 firmly with one hand while sliding on the other.
Thus, you will have more chances of not making false manipulation.
You are now ready to talk to your contact at the end of the line.
How to reject and not take an incoming call
You can not take an incoming call on your BlackBerry 9720 quite easily.
To do so, simply slide your finger horizontally over the part that appears red when the contact calls you. The person on the other side of the line will then fall directly onto your answering machine and you can remain quiet if you wish.
Making a call or communicating with Google Voice
You have the option to use Google Voice to take your communications, if your contact decides to do so as well. Google Voice is an application installed by default on your BlackBerry 9720, which allows you to switch communications at preferential prices.
Indeed, this application allows you and your contact to use the data network to make calls on your BlackBerry 9720. To use Google Voice, you need to activate it by using the app of the same name.
Then pick up the calls by pressing the green key that appears when someone calls you via this channel.
To conclude on taking calls on BlackBerry 9720
We’ve seen it, whether it’s through Google Voice or just through the standard phone network, taking calls on your BlackBerry 9720 is ultimately a pretty easy thing.
If you still have difficulties to do so, you can refer to the manual of your BlackBerry 9720. This leaflet should tell you how to take telephone calls from the standard network or via Google Voice.