Smartphone Calculator Keypad Shortcuts

The Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone calculator looks (and is) awfully weak. However, while it is an “old skool” 4 function calculator, it is reasonably easy to use if you know its keypad shortcuts. The Smartphone’s navigation rose provides the four functions as well as the equal function. Press the top of the nav-pad for + (add), press down for – (subtract), left for / (divide), right for X (multiply) and the center for = (equal; complete the calculation).

The bottom-left key on the numeric keypad (labeled * T9) types in a decimal point (.) while the bottom-right key (labeled #) can be used for addition (+).

And, that is pretty much all the Microsoft provided calculator can do on the Smartphone. No square root, no trig functions, nothing. Very 1971 “old skool”.

2 thoughts on “Smartphone Calculator Keypad Shortcuts

  1. karatedog

    I have a Samsung SGH-i600 (Blackjack in the USA) If I accidentally press the button that switches between capital letters, numbers, etc. then I can never switch back to numbers. Either I restart the calculator, or I have to enter every number by pressing Fn first, then the number. It is not “old skool”, it is plain bad, having a useless junk in the so called “superb” Windows Mobile 6…

  2. Mary Linkowski

    Todd: Two quick questions:

    1. Is there a REALLY GOOD Office Mobile program for smartphones? If so, which is best?

    2. Am using Activesync4.5 and when I re-sync my Moto Q, I get duplicates in my contacts & calendars. There is no info on how to avoid this on the Activesync 4.5 “help & How-to” pages

    Thank you for your extremely helpful articles!! Mary

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