Re: cell phone auto dials with speaker on?

["E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"E. Lee Dickinson" <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "tata" <tatadata@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hello,
>>
>> I'd like some help settling an arugment that has recently occured
>> between friends.  Seems that two friends were driving somewhere
>> together and during the trip Passenger says "...my cell jostled during
>> the ride and it autodialed M's number".  This happened while Driver was
>> telling Passenger some VERY personal stories.  M picks up the phone and
>> hears only voices, thinking it was a party line, she listened and
>> eventually it dawned on her who the speaker was.  Now some backup facts
>> might be in order...M is also in the same tiff with Passenger...they
>> haven't spoken in weeks and in fact, M has since moved and this call
>> came in on her new number, which Passenger had never called before.  Of
>> course, the speaker phone must have also been turned on.
>>
>> My question...is it possible for a cell phone to autodial someone from
>> a contact list just by "jostling" the cell phone?  Passenger says M's
>> phone number is the second on the list...That means, while sitting
>> quietly in the car, Passenger jostled around in her purse enough to tap
>> her contact list, down two, dial, and open speaker phone...have I got
>> that right?  I don't know what brand cell she's using, but having had
>> an exposed keypad cell myself, I must say this sort of sequence never
>> happened to me.
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> It happens often enough that there's a term for it: A Pocket Call.
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> Every mobile phone I've owned for the past 8 years or so has allowed me to
> dial someone in my contact list by pressing and holding a digit. In the
> case of your story, press/hold the "2" will amost certainly dial M.
>
> I even bet your phone does that. :)

Oh, also -- doubtful the speakerphone would have to be on for the
conversation to be intelligible, especailly in an enclosed sound-proofed
environment such as a car.