Note Pad? Shortcuts? Voice Commands?

[milesahead]

Hey everyone,
I am in independent sales rep. and I work out of my car all day. I currently use A Tungsten E, a camera and a cell phone for my job. I was really excited about geting a 700P so I could integrate everthing on one device, not to mention a bluetooth headset. So I go to the Verizon store and start looking at the 700p. However, I notice there are three issues with this device. 1) My Tungsten has an application called "Note Pad", which is great for jotting down a had written note without any typing. Really great if you are driving and have to write something down quickly. 2) Under "Preferences" on my Tungsten, there is an option called "shortcuts". You use the shortcut symbol, type in a couple of leters, and it spell the whole phrase out for you. This is great if you are always using repitive entries, for example customer names. 3) I couldn't believe this one. There are no voice commands on the 700P. My inexpensive motorola phone which I bought 3 years ago even has voice commands. It's the best safety feature a phone can have since everone is dialing when they're diving anyway. Who wants to have to scroll through their phone book when they are in traffic.

So, my question is, are there any solutions for these three problems?

Thanks,
Miles

[phillydark]

There is a program called bugme it should solve the problem . I have it on my treo 700p its great this is one of my most used programs .

[Datapoohbah]

As noted Bugme and other note pad programs will fix #1

As for short cuts, there is no 'graphiti area' so there isn't any writing. All text is keyboard entered. There are shortcuts for text to complete typing in certain applications, in my case in email, a lot of common words are completed for me and I have shortcuts for various signatures.

Voice dialing can be fixed, but it's a $20 software package from Palm. There is a trial on the CD. But it doesn't work with GoodLink (the package that I use) and it doesn't work with a bluetooth headset to the best of my knowledge. It didn't with the 650's and I don't think it does with the 700p either. (It is clearly incompatible with GoodLink, so I have not tried it). Yes, I miss voice dialing too, I too have used it a LOT on all my previous moto phones. But when I consider what else the 700p gives me, I do pretty much have one-touch speed dials for the people I call the most. For the rest, I wait until I'm stopped or at a light to find them.

Hope that helps.