94 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020WINDOWS 10
A bare-bones dialler
app dominates the Calls
section of Your Phonethat contact information. Calls allows you to use your
laptop’s speaker and mic to talk to callers, which of
course is anything but discreet. On the other hand, if
you’re working in a private office, you don’t need to
unearth your phone to answer or place a call.
Assuming you’ve never used Skype before, it can
be rather fun to place and respond to a call from your
PC. I did notice a bit of an echo or ‘tunnel’ effect
when responding to callers, though that may be
patched out over time.
So is Your Phone ultimately useful? It can be, in the
sense that an Android watch or Apple Watch allows you
to surreptitiously glance at your wrist – or in this case,
your screen – to see what your phone is reporting. A
wearable does much more – but that’s an additional
device and an additional cost.94 TECH ADVISOR • FEBRUARY 2020WINDOWS 10
A bare-bones dialler
app dominates the Calls
section of Your Phonethat contact information. Calls allows you to use your
laptop’s speaker and mic to talk to callers, which of
course is anything but discreet. On the other hand, if
you’re working in a private office, you don’t need to
unearth your phone to answer or place a call.
Assuming you’ve never used Skype before, it can
be rather fun to place and respond to a call from your
PC.I didnoticea bitofanechoor‘tunnel’effect
whenresponding to callers, though that may be
patched out over time.
So is Your Phone ultimately useful? It can be, in the
sense that an Android watch or Apple Watch allows you
to surreptitiously glance at your wrist – or in this case,
your screen – to see what your phone is reporting. A
wearable does much more – but that’s an additional
device and an additional cost.