Will smart phones eliminate the use of phone numbers using alpha letters?
Yesterday I was in the process of transferring a number of the domain names I own over to GoDaddy from another hoster, because GoDaddy charges nearly a third of the price to register a domain name. GoDaddy’s phone number on the flyer was 866-GODADDY. Lots of companies have their number set up that way to make it easy to remember. Hey, even 1-800-GOTJUNK uses their phone number as their company name.
So, with my recently purchased Blackberry, I proceeded to call GoDaddy. Whoops!
Smart phones use a QWERTY keyboard … like a computer. They are primarily a mini-computer that functions as a phone. Notice that the Blackberry has a number pad (the white keys) similar to a computer keyboard.
So I dialed 866 then when I was ready to dial the “G” I realized that it wouldn’t work. There is no way to convert the “G” to the appropriate number. I thought perhaps the smart BB would “know” 
what I was trying to do, but when I hit the “G” key, it converted the 866 to “xff”. OK, so xff-godaddy doesn’t work too well.
The regular “old” phones associate 3 alpha letters to a number which is what these companies rely on. So without an old phone for reference, how can I know what numbers I should use to call those companies that use alpha letters for their number?
With more people canceling their land lines, and more people using Blackberries or other smart phones with QWERTY keyboards, I wonder how this will affect the use of these alpha phone numbers.
Hm-m-m-m. Technology once again changes the old ways of doing things.
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Will smart phones eliminate the use of phone numbers using alpha letters?
Yesterday I was in the process of transferring a number of the domain names I own over to GoDaddy from another hoster, because GoDaddy charges nearly a third of the price to register a domain name. GoDaddy’s phone number on the flyer was 866-GODADDY. Lots of companies have their number set up that way to make it easy to remember. Hey, even 1-800-GOTJUNK uses their phone number as their company name.
Smart phones use a QWERTY keyboard … like a computer. They are primarily a mini-computer that functions as a phone. Notice that the Blackberry has a number pad (the white keys) similar to a computer keyboard.
So I dialed 866 then when I was ready to dial the “G” I realized that it wouldn’t work. There is no way to convert the “G” to the appropriate number. I thought perhaps the smart BB would “know”
what I was trying to do, but when I hit the “G” key, it converted the 866 to “xff”. OK, so xff-godaddy doesn’t work too well.
The regular “old” phones associate 3 alpha letters to a number which is what these companies rely on. So without an old phone for reference, how can I know what numbers I should use to call those companies that use alpha letters for their number?
With more people canceling their land lines, and more people using Blackberries or other smart phones with QWERTY keyboards, I wonder how this will affect the use of these alpha phone numbers.
Hm-m-m-m. Technology once again changes the old ways of doing things.
Copyright © 2009. Elaine Reese, Real Living HER. Reproduction of any portion of this blog post or the images is prohibited by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. If this post is being viewed on any site other than www.ReesesPiecesOfRealEstate.com then the material has been stolen without permission. Violators will be reported.
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