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Caller ID Info Display Options
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Posted by: phonuzer

I know that most of the talk regarding the information displayed regarding the incoming caller has been about the size of the thumbnail image related to the caller.

I would like to know if anyone knows of a program or a hack that will display the registered city and state associated to the incoming caller's area code; perhaps the local time as well.

This could/would be in addition to both listed contacts and unknown, unblocked incoming calls.

Thanks for any thoughts/answers.

Posted by: SHoTTa35

nope, no such program exists but it would be a nice one tho for someone to make. I love how Sprint shows the state of a number being dialed or received. The local time and all that too would be awesome.

Posted by: phonuzer

Thanks for the reply.

Below is a response, and then my reply (start at bottom for original query), from MS regarding this question.

I'm always looking to improve so if anyone has a constructive comment please chime in.

Cheers

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Hello Praveen,

Thank you for your kind and timely reply but you surprise me (perhaps not) by your skated response to my query.

Does a manufacturer or carrier have to request an attribute and/or function before MS will spend any effort on it?

I may be wrong but I would assume that given a carrier’s system’s support for Caller ID and that a phone number is made available that the WM platform can recognize and then provide a thumbnail image of a registered contact that it would be a simple and logical next step for MS to make available a city, state and even local time keyed off of the incoming area code.

I would appreciate better effort from MS to address its customers needs and thank you for further consideration.

Best regards,
(phonuzer)
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From: Microsoft Online Customer Service [mailto:CNTUS.PRCS.NA.00.EN.TRA.BGL.CS.T01.CUS.00.W B@css.one.microsoft.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 12:45 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: SRX1040698074ID - Incoming caller display

Hello (phonuzer),

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service.

I understand that you would like to include other information like city or state of the caller while displaying it in Mobile.

I recommend that you contact your Mobile Manufacturer as they will be in a better position to assist you in this regard.

(phonuzer), I hope the information provided is helpful.

Thank you for using Microsoft Products and Services.

Praveen
Microsoft Online Customer Service Representative

If you have any feedback about your Online Customer Service experience, please send them to my manager, Himadri Roy, at http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6998852 Please do not forget to indicate the name of my manager in the subject field.
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--- Original Message ---
From : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent : Monday, July 30, 2007 9:20:02 PM UTC
To : CNTUS.PRCS.NA.00.EN.TRA.BGL.CS.T01....e.microsoft.com
Subject : Incoming caller display

CUSTOMER PROVIDED SYSTEM PROPERTIES
O/S: WM5 (Windows CE v5.10)
Br: PIE
Country/Region: United States

CONTACT INFORMATION
First Name: xxxxxxx
Last Name: xxxxxxx

PRODUCT
Other

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Typically most cell phones display incoming caller information in this format (1(xxx) xxx-xxxx) unless the device owner has stored information associated to the incoming call number and then the name will be shown.

I would like to know if it is or will be possible to display, in addition to what is available now, the city and state of the caller, please?

Even if the information would have to be typed in or updated this would be a useful tool. (Ref: this Area Code Listing )

Thank you for any consideration and best regards,
(phonuzer)

Posted by: phonuzer

Boy, am I glad that I stuck with this to get a more viable answer to my question from MS (Read below)!
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Hello (Phonuzer),

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Online Customer Service.

I appreciate the time taken by you to write back to us.

As a Customer Service Representative, I recommend contacting our Support Team who will be in a better position to assist you. You can contact them at: (800) 936 5700, Monday - Friday, 5:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. Pacific Time and Saturday - Sunday, 6:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Pacific Time.

I hope your issue is resolved soon and appreciate your patience in this regard.

Thank you for using Microsoft products and services.

Kripesh

Microsoft Online Customer Service
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Note: Do not waste your time calling the provided number; if you're not familiar with it, it's MS' fee-based "help" line.

BTW - this MS employee's name reminded me of a "Jewish" food called Kreplach; my Aunt's tasted just as bad as his reply.

Posted by: VZW_CSR

I had a program called BB A-Code on my BlackBerry that did just this. If the phone number that was calling me was not in my phone book, it would show the city and state that the npa-nxx was from. It came in very handy when I was deciding whether to answer a call or let it go to voice mail.

Posted by: phonuzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by VZW_CSR

I had a program called BB A-Code on my BlackBerry that did just this. If the phone number that was calling me was not in my phone book, it would show the city and state that the npa-nxx was from. It came in very handy when I was deciding whether to answer a call or let it go to voice mail.

This is what I'm speaking of (but for WM); thanks for the heads up!

Berry-a-Code is a Java file for BBs; here is a link to a nice thread discussing issues with different BB models.

Cheers

Posted by: VZW_CSR

I'll fire off an e-mail to the dev for Berry-a-code. I would love to have this functionality for my winmo phone.

Posted by: phonuzer

Quote:

Originally Posted by VZW_CSR

I'll fire off an e-mail to the dev for Berry-a-code. I would love to have this functionality for my winmo phone.

Please do; thanks.

I've done this as well through their site but would like to think that the more requests made for adaptation of Berry-a-Code to Smart(dumb?)phone, the greater chance that it may/will be done.

Cheers