As far as adding a contact quick link, this is what I found. I think it has potential, but I have a hard time saving the "call" file in a place where I can retrieve for the program to work. From XDA (about half way down under Advanced Functions):

"Here is a really cool program that will automatically create the contact links:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=555574

oldsap said it perfectly:
Manually creating shortcut files for sms and call sending to specific contacts requires using a text editor (in PPC and PC) and then manually typing text codes and memorizing the phone number for that particular contact, then repeating the same procedure again and again for each contact.

oldsap created a simple application to automate all of this."