No i think what you're saying is correct. You have to press phone, name and then phone again to call someone now. So additionally you got to press the phone button twice. Once before and once after you start typing the name. Personally that's one too many for me.

I dont like the universal search. I'm not a searching kind of guy, and i liked it previously on Bold 9000 where you could just get the device on your hands and start typing the name on the home screen pressing call and have the call initiated at once. Why did they have to make it awkward damn it?