TalkPlus BlackBerry Application
Quick Start Guide

You Can:

  • Add a 2nd phone number on your BlackBerry:
    -- have that number ring your mobile, home, and office phones all at once
    -- or use it as a second number so you can have one number for work and another number for friends
  • Easily make outgoing calls using your TalkPlus number:
    -- access existing contacts on your BlackBerry without re-entering contacts
  • Quickly view and manage voicemail  using TalkPlus visual voicemail
  • Screen your voicemail:
    -- listen as your callers leave you a message on your TalkPlus number
  • Make low cost international calls using TalkPlus
 
   
Click any of the links below for information:
To Login for the First Time
 
   
  1. Open your TalkPlus application.
 
     
TalkPlus Login Screen
 
TalkPlus Dashboard

  1. Enter the login and password information sent to you via email and SMS by TalkPlus.
    • Enter your login and password in the box
    • Click on the Menu button
    • Select “OK”
  1. Wait while the application is connecting to the data network.
  2. The TalkPlus Dialpad tab will appear after you login.
 
   
To Make a Call within the Application

Choose a TalkPlus Profile to use for the call:

From TalkPlus Dashboard screen, scroll up or down to select a TalkPlus Profile for each call.

In the following example, “TalkPlus1” is selected, as indicated by the checkmark and the profile icon on the top right.

When you make a call using TalkPlus, the phone number associated with “TalkPlus1” will appear in the recipient’s caller ID box.

Remember: When you select a TalkPlus profile, the Call History and Voicemail screens within the application will only reflect information related to that particular profile.

 
   
 
   
TalkPlus Dashboard
Menu Options
 
   
TalkPlus provides many options for placing a call. You can:
Enter a Number Manually
  1. Open your TalkPlus application from Launcher.
  2. Select the Menu button on the device to bring up Options
  3. Select “Call”

     
         
    Place a Call
     
    Country Code Indicator

  4. Country Code defaults to “+1”. Change if you are calling outside US or Canada .
  5. Enter the phone number, area code first under “No. to Call”
  6. To place the call: Menu Option->select Call
 
   
Configure your Device for Native Dialing

To place calls directly from the Call Log and Contacts applications provided by your device, you must first configure your device for native dialing.

(Note: Make sure you have exited out of the TalkPlus application before you begin configuration)

  1. Go to Options (Cingular devices, go to Settings first to get to Options)
  2. Select Advanced Options
         
     
    Settings->Options on
    Cingular devices 
     
    Options->Advanced Options

         
  3. Select Applications (from Advanced Options)
  4. Scroll to TalkPlus, Menu Option, Edit Permission
  5. Highlight Connection. Menu Option-> Expand
    a. Scroll down to Phone. Menu Option->Change Option. Allow
  6. Highlight Interactions. Menu Option->Expand
    a. Scroll down to Keystroke Injection. Menu Option->Change Option. Allow
  7. Menu Option-> Save
  8. Red End key to exit out of Options
 
   
 
     
Edit Permissions for TalkPlus    
“Allow" Phone and
Keystroke Insertion
 
   
To Make a Call Outside the Application

Once your device is configured for native dialing, you can use your TalkPlus profiles to place a call even if you are not inside the TalkPlus application, so long as you have TalkPlus running in the background.

This provides the flexibility of using your device’s native dialer, phone book, and call history while using your TalkPlus profiles to dial out.

Hint: To keep the TalkPlus application active while you are working outside it, select the red “End” button on the device. When you “hide” the TalkPlus application, the profile you are using will remain active. The TalkPlus icon on your main screen will be replaced by the icon of your current profile.

 
 
 
Menu Option->Settings-
>Change Icon    
 
Main screen showing
selected profile icon 

 
Place a Call Using the Device’s Native Dialer/Address Book/Call Log
  1. Make sure TalkPlus is running in the background.
  2. Make sure you have selected the profile you’d like to use for the call.
  3. Dial a number as you would normally dial out
  4. TalkPlus will activate as it connects your call (you will see “fetching temporary number”
    screen flash as your call is being connected)

International Calling: to make international calls via TalkPlus, you can dial with a “+”
in front of the number, or an international prefix (e.g. “011”).

Domestic Calling: when calling within the United States, please include the area code
when you are dialing through TalkPlus.

 
 
Using your phone’s dialer
to place a call  
 
Screen when TalkPlus
is placing call
 
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BlackBerry 8300
(the Curve)
BlackBerry 8830 BlackBerry 8820 & 8800 BlackBerry 8100
(the Pearl)