Yeah, but I only have to move my mouse or press a key on my puter to wake it up and start using it. Not so with this phone--you have to wake it up by pressing the red button, then unlock the screen to be able to do anything.
That's because you don't stuff your computer in your pocket and then expect to press a key to start doing stuff. If you did, there would be safeguards built into the wake process to make sure you didn't accidentally press keys and start doing things you didn't mean to LOL.
Oh my computer my users are password protected so I have to type in my passwords to be able to get back in and doing stuff.
There's a tradeoff between making sure no accidental actions / calls happen with the phone, versus making it really simple to do something.
If it was a flip phone like a razr, simply flip open the phone and you can start using it.
With my old Palm Centro & Blackberries, I'd have to click a button to wake the device up and get to the password promp, enter my password, and then start calling. Nothing is simple as just clicking a button on these smart phones.
The Samsung Moment calling process is very easy, and ergonomic:
(1) Press the end call button, (2) move my finger just a few mm's to the Menu button and tap it, and then (3) move my finger a few mm's to the call button and press it. Then I choose either dial pad or contacts to call.
It takes me virtually no effort because the buttons I want to hit are so close, and my muscle memory already is trained in a few hours. Once you have the simple movment down it's almost like a symphony.
I can't see how it can be simpler than this. On top of this it has a very good voice command button, where if I'm patient and lazy I can press it and just tell it what to dial. Overall the calling process is actualy simpler than my Blackberry and my Centro.
PS - on all phones with an exposed keyboard or touch screen, it will ALWAYS be a minimum of 3 or more key strokes to dial or do something:
1) a button to wake the phone up and turn on the screen
2) another button or touch to validate that you actually want to unlock the phone for use, and that it's not just an accidental bump
3) a call button to start the call process if it's not a dedicated simple phone.
4) dial #'s or choose contact to call
I don't see how the above process can be abbreviated in any way without undermining the reliability of the phone not to make accidental calls (and to save battery life by turning off the screen when not in use).