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hey guys this is Steven skarlatos of pocketnow.com this is part two of the video review and the verizon samsung i760 today we're going to take a look at some of the features samsung has implemented on this device the first bud feature we're going to look at is the lock and unlock you can lock the phone by pressing and holding the star key this is very much like most standard cell phones to unlock the device you hit the left softkey button and you can either use the screen and press the unlock button there or the star key and this unlocks the phone for you the second feature is dialing and you can actually dial directly from the Today screen using the numeric keypad so if I press the number 8 the phone automatically searches through my history and my contacts for entries that have an 8 a t.a you or V which are the letters associated with the number 8 on the keypad as you press digits it narrows the search for you until you find the selection you want and then you use the d-pad to make the call let's take a look at the included voice command application the application is initiated with a press and hold of the large button on the side of the unit this button also initiates the Start menu when the application is initiated a microphone icon appears at the top of the screen along with a beat to let you know that it is ready to accept your prompts there is no need to train voice command although you should enunciate and speak slowly it also works with most Bluetooth headsets I've tried so let's go ahead and test it start excel so as you can see it started Excel Oh didn't press it long enough press it again start today start today now we're going to try doing some dialing call Jane Doe mobile no dial star 86 stop Thanks correct yes and it initiates the call to my voicemail on the system will just go ahead and terminate the call another nice little feature that's available is for the unit to tell you what time it is what time is it I'm 47 p.m. another nice feature is the ability to turn off the screen while you're in a call so your face does not accidentally press the screen or activate an application this function is based on a timer which can be set at 5 10 30 or 60 seconds once you press the end call button the screen turns back on this is a very nice feature so I can show you this by pressing let's go back to my voicemail and within five seconds the screen will actually turn off and here it is off and as soon as I end the call it comes back on that about does it for today I'll be back with part three of the verizon samsung i760 video review very shortly