Comments on: Need to call your travel company? Dial 1-800-CONFUSED

By: Jacob @ Gatwick parking

Jacob @ Gatwick parking — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:37:35 +0000

This could cause problems on some older phones that have three letters to one number which seemed to be the standard but now we are seeing phones with two letter to each number. How is this going to work?

By: Janice Hough

Janice Hough — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:06:10 +0000

Agree with John, thanks Phillip and Mark, great to learn from blog readers!

By: John

John — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:38:56 +0000

to Phillip Harris:

Thank you for that tip. Never knew it worked on my Curve like that and I appreciate the info.!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:37:52 +0000

The simple answer is to program all the numbers you would need traveling and put them into folders, which keeps from having to figure out letters/numbers even though a lot of phones like my Samsung smart phone has the letters on its virtual keyboard.

Another benefit is with the new smart phones my cell provider has backed up my memory so if it is lost/stolen (which has happened) I can still access the numbers on my cell phone’s site.

By: John M

John M — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:21:29 +0000

As everyone beat me to the fact that you can just type it in and let Blackberry translate it for you, I will also point out, if you can remember that pesky number, is it 1 800 Hawaiian or 1 800 2 Hawaii, you can use your smart phone to go to the web and get the number for free. No need to call direction information.

By: Bruce InCharlotte

Bruce InCharlotte — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:18:40 +0000

iPhone! The keypad shows the number. Klondike-5, anyone?

By: Ed F London

Ed F London — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:15:37 +0000

and in the UK and other European countries, phones have only somewhat recently included letters on the numbers so the whole mnemonic option is still emerging here.

By: Mark Smith

Mark Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:38:24 +0000

Actually on a BlackBerry if you type in the letters for a phone number it converts them to numbers when dialing so it’s not an issue.

By: Philip Harris

Philip Harris — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:46:20 +0000

I used to have a blackberry, and there is actually a neat trick – you can TYPE the letters in (so you would literally type) 1800IFLYSWA, and when you press the call button, it will call the correct number :)