Small email rant...
 

I know it's kind of a "hip", high tech thing to do but don't use periods to separate your phone number area code, exchange, etc...

Smart phones can't lock onto and recognize the number for a call back and you end up having to memorize the number and enter it manually in the phone.

Not a big deal if you're not driving but then again... :rolleyes:

OK, rant off.

You're using a smart phone while driving? Shame on you.

I was thinking the same thing.

- Peter.

You need a smarter smart phone. My 1.5 year old iPhone 4 running OS 6 recognizes phone numbers separated by periods.

I just tested it by writing a text and then a note using numbers with periods and I was able to click on each to initiate a call.

Well, don't get too excited about my use of the phone while driving. I have a dispatch ap that pulls my jobs and displays them. It also gets customer contact info from a database that's also linked to emails. So, if someone somewhere has copied and pasted their contact info from a signature line, it shows up that way.

Anyway, if I'm driving to a job site, I can glance at the job description and simply tap the customer's number to call them and tell them I'm on the way. It won't work if it's periods...

I agree... it really renders the recognition software useless.

And brace yourself... sometime soon someone will blame it on Obama!

:D

It's Bush's fault...

I had to do it before Bot

If you're entering a number on a smart phone there usually IS a "." and an extra step or two is required to get at a "-"

Dont worry B OB will promise to fix it if he wins. Along with stopping the sky from falling & making all DB's millionaires ! ;)

Anything that befuddles smart phones and people who use them while driving, SIGN ME UP.:D
Call me back we need to talk. 999.999.9999

If it befuddles automated software that collects phone #s for telemarketing purposes, it's actually a good thing. Just like any public posting will have my e-mail addy written as "name (AT) site (dot) com."

Personally, I prefer the way a few older stores in my area still have numbers on their signs written thusly:
REgent 4-xxxx or CIrcle 9-xxxx.

My e-mail sig has my landline number as +1.212.xxx.yyyy.

And until about 10 years ago, my uncle's phone number was just "42." Small town in Poland -- you dialled the operator, got put through to the operator in his town, and asked for the number. Parse THAT, beeeyotches.

That's got to be the best phone number ever.
http://rubenerd.com/uploads/42.png

Will someone please confirm or refute what I wrote above? My phone doesn't seem to exhibit the same issue. Or am I missing something?

Works that way on my iphone too. Periods seperating the numbers does not interfere with the phone recognizing it as a phone number.

Nope! It's CLEARLY GW's fault!:eek: