Here’s a fancy phone trick that’s great for business as well as personal use—conference calls. Sitting at a Starbucks, but want people on the other end to think you’re in an office with a fancy phone system? The Droid X lets you conference in multiple people with no extra charges or software. And you can also use it for conferencing in friends when you’re all trying to decide whether to meet at 6 p.m. before the Red Sox game so you can catch Big Papi at batting practice.
To make a conference call, first make a call as you would normally. Then tap “Add call”. The Droid X places the second call and switches you to it. To conference both calls in, tap “Merge calls”. The words “Conference Call” appear at the top of the screen, and all three of you can hear one another. To end the last call that you made, tap “End last call”. To end the entire conference call and disconnect everyone, tap “End call”.
Note
There’s no way to end the first call you made on a conference call while keeping the second call alive. You can end the calls only in the reverse of the order that you made them.
If you’re on the phone and someone calls you, you won’t be able to conference the person into your call. You’ll have to instead switch between the calls. Answer the call as you would normally, and a green “Switch calls” button appears. Tap it to switch to the other call. If you want to conference with the incoming call, you’ll have to tell the caller to hang up, and then make an outgoing call to put her on conference.
