New 3.1.2 Icon

[iPhidibus]

I just upgraded my 1gen iPhone to 3.1.2 and carrier firmware 5.6. Now I have a new icon in the upper right-hand corner to the left of the battery. It looks like a phone handset over a keyboard. What is this?

Thanks much.

[psylichon]

It's TTY:

http://www.adcohearing.com/tty_what_tty.html

The telephone is a vital element in our daily living. We routinely use the phone to chat with friends, make dinner reservations, inquire about job openings, and even to do our banking. For most of us, the telephone provides a convenience that we take for granted.

However, for the several million deaf people in this country, the conveniences as well as life-saving capacities of the telephone have, until recent years, been inaccessible. Today, a deaf or speech impaired person can make telephone calls using a TeleTYpewriter (TTY).

With a TTY, the conversation is typed rather than spoken and direct communication is possible with anyone who has a similar device. Calls placed to or from a non-TTY user can be placed through the Telecommunications Relay Service.

You can turn it off under Settings/Phone.