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Phone Numbers as Letters: No Qwerty Translation

Sep10
2009
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Companies enjoy giving out phone numbers in terms of letters, based on the traditional numerical keypad.

However, more and more phones use a Qwerty keyboard. The letters do not match with numbers in the way intended.

I realized this when I joined Sprint’s Boost Mobile and bought a Motorola Clutch i465 with Qwerty. I was given a phone number to start my account. The “number” was : 888 Boost 4 u.

Hmmm. On a normal keypad, that translates to 266-7848. But on a Qwerty there is no possible translation… so maybe numbers should be given out as numbers.

Posted in Software / Usability - Tagged cell phones, ergo dada, qwerty
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  1. clyde's Gravatar clyde
    October 5, 2009 at 7:33 pm | Permalink

    Four it

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