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- 05-30-2005, 11:58 AM #1Clark KentGuest
Does anyone know if there is an option to format phone numbers in the North
American style on the phone ? NNN NNN NNNN, as opposed to NNNNNNNNNN as
they all read now.
I am in Canada and my latest firmware upgrade to V7 I think has never been
officially released in North America - making it hard to read numbers! I
know European numbers are different in format and suspect this fimware
assumes a European number by default.
Thanks.
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- 05-30-2005, 01:55 PM #2Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
"Clark Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone know if there is an option to format phone numbers in the
> North American style on the phone ? NNN NNN NNNN, as opposed to
> NNNNNNNNNN as they all read now.
>
> I am in Canada and my latest firmware upgrade to V7 I think has never
> been officially released in North America - making it hard to read
> numbers! I know European numbers are different in format and suspect
> this fimware assumes a European number by default.
I don't understand what you mean..? How you format a number on paper
doesn't affect how you dial it, does it..?
Ivor
- 05-30-2005, 02:04 PM #3Harvey Van SickleGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
>
> "Clark Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Does anyone know if there is an option to format phone numbers in
>> the North American style on the phone ? NNN NNN NNNN, as opposed
>> to NNNNNNNNNN as they all read now.
>>
>> I am in Canada and my latest firmware upgrade to V7 I think has
>> never been officially released in North America - making it hard
>> to read numbers! I know European numbers are different in format
>> and suspect this fimware assumes a European number by default.
>
> I don't understand what you mean..? How you format a number on
> paper doesn't affect how you dial it, does it..?
I think he wants the phone *display* to show the number as one would
write it down on paper -- with spaces -- rather than as an unbroken
string of digits.
(I can sympathise with him: I'd like the option for my phone to
display "+44 20 7123 4567" instead of "+442071234567", and have it
ignore the spaces when it dials.)
--
Cheers,
Harvey
- 05-30-2005, 02:52 PM #4Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
"Harvey Van Sickle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
>
>>
>> "Clark Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Does anyone know if there is an option to format phone numbers in
>>> the North American style on the phone ? NNN NNN NNNN, as opposed
>>> to NNNNNNNNNN as they all read now.
>>>
>>> I am in Canada and my latest firmware upgrade to V7 I think has
>>> never been officially released in North America - making it hard
>>> to read numbers! I know European numbers are different in format
>>> and suspect this fimware assumes a European number by default.
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean..? How you format a number on
>> paper doesn't affect how you dial it, does it..?
>
> I think he wants the phone *display* to show the number as one would
> write it down on paper -- with spaces -- rather than as an unbroken
> string of digits.
>
> (I can sympathise with him: I'd like the option for my phone to
> display "+44 20 7123 4567" instead of "+442071234567", and have it
> ignore the spaces when it dials.)
Hmm, yes I see. Personally it's never bothered me, but I don't know of a
phone that does allow it. Of course there's every chance I'm wrong..!
Ivor
- 05-30-2005, 03:20 PM #5Harvey Van SickleGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
> "Harvey Van Sickle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
>>> "Clark Kent" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Does anyone know if there is an option to format phone numbers
>>>> in the North American style on the phone ? NNN NNN NNNN, as
>>>> opposed to NNNNNNNNNN as they all read now.
>>>>
>>>> I am in Canada and my latest firmware upgrade to V7 I think has
>>>> never been officially released in North America - making it
>>>> hard to read numbers! I know European numbers are different in
>>>> format and suspect this fimware assumes a European number by
>>>> default.
>>>
>>> I don't understand what you mean..? How you format a number on
>>> paper doesn't affect how you dial it, does it..?
>>
>> I think he wants the phone *display* to show the number as one
>> would write it down on paper -- with spaces -- rather than as an
>> unbroken string of digits.
>>
>> (I can sympathise with him: I'd like the option for my phone to
>> display "+44 20 7123 4567" instead of "+442071234567", and have
>> it ignore the spaces when it dials.)
>
> Hmm, yes I see. Personally it's never bothered me, but I don't
> know of a phone that does allow it. Of course there's every chance
> I'm wrong..!
I've never seen this either, but what's curious is that the OP's
question makes it sound as if his old firmware did allow it.
Maybe someone will tell us if NAmer mobiles (sorry: cellphones over
there!) display "123 456 7890"?
--
Cheers,
Harvey
- 05-30-2005, 03:45 PM #6Ivor JonesGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
"Harvey Van Sickle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
[snip]
>> Hmm, yes I see. Personally it's never bothered me, but I don't
>> know of a phone that does allow it. Of course there's every chance
>> I'm wrong..!
>
> I've never seen this either, but what's curious is that the OP's
> question makes it sound as if his old firmware did allow it.
As he says he's using a 6310i which is primarily a European phone, and I
also have several of these (in the UK), I don't think so. It doesn't here,
anyway.
> Maybe someone will tell us if NAmer mobiles (sorry: cellphones over
> there!) display "123 456 7890"?
None that I've ever seen, but again I could be wrong.
Ivor
- 05-30-2005, 03:53 PM #7Harvey Van SickleGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
>
> "Harvey Van Sickle" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 30 May 2005, Ivor Jones wrote
>
> [snip]
>
>>> Hmm, yes I see. Personally it's never bothered me, but I don't
>>> know of a phone that does allow it. Of course there's every
>>> chance I'm wrong..!
>>
>> I've never seen this either, but what's curious is that the OP's
>> question makes it sound as if his old firmware did allow it.
>
> As he says he's using a 6310i which is primarily a European phone,
> and I also have several of these (in the UK), I don't think so. It
> doesn't here, anyway.
Oh, agreed entirely -- my 6310i firmware (UK phone)) is 5.x something,
and it only does strings of numbers. (I thought maybe other NAmer-only
phones might allow formatting; dunno.)
>> Maybe someone will tell us if NAmer mobiles (sorry: cellphones
>> over there!) display "123 456 7890"?
>
> None that I've ever seen, but again I could be wrong.
Me too; it's not something I've ever thought about before.
FWIW (very little), I figure that whilst spaces are problematical, it
wouldn't be incredibly difficult to program so that dashes or
something in the display -- +44-20-7123-4567 -- were ignored when
dialling.
Hardly a killer feature for a phone, though....
--
Cheers,
Harvey
- 05-30-2005, 05:34 PM #8Clark KentGuest
Re: Nokia 6310i with firmware v7
My old firmware was 4.20 (I think).
Under the old firmware when I entered a number 1234567890
it would display as follow
123
456 7890
The area code would move up to its own line and then the number would show
up below, with a space inserted properly. It would format for NA numbering
somehow.
With the new firmware (v7), this does not happen anymore and I really miss
it.
I was polling to collective to see if there was an undocumented menu to
enable this <feature>....
Thanks anyhow.
"Harvey Van Sickle" <[email protected]> wrote in message > (I can
sympathise with him: I'd like the option for my phone to
> display "+44 20 7123 4567" instead of "+442071234567", and have it
> ignore the spaces when it dials.)
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