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...

OK, rant off.

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1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

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

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I was thinking the same thing.

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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.

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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...

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

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

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

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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 "-"

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

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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.

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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?

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

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