Timbru

The other day I was talking to someone on my mobile phone, when I received another incoming call. So I just put on hold the first call to take on the second. Nothing fancy so far…

What is this shiny new Merge button that just popped up on the screen? Meeerge! Too tempting, I just had to push it. As expected, I was now in a conference call, and managed to annoy both my interlocutors. Excellent.

This way I (re)discovered that every mobile phone can be used as a 3-way conference call system. I remember my first mobile (an Ericsson brick) phone had this feature, and it was 10+ years ago.

I talked to a few colleagues about this, it was news to them too and they find it very useful.

Why isn’t this awfully useful feature common knowledge is beyond me.