I'm already beginning to use it for grabbing phone numbers rather than copying and pasting into the dialer, for instance.
This whole thing boils down to how Samsung's TouchWiz dialer handles these USSD codes — stock Android devices like the Galaxy Nexus interpret the code properly and loads the key-combination for a reset into the dialer but doesn't actually pull the trigger on its own.
Interestingly, the icons for the stock dialer, web browser, messaging, and camera apps all seem flatter and less skeuomorphic than the ones seen in earlier versions of Sense.
We've seen Firefox OS in action a few times over the past few months so the interface looks very familiar — a quick swipe on the homescreen brings up a slew of HTML5 apps, while a persistent set of icons for the phone dialer, messaging app, Firefox browser, and the camera.
He envisioned a phone conversation (that could happen "very soon") with someone about meeting at restaurant down the street — once the call is done, the phone can display a link to a map for the restaurant right within the dialer.
A user sets up an account with a credit card and downloads the dialer software and pays only for the time used at rates are posted on the providers' Web sites.
Cut, copy and paste functions have been added to the dialer screen, and you can set account-specific notifications for incoming messages as well as change vibration and volume patterns for alerts for specific contacts.
If you've got a Samsung phone, be grateful that the engineers at Apple helped design the dialer.
The former addict pulled out his cellphone and had the satisfaction of being the dialer, not the subject, of a call to 911.
And, err, the dialer has looked just about the same ever since.
