If you have a lot of contacts numbers in your phone book, you know that Voice Command does not work reliably when you call out a name. In real use, I only want to voice dial to a small set of contacts like family members and a few friends. This used to work pretty well with the original Sprint HTC Touch which does not have Voice Command but you have to record a few voice tags to the contacts that you want to make voice call with. I like that since it works very reliably due to a small number of voice tags to match in the data base. Does anyone know how to enable voice tagging to contact, then I can turn off Voice Command ?

Huh, I have over 500 contacts - many with similar last names - and I have no issues with VC. I use it at least 20 times daily for everything from launching apps to voice dialing - works very well for me. But you could do what you say above easily - just find a cab for the app you want to use, install it, then program the shortcut button to it - done. Your only issue will be finding one as everyone seems to prefer VC that I have talked to.