Poking around trying to find more capabilities I stumbled on to this
For those who want to speed dial, speed text, speed email a contact, set up a favorites homepage go to "Personalize", "Widget", "Browse all HTC widgets", "People".
When you're setting up the favorite contact initially you set the default action touching their picture does (text, call, email) .
If you click on the name of the contact instead of the photo, it will bring up the contact info. If your contact has more than 1 phone no., it will display them, and you can click on the number you want to use. You can also pick to SMS (text to their phone), email to send an email to them.
Old time smartphone users probably knew this but I'm a newbi to both android and smartphones