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Posted by R Keck on June 22, 2007, 4:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options well, frankly, i do mind. I'm not advocating the actual placement of spaces,
dashes, parentheses, etc in the actual data ... i'm saying the OS should
format the display of the phone number (As Outlook does). I'm very familiar
with basic formating of Integer number data fields to display spaces, dashes,
etc and handling international numbers is not a problem, either.
It's not right that the vast majority of US users (It is a US version of the
OS is it not?), probably in excess of 90% who will never store an
international number, has to suffer through trying to focus on the tiny
numbers, all scrunched together, to try and make out what they are, only
because the developers are too lazy to deal with the issue, and have support
personnel such as yourself supporting their laziness and "don't-care"
attitudes.
It's a relative minor issue, but on the other hand, it's a minor fix. We
application developers and designers would not go far in the business if we
took your position in like situations and said to our paying customer, "you
really don't need that fix or improvement because that would create another
few hours code work for me to deal with international number issues that just
a few require"
While I'm speaking out, why do Smartphone users have absolutely no control
over what is presented to us on the home screen? (Maybe the phone carrier
demands it perhaps?) ... I do not feel we should forever have to live with
what the manufacturer thinks we should see with regards to items/options
displayed, and that we can not move, add, or remove items on the Home Screen.
I'm done venting, thank you
"Linley Meslier" wrote:
> I think differently. Hope you won't mind. I mean to say that I have
> several contacts abroad and it's just great to save their phone
> numbers without having to worry about the format or the phone
> displaying errors when dialling those numbers.
> Regarding the other issues, feel free to email me at
> Meslierlp@hotmail.com. I will be glad to assist to the best of my
> ability. You might as well post them here on this forum as I know that
> Microsoft folks read it every day.
>
> Linley Meslier
> Windows Mobile Training Specialist
> Pocket PC Mauritius
> Http://PocketpcMauritius.blogspot.com
>
>
> R Keck wrote:
> > As far as I'm concerned this is a weakness and should be addressed. When you
> > type in a phone number (w/ area code) at the home screen, it formats the
> > number to include spaces and parentheses and makes it very "readable" and
> > user friendly ... go to save the number ... insert number where appropriate,
> > then you lose the formatting. These unformated numbers, when viewed in
> > Contacts are VERY DIFFICULT to read off and verify (if you needed to verbally
> > relay the number to another person, say)
> >
> > Also, where can users provide fixes and improvements requests to Microsoft
> > regarding Windows Mobile (Smartphone edition) OS? I have several other
> > issues with my Cingular 3125 phone (the OS) that I'd like to make known to
> > someone who can forward the request. Thanks
> >
> > "Linley Meslier" wrote:
> >
> > > You cannot change the format on the phone itself. Do it in Outlook on
> > > your desktop. However, I recommend you leave it as is. I have had
> > > issues with this before where my phone would not dial long distance
> > > calls. It worked fine when dialing local numbers though. I fixed it by
> > > leaving the number dispalyed as 2223334444.This is my experience and
> > > it might work differently for you.
> > >
> > > Linley Meslier
> > > Windows Mobile Training Specialist
> > > Pocket PC Mauritius
> > > Http://PocketpcMauritius.blogspot.com
> > >
> > > R Keck wrote:
> > > > I'm new to the smart phone. I recently aquired a Cingular 3125 w/
Windows
> > > > Mobile 5. I copied over my contacts from sim to phone. All of the phone
> > > > numbers are stored/displayed as 2223334444 instead of (222) 333-4444 (or
> > > > other more readable format). Even after editing the number, the number
does
> > > > not "auto-format" to a readable format.
> > > >
> > > > I've looked everywhere for a formating feature for the phone numbers but
can
> > > > not find. Am I missing something?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > >
>
>
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