Phone UI ideas

[Marcus Haebler]

Here are some ideas for the phone interface. Mostly for when
you are using the phone in the car and for conference calls.

1) When on an active call - display a HUGE mute/un-mute button
    on the touch screen. I want to hit that button while in a
    conference call in the car with hardly looking at the phone.
    The "end call" button should be nowhere near it.

2) A big key pad would be nice initially on a call to enter
    a conference bridge code etc. Possibly with the ability to
    slide/shade/minimize the key with one touch and the ability
    to bring it back up.

3) Ability to mark number as e.g. conference bridge in the phone
    book and get a phone number sensitive phone UI. e.g. for
    conference bridge UI. (the large mute button, the initial
    large key pad etc.)

4) Drop down in "conference UI" with a choice of bridge codes
    (pre-provisioned or history based).

5) "Voice control"

    a) Enable speaker phone mode or connect via Bluetooth head set
       and use speech-to-text to tell the phone which number to
       call.
    b) Ability to switch to "voice control" during an active call
       to enter e.g. a bridge code. Put the call on hold and call
       another number etc.
    c) Voice control of UI.

Just some things I would find extremely useful in a phone. Somewhat
sorted from simple to complex to implement.

Cheers,

Marcus