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dialing alphabetic phone numbers on a Pearl
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Posted by: rallanr

Since the Pearl has it's own keypad layout, the number pad for dialing calls doesn't correspond to a typical phone keypad with 2 being ABC for example. This makes it hard to dial numbers such as 1-800-GO-FEDEX when a numeric number isn't given as well. Does anyone have a solution to address this? I'm not sure if other Blackberry's also have this problem or not. Thanks

Posted by: Moderator HF 7

Hold down the ALT key and type the word out, once you place the call the letters will be automatically converted into their numerical equivalent.

Posted by: Kucher

Note also that when entering text this way the phone reverts to multitap mode. Using your 1-800-GO-FEDEX example you'd have to hit [1] [8] [0] [0] *Hold ALT now* [5] [.] [4] [4] [1] [4] [1] [@] [@]

The alpha dialing features are explained in your BB user manual as well.

Posted by: da_hitman

I had the same question but when entering the letters, every other letter seem to double, for example 1-800GOFEDEX displays as 1-800-GGOFFEDDEX.

This only seems to happen when dialing numbers with 2 letters per key. I can dial M and L just fine. An help would be appreciated. I've searched all around but can't find a fix to this issue.

Posted by: Moderator HF 7

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Originally Posted by da_hitman

I had the same question but when entering the letters, every other letter seem to double, for example 1-800GOFEDEX displays as 1-800-GGOFFEDDEX.

I had that same problem when I used to use the BlackBerry Pearl, it all started after an OS update and I had read that others who loaded that same OS also encountered the double letter problem. I changed devices then so I don't know if the double letter issue was resolved in a future OS update or not.

Posted by: da_hitman

Unfortunately the issue is still present on the latest ATT software ( v4.2.1.96, platform 2.30.78).

I may try another software version from another vendor, gotta do some research.

Posted by: jase88

If I had a dime everytime this question was asked....